Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-24
THE EsPERANzA MINES AND MILL.
In the Gro Blsnco DistrIct-A Mill Nearly Ready tO Begin Operations-Deserip- tion of the Mines, sud Character
 of the Work Done Etc.

'-N -4.itS IoEtu or tnc CoUOTE lut hli , two miles south ol the Warsaw mill il
 the Gro Blanco District. The road lead ! ing to the Warsaw mill is used also fo 4. the Espersuzs to within about two mile of the camp, when 1t suddenly diverge
 towards the south and winds among th,
 rolling hills tjll the crest of one, appsr
 ently the highest in the neighborhood Is reached, and from which full y:ev Of the camp, few hundred yards De
 low. can be had. The road which by the
 way, IS an excellent one, verifes the old
 adage that good roads lead to good
 camps" and proves the Esperanza DC
 exception to the rule. A bullion pro- ducer IS yet, it is not, but it IS rapidly
 shaping itself in that direction.
 The ledge or ore body upon which the
 success of the camp hinges. Is the fam
 ous Blanc or Inderstroth ledge that
 within the past two years has become
 prominent because of ita great size and
 free milling gold ores. IL is owned and
 controlled by q corporation of Boston
 Capitalists, who under the agency Of
 Hiram W. Blaisdell, have expended a
 hundred or more thousand dollars in
 improvements. A fine twenty stamp
 mill IS m course of construction and
 will in a month Ur so be in readiness for l operation. To begin with, ten stamps
 only will be used, It beng the purpose
 Of MT BlRisdell 10 open the mine more
 thoroughly before working the mill to
 its full capacity, as he ultimately intends ! to do. The Boss O. continuous system | oi puiplng and aInalgama.ing Is the | process adjudged best for an economical | wurklng of the ores and will consequent | ly be the method of reduction used, the | mill having been constructed with that | especial end in view. Sum tanks and
 expensive labor will thus be dispensed
 with.
 The improvements, summed up as a whole, are twenty-stamp mill thor
 Oughly equipped for an economical ana
 close working of the ores. A dam has been constructed which will create a
 reservoir capable of containing water
 sufficient for SIX months run; a dor
 mltory 2OxJO feet one of the best build
 ings of the kind m the Territory; a
 oosrding house and office, each 20x4O
 feet, and about mile of well built road
 The dOrmItOry, boarding house and of-
 lice are built on a narrow bench, or
 backbone of ridge, apparently the only
 available spot m that immediate vicin-
 ity. The mill stands on the edge of an
 arroyo, about lJ0 feet lower down, ano
 consists of q battery of ten S5O-pound
 stamps, with battery room for ten addi.
 tiOnal stamps, which the company even
 tually purpose putting in; a rock breaker,
 tive grinding and amalgamsting pan-, three settlers and four Frue concen- traitors. The motive power is supplied toy an engine, cylinder capacity lSx42, built, as was also the 5xl6-foOt tubu ier boiler, at Fitchburg, Massachusetts
 The engine Is of the Brown make, with automatic cutoff, and IS sail, for finish and efficiency, to equal the COrliss.
 To guard against possible accidents 10 the contemplated water supply, a bulkhead, at a cost of S5,U00, has been built across the canyon short distance above the mil, thus creating a reservoir ot l50OUOOO gallons measurement. r. ! will, 1t IS supposed, be filled by the win ter rains. The bulkhead Is a splendid l piece of masonry l20 feet long, 27 feel hlgh, with a 32-fOOt base. The upstream 1 side Is faced with Portland cement. The l water supply proper will, 1t is expected, 1 1e furnished by an artesian well, which l IS now being bored in the arroyo facing 1 the mill. IL IS not known at what depth ] water will be found. but possibly inside | of 1000 feet.
 The Eperanza group, consist of the | Emma, Confidence and Bullion. To tht | two latter the company look for their | ore supply. The Confidence, the chief | of the trio IS, so far as appearances go, an immense affair. the surface crOppings | of which, as per calculations made by | Mir. Blaisleli. are of sufficient quantity | to run the mill continuously for several years. It forms the crest or cap of the high ridge overlooking the camp from the north, and ia apparently 1.200 feet long by about 4jO broad. On the east "rn slope of the ridge 1t crops strong To the depth of 15 feet, on the west side 26 feet. The pay portion Is believed to be great kidney covering an area of 45Ox2j0 feet square, into which a cross cut has been driven tO distance of 45 feet, the entire distance being all Tn fair grade, free milling ore, not high but of such quality as Is believed will insure l a handsome return to its owners. On the same clam and lyIng parallel with the Confidence IS n second ledge with between twelve and sixteen feet Tn width. The pitch of the vein is, SO far as can be ascertaIned, in the direc- ton of the main body.
 Tue Bullion lies at right angles with Confidence and consists SO far as known of three distinct bodies or kidneys Of ore, one Of which rises into an immense bluff, and from which 800 tons of good milling ore have already been broken down ready for transfer to the mill be- [ low. The Emma claim lies on the east side and runs parallel with the ridge It has width of about IS inches and said to b. high grade.
 Connection between the mines and mill will be made by means of 900 foot endless cable with grade of about 300 'eet to the mile, a loaded car down taking an empty one up. and passing each other on a three rail track, by means Df frog midway between the mill and Bullion Point at the southern end of the Bullion claim.
 Mir. Bla:sdell, the agent or manager, is an eastern man, with ideas of mIDIug peculiar 10 that section Of the country, spme of winch, will beyond doubt, wear well in the west. The introduction of others, however, especially those relat ng to mine management proper, are | experimental, the result of which cannot be galnsaId pending their l practical q monstratIon. The ore bodies IS indicated by surface croppings are l very large and of medium grade, that will, if iudiciously handled, yield fair -etnrn. This MT Blaisdell proposes to make them do. Before purchasing the | .laims from the oriIinal locaters he | made s mill test of some 8 or 70 tons | f ore taken at random from the differ ant claims, with a view of reducing their | values t. close average. The result 1 ixceeded his expectations, and con- irmed bis ideas of the merits of the which he now believes to De I; imong the best in the county, fl not ID 2 he Territory. He so represented 1t to | [ lis Boston friends by whom he WIS to make the purchase, and Q buy and put up the machinery re- ! luired to place 1t upon bullion pro- iucing, dividend paying basis.
 Everything about the camp wears a ome-to-stay look. No cheap, temper [ ny concern finds favor m that place. ' what has been done has been lone well. The accommodations for j he men are excellent, the mHchin- { ny good as made. The great and V ,nly drawback to the camp is the pre- V ent lack of water which in due time, c Ir. Blaisdell hopes to overcome by 2 means of the Rrtesian well now being 8 .ored in the arroyo fronting the mil. q The contemplated depth of the well k . .0U0 feet, if water in sufficient quantity Il B not sooner reached. q
 The estimated cost of mining and e milling the ore is about S7 per ton. The c sake Superior system of drilling by p ontract, has been introduced, 40 cents a !. the rate per foot paid. Mexican labor b -,TT b, l.-.,af,- ar,rf,vaa Tbax- ra paf1 | A