The Clifton clarion., 1888-07-11
SILVER BASIN.
= District of Suiphides, Bromides and. Horn Silver.

to which attention had been called through the fine returns received by Messrs. Baxter, Wilmington and Adams from a shipment of fifteen tons of ore made by them. At that time the writer was much impressed with the value and showing of the prospects and pre- dicted a great future for the camp. At a second visit made last week our good opinion was strength ened very materially. As the work of development has pro gressed, the indications of value and permanence of the ledges have grown even stronger.
 Silver Basin is situated about a mile and a half due south of Morenci. At the present tune there are two camps in active op- eration, and work is being actively and steadily pushed. Messrs. Baxter, Wilmington and Adams are the owners of a group of mines consisting of eight locations, although prospecting has been done but upon three, viz: Com stock No. l, Comstock No. ?, and Lady Franklin. The formation is of lime and quartzite, and the ore a quartz, more or less impregnated with horn silver, bromides and sulphides. The ore shows the former character throughout the lodges wherever prospected. Upon the Comstock No. l, which was the first claim located, the owners have a 25-foot shaft, which has been steadily increasing in value as depth has been attained. At the bottom of the shaft the ledge IS now between two and a half and three feet in width and between clearly defined walls. The pay streak, which has been widening from the surface, lays next to the footwall and is between five and six inches in width. The ore shows horn silver in great abundance, with bromides and chlorides. The showing Is a most beautiful one, and it would be hard to find in either territory more promising or valuable one. The pay streak for the full length of the S-foot shaft will, it is estimated, aver age fully $500 per ton, while the balance of the ledge will go be- tween $50 and 800. This claim has been prospected further by a 10-foot shaft, in which the ledge also looks finely.
 The Comstock No. ? is proving a bonanza. The ledge, which is an extension of No. l, running north and south, has been pros pected by open cuts, four of which determine the lead to vary in thickness from two to four feet in thickness, with the ore of a char acter the same as on Comstock No. l. The boys at work on the upper cut have opened up the ledge four feet in width, from which they are sacking ore that will run over S125 from across the entire width. Upon this claim J. W. W. Conner and 4. Peterson, two intelligent miners of experi- ence, have taken lease to sink and are taking out and have on the dump fine lot of pay rock which will render them handsome returns.
 Upon the Lady Franklin, a cross ledge which runs east and west, comparatively little work has been done, but enough to demonstrate a ledge of good width, with the same character of ore as shown on the other claims.
 Messrs. Baxter, Wilmington and Adams will make within week or two another shipment of about fifteen tons of ore, and will expect returns even better than the result of their first shipment.
 Between half and three-quarters of a mile due west from Baxter & Co.'S camp is situated the Twig mine, owned by Messrs. Alex Grant, 4. J. Mills, Ellis Miller and Bob Hanna. It is from this claim that the magnificent returns were received of S1143 net for seven and a half tons of ore. The formation here is a porphyretic slate, and the ore of sulphide character, which carries from SIS to S25 in gold. The work of devel- opment at present consists of 35-foot tunnel on the lead with a 50-foot shaft, and a 15-foot cut. The face of the drift at the bot tom of the shaft shows q pay streak of twelve inches that runs