Arizona republican., 1899-05-17
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that sod so much of the SpenazHma stock. This information comes from MT, Wight and other mining men III the San Carlos strip.
 
 When I arrived at Spenazuma ] learned that visitors were not allowed iii the workings of the mine At the office of the company there was chill in the atmosphere which confirmed what 1 already knew-I was an unWel- cone visitor. The inf2rmallcn was given gratuitcusly that twenty men were employed. and rich ore had been found in new ground. About the cam D men rested in rocking chairs and ham moeks swEng in .Jne shade of great Sycamore trees A neat fence painted wiflte to conira-t with the deep green al about enc.-eed a dozen tents which were pret,ily arranged in this little bark Each tent is provided with fireplace made of brick, the most of them have floors, and all are inviting to the weary tTavAler. These tents are for the visitors from the east who buy SpenaZuma stock. Panther On are more tents and bunk houses of less pretentious architecture which are oc cupied by the miners, who tickle the ribs Of he hills with giant powder and draw s a day even if they never see the color of copper. I dropped into chat with one of these miners who was waiting fer shift <ime. He said that he had been working at the camp seE- eral months and had net seen any ore in all that time. This is the laZiest camp I ever struck said he. We have gcod time during our shift, and very little work is done. The boss don't seem to care as long as we are jT1 1 hot 6n fail to work hard when any one shows up at the shaft or tunnel where work is being done. One Of the boys figured out that it cost the company $32 Q fcot t0 sink that shaft near Black Rock and believe there was about as much spent in the ether work"
 
 During the visit of the easternees. according to the miner, there was great excitement at the camp. Men were crowded frlo the tunnels and shafts and adnonished tcl work as hard as they lnew how when the visitors were in the workings. One of the wis fOrs was a woman from New York who had purchased considerable stock. The men who tCck the party through the mine herded them pretty clcse,'' continued the miner. but there was one woman who fingered to talk with the men. She asked me if 1 thought the mine was rich, and I told her that ic paid me g a day and 1 dfd1l't care if we never struck ore. She said she thought it w2s a rich mine and she in fcended to buy more stcck when she returned east. The mica schist in the bottom of the shaft had been pointed out to her as rich copper ore, and she did not know any better.
 
 From the bunk tent the new build ing erected by the company for it's re- dEctiCl works was but short dis tance, and there I found a substantial evidence of the fraudulent nature of lthe Spenazuma cOmrany. \ man was in charge of ahe building, and when he was asked what the structure was built for he said it was either to be q mill house or would be used fer ore crush ing and teaching The building rests 1 on the bare ground with no foundation but the loose ear.h. l. is large enough | to contain twenty stamps if it is to be 1 mill, but there is nl-t strength 1 enough in the building 10 keep it from | crumbling under the friction of the | ore crusher alone. The heaviest t1n- | bers are four by six inches and there l are but few of these used. Two by l fours are main-stGys- Of the structure. 1 Two large boilers are in place and | there is huge CCrliss engine on the l Groun'd whose proportions present 8 | ridiculous contrast alongside the build- | ing. Work WAS progressing on his | building when the eastern investors l were there, but 1t has since ceased, and l l was tad that it would never be fin l ished. T1rv1r11 in o-,1fcb srov, arc the placer. diggings of the com l pany, where their prospectus tells US are buried the fortunes of countless 1 people. There is a box-framed arastra | there which is idle now, and the for ! tunes were considered toe hard to get | by pTospectOrs who worked these ] diggings twenty years ago. There is | well here which has an abundance of 1 water and here is probably the supply | Point fce' the mill if the time ever comes when 1t will require water. The ! first requisite should be the ore, and ] thIS Tfe present workings of Spena- | zuma do net afford.
 
 The mines Of Spenazuma are inIar- esung because they are unique There | are four tunne-s and three shafts of | importance, and workings of less in- | t21aEa5 to the visitor The trail from | the mill building takes you 10 all Of ! these and they are scattered about the hills in all directions At the mouth of the tunnels are great dumps of | vase matter and scarcely q trace of l C-e except in one tunnel which is dIiy- Gil into hill four hundred feet. but the product is so small that il cen hardly be f-und in tfe mass of waste. An indication Of ore was encountered l in striking body of tale in this tun- 1 nel. as this is often the gangue mat ter of a vein. The ore body was net | found, however, although small string i CTS ef sulphide ere from two to six | inches ill widah were met with and | their wealth exhausted. On the trail |