Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-10-23

their many courtesies, inc party started ofl for the mine (" L0ngarina. ana
 .' PiZen' frantically in the leadl' many miles distant in a sOuthwesteFly direction J. D. Andrews, the fore man or tue mine. received the visitors with his usual Urbanity. The hrst and unanimous performance oi lhe hungry invaders was tO iniiict an awful punishment on the splendidly gener- ous lunch provided by the thoughtful host, and then en masse the party moved on the diamond drill. This ls the only one in the Territory. and IS under thc skiliful supervision Of MT
 W. S. Fritz, who took great pains 10 explain its process and progress into the mysterious bowels of the earth. It
 is a two-inch drill, and removes a core
 one and @ half inches in diameter and showing the character of the torma-
 ton as no other means save the cN- pensIve shaft has ever accomplished:
 The present depth of the hole IS 52J
 feet, is direction vertical. its present progress through @ particularly hard formatiou) 12 feet on an average daily. and it was sunk oil the ledge with a view 10 striking
 1t at a great depth A particularly pleasing feature of the visit was the fact the the core which was taken
 ont while the party was present
 showed an entire change of formation,
 indicating that inc drill is approach
 ing the ldge.
 The proper name of the mine IS the
 San Xavier Western Extension, and
 it forms inc centre of 8 group of SIX claims. five of which-respectiyely
 the Arizona King, Arizona Queen,
 San Xavier Western Extension,
 San Xavier proper ana Patterson
 are on the main ledge, while the
 Democrat is a parallel claim to the
 Arizona Queen and Western Exten- sIon San Xavier, and lies 10 the south
 west of them. All these claims, with
 the exception of inc Western EXten-
 sion San Xavier. are the property or
 the Cllabasas Land and Mining Com
 pany, and all show indications or
 large b0dlcS of ore-which will prove
 valuable, now that the problem Of
 reduction has been solved.
 The main developments on the . Western Extension San Xavier consist
 briefly, as the mine has frequently
 been described in the CITIZEN
 oi the following. The Union shalt
 was sunk l40 feet vertically on the dividing line between the San Xavier ] Western Extension aud the San Xavier . Ts sa ...l haag ltnwnH working shafts in Arizona, and was sunk off the vein to strike the latter
 at more considerable depth. but its 900 feet of cross-cutting have develop. ed several considerable strata Of ore. B shalt is down SJ tO % feet on the , ledge, and is iu ore all the way. C shaft, CnCllncl from which ore is now | being taken. is down 12O feet, in ! ore all the way. with chambers at lOO ! feet deep showing ore and nothing but orc. These chambers disclose a
 body oforc 9 feet lengthwise of the ! ledge and 30 feet crosswise. How much larger the ore body is can only l be determined by further work. The glis,cninc galcna and pyriies Of cop . per reflect the light in a most brilliant | manner, and the beautiful sight was much enjoyed by the three ladies 1 Mrs. Sykes, Mrs. Haynes and Mrs. Fish-who were braYc enough to
 make the descent of the ladder It
 might be well to state that from this shaft not ton of waste has been taken since leaving the cap-rock
 1 An amusing incident occurred at ! this point which it would not be fair ! to pass. The ladies each threw into i the ore basket a piece of ore, each attaching thereto a label on which
 was written some appropriate inscrip- ton. What was thereon written 1t [ would be impossible 10 record but the man at the top Of the shaft, on dump ! ing the bucket. found one Of the : papers. and he immediately shrieked ! down t0 ths paralyzed visitors below l ' Whats that you say: Build a .frtE' To sum up. The ore now being taken out pays on au average, in sil- 1 yer. copper and lead S65 per ton; l5
 men are furnished employment by the company: and thanking Col. Sykes and his amiable lady for many kind attentions. tho reporter leaves the reader to figure up what the San Xavier bonanza is worth