Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-03-27
THE GUNsIGHT MINE.
Immensely Rich Mines-New Com pany Being FOrmed-A Prospective CIty-Stage Line Wanted.

NIT. B. F. Bivins, owner of the Gunsight mine, Meyers District, was in the city last Sunday, en route to Tombstone, in company with Messrs. William c. Audenreid and J. B. Fon- laine, of Philadelphia, and MT. John B. Brooks, of Colorado, the laAer, a mining engineer of great experience.
 Messrs. Audenreid and Fontaine are representative business men ef Philadelphia, and came to Arizona to inspect the Gunsight group of mines for the purpose of uniting themselves with a few Eastern friends tO form company to work the mines on true business principles. Their visit to the Meyers District was very satistac- tory in every respect, and they were evidently pleased to find everything much better than Mr Biyins had rep resented. They intend putting up forty-stamp mil at once and work the property to make legitimate profits, not to speculate in stocks.
 The Gunsight mine was purchased nearly one and half years ago by MT Bivins, who has ever since been constantly at work developing Il. The croppings showed several parallel veins. which present developments prove are coming together below. The main shaft is down 200 feet, all in ore, the vein measuring from ten to fifteen feet wide, and in some places twenty feet. The bottom IS in ore fully seven feet in width, and ore still visible 10 a greater. width. At the 100-foOt level the shaft Is cut by tunnel running lalorally, 1855 feet m. This tunnel cut one vein seven feet wide before reach Ing the Gunsight ledge proper, which is here fifteen feet wide; its continua- ton struck another seven-fOOt vein beyond the GunsIght, and will lroba- bly tap another few feet further in. At the 153-fOOt level is d 60-fOOt drift, all in ore. The mineral is Tn the form of black sulphurets, chlorldes, horn and native silver, and the walls are p0rphyritic granite. Assays have been made running from a few ounces of silver 10 lS,OOO ounces, the average of seventy nine assays, ranging from the croppings to 100 feet deep, being s02 ounces of silver per ton, besides a fair average of gold. The promise Of this mine Is really wonderful, but the work has been carried on so quietly that but few have ever heard of it's real richness. The ore in sight shows magnificent dividends ahead tor score of years.
 The Mineral Bed mine, owned by the Mineral Bed Company, is a mann moth ledge, The shaft is down one hundred feet deep, and the bottom Is in sixteen feet of solid ore, and the hanging wall is not yet reached. This company is composed of the follow ing Philadelphia gentlemen: William J. Turner, Isaac Tillyer, Jacob J. Hichler and Mir. Lane.
 The Westward is a magnificent mine, showing 12-foot vein of solid ore, nearly all metal.
 The Silver Girt has been opened by a cut twenty-five feet deep, and it shows fine milling ore.
 According to the best judgment of practical men, this neighbOrhoOd will soon develop into a town of no small dimensions. The capital is rapidly coming In 10 open the immense ore bodies, and score of mills will prob ably follow the developments At present the camp needs transportation facilities from Tucson, and a stage line hence would meet with great en- couragement The distance from Tue son by the sinuous road is about 120 miles, with water at convenient sta tions along the way.