Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-30
From the Salt Lake Tribune.l

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Grass Growing ON the Hills Far
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From the Salt Lake Tribune.l
EDS. TRIBUNE 1 send you a brief de-
seription of our new carbonate camp in
De Frees district, Pima county, Arizona.
The camp is situated on the westerly
slope of the Pinalina range Of mountains,
which range forms a basin of rolling foot
hills. This is the center Of the mineral
belt, no exceeding ten miles in length,
and about six in width. This district has
been but lately discovered, and the old
pioneer prospectors here, who have been
for years familiar with the mineral fields
Of Idaho, Colorado, Nevada and Arizona,
on beholding the
IMMENSE DEPOSITS
OF carbonate, agree that this camp is des-
tined to become one Of the greatest ever
discovered on the Coast.
The country rock consists of limestone,
porphyry and quartzite, with occasional
patches of granite, syenite and trachyte.
Work is now being rapidly prosecuted,
about fifteen or twenty shafts having been
sunk, not one OF which fails to show large
bodies of ore.
INCREASING IN REGIMES
AS depth is attained. The assays taken at
large from all the locations, range from
$40 to 5000. The ore averages about 45
per cent. lead on some locations. Chunks
of pure galena can be seen protruding
from the surface and many claims show
blowouts of carbonate accompanied by
yellow ochre. More or less iron and
manganese is associated with the carbon
ates and many of the mines are capped
with iron. Nearly all of the ore is stained
with copper, some of this assaying very
high. Horn silver has also been found
here.
The trend Of all the leads is northwest
erly and southeasterly and can be traced,
in many instances, over a mile. Among
the
PRINCIPAL LOCATIONS
Here are the Iron Cap, Mountain Boy,
comas, Daisy, Puritan, Charter Oak,
Argiye, Vega, Calypso. Eva, Ontario and
North Star. every one of which shows ore
on the surface. These are mostly in lime
stone and quartzite.
The Mountain Boy mine is undoubtedly
q tissure vein with an outcrop showing the
vein to be, at least, fifteen to twenty feet
in width. The owners are now at work on
this lead, the result being increased rich
ness OF the ores and more ~permanency and
afrap 9TH of thn vain Tho Iron IAN and
Comas mines show ore resembling that Of
the Emma in Utah.
THE FACILITIES FOR oRKING
These mines are good, the centre Of the
district being but six miles from a large
stream, springs being found in many
places in the district, while a wagon road
Of not more than four miles in length
could be constructed to the head OF Ara
yaipa Canyon, from which there is a good
road for forty-fve miles along "a level val
ley to Wilcox's Station, on the Southern
Pacific Railroad. A branch railroad will
no doubt be constructed from the last
named station as soon as the camp gets
well started, as freight over the road will
then be considerable. Coke and coal
could then be delivered at a small cost.
In a few months, when the connection is
completed between the s. P. r. r. and the
A.. T. q s. F. r. r., we will be within fifty
miles OF
DIRECT COMMUNICATION
With the coal fields of Southern Colorado,
New Mexico and Texas.
The country abounds in vegetation, live
and black oak, several kinds of pines, ju-
niper, cypress, walnut, sycamore and ash.
OF
WILD GAME
There are bear, deer, quail and turkeys.
Grass Of the finest quality is in abundance
and stock can subsist all seasons of the
year. The climate here is good, the days
being pleasant and the nights not being
cold. In winter the fall Of snow rarely
exceeds a few inches, which, however, melts
off in a few days. The cost Of living is not
high. We have come prepared to stay,
confident that in q few months there will
be a rush to this camp from all parts of
the Territory.
BEN KENNEDY,
DeFrees Mining District. Pima county,
Arizona.