Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-01-28
Mining HeIange.

The incline shaft on the Black Roc 2 mIne, una county, ls 40Ofeet In deptl
 and ID good ore.
 James Brash's team arrived ID FiOr
 ence from the Pinal Consolidated fur
 mace Sunday last loaded down with bul
 liun. The furnace now turns out, on al ] average, l15 bars of bullion every tweu
 ty-four hours, and the bars average 9, pounds each.
 A force of men have been at work OF | the Chief mine. in the Owl Heads dis tricr. during the past month, drifting II ! the vein from the bottom of the incline | The drift k all ID ore, as good ID grade ! as it is great in quantity. This mine E : properly named.
 Supt. Farrar of the Castle Dome, M and ;. Co. is crOwdiDg work on the mines Oi his company. The two veTsi | cal shafts are being sunk night and day shaft No. ] is down 80 feet and No. sdown jU0 feet and promising well. The two shafts ara connected at every hUa- dred feet.
 The Clip mine, of Silver district,
 o#ned by Messrs. Shipman, Hubbard and Bowers, IS turning out remarka-
 hle quantity of fine ore. In seven weeks time the stamps will be crushing
 ore and wIl add materially to the
 bullion product and wealth of Yuma
 comfy.
 Pat. Scott, has a force of men from
 Tom ostone. prospecting @ group of cop
 per claims located about ten milcs
 sfu-t ut Picacho station, Pinal county.
 Uitl encouraging results. The claims
 were located by him a few months -.uce. He is backed by a New York capitalist, who vill arrive on the ground
 ~itlIn s few days.
 The PIual C0nsolilated has shipped l5uGuO pounds of bullion since the starting of the furnace on the 9th inst.
 llis is the result of li days run, and vIil give some Idea Oi what the future output ot the furnace will be. The fur lgce continues to run as smoothly a- clock work and may be considered positive and permanent success.
 Foreman Fish, of the Specie Payiug,- at Mineral HIll, IS sinking a wiDze nasr the face of the north end tunnel The wluz- has reached a depth of lj feet, and at the bottom shows three feet Of u'EH grade chloride ore. He IS also uUiGing a wagon road mp to the mine from the Seven CottOnwOOds. with the
 u--uuon of hauling away sufficient ore Co make Q thorough mill test.
 Superintendent ElmOre. Of the Hast ir-s Consolidated, went out CD -he Dvt lesJs district again thIs week, to make .Jlhcr examination of tho properties lue-e be IS negotiating for D. the interest .r re evidently anxious Co secure their HOEerty.
 The greater part of the material for
 h. -mciter Co be erected by the Black G.cE V. Co. has been landed at Nor tons Ledge. The building will be of Jr.ck and 10000 bricks wlll be used iu ,ts construction. The Black Rock Com iauy aGe displaying wisdom in erecting . ouildIug that will not only be perma- .,ut but ornamental.
 The Phenix Herald SAYS that by tue Is, [ Auul the inning interests of pi eniy will receive Gn impetus by the
 TeCtIOn of a good sized smelter on one ( tue copper mines of Castle Creek, ui the erection of a fOrty-stamp mill n one of the Cave Creek mines. The alter. We are Credibly informed, will be ut Up during next month, or at least be business of putting 1t up will begln hen.
 [. W. Hall has put a force Of men, di- lded into two shifts. to work on the i0tham mine. located about four miles asst of Piual. They are down sbous,3f ct on the foot wall, and Asn-v ry ilsl clid pay sireak- Ezhle'r1o wall IS quartz s- s.. -.he hanging wsui limestone. Ihe eiu is fOur feet wide, with a quartz -angue, and the ore is chiefly chloride. Toe pay streak gradually and regularly sideus as depth k attained. MF. Hall gill spend about SlOO0 before be stops he work, and thIs will drive the shaft 0wn to @ good depth.
 Superintendent CzaruOwsH. of the iOuth King, and Mir. A8cus MckeEZie, e New York. were in Florence Wednes- lay last. Mr. Mckenzie went there in he interest of his father and several tbtr New York capitalists who are 1u- crested in the South King and the Lost Prize. He lefc there for New York Wednesday afternoon. Mir. Czarn0wski tate that he is now running three reg lar shifts on the South King in driving own the main shaft, the bottom Of .hich shows favorable indications The -Ork will be continued without inter llssiuu till the mine shall have been thoroughly prOspected.
 Superintendent Merritt has largely ir- -eased the water supply at the Jessie ientou Consolidated mill by increasing he depth of the well and opening a trge drift at the bottom. He has an .Ns sH he mIli regularly by night and day. Ho as also added tO the equipments Of the nine a condenser and a heater, by which e IS enabled Go save large per cent or Oth water and fuel The Desert mine. eiouginC tO the same company, cOntIn- leg Co improve as depth IS attained. and g. tO draw it mild, one of the most val able mines in the county. It shows e ompact ard solid pay streak fully five ret wide. Not pound of waste rock taken out.
 Judge ". II. Benson, of Pinal. was ir florence last week attending the final as-I0u of the TOwusife C0mm1ssiouer-- rom him the Enterprise learns that t. 1d his partners in the Chloride King. [ Rodgers district, have cOi tracted with artIr- t0 sink shaft No. l on sad DrOr- 'ty lvO feet deeper, which will give the haft a total depth of 130 fleet. The con actors have accepted as a cOusidera- ol tor their work the ore taken out in mixing, a fact denoting that they con ider the ore very valuable. The pay freak is n inches wide at the bottom q the present shaft, and aver ages T300 er ton. It is expected that the pay freak will widen out to two feet at @ epth Of 70 feet, as a 10 shaft sunk on n extension of the Chloride King shows C the bottom that width Of pay streak. 'ha King IS a grand property