Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1879-09-05
Cur Mines IN the East.


Our miners will feel encouraged to
read the following straightforward ar
ticle which we quote from the New
York Mail of August IA:
Great activity prevails among Cali
fornia mining investors and capitalists
with regard to Southern and Central
Arizona. Within a few days past a
syndicate has been formed of which are
the Janins, mining engineers, and Mr..
lGibson, Of San Francisco, for the pUr-
pose of handling nine valuable pros
lpects situated IN the Harshaw District,
just south of the famous Tombstone.
and close to the Sonora line. Dan
Harshaw, the locator, was paid $50
900 for these claims. An immense
body of argentiferous ore, running
from $133 10 $l39, is claimed. In the
! Tombstone District there is quite flu
rOre, owing to the pounding away so
regularly OF the Tombstone mill, v 18th
its stated product of $1,000 rer diem.
The Corbin mill, of Is stamps, will
soon be ready, and the Western Mill
Company expect To have their stamps
i'll motion within three months. A mill
is to be erected in the Harshaw by the
syndicate referred to. Mr.. Corhin, of
the Tombstone district, has, ii is claim
ed, developed a wonderful bonanza in
the Patagonia mountains. Parties
from Philadelphia have been ur-
gent to buy of him. He refused to sell.
| They told him then that one claim he
had was worth at least 81 100000
They wanted To purchase half at that
figure and then stock it for the East
ern market. This too, was refused
Other parts Of Arizona are also show
ling up well. Major Baldwin, one OF the
most competent mining enginl ers in
| the Territory, who is now here, is enthu-
siastic over the prospects. He asserts
/ that Arizona ores are the richest of
any yet explored mineral region and
will, ton for ton, pay better for hand
ling. The Globe district in which he
| is operating feels the good effect of re-
cent activity. The Mexican pans out
excellently, the Silver Nugget is a
good and profitable mining prospect,
aud the Mack Morris, for which CAPT
tai j. now being raised here, is reported
by such competent experts rs Major
SI-sun, in charge of the Isabella Com
pany's interest TO be lode of great
value, with ore of high grade, and to
Iall appearances on a true assure vein,
likely TO prove practically inexhaust-
lille. la the Pioneer district we learn
there is renewed activity. The famous
Silver King, whose New York office
lis 81 Broadway, continues to ship its
/ 10000 pounds of concentrations every
two weeks or so with monotonOus reg.
ularity. A correspondent suggests We
may say in passing that we DO not
seem to like this mine. Quite the con
trary is the fact. We regard the Sill
yer King Of Arizona as one of the most
wonderful Of mInes-a veiitable bon
ana in fact. Our dislike has been to-
wards the management, which is in
character, as far as we have seen, reti
cent and selfish in character, and this,
We have feared, for the personal bene-
fit of the administrators of this prop
ertv. We shall be glad to learn that
we are mistaken in these expressions,
and will be found quick TO undo any
| Injustice or statement they may create.
| In the Pioneer district there has been
some quiet but costly investing of late
A valuable piece Of property known
"a the Surprise mine is owned Ivy
/ Mr.. Hastings OF this city, a wealthy
merchant, who first visited Arizona
! for his health's sake. \ thorough
working OF the mine has been begun.
and milling and reduction works of
the most complete character. This
property is now being incorporated,
but its stock will not be put before the
general public, being taken by wealthy
investors, less than a score in number
| Mr.. Hastings will spend his winters AT
the mine. Reports from the Tiger
mine are very encouraging, the com
Ipany has first class ten stamp mill in
successful operation. The first twenty
days run yielded $4,000, and it is ex-
pected that il will turn ont $75 900 per
month and pay dividend Of fifty cts.
per share monthly The company has
good hosting works, sufficient to sink
1900 feet deep, and about 1000 tons Of
ore upon the dump that is yielding
S1.5 per ton. There is also large
amount of high-grade ere in sight The
Tiger is located about seventy miles
north of the Southern Pacific Railroad