Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-10
THE REYMERT MINES.
A Large showing on LirtIe Lsbor. An Cn- developed Comstock that will Yield
 it's Millions when Opened Up.

A Large showing on LittIe Lsbor. An Cn- | developed COmstock that will Yield it's Millions when Opened Up.
 Those who have not visited the Key inert group of mines in Pinal county, can form no adequate idea of the mss- siyeness of the ore body now being
 worked. The mill of ten stamps was originally built tO crush ore from another ledge than the one nOx being worked. but to the surprise of Judge Reymert who was st that hue operating 1t, the ledge petered out and new ore body had to be prospected for. But this was DO difficult task as sn immense ledge of b sck spar upon which this company had several undeveloped claims, cropped bold and strong for many thousand feet. IL had however, been generally considered barren and till very recently little or no work had been done on il Conscious thas 1t was this or nothing a prospect shaft was put down on the ~Americs," she extreme north east claim. and
 MAGNIFICENT BODY OF ORE
 opened up. Two weeks since, when the writer through the courtesy O. Judge J. ID, Walker, who is nov managing the property, visited the mine, the msin working shaft was down sixty feet with drift of 23O feet directly and along the course of the ledge. The shaft, a well timbered. double compartment, Is sll ID ore. as are also the drift workings. The sIze of the latter is about l4xS feet. The IA feet IS being taken ont lRterally, thus making sufficient room for two sets of tmbers with eight feet between c,il- ing and tiooI. Every pound of the ma teriRl taken out goes to the mil without sorting. In addition to thIs. it must be borne in mInd tbst the width of the ledge has by 10 means been reached as DO walls are visibls and the ore intact on either side, is of like grade and sp- pearsnoe to that in the drift. The ledge however IS
 PROBABLY 20 FEET WIDE
 as indicated by the surface croppinRs. The average value of the entire body has been placed at $50 per ton, although that now taken out works about $45 at the mill, In character the ore IS a sul- phide m black spar. mixed with Ealensa and csrbonstes.
 A portion of the ledge IS decompOsed and resembles soot. the men working ip the drift become as begrImed as If digging in coal Eight men only are employed about the mine, of thIs num- Der two are on top, two taking out ore and two putting ID timbers, the foreman and superintendent making up the en- tire force and these keep the ten-stamp mill m constant operation. As the mil however, is shortly 10 be doubled in size sn additional force of men will have to be put On, tut on so-ount of the
 MAssIvESEss OF THE ORE BODY, the working force will never be large.
 The mill originally built to crush ore | from another mine IS situAted nearly | two miles south of the America" and | IS very complete 80 far ss it Roes. but | lnfering from 8 remark made by Judge | Walker, the ore IS Lot yet being work d | sufficiently close, some S7 per ton escap- ing in the tsIlings. This however. is | less by half, than what had previously | been lost under the former manage ment. The tsilings ere carefully saved and will eyentua lily be reworked.
 Judge Walker IS a man of figures. hon est, shrewd and capable. If in the course of busIness he makes a mistake. he IS wlse enough to be never again SO caught. Under his management the mine when properly opened up will be 3 b nsnZa, the like ha- never been seen in Arizona. According to & careful esti- mate, without further development 'here are not less than
 10000 TONS OF ORE
 n sight that will mIll sl,2OO.OOO. As hefe are on this same ledge IS claims he larger portion of which are owned md control ed by the Reymert Com 'sDy, It IS difficult to form even m ag 'regate idea of the vast wealth it con sins. On the north end of the Reymert ,rouP and joining the America" is the { 'srlow claim, owned by A. N Dorsey. n old miner that has put in l5 of his [ est years in Ariz ma. Of course the s Id rosn thinks he has struck 1t rich, s nd undoubtedly be has, for whatever q lay be clsImed for the America can ' kewise be p
 CLAIMED BY THE BARLOW, @ the two are separated only by the r ne of ownership. On the Barlow but tile work has been done, the croppipYs q ave been cut through in 8 few places. @ at barely sufficient to show the width t the 20 foot ledge. but the old man o iys he has no money and cannot work b and will therefore sell cheap. To ap q dIvidusl or company having mean. n Iis claim presen,s opportunities that 'l Innot be eXcelled elsewhere. 's Adjoining the Farlow, on the same r' Jge, IS the BlsckbIrd, owned and work n 5y Messrs. Stefy, Morton and Me Ia aughhp. The shaft on this claim hen visited by the writer, was down 50 Iy et. At this depth two drifts were bs. eC run oD the ledge that on the north th IS ID about 40 feet and that on inc D uth To feet. In sinking the sh .ft inc ot wall had been followed down and n the bottom of the shaft the ore bodv Nt d cut through to the hanging wall m le width Of the vein at this place WAS mi ' Feet, but the foot wall had turned nh arly straight while the hanging wall T., ched almost directly from it. There reason to believe tha. every sdd,- p, nal foot sunk will give increased ar, 1th till sr'
 TWENTY OR MORE FEET co, M Ve been sttslned. To the drifta. pntsblv one south, the same pitch of tbs ,, Ills is to be seen. Toe ore is identi- 1;n with that m the Amenca and will -- en similarly opened up, make a Iikr leo 'Tlug. The average value of the or,. ,,s about S3O per ton. The owners while F.. overly blessed with ready cash. are i,s of vim and enterprise. They are ps, y satisfied with the showing tSns ,b, made and intend to push deyelor- sTr nts ss Tar and fast as their means and te5 sole will let them. I. .I
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