Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-08-23
THE QUUOTOAS.
X Few Facts Obtained Through an
 Interview.
The Good Reports all Confirmed and A Brief Look Into the Possible
 Future

W. 5. Lyle and W. H. Smith came il
 from the bonanza camp last evening and put mp at the Cosmopolitan Hotel
 This morning CITIZEN representativ, called upon the gentlemen with view of obtaining such reliable information as they considered !udIcions to make public. Both gentlemen were in an amiable mood and seemed to possess 6 confidence of soon enjoying the vision of huge piles of bulhon from the wOnderous ore veins of Mount Ben News.
 NIT. Smith referred to his official re. port for the week ending last Saturday, as embodying all the facts and figures shorn of qualifying language and speculative cOloring. The work of development is progressing as rapidly aS the character of the rock will admit. A survey Is nearly completed of the underground workings, and it shows some discrepancies compared with earlier calculations. In the Peerless tunnel 1t has shown that the vein may not be encountered under twenty five feet further driving, although it is liable to be found within a few feet Of its present face. It has cut small ore strIngers and Is getting in softer rock, an indication considered very favorable
 Preparations are being made for more extensive workings both in the way of development to greater depth and lateral drifts, and by means of upraIse to facilitate the chutIng of ore to the tunnels from the upper workings, thence to the mllI when will be erected near the mines.
 The fact has been fully demonstrated that the ore body z .es down, and the present developments have shown II tO increase m average value as II does sD. The lower pOlnts Tn winch the vein has been cut, much of the ore runs well up in the hun dreds In value, as has before been stated ID the columns of the CITIZEN.
 The water question has been practi- cally settled. The company's well en- cOuBtered an abundant supply at iG6 feet deep, n a strata of wash sand and gravel The present well was sunk only to prospect for water. A double-c"m- partment shaft, or well, will be sunk and heavy pumps employed to raise the water.
 MT. Lyle, upon his return to San Francesca, will consult with the direct
 E-s e H.., ,.1 I. Ciineg tO the belief that nO steps will be taken ln this direction until the Peer less tunnel No. l, enters the YeIn-a con- tlngency that may require g month or six weeks more time. Two things are definitely settled: The mill will soon be erected, and 1t will be placed as near to tine mmes as IL Is possible to place IL consistently with economic working.
 Power drills are tO be Used hence forth in developing and working the mInes. Tn order to push the work with greater rspidIty. They will be supplied at once.
 In answer to a question as to his judgment concerning the outlook com pared with the COmstOck at s similar stage of development, MT. Smith said he did not wish tO make d statement that might be considered tlnged with a color of eXsygeratIOn. What Is hidden below Is beyond the power oi human sind to know. So far the mines have more than fulfilled the expectations of their owners, and the prospects are growing better every day. ItIs slow work: the rock k very hard, and the amount of development york has been greater than the original approzimated estimates. The people are naturally impatient at what seems tU them tO be unnecessary delay, but lt will no; be long before they will realize better what has been accomplished and how much they will all be benefited by II.
 But some people have ridIculed and laughed at the CITIZENS steadfast faith in your mines. Can I say to them that ii has not exaggerated the facts, asked the CITIZEN man.
 You could have put it stronger than you did and still be within the bounds of the truth" said the bonanza man: "there Is an old saying. and II Is good one and applicable to this occasion, that he laughs best who laughs last; remem- Der this. for you will have the last laugh 1 imagine