Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-09-26
MINING NOTES.
Matters Mineral Concentrated-The
Gunsight-Gen. Johnson's Mime.

The Gunsight property is looking up
Ten freight teams are regularly loaded
at ella Bend for the trip across country,
presenting the old time appearance.
The present twenty stamps are soon
to be increased to sixty, preparations
for the increase being now in progress.
The mine and mill, according to report,
have been mismanaged, former owner
working ore not over 20 per cent. as
good as plenty other in sight, the only
explanation being that he knew no bet
ter Then the mill itself was misman-
aged. The floors were on a slant, and
the stamps did not work properly.
These and other defects considered, DO
surprise at small dividends may be felt.
The ore to be worked is, most of it, that
already mined.
"Do you know that think Arizona is
coming to be a gold mining country
more and more" said a mining man yes
terday. "The silver mines-Tombstone
excepted-do not have the staying quail
tiles of the gold. Look al the Silver
King. That is just cleaned up COM
pletely. So with other silver properties.
On the other hand, the Congress is a
good property; so is the Mammoth and
so are plenty more of less account"
Speaking of the Mammoth short
time ago, Tucson man was in a mine
beyond Mammoth proper. With pick
he knocked off piece of ore the size OF
his two fists, from which he extracted a
lump of gold worth SO.
Gen. Johnson's favorite theme is his
Antelope mine. He is surely justified in
his enthusiasm, when with pencil and
paper he can show very clearly and very
quickly that the Antelope is a way up
first-class developed and developing
property.
Here's the proposition" said he. "We
have got $50 tons of free milling gold ore
on the dump, which, on low estimate,
l place at S25 ton. In the mines they
are stopping out whole lot more just as
good. In addition, we lave 600 tons of
value of about So ton, much of it
taken out in obtaining the better rock.
Now make liberal estimate in saying
that / can work that ore for S1.65 ton.
Counting then great quantity OF sur
face rock that we can shovel up, worth
s. ton, and think we can be proud OF
our mine. The mill will be Hunting
ton centrifugal; capacity twelve tons
every twenty-four hours. 1t will
be erected at the mine. Water
will be brought from 1000 feet away,
where it will be raised by an eighteen
horse power boiler and a Cameron
pump nigh enough to meet the mill by
gravity.
-Four men are now working at the
mine, and sinking from various points
shows the ore body TO be Of good size.
Judging from other Arizona properties
the body has plenty of depth. The u.s.
ual run of Arizona veins strike the dyke
on the upward slant. AS this vein
strikes it near the surface on the down
ward slant, it is thought the upward in
clined VEIN is there, having broken over
at the dyke"
r. Ii. Chamberlin left today for tie
San Felix mine, 10 Sonora, owned by
w. S. Sturges. The sinking of a well to
depth of 1000 is in progress at the
mine. From the latest reports all was
working nicely with the boring machin-
cry. Lumber has lately arrived for an
engine house, also quantity Of props.
As soon as water in plenty is reached, a
mill, of probably twenty stamps, will be
put in. The ore is free milling silver of
good grade, and is in large bodies.