Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-09
Arizona Mines Items.

The subjoined are from the Yuma
Sentinel of the 4th inst:
Twenty tons of quartz from the
Carga Muchacho gold mines were
this week shipped to San Francisco
by Van Arsdale; they are to be
worked "a o test of the ore veins.
All the iron work has been bough.
in Chicago for u ten-stamp mill, to
be put to work on ores from the
Moreno mine, near Ehrenberg. So
we are informed by the purchasers,
who are making inquiries preiim-
mary to letting contracts for lum.
bers, ect. All the other counties Of
Arizona have been getting quartz
mills, and we are glad to see Yuma
county following the fashion.
Good accounts continue to come
In from the Castle Dome mines. A
remarkable cave has been found
in the Railroad mine, 1t is de-
scribed as being as large as sn or.
dinary room, and adorned with
stalactites and staIagmites which
are completely encrusted with vel.
low chrystals of lead moly ybdate.
This cave IL at one side of the vein
and is interesting as phenon enon
rather than as source of profit.
The ore bodies OF the niue are sur
passing all expectation of their ex-
tent, and already promise to afford
work for many years. The ArkaE-
saw shaft is now down about $50
foot n avno1lant yNprly ic 20,
be resumed OH the Pocahontas next
Monday. The Ellen Gowan Com
pany also puts on force of men
next week. This mine lies about
five miles south of Castle Dome. II
will make stir.
The new Ploecho quartz mill was
started up on New Years day, and
all its fifteen stamps were set to
dropping on ore, to SEQ how things
worked. Everything went off
smoothly. 1t will begin to run reg
ularly next Monday. Some 250
tons Of ore are on hand at the mill,
and as much more Is on the dump
at the mine. The reserves already
developed arc practically mex
haustiblo. 4 contract has beer
made with Mr.. Clark, Of San Ber
nardino, to haul 1900 tons of ore
from mine to mill at 81 so per ton,
His teams are due here on the 18th
The quality of the ore was fully
tested by the old fiye-stamp mill
at work there last year; it was
found to yield from Sl5 to $40 in
free gold. Some idea Of the value
of the property may be gathered
from the fact that Mr.. David Neahi
refused for it the sum of 100000,
cash, offered after examination by
competent experts.
Considerable excitement has
sprung up here in consequen ce o.
recent discoveries in Silver Dis
trict, in this county. Several very
large lodes were located there few
weeks ago, which have since been
seen to carry seams and bodies Ol
ore assaying several thousand dol.
lars per ton. These mines are about
five miles from the Colorado river
following up the gulch from Duff''
old ferry. The lodes crop out boldly
for long distances and are of widths
varying from ten or twelve to ovei
one hundred feet. Their gangue is
quartz and black spar. The cum
try is said to be granite and prob
; ably belongs to the primary series
30 common In this country. Ger
tifioates of assay have lately beer
re- csived Of $4,000 per ton from
Hammond's claim, 81, ,16O from thu
Nellie Kenyon, and 81, 440 from tn,
: claim OF Chss. Thiesen and nj. Nj
Copeland. Thlessn is an old settle
J here. He came out here In 1864 OF
four-masted schooner with Capt
Jack Mellon and others still in tn
country.
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Cartridges and ammunition ofal
kinds at Sutherlaud's gun store, I