Arizona silver belt., 1897-01-21
THE OLD DOMINION COPPER co.
LOST aurCr MINING co.

Tn freely agaln withln week.
 LOST aULcT MINING co.
 We are reliably informed that recent developments in the Lost Gulch mine have opened ap important ore body A large amount of work has been done in opening the mine during the past few mouths aud the discoveries of ore have exceeded tue most sanguine ex- | pectations of the management.
 The mine was purchased on small showing of ore in drift, about thirty feet from the mouth of the tunnel. Since acquiring the property the tnn- nel has been driven upwards of 290 feet, and at about l2O feet, or l50 feet from its mouth, the main ledge was cut, showing two and half to three feet of free milling ore asssying over $50 in gold. The tunnel was pushed on beyond the ledge distance of sbou; l7O fees; day and night shifts are now at work and expect to epcoun- ter another ore body within few days.
 Drifting on the main ledge has pro. gressed steadily; at last accounts the east drift was forty feet and the west drift over fifty feet in length, and the ore has been of good quality for tine entire distance. A sainple taken re. gently from across the face of the west drift, two and half feet wide, asSayed by Murray Innes, gave return of S37. S4 in gold per ton. The depth of the drift from the surface is nbout l50 feet. A wiR2e on the north side uf the west drIit is down fifty in ore, and day and night shifts at work. Two shifts are also employed on an upraise from the west drift The drifts are supply ing all the ore required to keep the mill running.
 The mill is of ten stamps, furnished with modern appliances for saving the gold. About twenty. five tons of ore are run through daily. The mill is only quarter of mI!e from the mine aud connected with it by a good road having a gradual descent.
 The sinking oi the incline shaft on the Tiger, an adjuinlng claim owned by the company, will he resumed within n few days. The sh tft is now forty five feet in depth and will be carried down to depth of 250 feet if necessary to get water, which is tue principal on- ject of the work.
 The force of men now employed by the Lost Gulch Mining Coinpany num- hers thirty. John Kasser is the super intendent.
 CONTINENTAL.
 Messrs. N. l.. Amster and Edmoud de Stoutz were in town on Tuesday from the Continental. They report good progress being made iu develop ment work, which IS hy contract The shaft is down twenty five feet aud sinking continues at the rate of four feet day. An open cnt was made forty-four feet long, and the tunnel is in seyenty-fye feet. A blinu ledge of calcspar impreguated with carhonates of copper and some silver, three feet wide, was cnt fGrty feet from the mouth of the tunnel. Three shifts are 6; work in tue tunnel, and are making six feet n day.
 BLACK WARRIOR.
 John Wbyte, M. E., of the Black Warrior Copper Company, who re- turned from the mines on Tuesday, in- formed us tLat work had been tenn pOrarily suspended on the Black Copper owing to the impossibility of getting wood until the SHOW melts aud the groand dries. The shaft on the Black Copper is down 230 feet and a cross -cnt is to be started ut that depth 1 Work on the Dsdeville goes on and the cross-cnt at the 75-foot level has been driven fifteen feet in good ore The ledge at that depth is supposed to be at least twenty feet through. Super intendent W. W. Hill is at the mines directing the work.
 PINTO CREEK NJ. 6 S. co.
 Development work on this company's claims goes on day and night. Three shifts are at work on the To rambien, one of the best of the company's claims. Samples of ore recently sent to the head office at St. Joseph, Mo, assayed high in gold. and the officers of the company are pleased at the prospect of opening up paying mines.
 POWERS eULcH.
 Wm. Windsor brought to the SILVER BELT office last Saturday some samples of ore from the Two Friends claim, lo- cated on the south side of Powers