The Arizona sentinel., 1895-08-03
Rich Strike aE E'5cacEo.

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 of placer gold has been gathered up. Last week the miners at work open ing up this mine, thought that they would run an open cut across this belt and see if by chance, there might be d stringer or vein that carried gold. At the commencement of their work, they found that at the depth of twenty inches, the barren stuff changed to a rose quartz which prospected from $5 to $S per ton. They could only get now and then a color from the top rock and even this, they thought came from the dirt and not from the ore. AS the work proceeded they found 8 little further on and deeper that the rose quartz carried from $15 to SIS per ton. When they had reached twen- ty feet in length with the cut they sunk shaft, which at the depth of five feet carried ore yielding from $15 to SIS per ton in free gold. At the depth of ten feet the ore pros pected from $35 to $50 per ton all the time growing richer. From IT to 20 feet the ore rose too, from $50 to $50 per ton, still growing richer as they gained in depth.
 The cut and shaft show the rich ore body to be 20 feet wide, with neither wall in sight and 20 feet deep with no signs of any bottom. The Nina Rica lies east of the Mars mine and south of the Dulcenilla both of which adioins.
 The croppings of the barren quartz, under which this rich ore lies, are more than 700 feet wide and show for nearly a mile in length and cross three or four other mines. Where they enter upon Mars ground they are fully 7O0 feet in width. They also cover a portion of the DulceniIla mine. The Nina Rica is one of the mines tended to Denver parties, by J. M. Mendivil and Allan J. Smith few weeks since.
 It could have been bought Jan. 1st, for $250. Now $1OO,0OO would not touch it.
 It has always been a mystery, where so much placer gold could have come from as has been taken from the Mars, Venus, Dulcenilla, Nina Rica Goshen and other mines adjoining, but the secret is now solved by the finding of this i'm mense body of very rich ore, for there is no doubt in the minds of the miners, familiar with the forma- tion, but that this fine ore body now underlies the whole area of this peculiarly barren duartz on the surface.
 This find only adds another well earned laurel to the Picacho Gold mines.
 The rain at Picacho Sunday af- ternoon was the heaviest ever known in July and extended over a large area of country along the Colorado river. Parties in from up the river say that the rainfall was very heavy and general, falling heavily for nearly 8 hours. There was some thunder and lightning when the storm was in the distance but none as it approached the river. The water came down Marquez Canon in a body 100 feet wide and rendered it impossible for several hours. The water ran down all the canyons except the Picacho nearly to the river where it sank in the loose sand and gravel.
 The American Colony of placer miners have returned to Providencia canyon, with a full supply of pro- visions. It is now composed of Antonio Joseph; Wm De Spain, Frank Stanford, Jas. Metler and A. l.. Stone, who expect soon to be joined by Messrs Adams, Lewis and Harrison. The black sand racket is having another trial after the many tests made by Frank Van Ness and others. Formerly it as- saved $316 per ton. but the miners now think that thelr dry washers take out most of the gold. The black sand in places, carries very little gold, but the amount ot sand ic 90 cr,o Ill thnt tlo Ill oc ~AlL