Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-10-26

| ed and worked on more or less. Among
 these are the Old Gro Blanco, the Sor rel Top. the Tres Amigos, the excellent
 gold prospect belonging to J. B. Me Olenahan, the "Gold Bug" the Holden,
 the old Deitzler and Warsaw mines, and last but by no means least, the rich "Hart O." or Gro and Julia mines, the l Last Chance group and many others
 less known, but liaEle to prove equally
 valuable. All these mines and prospects are situated in the southern end of the district. The northern section has
 somewhat different characteristics, but
 is pre- re-eminently the section for exten- siye outcrops, and indications of great channels and ore bodies of various cnar- acters, carrying gold, silver and some times lead in varying proportions, the truly great Montana mine Is one of | these. With every blow struck on that property, It's increasing size and value has become more evident; its great un- covered lead and silver ore bodies are already sight to see, and fortunately the mibe is also sufficiently gold bearing to save it from the psralysl5 and death that has overtaken many mines in other districts that carry silver but not gold. MT. Cheyney's ten stamp mill with its concentrating apparatus, ls no@ doing
 steady and good work on the Montana
 ores right along, and to his practical
 ability and steady perseverance it's sue
 cess is due, and all who know him wish
 him that great and big success to which
 he is so justly entitled, and which is in-
 deed already substantially assured.
 The great prospect of Mcdonald <
 Go. neec only to be seen by competent
 persons to be appreciated and are un-
 doubtedly big propositions.
 About the Old Glory Company's
 mines, the mines ere all there and O. K.
 but the company is not, and hard things
 are said by men who, having done hard
 work, so far remain unpaid for their la
 bors.
 On the Austerlitz group of mines with
 which have been incorporated the ad-
 joining claims belonging to Mir. Al Shel-
 tenbrand. Capt. c. J. Barclay. repres- entiDg the American Mining & Develop
 rnent company, Is pushing work, run
 ming tunnel, sinking two shafts and doing other work. These mines have
 already produced, shipped and milled gu face ores in sufficiently large qu D.
 titles, Hundreds of tons) and of a grade SO high as to assure the future of these
 properties, and the certainty of great ore bodies at this depth is self evident
 to practical mining msn.
 The Ragnarock and other adjoining claims belonging to Father KIrkpatrick, or ss DrnnDatfinno onh ha ic nv
 pecting some friends to shortly examine them, who will probably institute ey tensiye developments. The near by groups adjoining the Austerlitz, are now under negotiations with some Lon don parties, but London IS at present all crazy over the Katfir's or South African mines, but there was absurdly inflated prices, and will probably produce 8 reaction and induce the more con- servations to again turn their attention to American mines. To avoid undue length 1 cannot now refer to these or other properties in detail, but will cloee by referring to the Tres Amigos mines, and the recent starting of the milling plant connected herewith.
 The milling plant is neat, compact and conveniently arranged and is intended as a preliminary to the erection Of a larger one as facts demonstrate it's ad visibility; it consists of a twenty-five H. P. engine, Wiswell crusher, rock breaker, ore bin and other necessary The business working start was made en Monday the 14th, number of friends being invited to be present, and partake of suitable mlll viands and high grade grub, at which they distinguished themselves accord ingly.
 The engine worked smoothly and well, the Wiswell mill revolved and crushed; the ore and water passed over the re- ceiving plates, and the rock breaker worked it's jaws scientifically, and every thing went lovely and the bin stood high; and above that again in convent ent proximity for chesply handling the ores, stood the Tres Amigos mine, be- low was the temporary dam, and little further down the creek, the steam arsstra of MT. Pierre Peyron, which was running under his supervision on some peculiar looking soft dark ores from his neiRhboring claims.
 The creek in ordinary seasons carries running weter most ot the year; a dam will however, of course have to be built to ensure steady running.
 Invited to examine the mine, we as- ceDded to the same; tunnel has been run in sixty or seventy feet, exploring the croppiugs, near the mouth is com mencing shaft about ten feet deep, show ing width of over five feet of gold bearing ore-some of which when horn | spooned showed richly in coarse free gold, a streak, about foot wide yielded | at about the rate of 800 dollars per ton 1 in free gold, and in these ore streaks | consist one of the peouliarities of the | district, aud its re semblance to Cripple l Creek, these streaks consist of claye, decompcsed porphyry, quartz and quartz l chrystals; are sometimes as a whole wet l like mud and sometimes dry, and carry loose coarse free gold, running from $50 to $500 per ton, carrying also freely iron l particles partly compos ed of gold. That i some large deposits of these peculiar l ores will yet be discovered and cause | sreat excitement in this district even tuslly may be safely assumed.
 Below the shaft above referred to, an other unnel has been started, about | 5C feet worth, a vertical shaft has been l ouuh utdTjy lUO ltcl. tuo Fciu udNiIs true walls and 8 steady width of about | five feet, which We were informed would | safely average all through, ten dollars | per ton. Further on we reach the ex- i; tension claim of the San Juan, thus at | the north end is especially we'll defined | showing vein lode of good five feet. some of the ore from it was tested | before us, and ran high in free gold. l These mines are typical of number of others near by, and promise an import ant future for the section generally. The Tres Amigos is admirably situated for cheap working, the ore bodies are large, easily mined, can be delivered at the mill, almost without cost, and are free milling it is possible that additions to the plates such as, sluices, blankets, re- ceivIng boxes, etc. where the gold is very fine or somewhat coated may be found desirable, but of course are not