The Arizona sentinel., 1885-09-26
A Mining Sale.
T D. Macleod In the Chicago Mining
Review.


Sixty miles heastly from go.
town OF Xuina, arizona, ia ssr
Diego county. Caliiornis, is silG-
stpd = group ~ silver milling
eo5peets, kaowa as the ''Paymas
Ser group Of mines." ell on one
iedge-a clearly defined contact
vein, mat has lately changed
Ownership; a controlling interest
having been purchased by Eastern
jpeople on a $40, 900 spot cash basis.
The group has been pretty well
developed. A free milling quartz,
lshOwing from surface to bottom
| Of 160-feet shaft, with an average
width of five feet on the Amelia
mine; also, numerous shafts, cuts,
and drifts on the various claims ;
a wagon road complete to ship
ping point at Cactus station, s. P.
r. r. over hard mesa and wash
rOadbed, twenty-three miles. A
l0>stamp plant will be at once
erected at the mines, which are
peculiarly favorable, being situ-
ated along the backbone of a low
range of foot hills that extend in
to the mesa. To supply mill and
camp with water there will be
erected powerful pump on the
banks of the Colorado river, near
Gas!en's Point, and will, with
this one lift. force water thirteen
miles, with raise of700 feet i; the
Intervening country Is made up of
low mesa and wash, so that the
pipes can be laid on the surface, as
the crow flies. The ore Is similar
to that found in the neighbOIing
mine-jhe Clip of Yuma coun y,
a silver chloride-,hOugh the gan
gse matter IS not 80 friabIe as that
OF the Clip-cnntaining no sulphu.
rets, or other refractory combina>
tiOns, though considerable galena
ore Is found in parallel small
veins, and like the Clip mine II
will be close corporate company.
As there is enough. in sight TO
keep !he stamps dropping for an
indefinite period in the Paymas-
ter group. and being under the
supervision of a thoroughly prac-
tical superintendent, Mr.. Blais-
dell, the natural and evident Sc
quence is, it will add but another
to the many non.reporting mines
with which our Western field is
more abundantIy supplied than
the casual reader has the remo>
test idea OF. This secrecy in the |
past has done much to retard the |
for the precious metals.
These private sources of wealth |
not being known miningas public
ly conducted, was looked upon as |
q stock ,jobbing Aladdin lamp sort
of u proposition. But OF late care
full investigation, conducted with
that business sagacity displayed
when examining other unfamiliar
departments, is leading capitalists
to a more practical understanding
of this important industry, and
they are recognizing that which
has long been known to "iooker-
On here in Vienna" that parlor
is almost excellent Thing"
for the beaver hat fraternity who
engineer the books and handle
The shekels galore! But with
very few exceptions the dear OUT
side public get beautifully pinch>
I'd, and their further researches
nave developed the fact that an
army of wiser men have quietly
invested of their surplus moneys.
secured the services of practical
mining experts, purchased outs
light upon their recommendation,
partly developed mines and prom {
sing prospects, and with men
Who are practically acquainted
with the mechanical as we'll as
theoretical management of mines
o supervise, from the inception,
heir investments are reaplng a
egular and sure rev ward. and
but few outside OF the
ouniy in which the mines are
ituated have any knowledge or
he existence of such a property.
fhe Clip mine of Yuma county, :
\. L., is Il fair example of this !
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