Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1895-07-20

Being No. I and No. III that name. On
No. I there are three i0.foo, openings ON
20-inch vein In which therv 10 pay.
streak Of . 10 9 inches Of very high grade
ore, som. Of which provpsc,s thousands
~ dollars per ton. A t0.foot tunnel On
No. 2 shows about thres feet Of ore which
averages go 70 ti2 per Ton In gold. This
ore is ire. milling. This vein 10 found
under heavy dyks Ut whit. porphyry
The course u the vein 10 North and south.
rns sAS Luis rUTosi
running northeast and outhwes,, eroese.
th. sunriss No. . ., the south end. On II
are located the claim which gives II its
name, the Radcliffe, Pikston and Duke
City claims. This 70 . very large ledge.
croescuts showing II 70 he firm ~ IN rs
feet In width. and samples from ~ W go
per Ton In gold ,hroag hou, ,h. length Of
,h. claims named I, slso carries from
10 ~ ounces In silver 10 the ton.
About ous. half mile south IT the Sun.
shine group 10 located the wo'hrecksr
group u elaine, which show the same
general characteristics ~ the claims
north Then cone the Sweepstakes. Cor.
ona,io. Anaconda and Donald Mckay
claims, Ill undeveloped prospeets, but all
showing quarts carrying free gold. The
writer spent ssv.ral hours on the latter
claim breaking and crushing quar- aud
washing with . gold pan, aud was much
SURPRISED 81 the result 10 No instance
vas there . failure W get "eolors" u
gold. The Thanksgiving end another
claim intervene. and then 10 reached the
already famous
PRiLApnLPHn
mine, At the hsad Of the South canon. on
the eAs, slope u Timber peak, the high
est point In the MAydalens range, within
400 feet IN distance and 800 fest in Al,i-
tude ~ the summit Of that mountain. and
over 1900 feet above the lev-l Of the ses.
This property belongs 10 J. L. and l.. X,
Terry. who discovered and located II.
The hrst discovery on the claim was
made In July, 1874, on phich therr 10 .
shan 30 feet deep on 6.icot win. with .
pay streak Of 8 70 8 inches, which Yields
In 40 ArastrA about one ounce Of gold 70
the ton. In January Of this year they
discovered anothar vein about 100 feet
further east on the aAms claim. which
gives every indication Of making . great
mine. On this vein The shan 10 sunk W .
depth Of So feet. from which Q drit 10
driven north 81 feet, and another . few
ieet south Of the shsft. The lead Ia uni.
form IN width Of Abon, fsst, and pros-
pscts In gold throughout. Following
down the foo, wall from the surfacs TO
the Sottom Of the shan, 10 pay strsak Of
from o 70 IL inches, which 10 very rich In
free gold. The writer climbed down the
shat, on the ladders and inspected the
vein in oil parts II the workings, taking
sAmples from the ledge and Afterwards
pulverizing the quarts and panning out
The gold. Some Of the results vers very
exciting and taken together wsrs Pos.
tive proof that the Philsdslphia 10 . very
rich gold mine. No morn psrfscs vein
was ever formed. The walls arc hard
aud smooth as q marble slab. The tale
and "siick.ns" which the experienced
miner looks for 10 indicate permAnency
In vein. are present. and the vein ID
nearly ,erticsl, having only 9 slight dig
IN the east Upon the discovery u this
vein. twenty p upds Of orc taken from
the outcrup yielded thirty penny sigh,c
Of gold, ground upon . rock sud washed
In gold pan. Two aud one half tons Of
. ore washed 10 an arAstrs a. Q sample,
yielded $l07 in gold bullion. The ore ID
{ . quarts, carrying no bas> but iron. IN
. brown or black oxide--no lead, no cop.
per, aud but little silver. An AssAy
irom the bottom II tho shaft showed a.!
, In gold and 10 ounces silver per ton. Th'
, prospects made by the writer II this ar
, t,cls from samples taken from the minis
by him. would indicate values ranging
|. from 90 10 a. many ounces Of gold 10 th'
y ton. A parallel claim ON the west, callrt
. ''s Keystone, belonging 10 the same own
ere, 10 even r,ehor than the Philadelphia
but the vein and pay streak are smaller
, Free gold shows beautifully In tho rocl
from both clsiuss. Great blocks. twslv,
: inches square, showing frye gold IN ever.
side. were an the dump 81 the Phiisdsi
' phia mine. The Terry "boys" hsv
:, built Al Arsstrs 70 work their ore, near
!. most besu,iful mountain spsing. whic
. has 9 capacity Of about $40 pounds daily
. also an ideal miners cabin. end hAy
70 started " work their property IN tn
l. most sys,smA,,e and thoroxuh manner.
)" At the south END Of the belt, 81 far y
prospeotsd. about one mile south Of th
) PhiladslphiA mine, 10 the
GOLD sTAR,
|, Belonging " George " Bond and Fran
N Andrews, who have . four-foot vein I
ore similar 70 the philAdeiphiA. much I
A showing frss gold. They are driving
!. lapnsl on the vein 81 the bass Of u
;. mountAla ridge. much lower than u
m PhilAdslph,A workings, and their dsvs
~ opnsu, will prove the psrmAesney Of u
N vein. The tunnel 10 now In about ~ fee
man w.tra roaRuvpv salT