Arizona republican., 1894-06-06
OUR GOLDEN SUBURB.

New and Interesting Facts Con-
 corning GoIdfieid Camp.
 The GoldfeId mining camp is situated, :, that is to say the postoftice is, in Pinal county about 2,600 feet from the north boundary line. The town rests in a depression of the Superstition noun tain range on V nat may be termed low rolling foot hills that skirt a dry wash, in which the works of the Mammoth No. are located There are about $50 or 400 people living in and about the camp, about seventy of whom are en- ployed directly or indirectly by Messre. Hall X Sullivan. The balance are owners of claims under development or engaged in business or pursuits neces- sary in the building up of community in new field. There are three mer- cantile establishments, viz: Peterson Bros., Kimball, Riley & Go. and Chas. Peterson X Sons. There are two sa- looms. Several currals, blacksmith shop, water wagon, an ice cream par Tor and doctor; postmaster and a justice of the peace, who is also school master. A boarding house and several other eating blishments.
 There is twenty-stamp mill on the Mammoth mine. It is simple free gold machine without pans, etc. The ore treated is 8 metamorphic rock. (granIte and porphyry) with a granular and crystalline structural cleavage formed when the rocks were in semi fluid or plastic state. Structural geology indicates disturbance and re- pose. Primitive disturbance followed by period of repose. It seems that an eroded land surface was left at the disturbed period lying below the water. The erosion hollows being filled by sediment. This is clear from the fact that when the mineral bearing matter is not crystalline cleavags on heavy scale presents itself in which through ages of filtration gold was formed. The absence of Mlca and hornblende and the predominance of feldspar in the granite proves the met amorphic transition, Thus 1t will be seen by mining men that peculiar ore IS being treated and 1t all must be run through the batteries because it in ap- pearance is of that nature that it would fool any one to sort it. This is the characteristic of nearly all the ores so far discovered in the camp. Maricopa county, Ph9nix in particular, should pay more attention to this section, as it Is conceded that the very best mining claims in the district are not in Pinal, but i'll Maricopa county. The Bull Dog, the Superstition Nos. and ?, the Bull lion, and several other claims, are at tracting the attention of outsiders.
 Space torbids particular description Of this interesting section which is al- ready famous for the amount of bullion that is reported to have been shipped
 At this time water, or suficiency thereof, is desideratum of much con- concern, though it is evident that ample can be had at points along and adjacent to the dry wash alluded to, es quite numb of wells have been de- veloped for ca mp use, at no great depth. It has been said ln connection with the water supply, that if one-fourth of one per cent of the money spent in Colo rado to get rid of water was used ln such camps as Goldfeld in Arizona to procure 1t 8 wonderful output of precious met als would result. However, that draw back may be overcome in the near iuGuic uy sYeIem OI Waber poWor IO Do used in creating electric force on the Salt river, some nine or ten miles dis tant. A dam site has been located by Messrs. Trippel & Son and Peters and McComas.
 A survey was recently made and the following data was taken from the en- gineers note book: Ditch 258 miles long obtains head of water 30 feet net. With average water in river, 10,0 900 and more inches can be utilized. With