Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-12-03
The SiIrer RelL Copper Nlne..

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 about four miles ia length and runs northeast by southwest along the trend of the mountains. The main ore bodies being indicated by heavy iron and lime cappings, lying between confac. formation of syeuite and clay slatss. The ores are carbonates and red oxide, with some rich sulpaurets The first mines on the east eui of the belt are known as the
 YOUNG A.r---JrA GROUP,
 Which consists of several claims owned by New York company, who are uss. actively engaged in vorkin, them and shippiD. the higher grade ot ores Co New York, which yields them, uCtwirh- standing the nigh rate 0f freichts. a handsome profit. These mines show very mgh grade red oxides as depth is attaineI. The company is DOW sat.s- fed from the developments aud the practical working tests the ores have been subjected to at New York smeil- ing works to put copper plant on CT near the mines the coming year.
 
 AdjOins the latter mines on the wesj, and consists of eleven claims. They present, as far as work has been done on them, fine prospect for large bodies O1 good Grads carooruatCs and rich oxides. This group or mines Is..--- l-=1s placed to a strong PlIiad lPhla com pany through MT. E. P. BIyins, who are at present pushing development oU them with good results. The Evening Star mine shows an o-fOOt ledge of fine carbOnates Of copper averaging l9 per cent. The COchise mine, the west sX- tension of the latter, has the entire width of its shaft all in ore, hIgh grade car bOuates and oxides; crOss-cut vill be made at % feet tO acertaIu size of ore body The HetmOsa IS showing a good ledge of exceedingly rich red oxides with some native copper, winch assays as high as 6l per cent. copper. At the depth of 30 feet the ore matter has settled itself in well defined walls, giving the best evidences cf the true tissure formation. This k a parallel vein to the Cochise and Evenmg Star mines, and runs through the Grand Central and North Carolina mines upon which the same high grade ore mas been struck. From the present appearances the output of ore from tLcse IlIlcs VIII soon warrant the erection ot @ copper plant upon them; which She company contemplate putting Gp tLs n-st of tle year. This promisluE group 1f mines have the best of indications ot contain ing large and permanent 5ouIe, oi hI-h grade Cres of the freest sLeltsl- character, layluE in good contact formatlOn; heavily capped wItL ifou and lime, so charscte rlstIc 0f the best copper belts of Arizona. This company have to all present indications most valuable property, and proposes tJPross |. for all that is legitimate iu #.
 West of this group lie number O. other promising copper properties on the same uubroken line Oi metal UI.Il the Old Boot and Blue Coat ui1es are reached, belonging and operated by the Pima County Mining and Smelling Company, which have considerable work done on them, but unfortunately iu a very unsystemaric, ruIuous way, an instance of mine-guugIng Una, would do shame to the earliest days of primitive mining. The ledge is clearly defined on the surface of both these claims, which has been worked at intervals by yawning cuts along on it, rugged uusys- tematic tunnels run iu here and there iu the hills. 4 rude shalt is run down the incline of the vein of the Blue Coat with a hagsied, fuuuel-shaped mouth, until it had become so dangerous that i5 was unsafe any longer tous. f.. Ilis shaft is down l3p feet, which yield large quantities of fine grade carbonate and oxide copper ores, l2 Feet m width between a good wall formation. This ore was worked at the company fur mace, about mile distant. The sue.t- ing part of this ill-tImed enterprise vas, II anything, worse managed than the has be..1 sbrt ,- .,--.''' .''' 'Perlntendentl, winch Ter better auspices. Mir. .s,tarted mp uu- administration Of the smelling depart ment clearly demonstrated the merits of these mines by running out within month that each one worked tne fur mace 200,0OO pounds Of copper ouiuou uine,y-eight degrees fine. For reasons mors suicidal than wise, they were m their turn not properly appreciated ami left in disgust, Co be succeeded by tht last incumbent, whose alleged scientlhc attainments were brought into fe4uisl- tion over the beaten path of hls two st;e- eessful predecessors, which only vlprut- ei between the two ruinous extremes of burning out and freezing mp the two new furnaces until he finally froze up almost to the feed box tight and fast, and to get out the cOngealed metal con plomerate he conceived the bright idea of an heroic treatment of placing hall dozen or SO sticks of giant powder NO.l uuderths mass and fused her off, leavln. these two splendid furnaces so badly rent and torn. that now their room would be better than the tattered dehrIs that encumbers this once complete plant. This digressiye showing or facts is intended solely Tor the purpose of showing that the ! fault Of a suspension Oi opera ti1us here is not !he fJult Cf tEe mines. but of Iil management Go | which they have bean Uuluculy sub | iscted. which can only be remetled by | falling back on the tried aud true prac- | ticaI operator who has grown mp WliL | The mining industries Ot the c'lhtr. | The sooner the stockholders m our ! mines east find this out tre quicker | and surer they VIII reasZe on tleiI | stocks. This only wants proper tact | and management and the Old Boot and | Blue Coat mines viii pay handsome dlyi- depds on the investments that may be
 made in them.
 THE SCOUT GEOrP
 Adjoining the old Boot and Blue Coal mines. have been negotiated on work | ing proposition to some strong Ne" York capitalists, who have just hnlshee up their development necessary Co test ing their merits, which has proved high ly satisfactory shafts have been suni and cross cuts made uncoyeriug at tL' depth of % and SD feet large bodies Q
 high grade copper ores, ichiasures tL
 sale of the property when further opera , tiOns will be resumed Co plAcs t-es' mines on a producing uasls. Sev vera other promising copper cialll7 ua DC tween these mines and the Wear min on the extreme western end 0f the bell ! ,b;,l, ,g a r,ropartv of 1aciled merit