Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-02-12
THE SANTA CATALINA.
A Glance at the coppsr Interests Of the santa Catalina aountaias--The Coming Copper Camp Of the Pacific Coast.

camp are among the largest on the
 coast, and are acknowledged b. all
 mining men who have seen them 10 be
 supeuor to any they have yet seen m
 the West. The ledges are large and
 well defined, ard are true contact veins | lying between granite and limestone
 walls, the foo,-wall being granite and
 the hanging wall being limestone. An
 immense ven Of copper ore crops cut
 of the ground q: intervals for distance
 of about four miles and is from ten to
 sixty feet in with, and in every instance
 where work has been done the ledge
 shows good ore, and in some places in
 large bodies of high grade ores assaying
 from ten to seventy-two per cent. Of
 copper and silver.
 Commencing at the westerly end of
 this vast belt, we will give short des-
 cnpton of a few of the principal
 prospects. First NC will notice the
 Santa Claus, Lord Byron and Mermaid
 mines owned by Move Wicks, Esq, of
 Tucson. The Santa Claus has an open cut eight feel wide, fourteen feet long,
 and face ten feet in heigih, all in a good
 quality of ore. The ledge here shows to
 be about thirty feet in width. The Lord
 Byron has two shafts, ten and fourteen
 feet in width, all in solid ore. An average assay of thr..1umps gave 33-7 per cent. copper and Ss7 silver per ton.
 The Mermaid has an open cut fourteen
 feet in length, eight feet in width and a lace ten feet in heigth all in good ore.
 The St. Nicholas one of the group, belonging to the Santa Catalina Copper
 Company and has an open cut ten feet
 vide, ten feet m length and an eigth foot
 hce all in ore.
 The famous Apache mine belonging 10
 he same company joins the St. Nicholas dn the east, and is one of the finest cop Der proper ties in Arzona The develop nents on this mine IS an open cut fifty feet long with 2 breast of ore ten feet nigh and fifty feet in length, all high grade ore. A tunnel has been run sixty feet in length, twenty-seven feet being in nigh grade ore. A shaft has been sunk 70 a depth Of sixty feet, and shows good ore from top to bottom. There are about three hundred tons of ore on the dump md three thousand more in sight in the nine, and al least one hundred tons i.-,re Of float ore lying loose on the hill ,ide. Three hundred feet west of this tunnel are several open cuts, all of which l Ire in frst-class ore. Next on the list and joining the easterly end of the Apache is the Comanche mine, owned l oy E. O. Strauon, Esq, of the Pandora 1 Ranch. The developments on this mine $, immediately on the south end, shaft | .ighteen feet m depth, the bottom of the | ,haft being in a body or fine ore of high | grade. The ledge here shows a width of | twenty-five feet. One hundred and ] fifty feet north from the shaft is an open 1 ut fourteen feet m length along the eeln, with a breast ten feet in height, all good ore. Six hundred and hity feet aorth of this cut is the tunnel which Is run twenty-five feet in ore. At the mouth of this tunnel is an open GU, forty eet in length, with a breast of ore ten eet ia height. The orc here is green carbonate and the oxides, and Is of very ugh grade. Immediately above the tunnel and for a distance of hundred feet any stroke in the grodnd with a picl, Vill fetch up good ore. There are on he dumps about eighty tons or high grade ore.
 The mill-site located in connection with this mine is just below the mine md distant about fifteen hundred feet. rhis mil site has a running stream of water in the dryest part of the season. The ore car be taken from the mine to he mill-site by means Of .tramway at a .ery light expense thereby saving the labor and expense of transporting ore in wagons.
 The Copper Giant mine lies a little arther to the north and is also a fine prospect, and is owned by Peter Lunphy & Co.
 The Pandora joins the Copper Giant ,n the southeast side, and Is owned by E. O. Stratton & Go. This claim has m open cut eighteen feet in length, ten eei in width, and breast of ore six feet n height The ore shows for width ,f one hundred feet and the entire length ,f he claim. Some of the finest ore in the amp, has been found on this location.
 The Golden Peak owned by Messrs. &amsdale and Geesaman, Is another one f he fine prospects of our camp.
 The Ameucan Shield is silver mine. nd lies about four miles east of thIs opper belt, and is a fine prospect for ood silver mine. This property was old last fall by R. R. Richardson, Esq, 9 a Pittsburg company, who we under ,and, will soon commence active work n the mine. There is now a shaft forty I we feet in depth, which shows a good { uality of carbonate ore. This ore aries from ten 10 twenty-five dollars CT ton in gold and as high as sixty ollars m silver. The camp is as well watered as any : amp we have seen in any part of the ! 'erritory, there belng numerous springs nd running brooks in all directions. l ne foot hills about the mines are I lickly cla5 wi;h heavy growth of oak, \ ainut, cedar and juniper timber, and 1 ne mile distant we strike the heavy I inc forest, which, without question, is 3 nc of the finest bodies of pine timber to $ 9 found in any place in the southwest. ; harcoal can be delivered to the f neliers here al from ten to fifteen cents er bushel. The energetic road con actor, Mir. o. A. Hyatt, is rapidly II lshing the road to completion and will |, ? completed in about ten days, when h e Santa Catalina Copper Company will ic al IL q ucson. Then we will hear the echo of r e steam whistle and see a stream of n edith pouring out 0fthis camp that will o l. unsurpassed in the west. We do not ''