Arizona citizen., 1879-03-21
Gro BLdnco Correspondence.
ORo BLANCO, March r, 1879.

but work is steadily though slowll
 progressing. So much of our propert,
 Is bonded and lying dormant unti
 such time as the bonds expire, tha the wonted life and activity is lacking
 The well known firm of Flood, Kirk
 patrick X Co.,, are now taking a wei 2 earned rest after their arduous labor
 of the past two years, and their mines 2 lie idle where formerly the sound O
 pick and shovel, and the dull heavy
 roar of blasts salutod our ears.
 TheIr property will doubtless soor
 change hands and place in thelr pos
 session hard won and deserved com
 potency. Thelr mines are SO wei
 known, and their knowledge of them
 go much greater than mine, that il
 would be useless for me 10 attempt a
 description, since their own unques
 toned ability and letters have so com
 plelely covered the ground.
 The mines owned by Messrs. Thos
 J. Durand, John Began and B. J. Vir
 gin, are not being worked at present
 owing to the absence of the owners
 Their Susannah lying southeasterly
 from the Warsaw, is a ledge over ten
 feet in width, with brown carbenates on the surface, and brown ana yellow carbonates below. At a depth of about thirty feet they struck mundic, and at the bottom of their fifty feet shaft they have some rich specimens of black sulphrets, with every indica- tion of large body of that highly desirable ore lower down. Taking in.o consideration the recent develop mems in the Tiger mine, after the hard struggle its owners had with mundic, and the fact that 10 the south of us in Sonora the same mundic al most invariably carries them into rich ore, the owners of the Susannah have every reason to congratulate them selves, and every incentive to further prosecute work on the mine The Southern Pacific, lying at the head of the Old Mine gulch is large, strong ledge, carrying both carbOnates and chloride, ore assaying from $50 to $500 on the surface. D. B. and V. have other prospects that assay well, and some of them in the near future will undoubtedly develop into good mining property.
 Messrs. Haraszthy and Smith are at present working on their California mine. The ledge on the surface isl about fifteen feet wide, uraceable over a mile, straight as an arrow, and in fine granite formation. The ledge isI composed of sulphureted quartz and has improved with every foot of sink ing. They are now sinking on thel foot wall, and are in a fine body of black ore, their latest assay givingi them $565 per ton. They now propose cutting entirely across the ledge to the | hanging wall; work on the Miriam, its sOutherly extension, having devel- ] oped a large pay-slreak next to the hanging wall. Even with the present development of the mine, it is a val uable property, owing to the quantity and quality of the ore now in sight, | and should the cross-cut open up still another body of ore, they will have every reason to expect good stake from it. Their Sonoma lies about half mile to the east of the California, IS about eight feet wide, and is in lime on one side and granite on he other side. They are now in inc body of ore, aSsaying into the with a smooth hanging wall and talk gouge on it, face full wo inches thick. Their other claims will be noticed in future letters.
 Messrs. Cummings and McNaughten nave number of prospects, some of which are far above the average. Among them are the Cataract, Mia ;ara, Beta, Carrie and Delaware, all large and good bodies of ore. They are pushing their work as fast as muscle and undaunted energy will enable them and in their turn await he good time coming for the sturdy miners of Gro Blanco. Respectfully 'ours, ARTS.