The Arizona sentinel., 1896-08-08
PicachO Items.

pany has seven men at work on their group of five mines which are situated in the Old Providencia mining dis trict on the Colorado river, just below PicachO.
 The Golden Dream vein of ore has been cross-cut in eight places, show ing it to be from 20 to g feet wide. Four ten feet shafts have just been sunk on the vein, at different points in order to test the value of the ore as well as the quantity, of which there is now no question. The ore prospects well from the surface and grows better in depth. The same company has had twelve cross-cuts run and two shafts sunk on the old and well-known Blue Lead vein, which shows for 5000 feet in length and from seven to ninety feet in width.
 The men are paid every Saturday and the contractors when each shaft or piece of work is completed. Over one hundred samples are taken daily, pounded up and tested in the gold pan or horn spoon. The work is carefully and thoroughly done so that each days ore shows for itself in the tests made.
 The tunnel AT feet in length which cuts the Alcyon vein has been finished. Rich ore was found on the hanging wall. The incline of this vein is now down 10 feet and the west shaft is down the same depth, both in good ore. Three thousand feet west on the same vein the cross-cut has been run 20 feet in good ore.
 The Golden Dream company has secured the Alcyon and the Yellow Gold group of mines, 15 in all. The company will put up mill this fall.
 The New York company that pur- chased the pr. Jayne group of mines has had an estimate made of what 1t will cost to put the mines and mill into good shape for crushing 125 tons of ore per day.
 An English company composed of some of the wealthiest mining men in London and New York have secured a group of 21 mines in the Picacho Basin, adjacent to the well-known Goshen mine of the pr. Jayne group, which they will open up when cool weather comes, and for the working of the ores of which they will put up large mill at the Colorado river. It is more than probable that this company will join Senator Dorsey and his as sociates in building a narrow guage railroad from the mines four miles to the river,
 From IT to 21 miners have been employed in the Red Cloud silver nines five miles from Picacho.
 J. M. Mendivil has finished his ele- gant new cottage.
 The electric lights lit up the sur roundings for the first time Friday evening. Saturday night the miners employed by the Golden Dream com pany gave the inauguration ball, which was grand one, in honor of Miss Jita Gonzales
 The Public schools at Picacho will be pre sided over the coming term by Prof. W. B. Ferguson and his estima- ble wife, who have been engaged by the board of school trustees.
 Wm. Swain who was badly hurt by coming into contact with a sunken snag, while bathing in the Colorado river, IS able to be about again.
 On Monday last B. H. Page, who has charge of Louis Iaegers mines, struck some very rich ore in the tun- nel on the Queen mine. This Is the same vein on which the Golden Dream mine is located.
 The ore in Sam Shankland's new discovery on the Arizona side of the Colorado, assays $22 in gold and 5I cents in silver per ton.
 Heavy rains have fallen all around Picacho, but none or but little at the town. Many of the arroyos run good streams to the river.
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