Arizona silver belt., 1879-09-19

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 flaw. wbich even to a casual observcl
 presents the idea that It is not in-
 tended to subserve 8 purpose for 8
 single day, but for all time. Its
 narrowest part w1n measure four
 feet. Major George II Sisson, B
 well known mining expert, who has
 seen every part of the tunnel pro
 nounced tt a piece of mnster work
 manship. At eae hundred and elght
 feet the toilers were first cheered by
 the appearance of spar and quartz
 At that distance they entered a vein
 which proved to be twenty feet in
 width of low grade ore. but this was
 not what vas sought and consequent ly fhe continually resound!ng ham,
 mer and detonations of gisnt powder
 were alternately heard Eighty feet
 from the twenty foot ledge a vein three feet wide was passed. still the work progressed and it was noE un- til after hundred aud sixty feel more were driven and all as hard as 1t was from tke first. When hope was about to take wings, after the powder smoke of three shots had cleared away che. long sought treasure was revealed showing tale and quartz. At this point the vein SIS eurerei and peue- trated forty feet, within which dis tauce the greatest width of contiuu- ous qusru IS ten feet, and for the balance of the distance quartz ap- pears with about the same regularity as stripes on a zebra aad in no in- staaee over two feet apart The quartz largely predomInates 4 bet ter idea of the work perhaps is pre- sented by stating. shat the 4S0 feet of tunnel cost $l5.000. This vein, as near as we could compute, from where the tunnel enters 1t, IS about two hundred feet appex of the ledge The tunnel was run on strictly temperate principles and the opening supplied the water aud since work has ceased has 80 aecu- inalated as to render wadiug neees- sary lo those who enter 1t. Once at the top where the edge crops we were glad to take sea5 oh q friendly box which seemed to be there await ng our arrival, and after regaining our wnd we proceeded to investigate the dump al the mouth of the in chne, winch, throughout showed cnoice ere, some of winch vas worth dollars per pound aud all, we feel warranted in saying, was away ups creo winch showed strong affinity to that in she tunnel The widen hare, us below, shows about forty feet snd also indicates a uniformity oil breadth beipeen the points named ou the ledge f not throughout. but this is moi a matter of surprise for tue reason taat the Chromo is uumis- takably on what Is known as the Stonewall Jackson ledge, and winch $ distinctly marked upon tbe sur face for < distance, certainly, of four teen miles. Why tue ledge should be go generally recognized as the Jackson is beyond our ken. The Chrome vas the first io- eaton on It. which bears date Janu- nry 3lst, 1875 4 suficieney ofl. wood and water can be had near where 3 mill should be erected. ltl Is thought she water from the tunnel alone would give the required hOw, but if more IS wanting 1t can be had near the surface by digging. The nine has been patented. h this connection t is proper to give actual tests of ore and, therefore, ve append sbe following certificate of assays.
 ISABELLA Nu.L, Sept. s, '79.
 CAPT. MooRR-DEAR Sin The sack of ore winch was made up of samples of all grades of rock as car red ID the ven a- the Chrolno Nine, as selected by myself from the differ eat dumps, l Idlyded into three class es. These Stree classes assayed as