Arizona republican., 1899-05-10
Mines and MininQ


 hundred feet on the vein. The aver.
 age value of the ore in this tunnel is
 IS per cent.
 The Black Warrior was originally
 opened by a tunnel which is more a quarry than tunnel, and this work is done on the surface. There is a great opening which shows an immense bcdy of ere, the richest of this ore being the
 present shipping product of the mine
 ''This ore" said I.lae foreman to me
 "returns an average net value of $3O to the car to the ccGxIyany. We are shipping considerable every few days to the Silver City Reduction company but the company is not forcing these
 shipments, as their own works will soon be ready to receive it, and then the Pr'det will be greatly increased D A large dump of per cent ore has accumulated which will be showed into the chute and taken in the ore cars to the works as socn as they are erected and ready to operate. The chute re- ferred to is a iwinze which connects with the tunnel 100 feet below, and was originally a shaft sunk to strike the ore body under the direction Of the man from the east. Several ether shafts were sunk by the company with a like object, and also to determine the trend of the, vein.
 The development of the Black War rior is as yet in the secondary forma- tion, but whether the ore goes into the primitive age is a matter which the flu ture development will decide. Ever if the rich sJI1Phide ores of the lower depths are not reached the Black War rior has an abundance of ore to last for many years and return rich re- wards for the investors. If the ore goes down to the primitive formation the Black Warrior will live for an in- definite period and pile up many for tunes.
 This company also owns the Dia mond H. group; which comprises claims of even more promise than the Black Warrior group. There is a per pendicular shaft sunk to a depth of 3b0 feet, the hanging wall Of which is dio rite, and the fcot wall is yet to be dis covered in the development. Thee is an immense dike which can be traced for over two miles, and its permane1lty is regarded as very encouraging. There are various openings in that distance showing a well defined hanging wall on the surface, and indications Of a per manent vein. The character of the ore appears tU be a leached ere of uisinte- grated porphyry mixed with diorfie. There are vein streaks Of sulphide, showing solid chunks of this profitable ore, and the indications are that the further development of these claims will reveal a solid body Of sulphide ore. At the present depth of this shaft there is no indication of water. About 1,500 feet farther cn the vein there is a shaft sunk 70 a depth of forty or fifty feet, where water has been encounter ed that is SC impregnated with copper that the shovels of the miners left there show the metal in concrete state through precipitation, which iS another indication that a valuable vein exists there.
 The purpose of the company is to augment the present sinking plant and carry the work begun to the su.phide ores which they expect tc reach at depth of 800 or 500 feet. Mining men
  conda copper mines of Montana, which furnish one-third of the copper product of the world tcday, say that the mat rix of the ere found upon the Diamond H. is similar to that of the Anaconda mines and like the Montana mine the sulpfiide ore will be found when great CT depth is attained And when it is found at that depth it is permanent
  the Diamond H. claims Twill produce this character of ore when q depth of 500 feet has been sunk. Colonel James A. Fleming, president Of the company, Is confident that in these claims he has 8 second Anaconda, and mining men who have visited the property during my visit here have expressed the same opinion. Tie ledge is not only very distinct and ma1 ked on the surface but it's course is regular, a uniform direc- ton being maintained as far as the eye can trace the ledge. The Diamond H. claims are located on the opposite side of Webster gulch from the Black War rior and the ledge runs in the same Gi- rection as the latter.
 The Continental copper mines are b. cated In this district and were lately acquired by the Old Dominion com pany. 1t is said that the purchase price of these claims was S125, ,O0O The company has seven claims there, fthe greatest depth thus far attained being 400 feet. It is estimated that the water level will be reached at a verti- | gal depth of 1 300 feet. The ore hcdy 1as width of fifty feet and for dis ,ance of 400 feet the outcroppings show solid sulphide ore which averages in value 2 per cent. In the same district are located several promising gold mines, among which are the Sultan group and l.he Kasser mines. Work $ suspended cn the latter mines at tie present. time, but it is probable that the Sultan property wiE be taken hold of 1y outside parties and thoroughly de- Teloped.