Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-12-22
Yos Sugelts yesald.
CALrroRNIA DISTRICT.



stone.
iTucson start
The mineral belt In question Is
on the eastern slope Of the Chirica-
hua mountains, and extends from
Camp Bowie to beyond Cave
creek. 3 distance Of over twenty
miller. The principal camp at the
nresant time is on Turkey gcreek
east, and twenty-five miles south
eat a. Camp Bowie. The main
porfion Of the mines as at present
beiuR worked lie between the head
q Deer creek and Cave creek,
covering . territory oftwelve miles
in length by from three to hve
miles In width.
There are two distinct characters
Of ore In two separate zones OF the
mineral, one being carbonate ore
With galena and the other q black
metal with sulphurets of silver,
but no lead.
The carbonate ores are generally
In large bodies or veins coming to
the surface with iron outputs or
lime cappings. The patunda ores
are quartz groupings and quartzoze
ores in limestone country rock.
Nearly oil the best carbonate mines
lie Alongside of a porphyry dyke.
These veins can at times be plainly
traced for miles. have never been
in . camp where the veins, both or
quartz and carbonates, could be
more plainly traced on the surface
than In these mountains.
CALIFORNIA DISTRICT IS THE
Most noted name for the locality,
g It 10 q well.organized district,
With q Recorder, who keeps an
ONCE on Silver creek, and with
whom all claims located must be
recorded.
The principal work being done 10
ON the Texas mine by the Consoli.
dated Texas Mining Company.
This Texas mine is q good one. At
. depth Of 100 feet In the shaft they
have . l6.foot vein Of ore that av-
oragss over 500, while samples
have assayed from $500 to 81, 100.
The ore ID carbonate mixed with
galena, the silver being in the form
Of black sulphides, which, In the
richer specimens, show plainly In
black spots In the galena. There
10 also considerable molybdste or
lead In this and most other OF the
carbonate mines of the camp.
The Rough and Ready mine Mt o
depth Of "a feet has an S.foot vein
Of ore that averages $62 at the sur
face, and for the first five feet 1t
would assay only SIS to $40. The
Messenger, Hartford, Tucson, Tame
Buck. Mountain Boy, Hudson, At
lantic and many others have shafts
from 10 to % feet, all opening into
fine veins of ore, and all were ex-
osedingly low grades on top.
The Emma Brent, Humm1ng
Bird, Alta, and q number of others
Of the quartz veins have shafts
from 20 to go feet on veins of very
rich ore, many of them producing
ores that have worked from $500 to
$1,000 per ton.
have great confidence in the eu.
tire country that it will become
the next
GRAND MINING SECTION.
1 do not have this confidence on
what the present development
shows, but rather upon what the
country shows upon its face as
nature left it. The out-croppings
Of iron with carbonate, the quartz
veins and the general appearance
OF all things on the eurface con-
vince me that by sufficient work
some Of the largest and bsst mines
In the Territory will be pr-juced.
The country in its state OF slature
reminds me of Cottonwood, 3ing-
ham, Ophir and Eureka, and that
big carbonate mines will be there
found under the iron output.
Many are coming into camp
from LeadvilIe and say that the
country 10 much like that famous
locality, and that mines equal to
Leadville will be produced. The
formation is anything you ask for,
but lime, porphyry, gneiss, sienite,
granite aud basalt Epredominste.
There IL considerable Of what
miners call white limestone, much
Of which is, think, strouteonate
and some is In fact solomite.
The country Is well timbered with
pines for saw timber, oaks, pinion,
sycamore, cedar, juniper, shittam,
laurel, and some ash and maple.
Water and grass are abundant.
Grass everywhere, while water
flows down Turkey. Who's and
Cave creeks, and large springs
abound in all parts, some of them
even up near to the summit.
AT THE TEXAS MINE
On Turkey creek q smelling fur
mace Is being erected by the Texas
Consolidated Mining Company,
and others will follow on Who's
creek and in Mackey cafion. At
the Texas smslter a town has been
laid out by Ii. B. Maxson & Co.,
called GaleyvilIe. Nearly u mile
below, Wells Spicer, Douglas Gray,
VIM. Il. Bay, w. Il. Lowry and r.
II. Mcleod, as a town site associa-
ton, located aud laid out a town
called Chiricahua City, aud threw
1t open to the public to take lots
under the laws Of the United
States. This town is located on o
level mesa with seventy-ive blocks
without . break in them. 1t is
surrounded on all sides by mines,
and IL 1T the entrance of all the
different creeks and Gallons, and
only twenty miles from San Simon
station on the railroad. Saloons,
restaurants, lodging houses-all
kinds OF business Is rapidly being
established. People are flocking
In, and soon daily line OF stages
will be running to the railroad.
The Last Of the Miustx ola.