Arizona weekly enterprise., 1881-12-03
MINING NOTES.
MINERAL BILL DISTRICT.

AS tlle ellu Ol Lle year uTdWs HlSi tleIo IS large and rapid increase in the num- Der of men performing assessment work. As the fame of the camp spreads, through the agency of the ENTERPRISE, many men are returning from the States to do as- sessment work upon claims they had aban doned through ignorance of their value. All the mines now developing are looking well, and many of the prospects, upon which only ten-foot shafts have been sunk, show splendid mineral with good indications of improvement as depth is at tained
 ANOTHER STRIKE IN THE ALICE.
 Superintendent Sibbald commenced prospecting the immense south croppings of the Alice this week, and made very rich strike Tuesday, in the shape of horn silver and black sulphurets, which assay way up in the thousands. Four sacks of ore were taken out of the new strike and will be sent to Melrose to be tested by a mill run. The ore in the north crop pings gets richer and richer as the shaft the winzes in the tunnel Everybody around the Alice is jubilant over the brightening prospect. Every week un- covers new proofs of it's great value as mine. Those who are yet in doubt should go and see for themselves. All the prop critics at Mineral Hill are open to visitors: the owners do not fear inspection. About twenty tons of ore will be shipped from the Alice to the Melrose smelter within two weeks.
 THE FINAL CONSOLIDATED
 Is still improving, and more than meet ing the expectations of its friends. We append the following, which was received Wednesday.
 COPY OF OFFICIAL LETTER.
 W. w. TAYLOR, Secretary.-DEAR SIR: Columbia tunnel is in 336 feet Silver Belle tunnel is in 40 feet and continues to show good carbonate, galena and chlo- ride ore. Winze No. below silver Belle tunnel is down 50 feet, and is in good ga lena, carbonate and chloride ore. The wagon road is progressing well. I have examined the road to Picacho, and have concluded to make Casa Grande our ship ping point. Yours truly,
 S. LINKToN, Supt.
 THE BRoNCHo,
 Upon which six-foot shaft has been sunk, shows a three-foot vein of copper, which assays SIP. 57 in silver to the ton, and 55.7 per cent copper. Certainly e good showing for the depth.
 THE NEoTIA
 Has ten-foot shaft penetrating ledge seven feet in width, which yields by as- say S28. l9 in silver and g. 02 in gold to i the ton.
 1 PIONEER DISTRICT.
 A great deal of work is doing in this district and many fine prospects arc dc- veloping.
 THE BLACK PRINCE.
 An open cut, fourteen feet long and about ten feet deep, has just been completed, and Mir Merit, of Florence made three assays of the rock, Wednes day, with the following result: From the surface, $l6.79 in silver to the ton; about three feet lower down, $40 O6; at the bot tom of the cut, $63.57. This shows thAt the mine improves as it goes down. The ledge is a very large one and makes the property valuable.
 THE FAST UNION.
 Located about one mile northwest of the King, Is an excellent claim, about whict but little has been said. We paid it { visit last week and found about five tons of good ore on the dump Twenty-foul tons of ore have been shipped from thi' claim and worked It yielded nearly S200 to the ton without asserting Tn, shaft from which this ore was taken, hai reached depth of 13O feet, and shows very strong vein all the way down. Abou 100 feet to the north of this shaft an other shaft has been sunk to depth o 78 feet on parallel ledge. The dump a this shaft shows some very rich ore, tn same i'll character as that taken from tn other. The vein is smaller, but what lacks in size is made up in its richness No work is doing on the claim at present ] but 1t is the intention of the owners t commence operations soon. The min has paid the expense of developments an s a small profit beside, 80 far, notwitf : standing the expense of shipping the or and having 1t worked away from the mine : Some parties have offered to develop tn l mine for half the ore taken out, but the
 proposition has not been accepted. I'll s formation is granite and the ledge show every indication of permanency. Wn l. OBoyle owns one-third, Noah Emricl d one-third, Wm. Mcqueen, one-sixth, an l. the remaining one-sixth is owned by U party whose name we could not asce I tain.
 Q THE BLACK DIAMOND, 5. First located as the Pinal mine, lies a e most due east of the King on the we IS side of the mountain and about half-ws d between the base and summit. Near u d lower end of the claim tunnel starts st and has reached depth of 370 feet, br d has not cut the ledge yet. It pass a- through few small strata of galen