Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-31
THE NEW GOLD FIELD,
Some Of the Properties Now Being DeVel-
 oped on the GiIa

Some of the Properties Now Being DeVel-
 oped on the Giia.
 Matt. Flynn returned a few days ago from 6 visit to the new gold discoveries on the Gila near the mouth of the San Pedro, and brings additional intorma- tion respecting the mines and their de- velopments. The mines are located about two miles from the Gila river where plenty of water exists at all sea- sons, and wood sbounds in great duan- tity, the locality being about sixty four miles from Tucson by the travelled wagon road. The ere was at first be- lieved to contain only gold, but from re- cent assays, giving general average of the ore in several of the claims, they yield about fifteen ounces of silver to S33 in gold, which, counting silver at one dollar per ounce. gives an average of S4S per ton.
 The ledge upon which nearly all the claims are located. is strong and easily traced for long distance. and the crop pings evidence their permsnepcy. The oldest claim is the Sitting Bull. owned by John T. Bates. He has a shaft now down fifty feet. A "horse" was encOnn- tered about ten days ago, and for time it looked as though the ledge had plnch- ed, but work was kept on, and SIX feet below the ore was Agaln struck, better than ever. The shaft Is now all in ore, along the hanging wall, the fOOtwall not yet having been found. The lowest as- say from this mine IS S24 and the high est, S46G. the average being about SIS.
 The adjoining claim on the west Is called the Sunshine, owned by Roberts and Watson. Their shaft is $ feet deep and the ledge g. steet wIde, the ore being the same character as in the Sitting Bull.
 Mir. Harrington owns the Geronimo, stlll further to the west, upon which he Is doing some development, with prom ising prospects.
 DO Sellick and Doc Patterson own the Morning Glory and the Jupiter, still westward on the ledge. They have a lj feet shaft on one ledge and ten feet on the other, showing a like body of ore.
 The Blanche is still a continuation of the lode, and IS owned by Patterson X Powers, with about fifteen feet of devel- opment,
 Johns and Bates have two claims fol- lowing the Blanche, with splendid crop pings, but no developments has been done as they are too busy taking out shipping ore at Saddle Mountain to give much attention to anything else.
 Another property, on the same lode. belonging to Mr Flaherty, IS showing up very big. The ledge is not only large, but the ore IS of higher grade than any yet found.
 There is another lode lying parallel with that upon which these claims have been located, and abOut fifteen hundred | feet distant. On this ID. c. Seilick has | his Red Rover mine. He run tunnel 20 | feet into the ledge, and then sunk shaft | p feet, and at its bottom thu ledge Is | four feet wide with ore similar to that | from the other claims m the camp.
 The Anderson boys also own group | of claims on this parallel ledge, and | they have erected an arrastra tU treat the | ore from them. These primitive reduc- | tiOn works were to start up to-day and | vii yield the sinews Of war for the ievel- | opment of the promising properties.
 The one great want of the camp is a | smelter. The ores will smelt well with | the addition of fluxes that can be had | near. A plant of this kInd | would also treat the rich ores Theodore | Bates Gnd MT. Johns are taking out at | Saddle mountain, which are now sent | to Kansas City. There IS good leRiti- | mate business proposition in this scheme, and while its projectors are making big | profits, the mining developments will be enabled to continue until the present | are developed into permanent and valuable mines. The miners are now working day and night and they feel confident that theIr reward will be | great in any case, but it would come | much sooner if a smelter could be reached without the cost of transpoita- tion eating up all the profits.