Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-17
THE REYMERT MINES.
Additional Particulars of IhI. New Com
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Additional Particulars of thls New Com
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 SAN FRASCGsCo, March 9, 1888
 EDIToK CITIzES:-I have lead your article in your issue of the h instant, entitled "The Reymert Mines" As you are pleased to dwell upon the ois- cosery aud early work by me of the Reymert mines, allow me to aid some additional statements 10 inst article.
 The mines had all been prospected and abandoned by numerous parties before located them in 1879. There are two parallel veins. bearing mineral the en- tire length of the six claims on the main ledge. After thoroughly prospect ing the claims, first shipped m 1884 ten tons of ore from the quartz vein, which realized S2i0 per ton Iu San Fran cisco. l thereafter sunk shaft on tue Europe" quartz vein oue hundred feet deep, with drifts, and worked in the Specie Paying" mlll, which had leased. sQuantity of rich ore producing twenty three bars of bullion, worth from S70O to Sl00O each. My lease expired and as thIs mill WAS SIX miles from the mIne, concluded to build a mill of my own at De Noon, where IL now stands, Having exper ded all reRlIZed for development and exploration l had not sufficient means 10 carry out my plans. l there fore incorporated the J. ID. Rsymert Mining Company upon the stIeI gth of promises of financial aid m San Francis co, which latter proved to be but de fusion and snare. Turning Co my per sonal eastern friends, they subscribed snd paid for limited amount of stock. 1 moved the Windsor mill and my Queen Creek smelter L. De Noon and erected the five stamp wet crushing mill The astute first superintendent gathered around him large Mexican peon force aud instead of working the mIue where the good ore had been fOnni. he had them scattered, like black birds, over the ledge, seeking new discoveries, which naturally failed, aud be failed, and de- clared the mIDes failure, where upon I relieved him in the charge of the property, Iou are mistaken when you state that the black spar vein had generally been considered barren. I hsd spent thousgOds of dol lars and done much work on that vein and obtained very high assays. How ever, this IS not free milling ore. My funds being exhausted, 1 could nOc wG.k that character of ore to advantage with my five stamp mill; neither could l sink further in the "Europe" shaft, where un- doubtedly the largest and richest ore bodies exist on the lodges. l had there fore 10 return to the black spar veiD, on which 1 had done much work and l followed the black ore in the .unnel which was already made ou tbe Africa, where the ore averaged 52 ounces to the ton, but contained little or DO chloride of silver. On the America" however, that ore contained & considerable quantity of horn silver. I had tested the "Amerlcs" ore more than two years before ID my Queen Creek plant and had many assays averaging over 3O ounces. I run in over 100 feet on the America vein and worked over 700 tons in the five stamp mill at De Noon, extracting about 10 to 15 ounces per ton ID silver by the wet crushing process and leaving 3O ounces in the tsilIngs, most Of V hich are yet at the mill. This demonstrated the value of the mine positively, there being a very large amount of ore ID sight and the vein was ascertsiued to be a true Assure.
 The necessity of roasting the ors was uroyep, but 1 had not the means to make the necessary changes for that purpose.
 had induced my friend, Judge Walker, to purchase the Hastings mill at Oueen Creek ana I now, at this iuucrure. prevailed upon hIm to enter more fully into the development of the Reymert mines. Judge Walker came cheerfully to my aid. He advanced money for A roas.er and other improve mepts and also some of the Hastings machinery to enlarge the plant to R ten stsrnp mill. The work went on and the .Americs" grew larger and larger My health failed and 1 had to quit the superiatendency and seek the Sea shore. Judge Walker, at my request, assumed charge, being then largely interested as stockholder, and he has since, with his tact. skill and money, expanded the enterprise and is now operating the m,nrs for tae company, which are attracting the attention of the mining world. He is gaining the well me1ted credit when you are truthtully express ing m your paper.
 There are at least seven separate shoots on the two led yes. Before the inoor- norstion had completed over lOOv feet of shafts, drifts and tunnels sDd spent nearly Sl0,00O ID roads. trails aDo m, movements. No part WAS consioerei ''barren," and whether 1t was 'Do sum cent task" as you say, to discover and develop the black spar vein, those "ho for years before the incorporation work ed with me among that rock can pest testify. The ledge at no time pe.ered ont and at no time had new ore body to be prospected for after the mill was first built. IL was simply want Of good iudement in exhsustIng the funos oy neon labor and after inst matter or money for working capital by skilled miners. Those were the clouds snich obstructed the prospects and progress of tha company ID its infancy and Shioo becsme dispelled under uDIudlclous management and productive energy.
 have been induced to write this 70 you that you may know correctly tne history of this enterprise from IFS oe- oinping, which I trust will stand as sI sncoursgement to the hardy minefs' who make so many sacrifices ID llie TOT success and who so well deserve the TOT, tunes they seek among the minersi lodges of Arizons.
 remain yours truly,
 J.D. REYNERT. Being More Pleasant