Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-18
WEEKLY MINING REVIEW.
PIMA COUNT.

able and important disco7ries Yet mad in Arizona. Mining melwiil as mt ter of course say: "A ait utIl somethinl is done; sink down a fev feet, that VI may see whether there lsanything be low-whether these are leEes or simply deposits of rich ore" Tit Is the Wa! mining men as well as propector- speal of the new mines; yet were there art such large bodies of ric ore. it mus be conceded that they ie very prom ising prospects, and tha the chances for big mining camp that portion Of Pima county are very ood.
 The Florence Enterpne has inter. viewed MT Fred AdaE, who, with Aaron Mason, has iaS feturued from the Quijotoa mines, frn which We take .he following summary "The mountain is about one and thr-quarters of a mile in length and froi lO0 to 200 feet ln width. Its generacourse is south southeast and north Drthwe>t. The mountain rises perpedicular on all sides, to a night varyE from DO tC 600 feet. The crest Olhe mountain Is undulating and coved with iron powders, all of which cry horn silver The crest of the moumin is reached by a natural causeway the west side, formed by a white quart ledge, spotted with argentiferous galei, and running from the base to the alx of the hili on the west wall, at an ngle of 45 de- grees. But for this tra cut by Dame Natures master hand, thsummit of the mountain would be inaccessible. On tue south end peak lied QuijotOa peak rises to a night os00 feet above the next highest point n tie noun tain, and 4,000 feet aboveea level. Low rolling hills trend back rom the base of the mountain and gratallv decrease til they blend into theevel valleys, in the midst Of which thahOrt and nar- row mountain stands sle. The gen eral formation of tine Q1itoa is quartz. porphyry and conglomase There IS no lava in the compition of the mountain or other evidene of volcanic action.
 Although the discoverOf the rich veins on the summit of ts mountain was not made till some tee months ago, prospectors have camn and work ed under the shadow of c !ilntoa palisade at different peris for some time past Mir. Weldon ant Mr. ROark were there in 1881 and ule several locations, but permitted em to run out. And on the 27th oSeptember 1882, lessrs. Fred Adams, Iu Checker and Albert Weldon, who wei prospect ing in the Papago countTweut over to the Quijotoa and locatedil Emerald, near the west base, and ts Boston. Bethel and Portland, at tteouth end ol the mountain. They renaed there a month or SO working on hes claims and often talked about cinbeg u= t'. the summit to see what Vas ;h.r, but failed to do 90. Subsequently N Me Gay went out to the camp sndatt56 | talking the matter over cdnsItablv finally concluded to prospect therest of the mountain. The result H be discovered three lodges running fallel, along the surface of the mouni1, one following the east edge, one { west edge and one the center of thmoun tain. The west ledge IS twelve # wide with four-foot streak of pay O carry | ing horn silver and silver glar. The other lodges are about the ime n width and character and even e coun- try rock lying between them imore or less metaliferous. The west lge runs down a deep ravine at the nh end oi the mountain and 900 feet slow the surface of the ledge-croppis on the crest of the mountain, ordas been taken out that assays $500. The north end of the mountain IS covd by four claims: first "The Wide est" and "The Pier" located parall and 1.-The Ibex" and "The Peerless, "rst south extensions of the former clas. These claims were located parallin order to take in wide strips of grouI on either slde of the mountain. Mes. Weldon
 McCay and others have [ up 6OO' foot rope tramway, on thast side oi
 the mountain, upon whidhey lower
 sacks of ore and hoist wa. They are
 now taking ore from theurface and
 sacking it for shipment the Benson
 shelter, and can sack Upundreds oi
 tons of very rich rock by apiy break
 ing boulders lying along surface oi the ledges. Mir. Adams tk a general
 average of the three Wei along the length of two claims, orlOO feet, and
 the result was, by assayn average oI
 S70O per ton, the lowest say being Fl and the highest 8 GOO. e first exten
 sion of the Peerless Foutis the Crock er, upon which the three.dges passing
 through the first four aims named
 center In one ledge 8 t wide. Tn, ledge at thls point asss S25O on th' surface and when proscted througf the capping will undouAdly show tho
 same pheuominal rIchos shown on th'
 original locations. Thclaim IS owned by Messrs. Adams Crker and otheri in Tucson.
 Mir. Adams erumeres a number o other promising prosrts at the souii
 end of the mountain, moving copper gold, and silver and.hers which gc high in lead and S3O nilver.
 CACEIsE CGTY.
 The extraordinary 'rk on the Con tentioa nine is progsing satisfacto ! rily. The raising Of shaf! for thu D pump is completed. e cutting of sti tions and bobpits is IT going on, ant
 ,la r,a,aganaut hot-O have every