Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-05-10
THE CHIEF CAMP.
Promising Outlook for a Rich, But Almost Uahnown District
 of Pima County.

CHIEF CAme, 1. T, April 9th. 1880. EDITOR CITIZEN: N:-probably 1 can in terest few readers of the CITIzE,' with
 some items from this camp.
 This camp i5 located twenty-five mics south of Casa Grande, twenty miles south of the famous Vekol mine, and sixteen miles s0uth Of the QuJotoa. It is destined to ce .. great bullion pro ducer, for there is no longer any doubt about the quality and quaatity Of ore. There are several hundred tons in sight, and from five different claims a mil test has been taken which gave very satis- factory results, tdc average being 5 oz. A Chief mIne three ton test gave a result of 72 cz. per ton.
 Tha lodges are large and well defined, and the ore is perfectly free milling. The character of the ore Is chloride and horn silver, and is easy mined, requiring only a small quantity of powder to break the rock, as It is ofa soft nature and re- duces greatly the expenses of mining, aud there are about 700 tons of ore in the various dumps, AGO tons from the Chief Group, and 300 tons on the Century Group. In all about ll00 1t. Of develop ment work is done, including inciines, shafts and cuts, and l can truthfully say there Is no prospect in Arizona for the amount of development done, which can show such iiattering results. All that is now wanted Is capital for mill; and there Is ore enough in sight to keep a mill running for the next three years. All development wvrk can be done in ore, and no dead work will be required. Wood is plentiful and can be delivered in camp for S2JD per cord, water is also abundant hear camp at depth of 60 feet.
 There are three good roads which re- Qulred no expense, entering the camp, and l will venture to say there is no camp in Arizona which offers such won derfuf inducements as thIs camp, and the situation cannot be bettered in all Arizona. The road from here to Casa Grande is level valley all the way. land freighting can be done at small cost. Ihero are also other fine prospects in the vicinity cf this camp, one of them Is owned by Elder & Rich ards, and Hunter x Day. Eight miles north is valuable group ot gold mines owned by Tombstone parties, who have been working npoa them fcc the past six years. and , understand they have determined to pat mill up at an early day.
 This part O. the country is still good ground for prTspectors, as there is q vast territory that has not been thoroughly prospected, to the west c: lhis camp. Lately thero have been some fine dis coverics Of gold lodges r miles north west, which are reported to be q very rich showing of free gold, althrough the quartz. There have also been discover ed ln that vicinity virgin placers by some prospectors who are working them by the dry washer process, and 1 hear they are doing well.
 Nine miles to the west of this camp are the old placers, where a large number of Indians and MeXicans are continually laklnc out gold. Sometimes they strike 1t quite rich. There was S20 in nuggets and dust taken from three pans of dirt quite recently, but these results are n 2t frequent The Papagoes have consider able wheat sown in the valley. It looks well and is almost ready to reap. Stock in this part of the country looks fine, for feed has been plentiful this spring.
 The weekly CITIzES comes regularly to scamp, which keeps us posted upon the doings of the outside world. All 1 the prospectors are pleased with the ad- vance of silver, and join in thanks to the silver men in Washington for their successful determination to bring silver l un tO itS old standard
 The Chief group is now bonded to eastern capitalists, being owned by Brow nell t Company.
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