The Phoenix herald., 1879-03-29

 BRADSHAW. ,The Tiger Attracting the Most Attention at Present. Et is Expected to Pay for Itself Ea Six Weeks.
BRADSHAW.
Scientific Press:

Capt Wm II. Seamans, who has recently returned from Arizona, has kindly furnished us many interesting notes from different parts of Arizona visited by him, which we shall give briefly in this and future numbers of the Press.
 IN THE BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS.
 The mountains known in Arizona by this general name, comprise a group ot ranges of different titles be- slowed by the Spanish occupants of the country, which may be described as the confirmation of the Sierra Ma dra of Mexico, and as terminating toward the northwest at the great bend of the Colorado river near Call vile, and to the sonth this particular range falls away into the great plain bordering upon the Salt and Gila riv- CTS. They are in some respects rela- ted to the Sierra Nevada, forming the western rim of the Colorado plateau; and containing granite rocks and metalliferous lodes. These moun- tainS are
 FULL OF GOLD AND SILVER
 Bearing veins, with q strong sprink- ling of iron and copper And, per ha2s it is better to say in the beginning that they have not yet been sufficient ly developed throughout, to demon strate which mines will be finally worked to the greatest satisfaction to the stockholder The reader may form his own opinions of the suhlec from the facts.
 1 have visited probably a hundred mines and mining claims intne Brad shaws in company with Prof. James Cherry, a fine geolOgist and mining engineer, travelling with him nearly 200 miles and hayiing the benefit Qt which was exceedingly interesting and instructive to me The Brad shaw region is divided into various mining districts-the Peck, Tiger. Lynx Creek, Turkey Creek and Has sayampa, besides numerous others
 THE TIGER MINE
 Is the representative mine in the Bradshaws, and is attracting more at- tentIon, perhaps, at present, than any other mine in that region, having given its name to the distFlct- It is Il miles south of Prescott, and is reached by staging 31 miles and the balance of the distance, 10 miles, by frail The Tiger is located iD the heart of the Bradshaw range. 1thas a vein 15 feet wide between the walls, the ore body, in the aggregate, being about 12 feet thick. There are two main ore bodies in two different seams, besides several mineral bear ing stringers, The hanging wall is of slate and the foot wall of granite. The present working shaft is down 200 feet. They have in the aggregate ? ,000 feet of drifts and tunnels run, a sulDhuret ore
 RICH IN NATIVE SILVER,
 Of which the company claim to have 300 tons on the dump, expected to run $500 per ton. They have just new and powerful hoisting works, and are sinking a new shaft, which it is intended 10 carry down to a depth of ,000 to 1 400 feet, in order to strike the ore body where the various seams and stringerS are expected 10 come together. They have under contract, and now on the way, n ten-stamp mill and Whites roast CT, which, it is expected will be in operation ny the middle of May.
 The superintendent of the Tiger, AIr. Helm, says lie intends to give back to the stockholders in about six weeks after starting his mill, all the to $200, 900. ] know of a mining en- gineer who offered to put up S15,- 800 mill on their mine if they would give him the first thirty days run, and they declined the offer. There are BOW employed on the Tiger about fifty men, which in addition to those ill putting up the mill and placing the machinery, makes the Tiger one of the liveliest mining camps ih this part of the Territory. There are two boarding houses, both full, and it is difficult to get accom- modations of any sort on account of the number of people coming in.
 It IS an exceedingly hard camp to reach, being encompassed by high and is reached from the east by difficult trail from the Peck mine, ten miles, or from the west by Inc Walnut Grove road, which Tn places is almost perpendicular. The elevation of the Tiger is 6,500 feet.
 At the time 1 was there it was closed to all outsiders. l got my facts mostly from the superintendent him. self, but had them corroborated by outside information, so that they may be depended on as correct
 The other mines in the neighbOr- hood of the Tiger are the Hammond ind Riggs, which is a pr0longatiOn of the Tiger ledge toward the north east, and into which tunnel has been run for considerable distance. showing very favorable indications. There is also the Linn and California, which claim 10 be upon the same ledge. I think, however, they arc mistaken in that supposition. They also show favorable indications and have been opened 10 d considerable sNtent