The Arizona sentinel., 1879-04-05
ARIZONA SENTINEL.
Mining I'm the Bra lshaw Noun
tains--Tiger District.

rave Us all tile Information sought, and
supplied us abundanily with sampleH o.
the ore; IL fact such WAS the cast al all
The mines we visited with The exception
of the Tiger and the Prrll Here, for rra-
sons which We do not understand, we
were denied admittance One would Su"-
pose that Tie Tiger interest ml%ht be BEST
served by allowing proper persons III
proper times to INSPECT it; as To ihe Peek
lime and those who control and nlanIPu
late If. Will tell the story as to it. tutnre
value as Il dividend pay ing proposition
They have just erected upon he Or"
Bonito property Huntingdon MIL, WIFE
a crushing capacity OF about ten t"ns
daily. 1t !ouks well, but has not WORKED
satisfactorily to The Superintendent. tAc
ore is, in large part, Il decUmpoaed and
horsy-combed quartz, carrying free goId
and a considerable percentage of silver.
They have ~ the aggregate 3jo icet OF
tnnneI Tie width Of the vein is eighteen
inches to three feet on The foot-wall, and
Oh the hanging-wal one to two and hall
feet In No. , tunnel the vein is three
feet wide in the face Of the tunnel. Va
rious drifts and WINES have been run III
addition to those already mentioned.
The cost of wood here is 81 cord, on
contract, delivered a She mill. Water Ii
obtainablc only from The mine ii present,
and in sufficient quantities to run The
work twelve hours day; but it rs ex-
pected that as they rel in CD the tunhe.,
water in abundance will be found.
To show the difficulty of iransportatio"
in these mountains, it is said to have cosi
some $1,000 to bring the machinery for
! he Orc Bonitu, weighing .b1Hi ten tons,
/ from Walnut Grove, il distance Of twenty
Eve miles. They had 10 build thcir road
ND and over nrecipiluus divide an&
down very steep mountain SIDE into liz
caron where the Ofo Honito Is los sd,
and where the mountains rise UP at IL ycrl
sharp angle on either side
Right above the Orc EonitO, on the side
of the mountain, IL located the Gray f,"gi'
minc. 1t is well opened and has $40 OF
G09 tons Of ore on the dump. 1t Is free
go'a, carryin" liberal percentage 81 s'i-
yer. l. Is owned ly Nj. Richardson, VII"
has contract with the Hon. c. {. Bean
owner Of the Luke n'fH IN the BRADSHAW
basin, to pack and o.Gsh 300 tons OF orc
for hira at S3l ton The orc is now
being worked, at thai min, and pre- lei
satisfactory results. He gets bis water
for The nine from living spring III th'
side of the mountain. The mine Is al
preached hy a trail from The Orc 6onito
which is almost perpendicular, zI"za"ih-
M the side of the nsnuEtalny and by an
otntr trail, of more rcccn5 construction
from Euhe's mill in the BTads haw basin
over whi,-h the ore is p cisvd on donkey:
from the psine 10 the miH, II distance o
about ffye. miles. This Inine has the ap
pcaI ance of being worked by man wh'
ksows his business Everything is KEEP
| .,-.,,. ,,<S q, ord, u. M IouS,. ends lAif,,
about, and the ore is worked clean 70 tn
walls. which are well defined. Sir. Rich
apdson lacks capital to work his mine Il
the best advanS;r.sl', and would like t" III
terest some one with hup who couyd far
> nish the amouat of mC"ry necessary +
enable them to wo'k ii 80 as to ohtaia til
best results Wood and water are album
dart for milling purposes. Pine timhc
:sbou4,ds in soAe parts OF tbs Bradshaw
f2nge, especially in the LINK Crrrl
Bradshaw, Pine Flat, Ha-ss., ampa ;'e2
Biz Bug districts. The Gray Eagle vel
" wuI average three feet wide. 1t is Il cJI
;, tinuous, well-dcINed ledge. Tues haze,
think, three n.nncls run In on the lcti=
at different levels.
The Tip Top mine IS a6out ten mil
across the country, over Il rou@is trai
from The Gr.1y Eagle. Il has produce
largely Of hEllion, bat is very rNpyai>i'
TO work, and has returned no margin
profit t. the stockholders. the Te%ui.
approach to this mine is BY the Bac
Canon road aud Giietle, where the tcl
- stamp mill Ct this company is locate
some eight miles fre.n the mine.
rhere are other mines in this reighhO
hosd, hut they are not as well known I
those ] have namcd-F. II. &san.an
tie Mining a,1d Sciepfjic Press.
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