Mohave County miner., 1888-04-14
TERRIToRsAL musING ITEMS.
PIMA COUNTY.

TERRITORIAL. MINING ITEMS.
=. PIMA COUNTY.
A correspondent OF the Tucson Citizen
says Of the new discoveries in Pima
county. The camp IL called Chief camp
The camp IL situated midway between
Qnijotoa and the Vokol mine. The Chief
group OF mines consists Of five claims, the
Chief, Bay State, Chloride, Cambridge
and Victor. They are all good claims
and show large bodies of mineral. I will
give q slight description Of each claim,
commencing At the Chief, which is great
property. II has an incline down 20 feet
ail 10 good free milling ore assaying from
10 TO 200 ounces per ton. There was
three TONS miiled st the vokol which
worked 100 ounces and there Il about 10
toms Of ore on the dump. The ground is
easy wwted, being very soft. requiring
very little powder. The ore IL In form q
bromide, chloride, glance and horn silver.
Tho ledge pitches towards the nest about
30 dsgrses and work Is going to be kept
mp on the claim for the balance Of the
year. -
The claim adjoining on the north Is the
Bay State, which IL undevelo,,ed, but
shows well defined ledge and large
body Of ore.
The next claim adjoining is the Chic
ride, which n noted for its very rich
ore. There is native silver, horn silver.
chloride and black metal. The ore assays
all the way from 500 TO $500 ounces and
sampled at the yokol mill 367 ounces.
The ledge stands perpendicular and Ii
about four feet in width and has the rics.
ore IN pockets, but the whole ledge Il fine
ore and fres milling, and the ledge il
stripped for about 200 feet. showing good
ore, and there IL q shaft 42 feet deep
showing good ore all the way down.
The next claim Is the Cambridge, on
the same ledge, but undeveloed, show
ing the ledge the same as the Chloride.
The next claim is the Victor, which is
fine showing. There is an incline down
about Is feet in good ore, assaying from
80 TO 10 ounces.
This camp is nicely situated. There Ia
good wagon road entering the camp
from the north which goes to the Vokol,
and also going to Casa Grande, and q
road running to the south to Quijotoa,
and also . good, road going east to the
Casa Grande and Quijotoa road.
This III fine milling property, for water
is easily got at 20 feet a short distance
from the claims, and there Is abundance
Of wood and the country Is smooth for
miles west Of the mentioned claims.
There has been several rich finds lately
In this vicinity, commencing at the Ian.
horn and Gregory find about two and one
half miles northwest of this camp. They
found q ledge about two feet in width and
II Is very rich in horn silver, assaying
from 1000 to 1850 ounces, and they are
working four men on the claim.
There has been several valuable loca.
tons made lately in the vicinity by Dan
Hays, Frank Mensell and John Morgan.
They are hard at work and the claims are
showing up well.
There are quite number Of prospcctors
In this district at present. There seems
to be quite an excitement In mining
circles at the present time. understand
there are four different companies started
up in the vicinity Of the Vokol, and
good many claims have changed hands.
The Chief group Of mines are owned
and worked by G. p. Ford and Frank
Brownell. They are opening them mp in
good share and believe they are the
best prospse4s in southwest Arizona.
CocHisE COUNTY.
A coal strike is reported in the CHR
icahua Mountains. ,as
Mr.. w. s. Davis informs ms that he
this week shipped two and half tons Of
ore from Dora Morris mine to the Swan
sey, Illinois, smelling works, and that il
the returns are favorable from his ship
ment, others will be made.--wilcox
Stockman.
Yesterday evening Mcssrs. A. X. En-
glish, Ben James, Charley Hancock,
Casey and Cowan returned from flying
trip to the new developments in the old
gold camp, some twelve miles east Of this
place. The only work 20 far done in that
vicinity IL on the property Of
s. T. Carr and Jack Morrison, called the
Julian, and situated about one and half
miles northeast Of Antelope Springs. The
work on this claim consists Of a 35-foot
shaft. The ledge runs northeast and
southwest, dipping northwest, and main.
tains an average width from the top Of the
shaft to the bottom Of about four feet,
Assays taken from the surface give about
&25 in gold, with trace Of silver, while
the last taken from the bottom gave
nearly 500 in gold and y to Is in silver.
Out of a 9-foot hole some twenty feet
northeast of the Julian picked ore has
assayed nearly $4,000 In silver. The
character Of the ore Is chloride and galena.
The ledge may be traced for a long dis. |
tance, there often being several parallel
lodges or stringers, which may unite at
scme depth in one vein. Quite number
of locations have been made during the |