Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-29
MINING MATTERS.
NEWS GATHERED FROM MINERS AND
 PAPERS.
THE BONANZA MINES.

Work on the bonanza mines on the Quijotoa mountain Is being prosecuted vigorously night and day. It IS the iu- tsntion to run each of the four tunnels clea through the mountain and connect them all inside with central tunnel running lengthwIse through the mou"- tain. This will afford room for E thousand men to work The company are now working all they can find a placa to stand. A shaft is beinG sunk on the Peer that will connect with tun- De. number two. This shaft Is going duwo in rich ore. Tunnel No. 2 has min, ral, but notbing to brag of. The Crocker tunnel (No. 4) also Is in ore. Tunnels No. and 3 have found nothing Vet. As these tunnels were commenced ir January and have been making progress at the rate of about two feet per day they must be in something like 120 feet As the hill at the lowest tun nel is not over four hundred feet bulOuEu. u ID lllbbtD4E AA4aN nDAAAN OIN of the tunnels are in close proximity to the great vein. Be It remembered this vein is visible at both ends of the moun-. tam for depth of thousand feet. and is plainly seen all along the top of the mountain. The west side of the noun tein slopes somewhat. and for this req. son the mineral of tunnel No. must be the first indications the miners have of meeting the great vein. Arizona will be vain if they do.
 THE CARMEN MINE.
 Captain Hiel Hale. superintendent of the Carmen mine, leaves for the East to. morrow. This property Is situated in the Setentrion mining district, in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. Captain Hale effected the purchase of the mine a few weeks ago for Iowa capitalists. A company was organized and in- corporated. Sufficient stock was sold to purchase $14,OOo stamp mill, which is now being erected on the mine. The property lies near Batopilas. From tn e Chihuahua side it can only be reached | by rough trail over the Sierra Madre, From the Pacific side there is good road All the bullion will, therefore, be shipped out this way.
 ABBIE WATERMAN.
 This property is located in the Silver Bell district some twenty-six miles west of Tucson. It has been Idle sometime on account of being bonded. It Is q valuable carbonate mine. rich iu silver and lead. 4 force of men are at work | constructing a road fiom the mine t. the Rillto station on the Southern Pacific railroad, E distance of eighteen miles. As soon as the road is finished the shipment of the high grade ore will be commenced.
 SILVER BLENDE.
 This mine is located ten miles south vest of Tucson and is the property oI Nessrs. Brown, Perry, Vivian and Guest. shaft is being sunk on this mine, and IS down thir.y-fve feet. A cross cut at this level has found another ledge with a fair showing of ore. The shaft has been in a fourteen-foot vein all the time Assays of the good rock go i62 in silver and large percentage in lead. Mil assays will go at least S25.
 LITTLE WATSON
 Messrs. J. McC. Elliott and Stowe the owners, are working this claim which is in the immediate vicinity of the Silver Blende. They have just re- commenced work, and intend sinking about seventy feet. The ore assays about the same value as those of other | claims in the same neigbborhoOd.
 BUENA VISTA AND GOOD VIEW. These two mines, upon which work has been done all summer, have recently been bonded by J. F. Knapp for the sum of 8, ,20O for J. A. Muir and Dr. White | of Sacramento. till the first of August | It is the intention to start camp, and begin work immediately. These two | claims are in the vicinity of the Silver Blende.
 | THE JERSEY LILY.
 c. H. Fry is reported to have sold his interest in this claim for S5,000 A. H. Hanson is in San Francisco, and Is said to have succeeded in incorporating Il company to work the mine. It has one | shaft about six feet deep. and exposes about two feet of vein Of beautifully | cOlored carbOnates. The ore Is certainly rich in silver and lead. The dump has about two tons.
 THE SILVER KING.
 The Florence Enterprise furnishes the | following news from the Silver King mine: The Silver King company are still stoping on the 700-foOt level, and have d chamber stopped out equal to about 400 feet square and nearly 70 feet high, and have good ore in sight on all sides, top and bottom. They have sev. eral thousand tons of assorted high grade ore stored in the mine and are adding to it all the time, the roads having been so bad of late that 1t WAS impossible foI the ore teams to haul it to the mIll as fast as it WAS got out. The company are now putting in electric lights at the mil and will use Burleigh drills in the mine | sDOTtly. huu VIII blSO nave OldmOnu drlll in working order for prospecting purposes in a couple O. weeks. At pres. ent they are only running 1en stamps iu the mill. They are employing about 9t men in and around the mine and about 30 at the mill.
 MISCELLANEOUS.
 The Silver King Mill has had to shut down for want of ore, while the mine. Ii likely to shut down for the very opposite reason, too much ore. Martin < Co. have the contrat to haul the ore, but not withstanding various attempts, tht teams could not get through the mud Pinal Drill, March 22.
 Four silver bricks cane down iron Clip last Monday; bsr number 100 wal ] in the lot.-Yuma Sentinel, March 22.