Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-09-06
Arisuna Enterprise.
FLORENCE, SEPTEMBER 6, ls9o
Arinona,s Mining Industry.
solomonville Bulletin.


 Southern Arizona's mining industry has been growing better during the past eighteen months. Up to that time there had been drag in almost every camp for several years and during that time it was almost an imposslbility to sell a min ing claim, though it might show ever so much evidence of richness. Some of the large mines of Arizona, that have in the past yielded fortunes to their owners, are to-day in a state of inactivity, some of them apparently, having been stripped of all the wealth they possessed. But, while this Is true, steady development has been pushed m many camps and important sales have been made during this and last year, and Arizona today can show as many prosperous mining camps as it ever could. The mines at Tombstone, the Silver King and Nulture may be mum bered among the by-gone bonmzas Of the Territory. The Tombstone mines, which created such a stir in the mining world ten years ago, have not been abandoned as worthless; when work was suspended there was good ore in the shafts, but the water level having been reached. further work was impossible ill the absence of pumping machinery of sufficient capacity. It Is the unanimous opinion of mining men, having a knowledge of the forma- tloh at Tombstone, that when these mines are pumped out the camp will again be- come active and prosperous assuming a condition akin to that of the early days. At the Turquoise district near Tomb stone, some splendid mines are being opened up, and that camp gives good promise of permanency. Washington Camp and Harshaw in Southern Pima county presents quite a different appearance to- day to what they did two years ago. Then Washington was only known hy a few silver mines that have not proved to be very valuable, and Harshaw was look ed upon as a relic of old and good times. To-day Harshaw Is alive with active miners who are all doing well. There Is a 20-ton mill in operation and bullion IS shipped from there every week, and there are four or five other mines being worked in that vicinity, giving employment to 75 or 100 men. Washington Camp Is where the Duquesne Mining Company are devel- oping the copper properties purchased last year. This company has expended q large amount of money in building houses and erecting machinery for work ing the mines and 1t Is the intention tC add large smeltlng plants ln the neai future. There are many other valuable copper properties Ill the vicinity besides those owned by the Duquesne Company and Washington Camp will in all pro babllity become heavy producer of cop per bullion within the next twelve months. In Pima county there are many other camps that afford enough preciou, metal to support a large number oi miners. The recent starting of the smel ter at Tucson will, if 1t Is kept going enable the owners of hundreds of mine: in that vicinity to work them to good profit, that are now unknown because the ore Is low grade and will not pay the heavy freight rates to the nearest reduc | ton works. Pinal county has. by far, tho i best showing in mines and mining opera | tions to-day, in Arizona. It has, we be | heve the largest silver mine aud the larg est gold mine in the west-the silve mine being the Reymert and the golC mine the now famous Mammoth, on tn, San Pedro river. The Reymert Is operat ed by Detroit company, who have beer trying to develop water by sinking wells a the mines for more than year; this, W, understand, they have abandoned, anC leased the old Silver King mill at Pinal which ls only seven miles from the Key inert mines. This property undoubtedl, shows the largest body of high grade sil yer ore ever discovered in Arizona. Bull lion has been regularly produced by twenty stamp mill for three year3, anI tue vein has been prospected far enougi 10 show the presence of an ore body laTg enough to feed lO0-stamp mill for nor than decade. The Mammoth IS ownel by an English syndicate and 50-staml mill IS now in operation, and arrange ments have already been inaugurated fO the building of a 100-stamp mill on tn river three miles from the mine. 1hi will be a large and prosperous camp fo years to come, as the country surround ing is one of the richest mineral bearin, in Arizona. At Globe new life has beel infused into mining enterprises and olt mills and smelters that have been th' abiding place of bats and owls for year are being oyerhauled, brushed up anl put in condition to reduce ore to bullion | Much new capital has been invested Il that district during the past few months and properties that have been chloride, for years continue to yield profits to thos working them. In Graham county, out side of the Clifton district, which Is no equalled in Arizona. but little is bein done, though the ranges and hills of thi county are yet virgin ground for tn prospector, and will some day suppoI mills and smelters in every district A Aravaipa the New York company has ez pended quite an amount of money i building roads and otherwise preparin to work their mines on an extensive seal, though the little work that has been don on the mines has not been as encouraf ing as the reports on which the sale ( the mines were consummated.