Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-13

1 ledge now owned by the Total Wreck ! Mining Company, and the character of ] the ore near the surface certainly gave 1 DO promise Of the great bonanza since 1 developed. Work was kept mp Tn de- ] s1lJOry way upon that mine for nearly q | year be.Ore any energetic developmeuts ! were lnaugurated, and from a narrow | vein Of UDcer-a-l value, the ledge im- l proved n width and character with the depth attained, until its owners con ! cluded to take the chances and play 1 game with fate in which they had the ! advantage of abundant means, undauut- l cd e.-crigy, tirL. determination and valu- 1 able experience. Scarcely six months I have elapsed since they demonstrated ! that they had a mine, and the present ! Total Wreck Mining Company was then 1 organized in New York for the purpose of working 1t. The developments were ! begun systematically and shaft, begin ! uluE northwest Df the apex Of the semi i ! circular hIll, was sunk upon the ledge at an angie of about thirty eight degrees. 1 tp what Is now tine 2OO-fOot level. At 1 the ibEioot leve- drifts were run north l and south, all m ere, and 6J-foOt cross 1 eat run on its south end and a 40-foot ] : crescent On its north end. 4 winze { from thls level was sunk twenty-five l feet and further tO the north d winze |
 was sunk 60 the 2Jlioot level, and ore ]
 was encountered everywhere. IGe 2U0-foot level has heen run l4O ! fec: north of the main shaft, all in ore, l
 and a winZe has teen sunk near its !
 north end luJ feet to the 3g0-foot level, 1
 also aL n ore. The @p0-fOot level was |
 cgLt.nGeG sOutlward 130 feet, still iu |
 ore, and wiIze sunk to the 3GO-foot l level and an uFTtlsc Of 55 feet made. 1
 which VIII be extended to the lO- I loot level All the drifts and winZes are l iu ore, and good ore, enough of which ! Is now in sight to run a twenty-stamp |
 mill to its luil capacity for two years, 1 and which will give an average assay of | over S6D per ton. 4 tunnel has been 1 dr.veu from the east side Of the noun | taIu where the company's offices, etc, l are located. to an intersection of the | man sIait Gt the 2U0-ioot level, and all 1 the ore at present taken from the mine | Is brough; through the tunnel.
 The hDi ting works are to be erected 1 on the northwest side of the bill, at the ! main shaft and the mill wlll be erected I below upon the same side, and the ore . carried upon a tramway from the dump | Co the mill. The incline will be sufficient | fer the descending load to carry back | the empty car. There are now about | jUJ0 tons of fine milling ore on the | dump that will assay SG0 The ore Is
 chiefly chiorides, mixed freely with soft
 and deCumpused ferrugInOus rock which | crushes easily. When the mill Is started l it is estimated that the ore can be mined, | handled and milled at maximum cost | of not more than SlO per ton, which Is | certainly an ecOn9my seldom obtalnable | 1.. axaa1lav,A judgment in the management
 The mine and mill are 10 be supplied |
 with water from the cOmpany's well, | one-and-a-half miles distant. A forty | horse power engine drlves a pump at the |
 rate of 72oO gallons an hour, and the | water Is forced to the top of the hill, | twenty-five feet higher than the tcp of |
 the main shaft, 2JOO feet iron inc, | and into huge reservoir e of | holding ljO,W0 gallons. inc ,es are l
 nearly all laid, and 1t is calcuIated that |
 within three weeks the works will be | fully completed. The town, which Is now l furnished water by means of pack sni- l mais bringing 1t from q long distance, l
 will be supplied with water from the | cOmpauy's reservOlr.
 At present about eighteen men are | employed in the mine under the fore |
 manship of Mr. William Shaw, q thor l ourh miner, who formerly held a posi- |
 tion at the Contention, iE Tombstone. l
 Mir. Ned Vail is the company's assayer, | and occupies a snug laboratory at the
 mlne. The company has good office |
 buildings, store houses, etc, and have | made all their improvements permanent | and substantial. MT. Geo. w. Atkinson Is now manufacturing one hundred | Al -A Hl.a fa- rla mill foundation and setting the boilers. The preparations for its construction will commence early m the coming month. Tn, mine IS seven miles from PantanO, ! station on the Southern Pacific Railroad, l and splendid new toll-road has been made from the station by way of the mine, Co the Empire ranch where 1t con- meets with the old Tucson road through pavidsuns canyon. J. Ingram & Co.'S sta1res from PantanO to Harshaw pass i 1 each way daily and afford excellent i travelling accommodations. The town of Total Wreck Is of ex- tremelv quick growth, and Is already assuming airs of importance. Among 1 its business men are Mr. 4. J. Bobo, | who has a fine stock of dry goods: Nei- ! son E George. who sell Hooper X Co.'S ! best brands of the eXhIleratlng; John | Vaughn, a model butcher; \. J. Dayld-
 son, formerly of Pantano, dry goods, | groceries and provisions. Alexander ! Chisholm, hotel, and many other busl-
 ness houses. The peace of the town IS ably looked after by Deputy Sheriff T. | II. Carlisle, who Is regarded as model officer bv all his neighbors. This IS the town where year ago there was noth- 1 ing but a virgin growth Of shruobeTy' cactus and greasewOod.
 The Total Wreck is not the only mine of that District. but its advanced state of development gives it greater import l auce than any others, and 1t will un-
 doubtedly maintain its prestige for all
 time. The Justice group of mines are
 coming into considerable notice and the
 promise k something great and substan- tiql. This group are owned by an moor
 porated company with plenty of capital
 ia back 1t, and 1t is their intention to
 work the mines as a legitimate business,
 and not for stock speculative purposes.
 The Justice ledge IS large and bold and
 some of the ore is exceedingly rich.
 Jebn Madden mas recently sold
 group of mines to New York parties, who are prosecuting the work with yigor,
 confident of tue eventual outcome.
 Other splendid mines are known to
 exist in that vicinity, and among them
 tbe Piermout possesses features or an l, excellent mine. This IS owned by Nessrs. II. C. Caples and the firm Of FarH, Smith, Campbell < Robinson or , tlis city. A force of men are kept con r stantly at work and the mine Is regarded . as one of the best in the District.
 l ks whole the Empire District has a
 very bright future, and the Total Wreck
 calap is destined to become one or the
 most prosperous mining towns ID the Territory. The elements exist there to make it such. and possibilities soon de- !, velop into probabilities under such CIT ! culnstances. That District not only possesses inexhaustIble bodies or ore but men of energy and means are deVel- . oping them, and their unquestloneu sue 2 cess will make matters boom ID tuat VI