Arizona republican., 1899-05-12
A BOOM IN MINING.
Indications of Increased Aetlvlty Found by the Republican Traveller.

Crittenden. Ariz.. May 8.-(Speeial correspondence of The RepublicanJ- The Patagonia is new districr. which is coming to the front and beginning to attract attention. It IS locdLed twenty-two miles southeast CT Cfh- tenden and eighteen miles easE of No- gales in the Patagonia mountains or Santa Cruz county While this is no. q virgin district in strict sense Of the term. it is, however, new as a metal producing region and one which gives premise of expanding in importance as development progresses upon the mines which now give indications or worth
 Among the mining properties here which attract the attention of visitors is the Pride Of the West, which was located on June 1, 1894, by J. Neyiila and Frank Olson. A few years ago l.. A. Chapin purchased a one-fourth in terest in the property. On April or this year A. W. Wilfey and Emerson Gee purchased the Pride of the West and at the present time they are ship ping forty tons of ore every day to the Silver City reduction works and en- ploying fifty men in the mine In the past four months APO tons of ore ave eraging in value thirteen per cent cop per has been produced. During the ex- istence of the mine 12,000 tons aio credited to it, the shelter returns showing average values in copper CT Il per cent twelve ounces of silver to the ton and small values in gold.
 The vein is contained in a cont1cs with granite on the hanging wall aad a foot wall of lime. On the hanging wall there is a heavy streak of sul- phide Of copper which has width or ten feet. Adjoining this toward the foot wall is found twelve feet of ore that carries about thirty ounces in sii-. yer per cent copper and 12 per cent lead. The deepest workings of chc Pride of the West tap the ore body at 180 feet, the dip of the vein being 45 degrees to the west There is fully 120,000 tons of ore in sight with the present state of development.
 The first extension south is caliad the Smuggler and is owned by Chapin and Nevilla. But little work has been done on this property. The deepest shaft is fcrty feet in sulphide ore which returns 13 per cent as an average and carries some sold and silver. The strike of this vein is northeast and southwest, pitching northwesterly at d dip of 45 degrees. The surface indica- tfons are regarded as equally favorable with the Pride of the West. The mine is producing ore at the present time and frequent shipments will be made to Silver City.
 The Pool group in this district con sistss of seven ciaims-the Kansas. Georgia, Texas, California, New York. Arizona and Maine. The New York and Kansas are copper claims of ex celient promise, and are partially de- veloped. The Kansas has a 200-font shaft with drifts and tunnels, and Cn the New York claim there is one shaft 160 feet and another 100 feet, both of which are sunk in shipping ore, the copper values being the most profitable with gold and silver as subordinate products. These two claims rest On the main contact of the camp. There has been a great deal Of ore shipped from. the New York which produced 15 per cent copper and some gold and silver The Pool group is now under bond to Messrs. Shinn and Brown of Colorado who will extensively develop this excellent prospect and the indica- tions point to the opening here of valuable mine
 The Belmont group lies about one mile south of the Pride of the West, and consists Of the San Antonio and Belmont. The latter was the first claim ever patented in Pima county. The development of these claims embraces one shaft. 125 feet and sev- efal less pretentious openings Con siderable ore is being shipped. This property is owned by San Francisco parties.
 The properties of the Duques2e min ing and milling company are locate1 5r, iCf1 inf "a Tlrin -fo o1r holders in this company are the West inghouses. name made familiar to every one throughout the world through the manufacture of the West inghouse air brake. This company has a group of ten claims, and the great est development in the camp IS found here. The working shaft is now down 450 feet, and the best ore yet encoun- tered lies in the lowest workings. The equipment for mining embraces Burley drills and air compressors, and the slIr- face equipment challenges any mine Cf a similar stage of development have seen in Arizona. A great deal of ore has been shipped from this mins and the Silver City smelter credits tbe , product with an average copper value 1 Cf 12 per cent N The Duquesne mine is located one hEH mile from the Pride of the West. | J. $. Tellis is manager and Superinten- | dent Troop is at the present time em- p.oying twenty men.
 
 The Harshaw camp is located about | ten miles from the Patagonia district, and the same distance from Crltterden. There are number of good mines ill this camp, and among them is Frank Powers Worlds Fair" property. James Hale is working a copper prop- erty there with good results, and Rich ard Farrell is also developing a copper prospect which he owns Several claim owners are at work in the dis trict and the development of other producing copper mines is expected. Freighters are engaged in hauling ore to Crittenden and the eighteen muie | teams give the visitor a glimpse of i