Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-13
LORDSBURG.
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Special correspondence Of the CITIZEN
 LoBDsBURG, N. M., November 5.-As the CITIZEN has many readers in this camp, few items in relation to its phe- nomenal mines may not be uninterest- ing. Probably many of your readers are aware of the circumstances which led to the discovery of mineral at this point.
 Lordsburg Is located out on flat plain, and there is not the slightest su- pc. fcial indication of mineral The dis covery of ore was made last summer while the railroad company was boring an artesian well. At the depth of 9S feet the drill struck rock and at 1S0 feet found low-gFade ore carrying 8, SIP and SI5. At TO feet sand carbonates were struck, going $50 and upwards. The drill hole was sunk to the depth of 425 feet, at which point body of water was struck, forcing mp black sand which gave eight colOrs of gold to the pan. The drill in reaching this depth passed through 295 feet of ore. St once every foot of land in the vicinity was staked out as mining claims, and several com panies were organized tO develop the prospective bonanzas. An effort was then made to keep down the excitement, so that If the thing turned out well they could corral the whole; so little has been heard of what, under any other circum- stances, would have made this a boom ing camp. Now, however, the work Is well under way and the results appear satisfactory.
 The ground upon which the drill hole WIS located was taken by the Wall Street Consolidated Mining and Milling Company, and under the superinten- dance Of Col John X. James, of your city, the work of sinking was commenced about 70 feet from the original drill hole. This shaft Is double-compart- ment 6xl0 feet and has now reached a depth of 40 feet. They have encoun. tered stringer of ore running into the shaft and indications are so favorable that, it Is understood, the Colonel has bonded number Of adjacent claims to eastern parties. The value of the ore found is kept profound secret.
 About the same time work was con- menced on the Lordsburg and Golden State claims, under the superiutendence of l.. Floss, Esq, of Tucson. These two claims are parallel with and adjoin each other, and lie across the railroad track.
 On the Lordsburg claim a shaft 5x7 feet has been sunk to a depth of l5l feet. This shaft Is on the south side of the railroad track and about Jo0 feet from it. At IF feet ore was struck, the first assay giving S46S, the next SD and the next Sl12. An assay at the bottom of the shaft yielded 7S oZ. The formation is peculiar and the rock has no mineral iZed appearance. The stratiticatIous cross each other In every direction. The bottom of the shaft Is all in an ore body of unknown dimensions. Drifting to ascertain the size will not be commenced until a depth of 2jO feet has been reached. Simultaneously with striking ore in this shaft water was encountered, which has become too strong to work successfully with the present hOiStIng apparatus. Work has therefore been temporarily suspended, but will be re- stunned Friday, when new hOisting works will be provided. The character of the ore already found is free milling, but it is expected that the final claracte. of the ore will be smeltIng.
 The ore bears DO similarity to the ores found at Shakesperc, which 1.-two miles distant. This deposit is certainly phe- nomenal, and, as yet, no explanation of it has been made. It is possible that the lodges which are prominent on the Lei tendorf hills, two miles distant, have buried themselves in this flat.
 The country about Lordsburg Is a fine grazing country, destitute of timber, but being right at the railroad We have un- usual advantages. Coal from the A. T. ,s 5. F. R. R. coal fields can be delivered here at S per ton, and addressed lum- Der is retailing at S35 per thousand feet, and redwood shingles at S5.50 per thous- and.
 Everything Is favorable for the big boom, which has been held in check long enough. EXPERT.