Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-10-27
Ono B1Avco, Oct. 17. lss3.


 EDrroR CITIZEN: A most promising prospect has been found on the Franco
 American miue, this district, owned by
 General Deitzler, of San Francisco. He recently arrived here, and put in several days looking over his properties here
 examining the mines, etc, and has
 proved himself qmte a prospector. The Franco American runs nearly east md
 west aud is split in two diagOnally by an immense syenetic porphyry dike, or
 reef about about ten feet wide, and in
 places 25 feet atoye the surface. On the south sida and near the base of the reef IS a very large out-crop of iron and copper stained quartz, running parallel
 with it. There are several open cuts in the crcopiugs 9il of which show silver, gold and coDpar; at one point there was a shaft , fe.t deep where assessment work had been done three years ago by Dr. Noon. In the bottom of this shaft ou the east side, some very rich ore was discovered by General DeitZler that as-ayed S52O ia silver, S25 in gold per ton and 4I per cent. III cop per. On last Thursday he started two men to prepare the ground for blas.Ing away the heavy cropping that stood over what appeared to be an ore chimney just east of the Noon shaft. On Fuday they shot of the outer shell, or casing, which exposed considerable ore thIt assays over SlOO per ton silver and yesterday they broke into the chim- uay and they now have several tons of ore ou the dump that will average, at least, S2JJ m silver per ton and some gold, aud from 30 to 4O per cent. copper. The ore vein is about 4 feet wide and dips north ai an angle of about % de grees, the same as the reef. In the ve.n there is a seam, about SIX inches wide, of porous, hOneycombed stuff that goes very high in silver and copper, and some of the chunks of quartz thrown out by the blasts show considerable pe- silyer-that will go several dollars per D und. The vein has every Oi being "In place and Of going Sn. IL looks like bonanza.
 The ore is being assorted deserving the houeycombed stuff for shipping to some shelter and the quartz will be l worked by the Orion mill, say, 20 tons, l for test. The ore being at the surface ll tons vIll De out and at the mill next l week; it IS free and needs no roasting. | It pays from the grass roots and the | Noon shalt is only about 5000 feet from | the Orion mill
 The Orion mill is running very sue | ,essfully, day and night, under the man lgement of J. M. Kirkpatrick, and Supt. | Hoover. on ore from the Montana mine, | belonging Co the Orion Co. These gen .lemen took hold of this mill when it was under a dense cloud through mex lar1eucc and bad management of former iuperintsndents, but they have succeed ,d il rCsurrecting the plant and are DOW working he ore up to an average of D per cent. of the assay value, a result shich is seldom exceeded ID any coun- Try and this good work has infused new fife into thls camp, which, l predict, y.Il yet prove the est and most lasting amp Tn the territory. There are many mining claims here continuing plenty of lch metal and nowhere are the indica- ions better than here for permanent mines.
 The EsperguZa mill is nearing com llati01. Altogether the mining outlook ID thls distrlci is very encouraging and eEdre and uh1rthih q iiri-i h4FOSe Ives tR ts rapidly growing business. The road o Tucsonis good but too long and Already ls there a movement to build wagon road Co Calanasas. 4 survey has discovered O practical route only 26 niles long and the estimated cost is sluUl, a sum which could easily be raised. probably from the A. T. < S F. }. Co. ul1ae. Tucson should take hold n earnest, Of the railroad project up the Santa Cruz valley, which road would -uu nerr enough this district and thus sour city volld hold the trade of Gro 8.ancn and Arivuca.