Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-19
THE SUN DANCE MINES.
Properties Within Ten Miles Of Pres colt Which are Making Records
 to De Proud 0I.
Great Natural Advantages Possessed by Them. in Addition 10 the Rich Ore That They
 Produce.


 own seven claims on the liassavampa river, lying between the Senator on the east, and the famous Howard group on the west. The Sundauce compauy's mines arc the Silver Trail, the Ihorue and Lillian, which jie up the Trail Gulch, running east and west. To the north, lying on the north slde ot the river. are tho lower claims the Chloride, Fairyiew, Aztec and Maumelie, the south end lines of which extend up against the side lines of the Silver Trail ana Lillian.
 The development on the lower claims Is about $50 feet. and consist of one 15O-foot tunnel and a 2O-toot shaft on the Aztec. The ore in this mine Is free near the surface. chang ing to sulphurets on gaining depth, assays showing values from Sl5uO oxides to Si5 OO sulphurets.
 Lying west of the Aztec Is the Maumelle. which provides a fine natural mill site, and where their new mill Is beng erected. The mill wilt toe one of twenty stamps, with eight Frue Nanners, Browns hy- drometic sizers and all the latest improvements m mill building.
 The development on the M0u
 melle consists of a 2OO-foot tunnel The ore body exposed is Q! the free
 variety, assaying an average of Sl5.00 in gold. On the vein iu this property several shafts have been sunk, testing the continuity or the vein on the surface to the extpat of a thousand feet.
 To the east of the Aztec is the Chloride, which has produced sev- eral rich mill runs on free ore. pla- ting up to Si0OO per ton. The open ings on this claim are all ou the
 vein in the shape of three shafts, 70, 40 and h feet deep, respectively,
 proving the ore body for l,ODO feet on both sides of the river.
 Immediately between the CAlo- ride and the Maumelle is the Fair view, On this claim is being done
 most important work, viz: < tunnel. starting at the water ige and near the mill, IS being run on the Silver Trail vein a distance of l,OOD feet, $50 feet of which are completed, and the work progressing at the rate of l5O feet per month). This tunnel will reach a depth of 200 feet when under the present workings Of the upper claims, where a shaft 4}xS feet Is being sunk 10 connect with the tunnel, thus opening up an i'm mense body of rich ore and reducing the . cost of handling it from all the upper works to the mil to a minimum by tramming the ore from the Aztec, Maumelle, Chloride. Fair view and the three upper claims direct to the grizzly.
 The upper claims have the most development work. or about l.250 feet in all. The Silver Trail has a cross cut of 10 feet on the vein. where a level is run to the south 3U5 feet and to the north 2j0 feet. every foot being in pay ore, the pay streak averaging thirty-two inches in width ! and over $500 in value. There are two tunnels in on the vein on the ! north end of thIs claim, about 10 ! and 50 feet, respectively, up from l the main levels. One has a depth l of 50 feet, and the upper one, 20 feet | higher, of l40 feet, in oxidized ore of value of S25.O0per ton, average. | At the point where the cross cut i strikes the vein, winZe has been | sunk to a depth of 6 feet and an uprise of 90 feet to the surface. \ rich quality of ore is shown all the way down this shaft and at the bot tom. The pay streak is 30 inches wide, assaying S36.5O in gold and silver. At a depth of 25 feet and B feet in the shaft on the south and north sides respectively, drifts have been run in oD the vein a distance of 50 feet each and nearly three car loads of rich sulphuret ore have been extracted, solely n drifting. a remarkable showing. This ore as saved from $500 70 Sll6.OO per ton in gold, silver and lead, and has been shipped during the past three weeks. This mine has produced, ! during its career, about S50,OOO- certainly very good showing. The present company have on the dump, ready to mill, some 250 tons of orc that will run 5000 on the plates and in concentrates, besides over a 900 tons of old dump that have been carefully sampled and show an average value of $500 per ton in gold.
 The dump at the shafts in the Fairview assays SlS.00 in gold. This s where some S2O0O0 was taken out md milled, going 5000 to 5000 on he plates, no concentrates being aved. Several mining engineers lave recently examined these prop rites, and have reported, after care ul measurements, that, at the least. here are l4,000 tons of ore in sight hat should average S25.OO per ton let. It is noticeable fact that the ; re values increase as depth is at , aimed and IS proven by the daily ( verages as work progresses From a uly to August 1, the average g alue of the ore, as carefully assayed, 'as S57.OO per ton, ranging from lO.OO to as high as Si00OO (streak). r Ve see nothing to prevent the Sun { lance from becoming one of the ii reat producers of Arizona for. with i, lenty of ore, water and timber, Cthe n .aims have close to 25 cords to the a ere, or $500 cordsl, and only 10 Iiles from Prescott, over road f, nat three tons can be hauled, they a 'rtainly have been smiled on by q ature and fortunate in being on the ., sst wagon road that leads to Pres n Ut. This property looks to be one N the early dividend payers. It is corporation, organized under Ari- ', 'na laws, stock fully paid up and u 'n-assessable, 100000 shares of co each.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, Aug. 17.-Oliver W inthrop intends to make a tech ST