The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-05-14
rnssr~sans News From Mohsvs County


NON thAt fhe buil8iug or a FaiiFnad on the ssih rsrallei seems as assured fact. aiis inf, fmation touching tbs resourUes If ths northeFa counties df this Territory must bs cf irierest fo every one, and especially ts tho Faliroa1 folks aud men of enterprise snd pluck, whether thsy be merchant. rEos
 pectsF. q espitshsi. .vho srs leeking ts hsH countries for feld te employ ti,eis enss. gles Although ihls wslIsPai district is ali old camp. yet i,s iaolation has kept it in the backggound. Tbe csst ef living and con- ducting enterprises have been, andara DOR. enormous For instance asur. I0eis sugar soct bacon, gocia and other things Ia pr1 portion.
 HoHavK oorSTT As A srsfsu cotErE'E
 Nearly eAsry msunl4sa range is stored v-ith pr, eious mstAls; the ledges arc large, aad
 well defined evcfywhsfs wsilapsi dis trict extends from Chloride 10 Beal Springs and from Chloride to fourteen miles soaih and is continuous hslt of mineral. h. nsmerable veins of siiser aud gold
 bearing ores that plsx through the mogn. tain sad eross raTines ID bold OHtcrup. Sur
 face minIug. called ohloriding, has been
 about the only mining and has kept the country runsiEg. Ores thAt woTk less than
 tI00 to the tou gre not considered worth
 noticing in this camp, sad the average
 miner does not think of having ore niille-d
 that will work less tAan szoo per ton. The
 high grade ores are sorted out and the lew grade lefi on the dumps
 There is an inexhaustsble quantity of low grade ore in ihis district thst gees from sso to sio0 per toa in silver with is to 70 per esnt lead. This ls,,V class of ore must abide the advent of the iron horse through
 wallspal valley. But there are also i'm nense ledge. of milliag ore that carry frorh sso 10 $500 per ton.
 AS yet there has heen DO deep mining in this district, there are bat few shafts niore than 150 feet deep. but In every casa where shafts have been suck below water level. rich ore. have been found. But to rxtrso,l ores frasn great depth requires capital fog a starter, as 1t Is attended with expense too great for ys poor single-handed miner. .wheu he has to hoist his ore 100 feet or more and then sort his ore up to at least $2OO per ton.
 The Keystone mine had rich chloride ore at out crop; at i5 feet fl became base and low grade at TOD feet rich antimonIal sil- yer ore was struck, great deal of which went into the teen hundreds Very fine ore is new being extracted that shows native and ruby silTer. Tbe same can be said af che Lone Star minc, the rich ores of which can now be seen gliitenng in the mine on the 900 foot level.
 The old Cupid niue ai Stockton Hill was worked ia lS793, and not less than sl0o,o00 has been shipped from tho ihine Tbs ore was chloride on top but became base st water level when work was stopped aud until lately has uecn left Co the rats and bats Recently patent has been 90 cured for the mine by X. l.. Davis. Esq, for Inc owners, spruanoe & stanley, of San Francisco Mr. Davis is now having the mine re-openod and already bas very roh ore again giittoriug on the old dumps. The ore now coming from the 100 foo, leyel is iull of ruby silver and goes wsy up.
 The Milligan and Smith mines are sn- other proof that all Ia needed here is depth to find rich ore h the bottom Of the Fonteuoy mine, now about ii0 feet deep. they have richer and better ore than orsF. ore that assays in the hundreds aad sculo tand considerable, tool nore thsp Si ,o9o por ton. The Indian Boy is snothef miae that . l00. foot shaft has developed high grade ore. and, in a word l do pot know of any mine in this disirics upoa which ecop developments have been made, that bas not shown up well.
 The great number of large ledgos aud tho vast quantities of ore that the mines of this l district eaa turn out. mus, needs furnish an extensive carrying business for the railroad, when 1t once reaches wallapsi valley. It will pay when a ralroad reaches us to han de ores carrying 30oz of silver to the ton, with make up of lead. zinc, antimony, | and iron. Then 100 te 500 tons of ere per 1 day may be furnished for transportation to some practical point of reduction or the re- quired amour, of coal may be brought here | for reducing the iuexhaas,able ores of tlis i district In any event Mohsvc County will furnish an immense business for tho 3jtlI parallel road.
 have already extended this letter Tar bey oRd what intended at the outset, and briefly state W. J. Bennett Is supposed to bsvc been killed by Indians in Chlmihuesa valley about the 5ih of April. The last ac- count of him is that he breakfasted at Stoke < Eellys station on the 9th, and left there that morning for Mshave. and since then he has not been seen eg heard from. On the same day the Chimibuevas came ;o Inc station. sps, in Kelly's face, and drove them of No doubt Bennett fell victim ts "poor Los" wrath.
 Our court opens on Monday and will probably last two weeks There are some important cases on the calepdhr. Mir ". |, H Hsrly has petition before the court ask r,r ss4o20 damages for the conversion sf a o, of ,ailings worked through his old Pio- peer mill in ls534-Nho says our mines sre worthless Nours Truly.