Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-10-27
PLAT OF THE QUIJOTOA MINING CLAIMS.

the solid rock about 800 feet long and | about 30 feet wide which assumes the | form of a miniature canyon, where It | jumps the precipice, which IS believed | to be about 1000 feet high. There we | began the examination of the
 PEER MINE,
 i On the brink of the precipice where 1t shows a ledge four feet wide: at thls point its 200 feet below the apex of the i ridge; the lode runs right up the point | of the ridge, passing on the west side Of | the same for distance of 600 feet; here | it runs along the west side of the preci- ! pice. where a cut is being run, and some fine ore IS being taken out. The outcrop of the ledge, from the northwest end to
 this point, is regular and strong; 1t va ries as near as can be determined from
 a surface examlnation. from f to feet in width, but at the cut above referred to the ore vein is feet wide and not ] vel cut through; the cut is about IF feet deep. Assays from the breast of this
 cut gave S36I.20 in silver per ton.
 The lode continues, near the
 west brink of the precipice to the south
 west end line, where the Peerless
 ground begins. The lode the entire
 length from the beginning at the north
 west end to the end line of the Peerless
 IS continuous, and good ore can be
 broken of almost anywhere, along the
 outcrop that will go from S5O to Si,OOO
 m silver per ton.
 THE PEERLESS MINE
 This mine, which begins where the
 Peer ends-as will be seen by the dIa-
 gram has two distinct lodes at the
 northwest end, varying in width from
 to 6 feet, and two smaller ones from 2O
 inches to feet, embraced within a
 widtL of 60 feet. About 1000 feet from
 this point all of tie lodes seem to come
 together, forming one large lode that
 continues good and strong to the south
 east end of the clam. There being no
 work done on this portion of the claim,
 it is impossible to give the accurate
 width of the vein after the lodes unite,
 but from tte surface indications it must that Mr. McKay's hat blsw of one dsy last August, and fell down the
 side of the precipice, and lodged Tn the
 brambles some 70 feet below. Not rel
 ishing the idea of gong barehesded dur ing the somewhat warm days of an Arizo-
 m summer. Mir. Mckay insisted on go- ing down after his hat, so the boys let
 him down with rope, and he recovered
 his hat. But not satisfied with recover
 ipg bis head gear, he insisted on doing
 a little prospecting while suspended Tn
 mid air; he broke a piece of rock from
 the wall of the precipice and then called
 to the boys above to "pull away. On
 arriving at the surface they found 1t to
 be good ore, had it assayed and the figures were S3,600 per ton Tn silver. Three open cuts are being run at the northwest end near the rope tramway; two of them are on the east lode, which are but a few feet deep. The other IS on the west 1 lode and is down on the breast about | l5 feet showing a vein between four and | five feet in width of excellent ore. l | took samples from the breast of this cut
 which assayed S359. 72 in silver per ton. | While on the hill a shot was put m the | breast of this cut that threw down a | boulder which it was estimated would weigh ]. 300 pounds of high grade ore, q ! small piece Of which l broke oil and | gave to Prof. Rickard for an assay, and l his report IS S2,Sl655 Tn silver per ton. | At this rate the boulder was worth | Sl,S93; but is hardly possible that the | entire piece would go so high Tn silver, | but 1t is within the bounds of reason to | estimate it's value at from Sl,OOO to Sl,-
 800.
 The owners of the Peerless group of
 mines have had forty-two assays made, of ore from the mines, of every spices | of ledge matter, embracing all kinds Of ore to be found in the mine Tn order that they might know what the differ ent grades of ore would go, as guide in asserting the ore, and the average of
 the forty-two assays was S41l Tn gold
 and silver Usually no gold Is found, but in some places 1t runs as high as SSU
 per ton.
 OTHER CLAIMS.
 There are several other adjoining
 claims that are very promising. The
 Crocker which is a continuation Of the Peerless is said to be promising pros. pect, and high grade ore has been found
 on the main lode, regret that my linn.
 tied time would not permit personal
 | examination of thIs mine, which If owned in part by Mir. Crocker, Aaror Mason and Herbert Tenny of this cIty All seem agreed that the Crocker VII also prove a bonanza. Passing down or the west side of the mountain, IS th' Cholla, Wadsworth and Josh Billings promising silver prospects,, and thu , Wedge, Emerald and Murray cop , per mines, which, as will be seen by re- , ferrlng to the plat, lie between th' , Cholla, WadswOrth and Josh Billings . and the Crocker and Mountain Goa 1, which are combinations of the Peer ana n | Peerless mines. It is certainly strang'
 freak of nature to find vein of copPe , between two silver veins, yet 1t Is so 7 and what is more it is very promisinI , vein of copper ore. My examination were chiefly confined to the
 EMERALD COPPER MINE e which is the best developed, and one O |. the handsomest mine l have seen Il f Arizona. There are two open cuts ol e the north end: the lower cut is ID abOu |. 1 l5 feet, breastlng up about l2 feet Il n depth, showing a most beautiful vein o 5 solid ore s feet wide, that will go frOI Q Ij to 20 per cent in copper and abou - S6O in silver per ton. About l5O fee IF higher up is another larger cut showln s up F foot vein of similar ore vhlc - goes a little less m copper, but yields |. higher rate If silver. Messrs. McKa! 8 Weldon and others who own the Emerald n are of the opinion that 1t will run e silver, and that the copper will give ou f as depth is attsned. In view of il O location, in the midst of silver mine IT this theory may prove correct; bu n whether it does or not, 1t is prospeC e worth holding on to, and if it goes dow 7. as it has begun, will prove a very valu, Q, ble property.
 d There are several other good prospect }. on the south end of Mount Ben Nevi n which run high in galena and silver, th h owners of which, as 1 was informed at have extracted considerable ore, whIc Of will be shipped to Tucson for redu' In tion.