Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-09-29
WEEKLY MINING REVIEW.
PIMA COUNTY.

Q pay to take out. The ore is free, an being above the average grade, IL VII be in demand to mlx with others whicl I are rebellIous.
 , Alta Mine. We learn that the presen owners of this mine at Harshaw ar
 putting up hoisting works, and will pu Tn a pump to free the mine of water } preparatory to the regular working O the mine, This mine was formally opened to depth of 300 feet; tue ora
 vein was reported to be about feel wide, and assaying from one to S30l per ton; but those who pretend to know say that the ore will not go above SlO0
 3foot ledge of such rock Is good
 enough, and will prove a paying invest
 ment. The ore IS tl be shipped to Ben.
 son for reduction. MT. Saulsbery ol
 the Benson smelter being a part owner
 Tn the mine.
 Omega. We are able to state that
 the Omega continues to yield plenty of
 ore for the shelter, which Is now
 making regular shippents of copper
 bullion notwithstanding the Tascally l tricks of Eastern partles to maintain
 controll of the mine, by fraud. There
 are about 70 men at work on tine Omega
 mlne and smelter. Ten tons of bullion
 arrived to-day, and hereafter, if not in
 terfered with, regular shipments will be
 made.
 | Quiiotoa mines. The owners of these
 mines are still sinking for water with
 fair prospects. They have struck water
 in two wells, but not yet in sufficient quanties to supply the demands of the
 camp. The owners of the Peer mIne
 have a few men at work taking out and
 asorting ore, which IS being shipped to
 this place. When a sufficient supply of
 water IS obtained, more men will be
 put on when We may expect regular
 shipments of ore In large quantities.
 GRAHAM COUNTY MINES.
 Clifton Clarion: Intense excitement
 has prevailed in Clifton during the past
 week over a rich silver strike which has
 been made about eight niles from town, in the Greenlee Gold Mountain district
 A party came Tn on Thursday with some of the ore and had an assay made,
 which runs 900 ounces silver and 2l ID
 gold. The news spread like an electrIc
 flash, and before dark prospectors were on the road to the new field, some on horseback and others on foot, and the excitement increased day by day as encouraging reports came in. One of the prospectors returned on Sunday
 with some of the finest looking silver ore that has ever been taken from R mine. An assay was made which re- suited in l 200 ounces silver and 23 ID gold. As soon as these became known the whole town grew wild with enthusiasm over the boom, and even business men rushed of to the new find. There are fully 50 men now ID the field, and they have located over 100 claims. These mines are situated about two miles from the San Fran 1 cisco river, where there Is ample water for milling and smelling purposes.
 4 townsite has been located by Ed. | Stevens and NJ. K. Parker, near the | mines, and as the claims are all on well l defined quartz lodges, and the ores free | milling and smelling, 1t Is expected that l the new town will grow up like a second l LeadyIlle and the mines prove to be the 1 largest and richest ever discovered in l Arizona.
 The Arizona Copper COmpany's prop | critics, which comprise the LOngfellow, | Queen, Metcalf and Coronado, are be- 1 ing worked under a general mining sys- l tenn, and are connected with the fur l naces in Clifton by narrow gauge road | which Is nine miles long, and each mine | Is connected with the railroad by in- 1 clInes, one of which, that of the 'COro- l nado, Is 3,2O0 feet in length. Extensive | hosting works and other machinery will | be erected as depth Is attained, and | mining operations will be conducted on | grand scale. Work on the new plant l of five furnaces and a concentrating mill | Is being vigorously pushed, and will be | turning out bullion by the first of | March. A new water power IS also to | be constructed. The water will be | taken from the San Francisco river, ] which flows through Clifton, and a | Hume 4,OOO feet in length, four feet deep | and seven and half feet wide.
 The Detroit Copper Compgny's prop | critics, adjacent to the LOngfellow and | Queen mines, are also very rich, and | comprise a great number of claims. | These mines are working a large force, | and the ore IS shipped direct to the | company's furnaces, short distance be- | low Clifton. A survey has recently been | made from the mines to the furnaces, to estimate the cost and feasibility of | constructing q narrow gauge railroad | for transporting the ores, and it Is ex- pected that work on the new enterprise will soon be commenced.
 The Parker group, situated about three miles this side of new silver strike in Placer Gulch, between the San Fran cisco river and Chase creek, one mile east of the Metcalf mountain, compris- ing 37 claims, are very rich properties. | These are principally copper prospects, carrying also a good per cent. of gold | and silver. The lodges are large and well defined, and Tn width from 10 to | If feet. About l,500 have been ex- pended in developing these claims dur ing the past two months. On the Shot | Copper claim tunnel has been driven 60 feet, which shows both copper and | silver, having cut good galena silver | ledge On the surface of this claim | there Is six feet of loose dirt, carrying | considerable shot copper, which can be | banned out and would pay well by using | concentrstors. On the Bonanza claim | there has been a 3c-foot shaft sunk, | which shows IS inches of copper glance | ore and assays we'll The Pride of the | West has a 7-foot shaft, which shows | three feet of black sulphurets and Pea cock ore, assaying Go per cent. copper | and also'carrying some native copper, The ledge IS fully 9 feet Tn width. A 40 | foot tunnel has been driven on the Han. ibRl and expect to strike the lead after | going 10 feet farther. The outcroppings | show up well, and there is every indica- tion of a wide copper ledge. The Big | Horn clam has a l0-foot shaft, which | shows some native copper and green | all the way down and looks | well. The Bulk Head claim has an 1S- | foot tunnel, which shows Is inches of l black oxide of copper, resembling the | Longfeliow ore, and runs about B per | cent. copper.
 FINAL AND CHA COUNTIES.
 Copper Belle-The Enterprise says: | This property, recently sold and incor- | porated in New York, would, with prop | CT management, become productive and | add much to the bullion output and the | material prosperity of PiDsl county. But | the compsny-like the majority of east | ern mining corporations who have i bought property in this Territory-com- | mitted a serious blunder at the start, | and one that must be corrected before | they can hope to make a success of their enterprise. They employed, as super intendant, young gentleman who had no practical knowledge of mining what | ever, and seemingly but little theoretical knowledge. He arrived about two months ago and took charge of the com panies' mines. The mines are peculiar. A large portion of the surface ground IS covered by heavy deposit of float, and a casual and inexperienced observer, in passing over the claims, would jump at the conclusion that this float IS a vast deposit of ore and that the claims have no defined ledge. But they have q ledge, large aud well defined, from which this float came. When MT. Der tolet took charge of the mines his inex- perience lead hIm to believe that this float was the ore body and greatly to