Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-27
THE euIJoroA MOUNTAINS.
New Developments at an old Mining Camp - Good Prospects Old Placers.
QUUoroA MouxrA1N DISTRICT, :

QUDoToA MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. :
 February 20.
 EDITOR CITIZEN Thinking you would like to hear something from thIs section or Pima county, I address you the following. I have just made a thorough examination of the differ ent mining locations in thls vicinity and think them worthy of notice. There are several very fine locations here that are showing well both in gold and silver, and they are free of base metal and can be easily worked. The most promising that noticed be- long 10 Ar. B. W. Gurus, d young man from California, who Las been at work there for about ten months. anu has some litlle developments on two UIaims-One known as the Miama Buckeye and the other as the Nexi President. The first is a very in prospect, the ledge being three feet vide, carrying EOin silver, black sul- phureis, brittle silver and ChluIiCe, NA h lANA A1NAN uaE NNh Ll Aa Lt llT All tue dump. The vein Is h porphyry, with s!lcSened walls, fire clay seam, and shows every indication of being d t ue fissuT,, and itom assays that Hr. Curtis has maue, will ayeI42c SItU per len.
 The Next President runs nearly par allcl with tLe above mentioned, and slows ore the entire width 0t lIe shat, though at places where Nr. Gurus las cleared of The surface II shows tLe luCge to be from eight 10 ten feel wide. The character of the ore is very fine and will average $50 10 $40 per ton, and in the shalt shows a grad. ual improvement Us Le goes Uuwu on it.
 Water can be had sufficient fir all purposes by d:ggILg. A well sunk by andere & CO. eighteen feet iuT- nIsaes In the dryest season all the water needed in lhe different camps, busiues watering from 15 10 leo head of cattle anc horses for the Iudlarf>.
 Some parties have lately arrived here from California and are now prospecting In earnest. They have pro- visions enourh 10 las, ,he party of SIX for tour mon," say they propose 10 remain rigl Us they feel en- cOuraged from --.e prospects they have found.
 On all sides oi ihis unCntaIn are p!acers which the Indians and Nyxi- ! cans work by cry washing The goio is coarse and lies next to lhc bed rock ! they make it pay well when the late. is favorable.
 This camp has been mined exlea- sively for years by the MeXicaus, and 1 a great deal of gold has been taken out | by this drY-wa=hIng process Simply ! with wooden bCwL) 1 think The | improved way Of dry washing would 1 pay well. l sec DO reason why water i so near the surface cannot be utilized | by pumping it Into boxes and washing | the dirt; it would cost but lit'ie 10 | screen the rrCk nom the Ciri, and by | so doing be able to get through large | quantities with little water. There | are hundreds of acres of country herv thai l think will pay If menaged properly.
 There Is a large body of iron ore nere Jnal runs !n me shape Ol an lnl- I Mense ledge or vein which Is easily l traced for len miles. In many places it crops cut very bold and shows from the wash below that thousands Of tons have been washed away lromit, Whi,. many thousands of tons can be seen along the course of the veIn.
 If this is allowed a place in y0ur paper and you wish for more items from ;his district, we will be glad 10 furnish facts as the camp pc gresses. Yours respectfully, M