Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-09-18
ono B,Axco. September l3-

GRO HlANLNf ~
 r,,-ov CITIzEx,-Gold, magical
 cold is the latest sttraouon in Orc
 BIauco-free gold ores, no base met
 ala decompo,ed porphyritlc quartz,
 s,d DIen,y of ii! These recent dis
 cover;es have been made principally
 tbrough the attention drawn to that
 belt by the Golden Age mine, belong
 ;ng to Messrs. ". G. and Joseph
 Mills. and lately referred 10 by the
 CITIZEN. The fact of gold mines hay
 ing been worked by the Aexicans in
 that section years ago has been long
 known, and the distr.c! itself owes it's
 name of Orc BlGnco white gold ') 10 that fact. The ruins Of arrastras,
 inning camps and cabins being scat
 tered around, the basin wherein they
 ers situated IS now known as Old
 Gro Blanco, the pre-ent settlement Of
 Gro Blanco being situa,ed about
 seven miles more norLherly. Nearly
 all the ores of Orc Blanco District
 carry gold as well a. silver. Several
 of the mines, though defined silver
 bearing Assure Teins, with the conse
 quent guarantee of continuation war
 ranted by such form ltion, are yet
 practically gold mines, the Gommer-
 cial value of The gold being so much greater than the silver, although the silver in actual point of bulk predom- .nates. Of such character are the Yellow Jacket and Ostrich mines, and the more recent locations of lhe Choc- iaw and Horn Silver. The Yellow Jacket mine is one of ihe largest and best gold and silver bearing quartz mines in Arizona, and only needs proper development to place 1t in the front rank as producing mIne. It is surprising that it has not changed bands long ago, its present owners being unprep ired to handle IL: but they make no effort, apparently, to ! Garry the mountain 10 some mining 1, Aahcnet, but are waiting for Ma 1 homet io come 10 the mountain.
 IL is reported that there are placers ] About three miles south westerly from the Yellow Jacket, bu; scarcity Of 1, water will probably prevent their ' being utilized 10 any great extent at | present. Gold has also been washed ! from q rsvine on the Black Mask , mine. belonging to the Arizoua Pros i pecting and Mining Company in this district.
 But to return to our old Ore Blanco discoveries, or re-6iscoveries. The gold belt there is decomposcd DOT 1 phyritic formation, showing gold 1 freely when tested in miners horn sp2oD. ard lti5 always q confoT: 10 i "Fe honest miner" 10 be able to see the gold for himself, independent of tLs service of the asssyer. The princi- pal Of these locations are at p -eseni tho Golden Age, above men, tiened, belonging to the Messrs. Mills. Next and parallel comes the California Placer mine, owned by nessrs. Turner. Of Tucson. and Ar. Antoine Muriet,s. next comes he Water tfank mine, owned by h essrs. Nooc < Co.,, on which is r natural water tank about sixty feet side, full Of water all the year round; lextcomes the San Domingo, owned y Messrs. McLenaban & O.. and he next the Zumkin, owned by Aessrs. Wright & Co. In this con- lsction should be also mentioned the White Gold mine, location made by Jol. Bennett and others a few months 'ince, 8 very promising and valuable 'ropeT;y. All these locations, with 'thers not mentioned, pan gold freely, md with the other important mining interests of the section will soon make { flourish like a green bay horse, or ny other man. Messrs. McLenahan < To. have just started up two arras- ras and there Is good opening in the iisirlct for mill, thouCh some road- ! making would have to be done 10 get ID. Speculators and mining men would do well to look around quietly nd carefully and come in with or be- ore the |" boom" in these new fields, Instead of afterwards, as a good many re apt to do. PIONEER.