Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-02-04
Mining Matters.
Tucson Citizen l

Tucson Citizen
 John Hardesty of Florence, one of the well known mining men of the Territory, Is spending a few days in the city He was interviewed this morning by an at tache of the Citizen in relation to mining matters in the districts in the cas tern and central portions of the Territory
 THE SILVER KING.
 Mir Hardesty visited the Silver King mine recently and went down into the 7O0-foot level. They are now cham bering out this level ready to stope. The chamber in the longest part was 101 feet and the greatest width then 76 feet though the limit of the ore body had not been reached in any direction. The character of the ore Is the same as above only richer. Native silver and black sulphurets abound. The King mine is phenominal. Nature was more generous with silver than with the quartz to carry | 1t. The quartz streak which largely carries native silver and black sulphurets is only about ten feet wide. The balance of the mineral is in what is termed vein porphyry. This mine still takes the lead as | far developed resources go. On no level IS | the ore body exhausted and only upon one is much more taken out than is neces- | sary to chamber out in preparing to stope. | This company have their railroad project under consideration and if they build, 1t will certainly prove a great blessing to that rich section of the Territory.
 A shaft IS being sunk on the claim on the northwest end of the Silver King about forty feet from the line. Mir. liar desty thinks that there is strong probabil- ity of their finding the same ore body as in the King, but thinks they will have to go 800 or 900 feet to reach it.
 SILVER BELL MINE.
 This mine is the property of the Pinal Con- Mining Company, and is said to give good promise. The owners have great confidence in 1t for they are ex- pending large amount of money in constructing road to the mine and to Florence. The mine is located about eight miles south west of Pinal and about six miles from the Gila river. The road has already been built to the river and is being continued on the other side of the river to Florence. They have ordered a shelter which will be put up on the river.
 MINERAL HILL DISTRICT.
 This district still holds its own. Many of the mines are bonded at good figures and are likely to go. Hon. Grant Oury and Mr. Hardesty have given bond for S40,000 on a group of three mines, situated about four miles from Mineral Hill. They are the Cholla, Wedge and May. The ledge on the Cholla is g feet wide, on the Wedge 50 feet and May six feet wide. There IS shaft seventy-fve feet on the Cholla and it shows horn sil- yer and high grade galena. A drift from the bottom of shaft disclosed body of high grade galena. Some of the ore went as high as $2500 in silver The Mark Twaine situated two miles further north, has fifty foot ledge. There is large } open cut on mine and shaft from bottom of cut eighteen feet deep. The ore goes from $40 to S175 with from 40 to 70 pel cent lead. The only development is or foot wall. It IS an iron cap ledge and car be traced for eight miles,
 SADDLE MOUNTAIN.
 Mir. Hardesty has been at work for the ! past two months on some cliams on Sad dle mountain. The claimsin t.asss sF...ssiIa. ity, are looking well The Saddle Mtant ain King and the <Lseed sisi nes. the 7attel 5 owned by Estef zil1klen enasssi is estascialf, 7 promising. The ore is g&lsna and blacl sulphurets The Ajax mine showed sof3s ,, specimens If horn silver There is con siderable valuable property tn the district : SOUTH PIONEER.
 l About this mine considerable has beer p said. MT. Hardesty considers it verl promising property. The company have their hoisting and pumping works nearly completed and expect soon to start up D They have road up the mountain b, , which to obtain timber and wood nearll . completed. Several rich strikes hay, 7 recently been made in the vicinity of tn, South Pioneer, which promise to attrac r more attention to that section. Tn, l Topia, Foote and Olympic located abou two miles east of the South Pioneer arr = looking well.
 Mir. Hardesty give rather glowing ac n count of the prospects in the mining dis s tricts north of us and we certainly hop his expectations will be more than real II iZed