Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-08-08
land the lucklsss horse and rider among

land the luokless horse and rider among
 sharp rocks 2.p00 feet below.
 The Copper King Go. have three
 groups of mines lying in as many dis
 tinct and separate districts, and it was
 my purpose to get a glimpse of them, as so much has been said dur
 ing the past twelve months regarding
 their richness. The groups are called
 the Copper King, the Weisl, and the
 Greenlee. Mir. Cough, the superinten-
 dent, took the lead along the 354 foot
 tunnel Of the Copper King. This tunnel
 IS on l6 foot ledge nearly the whole distance, 4 feet of which runs 90 per cent copper, IA ounces silver and S4 m gold. There are two shafts; one 210- foot connecting with tunnel 114 feet from the mouth, the other, an 80 foot, connecting 2S0 feet from the entrance.
 la thus mine are to be seen the most regular walls of granite formation that are ever found in any mines on this coast. There is another open cut and a 14 4-foot tunnel few feet southwest, showing the same ledge of as uniform size and quality as the first. Northeast IS another tunnel exposing the vein l2 feet wide l6 feet from the surface. There are altogether 800 feet of ground by 100 feet deep on 16 foot ledge, open and ready for stoplng, feet which it is estimated will average B per cent cop | per, with 5000 tons of good working ore on the dump The vein is said to have been traced miles. There are 1000 feet of development work done in this mine, and cable tramway 10000 fAnf AE1 Al Al shelter on the San Francisco river There is no waste in these lodges, none Of the ore running below a grade profit able for smelling or concentration. The cost of the present plant of the company was only about $4,OOO, having been erected to test the ores, and await maturity of plans as to the machinery best adapted to the quality of ores to be handled. The new plant. now under construction will cost about S100.0O0, being of the best patent obtainable. MT. Cough has good record as 8 min ing man, and served the Detroit com pany number of years in different | capacities prior to the acceptance of the | position he now fills in the Copper King | company. About S1S,O00 worth of ore | had been shipped from the Copper King | prior to the erection ol tue smelJer, since | which considerable amount of bullion | has been shipped out.
 A fine view of large district of | country may be had from the Copper King. Looking eastward the eye has a broad sweep over the grey hills of New Mexico, while in other directions several counties of Arizona may be taken in North ward, towards the head of the San Francisco, is said to be the banner cat tie range of this territory, the grass be Ing abundant and remaining gree n the greater part of the year, and no lack oi water. Timber is also plentiful for shade and shelter.
 Nearly two miles west of Copper King, over similar rough region, We come to the Weisl group consisting of thresl claims with 15O0 fit. of developp<nt work. The ore is of precisely the same character as that of the Det''it mine, previously described, beiPs m pockets resting on limestone p1d walls or DOT Dhvrv. Mir Gou0h Aas here a number ] of M.xicans enjoyed in digging out e tba ricb orc o.Iif packing" it to the head | of tba cabs tramway on burros to send E If dowr the steel wires to the smeler Abc-G one and half miles, which seem- e<1ike tive, brought us to the Metcalf D incline. Here I turned the horse I rode n ,ver to its owner, Mir. Cough, who had lindy furnished it for my use, and | mounted car riding to the bottom. il 1t the top was Thos. Wylie in charge | O nd at the foot Dick Whalen. l was too t fred to take much interest in anything, l c lot even asking the usual question of lews, but took the first car that came long en route for Clifton, nearly miles listant, intending to return another lay and give the remaining property of | he Arizona Copper Go. look over. In t' ny next letter 1 shall also treat more T ully of facts relating to this company's a ailroad enterprises and smelting works t t Clifton, also the town and its enter W ,rises, as well as some of the rev min t. ng prospects that are looming up ip his most interesting highly promising | 8 Iistrict of Arizona. t The many friends of Wm. Ellison ,etter known as Cyclone Bill, will be ! lad to hear that he is alive and well t nd able to live a retired life among the t }lftonites. C ernity, has been doing this part of the ountry for all it is worth, or rather for is ii he could get out of it. Save up your V llChSlS TO dlllACbCOf oo hAo A will move him to wat ] q Ipon the ancient city. (This is paid for q Wm. Walker, the Silver City (N. NJ. O ailor spent the past week here and al dorenci, measuring the boys, and talk c ng orders for suits of fine clothes, foI t' st it not be forgotten that miners wear p lothes, and, on proper occasions, of best la uality and pattern, and hence patron ze the man able to fill the bill. MT. b Walker keeps larger force of tailors 1T u is shop than any other tailoring estab- p shment in New Mexico, and his wide cquaintaDce throughout that territory e nd the eastern part of Arizona, and a Tell known and satisfactory method of p ealing has enabled him to outstrip all a (ThIs is not paid for, but O imply we'll merited recognition.)
 I will light out for Solomonville with tt 9 the next three or four days.
 Adieu. d
 F. B. L.
 CLIFTON, A. T. Aug, 2d 1891. GT
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