The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-06-27
ARIZONA MINES.

The Silver Nugse; MiEisg and Milling Company hos been incorporated in ihis stafe. ItB offices arr at No. ii5 Broadway. Rooms 70 and 59, BJrccl Building A very few years ago tue interior of Auz0na was comparatively iistle saspecfed except by the pioBeer miner wbO was willing to take his chance among tie wild Indians of the forest. Mr. D. C.. Caiison a young aud energetic man. vas one of the Grst to ex- plore and pfospcct that country for gDsd and silver. especially the southern portion of the t-rritory ia the heart of the Apache Indian Nation. whose h sz;iliiy to the white man is so xell Kuogn. In February, 1876, MF. Chilson discovered and located the Sil- yer Nugget mine in Richmond Basin, Globe Mining District. Marieopa County, and in the Apache Mountains, $500 feet above the sea. where the climate Is much the same all the rear round, neither too hot nor too cold. Some winters the snow f.lls io depth of six i0ehes, bRt goes of in a day, with plenty of wood and The finest water, which adds greatly to the value of mining property 70 any locality.
 The Silver Nugget miDe is certainly re- maTkable m.ne. The net proceeds from for, y-one tons of fiFst-class ore out of this rUitiH~A e1a 1D+as NA~taAtA fC-ONus The assay value was ever Sl00,O00. or a little over Ss.0O0 ton In asserting the ore for sh. pnent 900 Co 1000 tons of second cl tss ore remain On ihe dump at ihe mine, which it is ciaiaed will mil sg0 Co $70 per | n, worth from $5j,OOO to C0,O0O. This was all done with ihe laOor oi say fix tO eight me Tor about six mouis The mIne was discovered by finding nuggets of almost pure silver m the suria aITt covtriiig the mine, and in tracing up this discovery NIT. Chilson ran exlensiAe euis and openings in search of the ven. One of these cuts Is [ bout 400 feet long, ana in places twelve feet deep. lu this way he found the earth to be fuiI of float in sulphurets of silver, silver glance and nuggets of silver. Same of these nuggets weIs he'd from ten 10 2O0 pounds, and one Weighed over 300 pounds and contained $2 400 Ot silver Many miners who have examined tde TrJpeuy Deurve that thousands of tons of ths surface dlTt which covers the ledge will pay well 10 hill.
 Where the vein was discovered lt was b.oken over, but soon turned down nearly vertically.
 Eight shafts have been sunk on the lode, varying in depth from 90 to 9e feet.
 The width of the vein Is not vet known, as the shafts haze all been sunk on the hanging wall, showing lode with pay on the fall width of shaIts.
 The country rock is granite aud black sienite.
 The Silver Nugget mine Is on the same lode and joins tfe celebrated MeMorris claim, on which they are taking out SO much rich ore, giving the mine a worldwide reputation is one of the richest mines or the country. Tins rich ore passes through the full length of the Nugget m.ne-as it is not only found in the McMoIris and all the shafts on the Nugget; bat in the Lola mine, which joins the Nugget on the southwest.
 Fsom the LolI mine several thousand dollars worth of ore Of the same character as that of the McMorris and Nugget has been abstrscted ard sod in San Francisco at aa average of s5,0s0 ton.
 Near by is sufficient water fo- mill, with plenty of wood on the mountain side above the mine.
 Taxing into consideration the extraordi- nary yield of ihis claim for the amount of labor done, few mining properties make a better showing or has, apparently, more brilliant prospect.
 It is situated about twenty-five miles from the Silver King mine aud five miles from the StOnewall Jackson.
 It is the intention of the company to erect mill on the mine at once, so as to reduce the hIgh as well As low grade ore, and it seems 10 be the universal opinion that all the ore in the ledge will mill slj0 a ton, and that the amount of dividends the company can pay wlll depend entirely on mill capacity.-N. '. Daily Graphic.