Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-05-26
Mammoth Musings.

MAMMOTH, A. T. May l6th, 1888.
 DEAR ENTERPRIsE; The Table Noun tain group oI cuPper mlues, comprising the Table Mountain, La Porte, New Y,rA, GreelvLe, Cal al and B.rlwe l mnes, is situated on the easterly slope of Table Mountain in Pinal County, about 15 miles northerly from Nam moth, aLd are owned by John Scanlan, J. k. Gilman, George Wykof and Capt. Jack Burgess. The claims are at an d titude ot 5zO0 feet in slendidly wooded and watered country. The vein lies iu calbonIterous limestone near its contact with red eruptlve rock overly ing the limestone and has a dlp of 10 degrees to the South and East. Tie ctopping are pold and immense, stand ing m places 60 or 70 feet above the sur lace and at several spots on the ledge | from 200 to 250 feet i'll width. In 1883 and the owners did between $7O00 $8000 worth of work and displayed i'm mense bodies of high grade red and black oxides, and carbonate of copper, ores, from tunnel No 3 to tunnel No l, both about 175 feet in length. A winze has been sunk, cutting solid body of ore 46 feet III thickness; p tons of this ore has been tipped and " rked g,i g re turns of from 40 oo 42.3 per cent copper. With little asserting the ore could be made to run % per cent copper, per feet smeltmg ore, the gangue being lime or spar and carrying sufficient iron and ganeisu for tiuxing. smal force of men have been steadily at work on the claims since last January, showing new budles of ore, and now the chances of a sale are very go cd, notwithstanding the owners, knowing they have d good prop erty, are pretty stiff Tn price. The claims are only 12 miles from the Deer Creek coal helds, which coal will soon become available when, with lots of 50 Der cent copper ore, S10 coke, look out for some huge dividends from the property.
 On recent visit to Table Mountain camp, your correspondent was royalty entertained by Capt. Jack Burgess, who kindly showed him around through the workings on the claims and atterward through Wykott's cave on the New York mine, penetrating 250 or 300 feet, through great chambers hung with bean- tIfu statactites @lstening Ill the candle light like roof ncrusted with diamonds. We came 10 d chasm some 10 or 12 feet across, Something like what Haggard describes in his nightm Ire "She) wr.ch for want of the pauk we cuud not eros $ and reluctantly retraced our steps finger ing longIngly among the stalactites and sta.agmites, many beautiful specimens uf which we broke off and preser, el Tins would be nice place for Florentines to spend the summer vacation lu; It Is ac cessible, 10 miles from Mammoth, by wagon, mile over the mountain by trail; only 4 or miles from Ararlpa Canyon where one can have the grandest scenery Ill Arizona south of the big canvon. The valley at Table Mountain camp IS 20C yards wide, splendidly shaded by giant oaks and jInipers, fine grass and d stream of pure cold water;plenty of deer, bear and turkey and from the top o Fable mountain one of the grandcst view: imaginable is obtained Capt Jack says If any one comes. bring Your own grut and blankets for t'is "corkey times" ant he is mot able to offer anything bette then 'wind pu iding with atmospher, sauce" but tn ere are lots of that-a thiI diet but healthy.
 Mammoth looks as if 1t had lost some thing, "the loisy mill Is sJlll. What shuniO t''r turS sptrhdtd- pr.'pSriy y to-1' Idle, where there IS an inexhaustabl, quantity of gold ore that will mIll $50 t, the ton, IL seems almost q crime to let 1t remain unw"rked, especially, when nov we are on the eve of d mining boom, w want to show our resources to the bcs advantage. Charlie Walton is ill charg of the property and Mir Black looks ou for the mine. Mart Derring and E B. Jago and G. w. Clifford are still here while Mr. Fuller and Corporal Muldool are taking out ore to ship from the Mo Garrish mine, miles west of here.
 Delos E. Hoffman, Supt. San Pedr Co.'S ran ches, has just harvested mag nlfccnt crop of alfalfa hay, an averag stack measuring AZ inches above tn ground. Mir. Hoffman says he was COT sde,ed good farmer back in old Mi souri but out here, where he can hand his own rain, "Gosh! can't he mak things hump" There is every prospect ( good crop of fruit this year and with
 little boom among the Plnal Go. s min, we can eXcaim with Col. Bill Atchle,
 Hoop la! Tally ho! lions in the den "
 PoLLED ANGUS.