Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-12-27
, THE GUNSIGHT MINES. OVER a5. .OOO, 900 IN SIGHT. ONLY 300
 FEET DEBT. Lucky Loeators---FoolIshO Operators, Wis CT successOrs---Good Miners, Good Min Mcn, Good Pay; Skill,
 Economy Wins the Day.
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 Bic mines are as often stumbled upon as found by systematic prospecting.
 The Gunsight mines are no exception to this rule
 In September 1878. four young fellows, Meyers, Lockhart, Ward and Charley Marshall, were plodding back to Yuma. They had driven out here lS0 miles tO look at a supposed mining strike some six miles further south of this place and, like many other reported bonanzas, had found ' il boraza only. D As they went homeward they passed around the group of hills that bounds the valley here on the south. Minerike, after support they strolled up the northerly incline and found themselves batting plumb against great big ledge that jutled several feet above the surface.
 There it had stood between walls of ,.l1rd's-eye porphyry, awaiting all these
 upries to be called for an accounting Tot the talents entrusted to it's care. The Yuma boys were not long in making lo- cation. They covered the hill with nine <ahns, including in.aae group the Gun Eight, Silver Girt ana Eastward, which are just now taking on new interest for the lucky Kansas City company that has secured them.
 
 the Gunsight ledge, the four excited miners continued their journey to Yuma, where they shipped 800 pounds of speci- men rock to San Francisco. Something over $500 was returned as its proceeds Then, indeed, excitement grew white hot and a rush ensued for the new strike, resulting in hundreds of locations and the starting of prospect shafts wherever q ledge could possibly lie in the hills for miles and miles.
 Girnsight boys took out 5000 from their claim in short order and, after bond ing it during the summer of 1878, finally received S50,000in cash for their Gunsight group of three lodes, and S50,000 for their other locations; making in all over S1OO,- GOO for their lucky discovery of about fifteen months previous.
 RECKLESS NnsMANAGEarENT.
 The new Philadelphia company that bought their Gunsight properly began development on a grand scale. They put up hosting works and started 3-compart- ment shaft, which at 30 feet ol dap5h cool ed off to double compartment, with which reduced demensions 1t went down 460 feet. The discovery shaft was also sunk some 300 feet. An incline on the Silver Girt ledge attained depth of l6O feet, toward the northerly end of the lode, and a level at the bottom run 600 feet southerly into the mountain, connected first with the big hoisting shaft at depth of 200 feet. and with the discovery shaft at it's 300 foot terminus.
 There was lots of mining in those days although it cannot be called wise mining No levels or crOss-cuts were started from the hoisting shaft Over 100000 tons ol ore were piled on the dumps from the other workings, free milling and averag- !. iag, say, Sl5 or S2O per ton. Above this ! mass of free milling rock great banks o galena-silver mineral were carefully ac ' cumulated. that at least needed concen tration before inc mill could touch them
 All the while costly mill drew on ths