Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-12
Arizona Mines Items
The subjoined items are from the
V,,,,,o Co,,y;,aoJ IF tba 9th ;poi.


The subjoined items are from the
Yuma Sentinel of the 8th inst:
The San Antonio gold mine seems
to have fallen into good hands
when it was bought for party of
Eastern capitalists by j. G. Water
man. Men have been set to work
on it's development; lumber has
been sent there for buildings; tools
and supplies have gone forward,
and machinery is already nearly
ready to ship out there. Prompt
work for less than sixty days. A
ten-stamp mill, with a Forbes bat
terry, is being made at Chicago for
the San Antonio mine, under con-
tract to have it loaded on the cars
by the Goth of this month.
Accounts were received here last
night of the discovery of one of the
biggest and richest deposits of sill
yer ore ever found in Arizona. 1t
lies in the Papago country, south of
the railroad, about fifteen milas
southeast of the Ajo copper mines.
One cropping of the ore is about
100 feet wide; assays from it have
given over So, 900 per ton in silver.
We have long labored to direct the
attention of prospectors to that part
of the Territory, and are gratified
to find our representations being
verified, almost weekly. There is
plenty there yet to reward pros
pecting.
Large quantities of tools and
supplies are being shipped to Silver
district by to-day's boat. The
quantity of ore in sight is con-
stantly increased by developm ents
made. Its value is now pretty well
assured by many assays and will
be confirmed by sales of ore now at
San Francisco. Ringwald sends
up fine outfit for working the
Rohwer mine, from which he has
$500 assays. The number of men
employed in the district is fast in
creasing. A town has been laid
out at the river, in which lots are
given to all bona fide mine owners
of the district. Everything looks
bright and promising for that part
vi oui COuHby.
Up to January 24th, 1879, the
mine had delivered at San
Francisco 1901, ,946. .4S in bullion, at
a cost of 1877, ,SSS.19; not including
wear and tear of the mill, ETC., and
not deducting value of supplies and
on hand. The additional
sum of $66, ,226.72 has been expend-
ed in construction of mills, roads,
etc. The foregoing figures are
taken from Il balance sheet of the
Tip.Top Mining Company, ftom the
time of its Incorporation up to the
above date, published in the Ar5-
coma Enterprise. They furnish
evidence that somebody has lied
about the mine, or that its man.
agement has been about as bad as
could be.
Castle Dome still holds its own,
with constantly improving pros
poets. Lead is now worth four and
\ half and four and three -quarter
cents per pound in New York, an
advance of % per cent. on prices of
three months ago. The Pocahontas
and Railroad mines have been
leased by the Messrs. Miller and
Cargill. The former has barely |
been prospected, having only one
shaft to depth of $50 feet, but on
metal. The Railroad lies
north, and was discovered by a
irift from the Pocahontas shaft, in
solid galena three feet wide. 1t
could never have been found other
wise, as it lies out on Il level mesa
under 40 feet of gravel. A shaft |
was sunk on it to depth of l 10 feet,
disclosing ten to twelve feet of
metal, whose extent is now con-
Iirmed by drifts. The cave found in
this mine is said to be one of the
most beautiful ever seen; it is lined
with huge crystalizations of fuor
and calc spar, spangled with small
ar crystals of lead molybdate, of
which very fine specimens have |
been presented to the Sentinel cab |
met. The lessees are making new |
openings and are preparing to work |
Both are now on paying basis.
The Arkansaw has one shaft of 800
feet and one OF $50. and another one
now being sunk to the level of the
first. Its air connections are good
aud everything in it shows big
metal. Preparations are being
made on several other mines up
there for increasing their force of
men.