Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-05-25
ORC BLANCO.
The Man and the Mine With a
 One Stamp Mill.
Gold Ore that Paid One Dollar per Pound-A Bigger Mill and Larger Output Promised
 in the Near Future

THE LUBECK AND GOLDEN EAGLE GROUPS.
 We have here proposition different than heretofore. It is that of good many mines instead of one, under one ownership, and the achievements of a man single-handed. Here too the mines demonstrate paying ore.
 With a single man to do if, the mines cannot be much developed. Yet they are great mines in the potential, and have been opened enough to prove it. They are in two groups. Both carry free gold in paying quantities. They were located in and are still in the hands of the original locator. From them the
 MANS WORK, sINGLEHANDED.
 owner has done some developments good deal all things considered-made storage dam, erected a one-stamp mill and comfortable home. The one stamp mill will crush to tons a day, and expenses allowing liberal wages will average S6 day. The ore will result in almost any figure, according to the claim and the part of properties whence 1t came.
 The man referred to is J. T. Nc Donald; the mines, the Golden Eagle and Lubeck groups. Assays have been made on the ores of Mir. McDonsld's properties that went into tte thousands. One assay went S28, 900 tons and 300 pounds of ore, recently taken from his Rob Roy mine, returned $500 in gold, or dollar a pound. But such claims are not made for the mines. The ore IS, however, good enough to work. It may be said ou the whole to carry plenty of paying ore, from S7 upwards.
 MT. Mcdonald has in the Lubeck one of his best properties. It is mass of ore, like some other Orc Blanco proper ties, a reef due to the overtoppling of the original vein as the country rock, ln the course Of many centuries fell away from it. No great depth has been attained. but that the ore is there is clearly demOnstable. While here with him Mir. Mo Donald picked up piece of ore from the dump, " hich he afterwards hcrnspOOned. The gold was soon bought to light, in gratifying quantities. In the LuUeck was demonstrated the moderate price at which mines can be developep m this district. He employ
 1OA-BElCE lff.N El.OEMENT.
 ed Mexican recently to quarry out the ore-for that is what he hasa quarry of ore. The result is that 40 days work at S1 50 0 day resulted in I20 tons of ore and 10 tons Of waste. Fms means, to give conservation figures, 50 cents a ton for mining. This to be sure is work near the surface, and the opening is as broad as deep, but shows very we'll for the property. The ore has been used for mill test, and the little mill IS HOW industTiously pounding out the god therein. The exact returns have not been ascertained but demonstrate it a very paying property. The body is very likely Q big one, with a vein below feed ing if. It Is probable the vein is even richer than the reef. But when that vein would be reached, with steady work of mine and good mill, DO man could say; likely 1t would be long time. Mir McDOnald makes no extravagant claims for it. He has a good big body, of moderate grade ore. The mine sh .uld
 be worked with big mill, and a mill ane mine could be run on such ore for g ton. This would leave, for safe estimate s a ton profit. This mine is is regarded with admiration by the mines of the whole district.
 It has already been exported somewhat. The run now being made ofg 90 tons from it IS for 8 company that have in view it's purchase. 1t is now under bond.
 Just across 8 canyon is the Rhalns, the lode of which has fed rich placers. Here a rich streak of three feet of quartz was struck and followed enough to show that 1t widened. It assayed from S10 to SS0 ton. The Rhains is good pros pect. Near by is the Golden Thread mine, a former possession of Mir. Mo Donsld's, now owned by Tucson parties. It is developing we'll. The ore body shows paying ore in plenty, with even the surface loam carrying gold good enough to mill.
 The Golden Eagle is about 800 yards