Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-07-13
THE CENTRAL SILvVR.

This property, also located in the Casa Grande district, is reported to be look ing exceedingly well. About thirty men are at work in the mine and nut ting up the smelter. The boilers are in position and nearly ali the machinery has been received and it is expected to start up by September 1st. The mine grows steadily better as the work pro- ceeds. The mine consists of three claims but the work is now confined to the Central Silver on which over 1900 hun dred feet of work has been done. Re gently solid body of pure solid, nice, clean ore was encountered in the west drift. The force of men will be increas- ed in 30 days and when. the smelter starts 70 men will find work in the camp. A tunnel Is being run to tap the main shaft at the lOO-foot level for the pur pose of supplying air. Two Ingersoll drills were recently put to work and they are doing nicely. A pump is being put up to hoist the water which was en- countered at depth of PAS feet.
 A large building is being erected for a store room and office.
 ANEW PLACER MINE.
 It is reported that between Frors Tanks and Gillette. on the Arua Fria. some prlvate parties have undertaken to work bar of placer ground supposed to contain at least S1000O0 pay gravel. A ditch over two miles long must be built, part of it along precipitous cliffs that project out over the canyon. Here open piping will be used, supported on bolts drilled into the rock. A thous- and miners inches of water is to be turned upon the bar. Some months must elapse before the hydraulic opera tiOns can begin.
 THE TOMBSTONE MINES.
 The Sterling silver mill is running on Flzina ore, and not hitch has occurred to interfere with the work of reduction since the whistle first blew. The ore which was being run without sorting is now being sorted and is paying well. As the center of the dumps are reached the ore IS found to go much better The mill will clean up the latter part of tbe month, after which the stamps will dron on custom ore for a while. The May flower and Herschel will be accommo- dated a month before the company starts in again on their own ore.
 The Ground Hog is working ten men and large amount of ore is being hoist ed. On the dumps are a thousand tons of ore that can be worked to a good pro- lit. During the past week strong vein Of good ore was struck in one of the drifts, which will carry a high percent age or lead and assays made yesterday from an average of the ore struck gave as result 151 ounces silver. The ore is very heavy, an ore sack containing about 20O pounds. About four tons per day is being hoisted from this new strike and IS being taken out by two men.
 The Northwest will start up on Mon. day next, the machinery is ali in place and another whistle will be added to the long list. The shaft will have to be tImbered as well as some of the drifts and stopes which have been idle for sev- eral years. This will take some time but IS necessary work. In conversation with men who worked in this mine when its output was enormous, we gath CT the information that it has not been half prospected above water level and the ore in sight will astonish those who were ill-advised when they shut down the mine and moved the hoist to other ground.
 A GOOD PROPOSITION.
 NIT. J. c. Loss. of the Central Silver mining company, whose properties lie twelve miles to the south of Casa Grande. spent last Tuesday in Florence. He has just returned from a visit of several months to St. Louis. He urges the peo- pie of Arizona to prepare exhibits of ore for the St. Louis exposition, and sug- gests that, if forwarded to him at St. l Louis, freight paid, he will care for them or cause the same to be done, and secure them an advantageous position in the l Exposition. There is a great deal of in terest in St. Louis manifested in Arizona | mining properties, and a good exhibition | of ores will prove of immense advantage to the people of this valley. If suitable | can be made with the {! board of supervisors to defray expenses. MT. Loss will accept the specimens at Casa Grande and forward the same to | St. Louis.-Florence Enterprise. ..