Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-06-19

1 oSduig III iilS NdiIcf ltIt UCuiuu, anu
 tempts the traveller to luiter and gaze
 The permanent and solid nature of all
 the work done on the property of the
 company is most apparent al the shaft,
 where no shifts or expcdients tell tales
 ofhurry or carelcssness New hosting
 works, with capacity of working the
 mine to a depth of 1000 feet, together
 with an improved pumping appar-
 atus, are run by an engine of the best
 and most solid pattern, the whole cost
 ing S4I00 laid down at the mouth
 of the shaft. Unfortunately for me, l
 arrived a few days too early, as the
 engineer was steaming up for the first
 time, and he pump was not yet in
 place. Before the arrival of the
 hoisting machinery, work in the mine
 had been necessarily discontinued
 when depth of 1G5 feet on the in-
 cline shaft had been reached. The steady flow of water had filled 10 with
 in fl feet of the surface, ard an explc-
 ration of the mine beyond that depth
 was therefore impossible. However,
 a brief synopsis of the work done may prove of much interest. At the first or
 lO0-foot level 0he shaft hugged the
 hanging wall all the way down) the
 bottom was all in good ore, and here a cross-cnt revealed the vein to be IS feet thick A streak 40 inches wide
 carried tree-miiiing ore that low cs t;mate placed at $500 per ton in horn silver, and 100 tons of this precious
 rock lie on the dump awaiting lhe frs drop of the siamis. The balance of
 this ennrm, us body samples an aver age of $.5. Some of the latter will require roasting, and furnace is now on the way for tha; purpose. The drift that was run north and south at the first level showed that the rich streak varied somewhat in width, but a> il ar no place was less than 30 inches, ! and in more instances was from 45 to | IS inches in width, an assertion that ! even at the present stage nf develop ! eni the ore body is bonanza is only | a far presumption.
 However, fund an examination of | SD much of the shaft as was to be seen of greatinlerest. The vein was so clear ly defined that a child could follow it From near the surface, where the rich ! streak was only Is inches wide, down | to Ihe waters edge, ills growth is as regular a. ihc growth of the main vein, which expands from s feet at the top | to IS feet al the bottom. The foreman, NJ. Holden, kindly permitted me to use the hammer clear across the shaft | at the waters edge, and in consequence 1 gathered some brauliful and rich | specimens for TIE CITIZEN cabinet. From the dump-pile, too, the Superin- tendent adGed tn my store rf rich rock The timbering of the drift bears the same evidence of careful foresight which characterizes the entire mIne. and as ii now stands shows that Capt McCafferty's steady persevei ance was inspired by an untiring faith in the future.
 The machinery for the mill is now almost all on the ground, and lhe grading is nearly 'mpletcd. A finer mill-site cOnld not be found were one 10 travel from Tombstone 10 Orn Blan- co. Not far from the house, and on spot where water can be found in any quantity hS. digging a few feet, tilr Toad leading to it from the dump will descend an easy grade All the way to where the ore wagons will discharge their lOads. The work is in charge Of NIT. McCOuri, whose reputation Tn Cali fornia and Nevada is guarantee :hai the mill will be d good one. Getting the mill on the ground is a good in stance of some of the annoydnces which have beset MT McCaffcrty's path. From the shop to the site the delays in the one matter of transpnria, tiOn would have driven some men dis tIaclcd. h place of now being run ming, as i; should be, it is rot vt ail on the ground; but Capt McCafferty is hardly the man tO murmur ovci other men's delays, but works the harder himself. He says he has worked and waited four years to see the conSumm a'ion of his hopes and can afford to wat little longer. He is proud of his district and jealous in her praise. He claims that the back sets which have befallen ArIvaca and Gro Blanco will eventually do them gcod, inasmucb as it will teach the mine owners ,o sacrifice speed 10 sure and steady work.
 Properly worked, the McCafferty lode is in itself capable or occupying the attention of a large camp. For three miles it can be traced by rich cropping>, and it bears, I believe, the same distinctive features from one end to the other. It bas every known indication of being true Assure (so all the old miners tell mel and runs nearly north and south. Its course is from the Arivaca valley across the west side of Mount Hayes and thence in almost straight line nearly north and has incline of perhaps g. degrees One Of the most favorable of its char it is said, is the fact that il dips under the mountain. It is located