Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-12-03
Mining MeIauge.

Jesse Hardesty is making prepara-
 tions to resume work at the Cholla.
 The Tip Top mine is opened by shaft
 7j0 feet, at which depth the mine IS
 good.
 Mir. J. NJ. Ochoa has let a contract to
 sink 9 feet on one Of his mining prop
 critics at Mineral Hill.
 Rodebush * Campbell lylve taken the
 Holmes mine, on Squaw Creek, near
 Black Canyon, and commenced devcl-
 opIng the same. What iamOunt was
 paid for the property Is not known. It
 IS said tO be very large.
 Postmaster Henry, of Cottonwood, was
 in Florence last week. He has almost cumPIesec hIs as-assmeut work on
 seventeen claims, some of Wmcn SllS~
 fine ore bodies. In fact there are but
 very few poor claims at Mineral Hill. Messrs. Head, Richards and others, 1 who recently returned to Prescott from ! the Tiger, report a very large strike Of l high grade ore in the mine. How ex- tensive the deposit Is has not yet been ascertained, but everything looks very | favorable.
 If the Arizonians, instead of suplnely waiting for eastern or California capital
 to develop their mines, should energet- | icaIlv and quietly do the work them ! selves. or, out of their earnings should | employ men to do 1t for them, they and | the Territory would be much the better
 for it.
 The eastern press has become sutii- ciently enlightened on the subject Of
 western mining fields to coDcede to Ar izona the richest silver ores III the
 world. The Denver exposition proba- bly had some influence in bringing
 about this enlightenment.
 John Rarick Is Tn Prescott from Cen
 tenuial District. He reports that camp
 as being Republican and only one fight mon the result of the same. Charles Nihile, in dispute with German, was
 shot through the neck, near the JugulaI
 vein. He in turn struck the German fracturing the skull, which IL IS thought
 will prove fatal. He speaks well Of the
 mines of the district, which are turning
 out very rich gold aud silver ores.
 It IS again reported the purchasers G0'
 the old Pinal Copper Company are max ing preparations tO resume operations al 1, the mine and furnace. This report, O, the substance of it, has been circulated so often since the property changed ! hands that we are becoming httl' , skeptical on the subject. But It seem' to come from an authentic source thu . time.
 5 Vice President Newton, Of the Hast D iuCs Consolidated, was at the mil thu . week and stopped work at the mill anI mine, for what reason IS not known Some say it was because they could no 1 save the gold, while others claim tha : the ore was too low grade to be worke' ] profitably. The Florence Enterprls [ says we cannot believe the latter IS tru D for Superintendent ElmOre assured Il g that the ore averaged from SlO to SI e per ton, and certainly gold ore of tha e yalue could be worked proftably a n Hastings. Whatever the cause may o' s we trust that the stoppage will only D l. temporary. for the mill IS too good n one to stand idle, to say nothing Of tn s iniury such a failure would cause to tn l. district. Those Tn authority at the ml 0 are expecting to receive orders, within l. few days. to start up again and we hop e they will not be disappointed if The new Pioneer five stamp mill hl d been running all this week and turnln 1t out thirteen hundred dollars worth c .e bullion every 24 hours. Everything abol .e it works to perfection and IL has n' W bern necessary to make single sto 10 since the start. so nicely was the mi d cbipery adjusted by the wOrkmen pu r. ting it up. Everybody around the e D. tablishment is jubilant over the su g. cess of the mill, and Superlntendel C Uellings is noGceably so. He IS as fu 'r of smiles as a maiden at a May dane s. The ore is high grade and mills beau' 's fullv. and what is better stlll, they ha' ,f an sbundarce Of 1t. The South Pione ,t fen stamp mill will be completed wit x- in forty days and will undoubtedly .h as great a success as the Pioneer mi it as fine machinery is the same pattel d. and put up under the same manag m mept. Another rich strike has be- ne made in the South Pioneer mine, dOv of in the lower workings, and 1t IS not ie knife-blade seam either, but lar ld body of magnificent ore. When { be mill of this latter company starts es inc product of the two mills will ma CT A splendid showing for Pioneer car ". and attract capital and pTospectC of tblther. To the energetic and intel ,ss gent management of Superintende he Hellings the camp owes its success a is- his efforts should be appreciated.