Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-12-03
The ll,nnga Mine.

The Omega mlne, from which SC much is expected, was discovered by Hon. $. R. De Long, one of its present owners, on the 24th of May, 1877, time when copper properties were of les: value and prospectOTs less numerous than at present And although appar ently vslueless at the time, its fortu nate discoverer fancied aright its i'm
 portant future which recent develop ments have more than verified.
 In the year of 1874 the well knowI mercantile firm of Tully, OchOa d Co engaged then as now m developing ana forwarding along the best interests oi the country. They were the owpers ot what has since been known as the BeI Virgin group of mines, upon whicl they had done considerable work and hauled the ore to Tucson for reduction but failing to make the enterprise pay it was abandoned. Two years after wards Mir. De Long again examined the properties, with view Of recOmmenc ing work. Finally deciding against it. he was about tO return home, when through pair of glasses, Ee noticed q great bulge or blowout of copper ore jutting from a hill about mile Tn ad. vance. On reaching t hs located two claims, one of which k now the famous Omega mine.
 About six months since 1t wa: Arav,.,hs sr, fF.Hr. s.afH f.T arfnr f.l Philadelphia capitalists, at the head oi whom was Mir. Meng Through hIm il was agreed that upon the formation oi Q stock company and the assignment to them of one half of the issued stock they would expend Sl5,uO0 in developments, and in addition to that outlay would purchase and put upon the ground a water jacket smelter of thirty tons ca pacity. The maximum time allowed for the fulhllment of the contract being to Jan. oth, 1883.
 Work was at once commenced, and with each deepening foot 1t became the more apparent that the Omega was a wonderful mine. Encouraged with the result of the outlay agreed upon, the company expended furthur sum of Sl0000, which stlll further demonstrat- cd It's great value. At the j0 foot level the ore body measured twenty-fOur feet between walls. At loo feet lower down 1t Is somewhat narrower, but still wide enough 10 take precedence over its kind as the mammoth of the hills. From top to bottom the vein has An average width Of twelve feet and the assay value of the rock has never yet fallen below its average grade 22 per cent. At various places ID the shaft about l5O feet of drift work has been done and always with the same fortunate result
 The smelter of class and capacity agreed upon has been ordered of Rankin, Brayton | Co, San Francisco, who furnish much of the mining ma used for the reduction of cop per ores in this country, and as by the nature of the contract, 1t must be on the ground by the Sth of January com. ing, 1t is but fair to suppose that in a few more weeks the CITIZEN will have the pleasure of announcing the Omega as being among the foremost of bullion producers in Arizona.
 The stock has been divided into 3G0,- JOO shares, of which 120,0OO are held by parties in Philadelphia, as stated, lj0,- J0 by Fully, Ochos < Co. (Hon. S. F. De Long beng the Company and l5,0O0 each by Messrs. Jeifords and Hughes. ] Not share of the stock has been put )n the market. The mine Is situated Dn the western slope of the Santa Ritas, l ] little east of south and in a direct line about 24 miles from Tucson.