The Arizona sentinel., 1881-09-03
Silver District Notes.
BLACK ROCK.

BLACK ROCK.
 Sixteen men on the breast, and open ing cut to sink shaft. The force on breast just north of old Hayes incline shalt are in good pay rock, and the result con- seuuent enlargement of the pay dump. A wagon road is being constructed across the mesa, around which the stage road now winds, at Black rock, to facilitate loading of ore from that mine, when transporting to company mills at river. A rich strike of the largest body of mil ling ore proper, in quartz, yet made in the district occurred in the
 LOST MINE,
 In cut No. ?, the past week. Black sul- phurets from the surface returned an as- say of s369. p per ton, silver. Several assays have been sent to Tucson, the re- turns from which have not yet been re- ceiyed. The pay streak shows width of six feet Tn pure friable quartz; width of ore seam from four inches to two feet; width of ledge over all. between walls, sixty feet. The metal found is grey car bonates and black sUlphurels, with no bright metal (galena) 50 far encountered, and no spar in shaft, now at depth of four feet, six by four in size. The two miners employed are taking out and sacking oue sack of tirst-grade pure, sol id, grey carbonateS and black sulphurets, and from one to two sacks second grade ore pei day, as they sink. The mine is i'll East Silver District, and taking into con- sideration the slight amount of develop. ment is second to no miEe in the district.
 THE SILVER GLANCE.
 Tunnel still progressing in ledge matter, Pickenback completed contract on Man deville, and is now doing assessment work on his own claim,
 THE EMPIRE,
 Which ledge is an extension of the Man. deville, north, and a large ledge.
 Assessment work also being done on THE BULL DOG, Which claim lies between the Vaudeville and Canteen, which latter claim joins the now famous Lost Mine, which naturally enhances the value of the Bull Dog, and all property iu that neighborhood. THE SILVER CIFY, Still continues cross cutting to east, to i find the ledge; now in white porphyry,
 Tom Gilchrist, of the huge | MISSOURI MINE,
 Is handling the ribbons for the Red Cloac team, and running the engine while filling water tanks at the river, from whence he gets his supply of water to de liver to Silent ard Black Rock company
 John Bamber, ST.. has a boarding house well p4tronized by Black Rock miners Geo. Norton is building house o large dimensions on Engineer" ground .... Cargell expected in d few days.
 THE MEDoRA,
 Dennis O'Connor, owner, running parale with the Lost Mine, has an eleven foo shaft, and is going down, with good AV rock in ledge, and consider able black close grained galens.
 Wages for first-class miners now S 5 per day, find themselves, and deman, for them at the Black Rock.
 Mir. Geo. w. Taylor has beautiful ant expensive gold watch, which beals legend stating that it was presented b the miners Of Star Mine, Nevada, to MT Taylor, for his uniform courtesy to then etc. He is an able miner and kind gen man.
 Demean McGillery, a miner, is seriousl i'll with mountain fever at the River. IT, Amelia will soon be opened by Bosto Company; tie mine is an extension fror Rover, north. Geo. W. Taylor returned [ Nevada and NJ. A. Lazwell takes hi place as foreman of Black Rock. Gu Crawford and Jim Massey are out on prospect for placers toward Ehrenberg The Centennial,