Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
Tine Gunsight Road.
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Mir. F. A. Tritie, who recently. visited Meyers district for the purpose of mak- ing personal examination of the va rious properties, and satisfying himself of their true worth, speaks well of the different districts, and also of the coun- try through which he passed; and he predicts for both an important and in ! fiuential future when better roads and readier Ineaus of communication can be had, and eventually the country will be opened up by railroad to the neglect of tue sand-dunes down the Colorado. In the Coyote Mountains, miners are prospecting and opening up good mines The Picacho mine, in the Cababi district, worked by the Spaniards in old times and by Americans reOpened in 1885, IS now owned by Messrs. Tritle and Bivins, who have a gang of men at work under the supervision of NIT. L. M. Riordan. It IS situated in a belt of porphyry. and has at one time been e1- tensively worked, and ore taken from the various dumps gave assays of S3o.6I, S6g91, and Sl6l.S4, but the shafts are now full Of water to within seventy feet of the surface, and 1t will require cOnsld erable labor to put them again in good condition. In the same belt and ad- joining the PicaehO, is the Santo Domingo, followed by the Third Term, tn Papago and the famous Caprisa, belonging to Messrs. Gage and Arm strong. Other mines are being opened up and prospects generally look well: but Mir. Tritle thinks that 1t IS not the mines alone that will render Cababl famous, but it's nutritious grasses-gal- leta grama and bunch-for the fatteuing of HOcks and herds. Water, however, Is the great deslderatum, without which the country must remain practically us 1t Is. But he Is strong n hls faith that by going to the proper depth an abundance can be found, as It now IS III every shaft of any depth. The water shed Is large, and the valley itself forty miles wide by thirty miles long, IS GOV cred with thrifty vegetation which indicates that water can be had. The soil is of gravel, free from rock and chOllas. Cattle men would do well to give it attention.
 In the QuijotOa mOuLtaIns work un- der the different companies IS actively progressing and 1t Is said that other companies are forming for operations in the same field.
 In the Gunsight no work Is being done but substantial buildings are being cree ted and the machinery daily arriving and will soon be in place, and work at once commenced. The ore, the result of a 200 foot shaft, looks well. At that depth a cross-cut opened 3O-foot vein, and there are no openings without good ore in sight. No critical examination Of the mine WAS made, but from the ore on the dump. the certificates of assay and general surface indications, he would consider the mipe to be very valuable one. Surrounding claims in that sec tion look well, and when properly pros peeted will attract much attention.
 Mir. Tritie next visited the Aios a granite range of mountains running north and south, and lying about fifteen miles west of the Gun sight, and in which are located the AjO group of copper mines, long since worked and abandoned because of water, but whose many dumps gives proof of the scale upon which they were formerly operated. The ore IS high grade and of various qualities. They were the real object of his visIt, and arrangements have been made for the draining of the different shafts, with tle intention of recommending work. Twenty miles south of the Aio are the Southwestern and Lilly, the prop erty of Fred Ward and others, the first, ten feet of ore, giving 27.5 per cent; the latter, six feet wide, g per cent: both copper. MT. Tritle says that standing on the range, looking towards the Colorado, nothing but sand-dunes and bad lands can be seen, which he thinks are devoid of mineral, but of the country and min ing districts named. they will in time make their power felt