Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-05-05


 The strata inclines about 3s degrees below the horizontal westerly, the Att iantic and Pacific vein traversing it from southwest to northeast and dipping at 7S degrees easterly, thus cutting directly through each stratum with depth
 There are some sixteen or more diff ferent mines ill the district the Assure veins of which are in the contact between bed or dyke of porphyry aud lime. stone foot wall The owners of this property are Messrs John Reese and T. Tomlinson of Casa Grande.
 Silver Belle-This property has been worked on for several years. Several shipments of ore have been made, net ting good profit.
 The main shaft, No. 1, on south end of claim, is down 72 feet with good ore in the bottom. At depth of 30 feet drifts were run each way 45 feet. Here the ledge IS II feet wide. Shaft No. 2 is down 45 feet with drifts in bottom. with showing the same as in shaft No. good many tons of low grade ore. This is one or the good claims of the district and wsA pay any practical men to work. Independence.-This an extension of the Silver Belle on the south. A shaft WAS sunk 50 feet on the north end of claim on the same ledge as the Atlantic, with results satisfactory to the owners. The continuation of this ledge is trace- able for } mile to the Chicago. On this claim is some showing. The ores here are 40 per cent lead. These properties are owned by Messrs. F. 0. Minshull and Ed. Bien of Casa Grande. GROUP NO. 4
 Boomering-This is a gold property now in litigation and is well worth fighting over. The main shaft is down 40 feet with vein in the bottom of feet. On the dump there are some 50 tons of rich ore and is estimated to be worth s5OOO. Several other shafts on this claim were sunk, resulting in developing good ore. Free gold can be seen in ore on dumps. Boom-This claim is parallel with the Boomering. A cut was run in on center of claim 50 feet by MT. Chas. J. Peter son, the owner, in 24 days; work was l stopped owing to tie water tank adioin- ing going dry. This cut in the face at depth 12 feet shows the vein lS feet wide and is said to average $40 per ton. Black dykes with copper stains follow the ore through this section. The Wild Wave and Golden Horn on the North come next. Here only assess. ment work has been done.
 GROUP NO. 5.
 LAKE SHORE MINE The Lake Shore copper mine, in the Jack Rabbit country, owned by Messrs Geo. Aitchison and Nj. P. Traut, is one of the most promising and extensive properties of the kind in the Territory. It is To- cated twenty-five miles from Casa Grande | ana has wood and water sufficient for mining and smelting purposes for years to cone. The ore IS found in a contact ot magnetism lime and slate, and is free smelting ore. The Clifton copper mines in Graham county are in similar forma- tion and their Value reaches to a very high hgure. The ledge pitches to the east at shaft No. l, where the discovery of the ore was first made upon very small exposed surface, the shaft of 20 1 feet Is all ill the ore body, the ore being principally red oxide of copper. The slate formation is on the east side and extends all through the Santa Rosa mountains, while the west side is lime. For about 70 feet south of shaft No the ground has been stripped, showing the ntinuation of the ore body, which averages 121 per cent copper
 Shaft No 2 is down 45 feet, all in ore, with drift to the west 30 feet and a drift to the south 20 feet, both in ore. | and nothing but ore is being taken out. l Af1 Il, oS shaft No 1, by actual measurement to be no feet wide.
 Between shafts 1 and another shaft was sunk of the line of the two shafts 15 feet, showing splendid oxide ore.
 A prospect shaft fifty feet south of No 2 also shows large body of ore.
 Shaft No. 3 is down 110 feet, of which 20 feet was through cement and 40 feet through slate formation and stratas of ore were encountered for 30 feet when the regular ore body was entered. Drift
 No. 2 to the west was run 30 feet in ore, and drift No. was run 45 feet, also in ore.
 Shaft No. 4 went through the same formation for 45 feet when ore was struck. It has drift west of 50 feet showing ore. Its distance from shaft No. 3 is about 200 feet.
 On the north end of the Lake Shore is shaft down fifty feet, and indications of the ore body cah be seen. This is 150 feet from the end of the claim.
 Bould CTS of ore taken from the mine, when exposed to the air for time, crum-
 bls away by atmospheric action, showing the self-fuxing qualities.
 On the south extension of the Lake Shore, is claim belonging to c. s. Say CT, with a shaft Sl feet deep, showing 8 continuation of the ore body. This was sunk to demonstrate the theory of the ore beyond the limits of the Lake Shore claim. The same character of ore was found in the shaft, which is about 100 feet south of the south end of the Lake
 Shore claim. There is drift of 30 feet in the bottom of the shaft, with streaks of ore. It is believed the main ore body lies to the west of this shaft.
 The Colorado river steamers with every 1 trin hrino down seyeral bars of silver