Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-04-17
Deep NIinesIn Arirnnn
LCorrespOndent of the Journar


 Those generally of the public in,.- ested in mining, both of the Fas,o-- and Western States, seem to bs-- formed the opinion that the mine os our Territory are not of a perms,.o. character, or, in other word, dn- a-. go dOwn-in the language of he sv perts, are simply surface Indicafio1A though probably these gentlemen or, willing 10 make an exception In ,bi- sweeping assertion in faYOr 1.-the cai ebratei Tombstone ore body. In o. der to correct this erroneous imn-ss sion, So far as this article will e+Ftc,j. l have thought it advisable and iut,- ciOus 10 set the following facts befo,. the public: It has been truly said ne man can tell what IS hidden in ,Is ground, and 1 would add, not tbongS he be a graduate of some " school or mines, or graduate from the end 0t 6 pick handle, though he by his Iabor has the earliest information in tbs matter. On the contrary, to learn what Is Tn the ground, work must bs nrst performed in sinking shafts ana running drifts and tunnels. Wb.T this Is done then all can see what is Tn sight, but in order to accomplish this much desired development 'coin IS leading factor in the en;erpriso Now lt IS well known that in ,bs vast majority of prospects Tn alI tbs districts of the Territory, tb,s wo-L of development Is performed by wor- lngmen win little or Do ctDir.iI r,,ss
 ,IsI them ID going tU the dep. nec-,- sarE 10 prove their ore body beyond he amount of dcvelOymrnt tbrv srs able 10 perform with hand Iabor T., Is well understood by practical miners that l0O feet is about Us deep sS csn be managed with two men Al A hand windlass, but if greater depth than Ihis Is desired, it is necessary 10 mace . machinery Ov,r the shalt for boIsrfoy he diHted rock GO Le surface. ani lhls would appear Co be the r,s.on
 "hy there are sO many "prisDec,sd" claLms, and sC lev lerG shan. ~,
 mines owned by working miners. Possibly this act has given some req son Tor the opinion referred 10. Ye-
 1 cannot agree that the,e are yoot
 grounds for the opinion, but hoId ir
 as substantial evidence of Derna- nency that there are iu existence. h, all the mountain range. many veins
 of mineral bearing rock, !u some dis trIcts Of an extensive and valuable character, and iu others possibly less so in extent, but retaining the usual mineral width. Here Is the surrst evidence of permanenCy, for down iu the ''sulId formations where the straJified rocks have never been dis. turbed or shaken as on and near the surface, will be found in all those dis tricts where mineral veins are discov. cred, some one or more mother veins or great ore bodies, from which these smaller bodies have received their supply of minerals when the larger bodies were forced 10 the surface in plastic condition. It Is claimed con- trary tO this opinion, however, by many, that the ore bodies of this Ter ritory were formed by being thrown down, or, to be more plain, by pre- cipitaliOn from the surface; and others, again, claim the reverse. that all mineral bearing 'true veIusn come from the bottom up, as is seen in some of the most de- veloped mines of the Territory, and IS usually known by mining men as blOW-Outs. l will mention few iu my own knowledge, which are so termed: Silver King, Pinal county; StOnewall Jackson, Gila county; Mac Morris, and several other valuable mines in the Richmond basin, Gila county. These mines have attained depth of 500 to 600 feet, and in all cases have improved iu the size of the ore body, without losing anything in worth as bullion producing proper ties. Deep sinking has been accom- plished by the aid of capital, and l maintain from this fact, and from the other reasons set forth. there are per manent ore bodies of vast extent that underly tke present surface, which will be a source of wealth to those living now and for others in the gen. eraIiOns to come. Developments in our TerritrOy are necessarily slow as compared to other and more cllmat- ically favored $ ates. We are aware that many of our districts are quite deficient in the two very necessary elements to make prosperous camp, namely, wood and water; and yet energy and money has and will Over- come even this lack. Had we a climate like California, l feel oonf- dent we should stand better as mIn- ing country with those at distance, as we should have a larger population and more mines developed, and Larger bulIiOn shipmenL than DOW.