The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-07
elm is from eighteen inches to two feet in

vein is from eighteen inches to two feet in
An Important strike was made few day.
Pyramid. The company has been developing
OF % on tho pusSsd ss
s Sshs !ss4 fGd Yin fh S sbon
three inches vide and sample s ieK.n IRON IL
The vein extends from tho top to the bottom
q the drift, but 1t has been followed n further
This discovery will probably liven up, the, camp
treated at large profit with silver at it's pres
paying 81 the men who have been ompleyed
mine ne y snd RSsk Mn nS others
will be done in the nine for the present The
@ to put d9g S new s shaft to
finest silver ore ever mined has been taken out out
Work on the tunnel through Animas Peak In
sierra cou4sy Is pTogrsssSi sins very salts
ad Il sat s which viii
year. This tpnnel ia part o, one Of the m ost
menced in the Southwest, and which is ex.
pected to more than double the gold output Of
Sierra county.
Preparations are being made to commence
work on II large scale In the placers at Dolores,
S, ana soder n ,S santa fs
smel scale for many years and considern BILE
gold has been taken out. The placers there
and Golden but there is some water at Do
lores. while there 10 none at the richer plecers
placer mining at Dolores has been carried on
by Mexicans who made small wages. but now
the, work will be, commenced systematically
and the mines Will he worked on q much larger
scale than ever before
ARIZONA.
Tucson. July pa ride OF twenty miles
from Mesa City brings one to the new gold
houses are already there, the camp has
lively look. and miners are coming In every
sullivan of Colorado. atill keeps In the lead,
ahtnongh there are three other claims n that
first prosnected. The richness sol Of the Mann Nam
moth ore is almost Incredible. and the moro
they develop the mine 81 richer 4 gets The
Sas costs ABOUT ss5 per ton to mill WV D'' ''n'
y I I9 ths east east and south about mile from
silver. and copper. belonging to ". 4. Kimbnii
Co. Due north froW tbs is the rich find k9b
has only bee Ina pnse st
north OF this claim is the well known Jones
claim. which has been bonded tor $4,000.
surface. but have not been developed. While
Prospecting in the lower levels Of the Rural
former owners, The ore hung together with
wor
OF ore. the average value OF which was Sl40
gold and 2G0 ounces silver per ton. No better
ore has been found in the Territory than this
The opening up Of these rich ore bodies in the
Rural means much for Mineral Park.
The Gold Basin mines will soon be worked
by an English syndicate. The Gold Bug peo-
pie will start new shalt in a few days.
The Gold Mining Company OF Music Noun
tain have found sufficient water to run their
mill. and will commence turning out gold re-
tort in about ten days; :,
Henry Mclaughlin has located q small gold
ledge over the mountain north Of the Flores.
Sam pies from the ledge show up we'll in free
gold. He will soon begin the opening up Of
the ledge.
Il. ". Brown, President OF the Gold Mining
Company Of Music Mountain. has returned
from San Francisco. where he purchased a
steel within. and as soon as 1t can be placed in
position it is tho intention to sink the shaft
100 feet deeper and work tho property for all
1t is worth.
The largest gold strike IN Mohave county
since tho discovery OF the Gold Bug mine has
Just come to light In the Layne Springs. The
formation is porphyry. An assay gave eighty
five ounces gold to the ton.
About 900 miners are now idle In White
Hills district owing to the depreciation in the
price OF silver. Most Of the mines are closed
down. while others are doing only little de-
Velopment work.
Though times are extremely dull. the desti-
tuition that exists in Colorado does not extend
to Arizona We have no hungry men. and the
winters are not severe enough to cause any
anxiety for the future.