Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-21
THE TOTAL WRECK.
The Next Great Bullion Producer in
 Arizona.
!, n.serin,inn of tal. Remarkable Properly


 not been given the prominence II speculative circles that those of Tomb stone reached so suddenly, their de yelopment has been marked by steady and quiet progress partaking more ot the character of legitimate industry until the magnitude of their wonderful resources can no longer remain an open secret. This is particularly the case in the great veins of ore now exposed to view in the misnamed Total WIT ok mlne, located in the Empire mining district, thirty-five miles from Tucson, and seven miles from Pantano, station On the Southern Pacific railroad, with which the town of Total Wreck IS connected by a magnificent wagon road constructed by the present owners of the mine of that name.
 Tine present developments of the
 TOTAL WRECK MINE
 Are the direct result of the steady pur- pose and untiring energy of the gen. tlemen who acquired title when the prospect was considered quite an in- different one to ordinary eyes, but which has given the most substantial proofs of the good judgment of its owners, and it is to-day one of the greatest bonanzas of tue world, and IS about to to take it's proper place at or near the head of the list of profitable bullion producers.
 The system with which the mine has been opened IS most admirable, and an | inspection of it's inner recesses of min eralized rock; it's galleries of glit.ering | ore and numerous winzes that sink into dark and mysterious depths, with rich silver-bearlDg ore on all sides, IS enough to inspire the visitor with sensation of awe, and he wonderinGly puts his hands involuntarily in his pockets, half expect ing that some of the treasures about him will find it's way therein, ready rlilled and coined.
 The CITIZEN has often found pleasure in detailing the developments of this wonderful mlne. and yet each succeed ing month adds new marvels and brings to light additional evidences of the abundance of wealth therein stored, awaiting intelligent effort and enter prise to bring it forth into the hght of day.
 DESCRIPTION OF ITS DEVELOPMENTS.
 It was the good fortune of member Of the editorial staff of the CITIZEN to visit this promising mine, recently, and through the courtesy of the superintend- ent he was permitted to make a thorough examination of the mine, and was given every possible facility of acquiring in- formation as to its actual value.
 He found that the most hJwery ac- counts of the property were in no wise congregations, and wss very mach sur prised at the vast amount Of high-grade ore in sight. The mine IS now opened to a depth of 325 feet. by an incline shaft following the dip of the ledge, which Is about tnrty-fve degrees tu the south The main shaft is well and thoroughly timbered It is double compartment. the larger of which is supplied with tamway for the ore cars, which are used instead of cage, the incline being so slight. The other compartment pro vides a stairway for descent into the mine, at once easy and safe. The foot wall IS the floor of this incline, and only so much of the ore was removed from the ledge as was ncces- sary to make and timber it, and although the vein IS cut from eight to ten feet in width, a large bodyo: rich ore still re- mains on the hanging wall, which in one place has been cross cut sixteen feet, and in another place twenty zone feet. Stations will be placed at every fifty feet on the incline shaft, at present they are one hundred feet apart, and from each station drifts have been run on the ledge to determine the extent Of'the ore body and to prepare for extracting it. The first, or 105-foot level, has 230 feet of drifts, more than one-half of which is in ore; 2l2-foot level has 25O feet of drifts all in ore; the 325-foot level the drift was run from winze southeast of the shaft and has not yet reached the shaft. It Is 90 feet in length and is yet 20 feet from the shafe A tunnel has been run into the hill, cutting the shaft at tue 212-foot level, and has a length of 249 feet. Winzes have been sunk between the levels, which show immense bodies of ore.
 ORE IN SIGHT.