Arizona republican., 1897-09-19
PEARCE MINING DISTRICT.

PEARCE MINING DISTRICT.
 Promising Mines South of Wilcox
 in the Dragons.
 Pearce, Cochise County, Ariz., Sept. 18-(Special correspondence of The Republican l- Twenty-seven miles south of Wilcox in the hills in Sul- phur Springs valley, and in the big Dragoon range, few miles further south, are a number of gold, silver and copper propositions being devel- oped and prospected, those attracting most attention being the Common wealth group and Gold Cliff. A town manned after the Pearcaas, who located the Commonwealth claims, has sprung up in the vicinity of these mines, new houses being erected from week to week, reference to the town being made in another issue of this paper Though more or less has been said of the above districts they will bear further mention.
 In March, 1895, John Pearce, his father, J. J. Pearce, and two others, connections of the Pearces, located
  quoise district, six miles north of the Dragoon mountains, the Silver Wave, Ocean Wave, One and All and Silver Crown claims on the north slope of the hills in Sulphur Springs valley Surface prospects were cassayed t'y Wm. Johnason of Tombstone, Gheae showing $1,000 in gold and silver to the ton. With the aid of several men Ch hof Ix 1odc dcro of forty-dive feet and during nine months $15,O0O was worked out in ore shipped to Corbett & Wyman's sampling works at Deming, New Mex ico. About Dec. 15, 1895, John Brock man of Silver City deposited $500 cash as a guarantee to file a bond on January~1st following. Brockman made the guarantee good on the date named and gave an eight months' bond for $275, 1000, Penrose brothers and Barringer brothers of Pennsyl- vania being parties to the contract AS a corporation styled the Common wealth Gold and Silver Mining con- pany these parties began work active 1y and at the expiration of four months paid to John Pearce and oth- CTS the required sum in cancellation of the contract.
 The Commonwealth company then began shipping ores to Fl Paso and Colorado poIrsS. .-Ipp May, 1897, they put in a Cannon Bal mill. adding the necessary machinery and build ings to properly prosecute the work of development Experimental work done has in every instance proven satisfactory. The Cannon Ball mill introduced is a German patent, few of which are operated in this coun- try. Another mill of this class will be put up and the capacity of the works doubled. Grading for the nec- essary buildings is being done. With the increased capacity a fact the con- pany will then have expended, add ing the telephone line of seventeen miles length to Cochise station on the Southern Pacific, and buildings in the town of Pearce, fully $200,0O0, pos sibly more. The company is getting out four carloads daily for shipment, the ore being, hauled over the local plaiBto CocHse station. Stoping done shows ore forty feet wide which is easily worked On the lower level the ore in large bodies isl very rich in gold. It is free milling gold and sil- yer rock. Considerable cross cutting has been done. One hundred men are employed in and out of the mine These are paid s3 and $2.50 per day. R. A. F. Penrose who was a candi- date for governor, to succeed Frank lin, is president of the Common wealth, and John Brockman, formerly of Silver City, the general manager and superintendent. Col. Wm F. Herring of Tucson has been retained as counsel. A number of Silver City men came to Pearce as subordinates to General Manager Brockman. The boarding house and hospital do not form part of the company outfit at present
 The Gold Cliff Gold and Silver Min ing company operates on the east slope of the hills about a mile east of the Commonwealth proposition This is a Los Angeles company head ed by Geoge Pitts of Tombstone as president and W. H. Wren of Los An geles as secretary. Wm. Johnson, who was an assayer at Tombstone for sixteen years, is the superintendent. The company has put down a shaft of 175 feet and some stoping has been done. The stopping shows a solid body of ore ten feet wide. The ore is similar in character to that of the Commonwealth. A hoist is being op- erated, and cyanide plant is to be introduced for the operation of which large bodies of ore are in sight. Two carloads of ore are ready for ship ment. Six men are working at the Gold Cliff. There are six houses close to the mine, including boarding house, assay office and local office of the com pany. Further development by this company is looked forward to with interest as the opening of prospects in tfe vicinity of Pearce is devoutly wished for, this meaning increased development of the town and greater volume of trade to Phoenix, Tucson and Wilcox.
 The Little Jessie, on the west sl9He of the hill in which is located ufre G4 Eiff, is contraYed by Los Ange SartiS1Mr. Clark representing