Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-27
Globe Mining District.
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Messrs. Holmes and Lowther have let a contract to W. Beard to drlve the tun- mel on the Democrat mine twenty feet further in. The face of the tunnel is ill good ere now.
 The Great Republic IS looking excel lently. They are crOsscutting on their lower level to strike the same ore body that was encountered in an upper level. . The course of the crosscut Is west from the shaft.
 General McDonell, of the Buffalo Mining Company, IS putting up a small | furnace for smelting silver ores. The company, through their agent, Dr. Me Donell, will buy small or large lots of good ore. This gives the men who Own small and rich mines a market for then ores.
 On the Hoosier ground, running par allel with the copper vein, and about 2OC feet distant Is well pronounced vein of silver bearing ore, about l9 inches thick. ! The Superintendent of the HoOsier has started the work of development on 1t. IL is said to be a continuation of the Alice lead, and certainly carries ore of the same character. Assays, as recorded, run from 10 to 60O ounces.
 Our latest news from the South PiO- neer came last night, and IS of the same cLsar.ng character as formerly. The crosscut a: l02 feet from the main or working shalt l9s passed through 2l feet of highly miisffTallzed matter, and has not reached the foot w9!al yet oVra- tas of extremely rich ore have Ust.Il en- countered, the assays from which have ranged from S6 ounces to 4G6. The ma chinery for pumping made by Prescott, Scott s Co.-is on the ground and will soon be in place. The further develop ment Of the mine by sinking will be thus rendered easy, as the pumping appara- tus Is very powerful and complete.
 The shaft of the Stonewall No. l, IS down 250 feet. A crosscut has been run north 20 feet and south 40 feet on that level, and the sienIte walls are not reached in either case. This assures vein of at least 65 or 70 feet, as there are none of the signs thus far that indicate an approach to the walls. In the work of crosscutting several pay streaks run ming from a few inches to nearly two feet have been encountered. These are Of totally different character from the main ledge, which has the fracture of porphyry, and the consistency of tale and carries chlOrides which are free from any base.
 The Hoosier copper mine IS looking well, and producing ore steadily. The amount of openings in ore at this writ ing, reaches nearly 2OO feet. The seam varies in width from eight to twen- ty feet The latest develop 1nens is in the working tunnel which has reached the iron caping overlaying the vein. This proves the vein at a depth of 250 feet from the top working. There are 6j0 tons of ore on the dump, averaging Is per cent. We are in- debted to a thorough man for this in- formation. He considers 1t an excellent property. We shall visit it soon, and give an account of it as we see it. There are seven men employed at the mine.
 An agent of the Mccormack is ex- pected here iu a few days to settle all the local business connected with that property. The Mccormack was one of the best prospects in this camp, and we believe would have had better history if it had been properly handled. SS5,OOO were spent upon it, and the develop ments consists of 320 feet shaft, and about l5O feet of drifting. The first 75 feet of the shalt was tolerably hard rock, the balance was almost all pick and gad work Good bodies of ore, we are in- formed. were passed before reaching the 2OO-foot level, and their extent never de- termined by exploration; but drifting was done on a level where little was shown, and consequently money was sunk on dead work. We give this as matter of heresay-Our opinion is that SSj.O00 IS too much money to spend on such meagre developments as the Me COrmack shows.