Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-08
WEEKLY MINING REVIEW.
Hereafter. our article oD mines and mining will appear on Tuesday instead of Monday, us heretofore.
FINAL COUNTY.

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 - of Monday, as heretofore.
 4 FINAL COUNTY.
 r Christmas Gift.-This property is in [ Casa Grande district. Like the Vekol this property showed no ore on the sur.
 face, except at the discovery point, and this was simply pocket containing sev. 1; eral tons of fine carbonate ore, running we'll in silver. After prospecting this pocket to depth of few feet the own-
 CTS, Messrs. Fred Burnhsm and Richard :: Chilson, concluded to sink a prospect shaft about ten feet east of the discovery point. They sunk vertically about 3O . feet, then drifted south toward the , heart of the hill. A few feet brought them into large body of ore of the same character as that found at the dis covery point. They continued to drift on the ore, which has slight downward
 inclination, and varies in width from
 one to six feet. About 50 feet from the
 face of the drift, on the east side, very
 large cavern, containing about 20 tons
 of ore was encountered. 50 Tar the Se1D,
 on the ore body, has been continuous
 from the shaft to the end of the drift.
 but, as We stated before, varies in size.
 Toward the end of the level the large
 ore csverns become more frequent, and
 We believe some mammoth ore bodies will be opened, when the drift shall have
 reached the center of the hill. This
 statement is based, of course, on the in dIcatiOns in the workings of the mine,
 and the latter may not prove trust
 worthy, as no rules or indications can
 be implicitly relied upon in limestone
 formation. In the vernacular of the
 inner "the ore IS generally where you find it." The owners of the Christmas Gift have contracted to ship l50 tons of
 ore to the Benson smelter. They are
 filling this contract now and have
 shipped several car loads. So far the
 ore has netted them little over S20 per
 ton which IS a good profit on carbonate
 lead ores.
 The Reward.-This mine is located on
 a spur of the Vekol range. This spur
 form the southern boundary of the Co., jeta valley and is low and irregular. It IS limestone, of course, and like it's
 neighbors has been considerably shaken
 up at some remote period by natural forces. The vein upon which the Re- ward IS located is clearly marked on the surface by an iron capping. the width of | the vein, and running along the north west side of the hill, just below the apex, | in a northeasterly course. In prospect | ing the mine tunnel was driven in 173 | feet, through punches of ore, cBlcareous matter. and fragmentary rock. At the breast of the tunnel station has been cut out and an incline driven down IF feet, following the dip of the vein, which has an inclination of about 40 degrees. The incline, from the face down to | depth of 75 feet Is all in ore and the opening IS almost large enough to drive wagon and team through 1t. It looks | more like mammoth cave than shaft. | At the end of this seventy-fve feet, large morse" comes in and cuts out the ore. But from this polnt drift has been driven northeast on the vein a distance of about 70 feet and 1t shows ore all the way. Fifty-ive feet from the face of the drift large cavern or cham Der, similar to those found in the Christ mas Gift, was encountered. A large amount of fine ore has been stopped out of this chamber, and large amount was also left standing on the walls. After opening thIs drift Mir. ChIlson re- sumed the work of sinking the incline through the "horse," following a very narrow seam, which had the same dip as had the vein. He had progressed to a r.F ln Faaf xub os mine were stopped by order of the east | ern owners. He felt confident that in | going few feet further he would pass through the "horse" and strike ore, but l could not prevail upon the owners to do l more work. However, few weeks since | he received orders to perform the annual | assessment work on the mIne, and, not | withstanding the order WAS to sink on l the surface, he did the work in the bot l tom of the incline. The result was he | struck ten feet of ore and enhanced the I value of the mine fifty per cent. The | bottom of the incline IS 250 feet below | the croppings of the ledge and IS ventil- | ated by a I9O-fOOt air shaft. A branch | of the same air shaft connects with | the tunnel at the face of the incline | short distance southwest of the | tunnel dump a vertical shaft has been | sunk to a depth of fifty feet. This shaft | taps the ledge and shows Is feet of ore | at the bottom. At the northeast cpd of l the claim, about 500 feet from the tun- | nel, a shaft has been sunk to a depth of | 40 feet, in the veIn, and shows a fine | body of ore. There are from 700 to 1000 | tons of ore on the main dump, oxides and carbOnates of copper, carrying large per cent. of iron and silicste. Twenty-Five tons of ore have been shipped from the mine and reduced Ten tons of the shipment averaged 58 ounces ID silver to the ton and 26 per cent. copper. The remainder of the shipment, it IS claimed, averaged still higher in both metals.
 Spondoolicks.-There IS carbonate property located near the summit of a very high and abrupt limestone moun- tain, laying between the Reward and Vekol. An incline has been sunk thirty feet on the veln, which dips toward the heart of the mountain at an angle of | 45 degrees. The incline shows a beati- full and regular pay streak all the way down. The ore runs very high in both silver and lead and the owners, Messrs. Drew and ChilsOn, are preparing to ship a car load It would not surprise us 10 see this property develop into a very valuable mine. It IS, beyond all | question, one of the most promising prospects in the camp.
 The TOpes Group.-Which embraces the Topea, Foote and Mark are strong, well defined ledges,-or rather a well | defined ledge, as the three claims are on the same lode or vein,-whIch shows good ore everywhere on the crOppings. The ledge, or vein, IS fully alx feet in width, with splendid walls, and shows every indication of permsnency. The | ledge crops for over 5000 feet and is in . syenite and granite formation. The | deepest workings on the ledge are on | the Topes mine, the middle claim. On | this claim a shaft has been sunk to the | depth of sixty feet and shows, at that | depth, an average of SS2 per ton in sil- | yer for the whole length and width of the shaft. The ore IS of the same l character as that of the South Pioneer. The FOote, east of the Topes, has two I shafts thirty feet deep, both of which | show the same grade and quantity of ore | as does the Topes.
 The OlympIc.-This mine has one | shaft down 90 feet, which shows IS in. 1 of beautiful high grade ore, and another | down 50 feet which shows l2 to IS inches | of ore running from $50 to S2,O00 per | ton in silver. The ore is free milling l and carries chlorides and sulphides. The Tspis group and the Olympic | minks are situated in the Final noun l tains.
 We are indebted to the Enterprise for | our report of mines in Pinal county. CoCHIsE COUNTY.