Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19


 h fact the supply of timber in the VI
 ciniiy will suffice for fuel for years to
 come, and the Myers district is as far
 from being a desert as it is possible fol any section of the Territory to b., through which living water does noi
 flow. We arrived at the mine aboni
 noon Saturday, the 4th instant, and re-
 ceived warm welcome from our es- ] teemed fellow-townsInan Ger. J. B.Allen,
 who has been the business pioneer ip
 nearly all the successful mining camps
 in the southern part of the Territory,
 and foreseeing the promise of this has
 located in Myers district. The Gunsight
 group of mines are located in detached
 mountain called the Espersnza. Tho Gunsisht proper is in the north slope Of the mountain and the company's offic, from which Loyalty hoated our couDtry's proud banner, is just 30O feet lower thaL Tucson.
 THE NINE,
 Which is now sustaining the reputation of Myers district, IS the Gunsight It history is well known to the readers 0, the CITIZEN. B. F. Bivins secured this and other valuable claims vhen the dis triet was unknown and in Be of senous disadvantages, opened up the propert. and demonstrated its great value. Tn, three claims, the Gunsight, the Eastern, and the Silver Girt were then incorpOr- ated in Philadelphia under the name of the Guusight Consolidated Mining Com pany with 100000 shares; par value of stock, Sl0 per share. The property sold on basls of SjO0,0O0 The company wisely retained Mr. Bivins as its general manager, and be is laooring faithful! to bring the promising resources O southwestern Arizona to the attention of capitalists and we are happy to say, Is succeeding admirably. The practical woslling and opening up of the mine are under the direction of Superintendent A. Caldwell, thorough practical mining man and the broad and comprehensive basis upon which he is planning and working matters shows that he is well qualified for the position. The foreman of the mine, Mr. B. T. Russell, is a com petent Nevada miner if be was at one time jolly Jack Tar, and he makes au able lieutenant for Superintendent Cald- well.
 Shortly after our arrival at the mine the surveying party drove up and after an exchange of civiLtles and mutual en- quiries, we all visited the mine. After sAamining the cropPiDcs which are simply mammoth, being in some places upwards of 100 feet wide We descended into the
 LOWER WORKINGS OF THE NINE.
 The mine is only prospscted on the Gunsight ledge. which after a careful examination We are inclined to think Is not the principal ledge. All the lodges, 1 with the exception of the Gunsight pitch | to the east and when opened up the Sil- yer Girt will undoubtedly be the prin | cipa vein of the mine. The prospecting ! work on the mine consists chiefly of an l incline shaft 200 feet in depth and | tunnel cutting the ledge at 100 feet, a | drift 200 feet on the vein at the l00-feot | level and a crOsscut at the 2D0-fOOt | level. The shaft is all in ore. the drift | IS all in ore and the crOsscut at the bot | tom Of shaft is through body of ore l forty-two feet wide. There is no wall | where the ore ends at the east end of the cross-cut, and from an examination of | the ledge in the tunnel 100 feet above, VIC are inclined to the opinion that an- other body of ore belonging to the Gun sight ledge will be found corresponding to a twelve foot striuger in the tunnel above. At the west end Of the cross-cut, after leaving tms large ore body, the pitch of the formation changes to cen form to the pitch of the Silver Girt, to- wards which it is running and which it Is expected to reach in about thirty feet. The intervening rock Is not all barren, but is interspersed with stringers of ore. or the size of this ore body there can be no question. The mine has two
 CHARACTERS OF ORE,
 4 free milling and a smelling ore, the former predominating The milling ore consists of black srlpuhrets and chlorides and the smelting ore is lead and iron carrying silver. The ore also carries quite an amount of gold in places. The grade of the ore makes is a safe working proposition. There is considerable ore up into the hundreds and thous- md of dollars, but the wealth of the mine md what is destined to make 1t great bullion producer and dividend payer is ts great body of low grade ore. The lowest assay, taken by competent, dis party along the root of the 'Orty-two foot cross-cut in the two hun fred foot level, yielded S29. As the bAG III lllt lllnt btNOAutS ullst Inder the blows of the pick sample aken in that manner must have been against the mine. The nearly 4,eO0 tons ,f ore taken out during the work of pros )ecting will average between S3O and $40 per ton. If the present plan of opening ID the mine and locating the mill so that { will be below the hoisting works 8 carried out, there should be no diff 'ulty in mining and working this ore or from S1O to SIP per ton, which will cave handsome dividend to the stock holders on all ore running from sl5 upwards. The work of
 OPENING UP THE MINE
 Is progressing rapidly and with view O the eeonomicals handling of the ore. treble compartment shaft, which has low reached depth of about 90 feet, is ,eing rapidly pushed. 1t is located be- ween the Gunsight and Silver Girt edges which are pitching towards each ,ther, and it is expected to strike them t their intersection which it IS thought will be at about 300 feet. They will con- inue the shaft to the depth of 800 feet, the various ledges and run ling levels SD that the work of stoping