Arizona daily citizen., 1901-08-08

these ledges lying parallel and apparent
" constituting parts of a single form
alton, il is probably 300 feet. Nearly Il
ot the work on the group has been don,
upon ledge or vein which may he read
lily traced tor over 1000 feet on the rro
pcrty, and crops boldly for "A distance o
400 feet. Its average width at the sur
face is eight feet, and it dips 60 or Il
degrees north, and has every appearance
both above and below the surface. of =
true tissure vein. Upon this Il shaft wa,
sunk by the former owners of The proper
" to a depth of lGl feet. At he 50 foot
level a station was cut on the northcrl,
side OF the shaft back to the center OF the
vein which had inclined away from tn,
shaft until nj this point only about one
hall OF II was in vein matter proper. A
| winze was then sunk "a feet on this vein
when water was struck III such uuanti-
ties that it could not be handled with
| their double windless, and the winze was
| abandoned. A diff or tunnel was then
! driven horizontally on the ledge from
| the station for distance OF over 100
| feet. In this drift the vein shows a widt h
OF from seven to nine feet, and is plainly
| traceable its entire length. The vein
matter Is quartz, teldspar and tale. The
/ copper occurs iii the form ofchalcopyrite
| and bonite. Assays of average samples
across the drift, and for its entire length,
shows the ore to be very uniform i'll gen
era! and TO run from four to eight per
cent i'll copper. Below the SO foot level
the vein incines entirely away from the
shaft, and the formation OF it's walls
down 10 the bottom from that point as
nearly as could be ascertaincd is a SOFT
granite. AT the 154 foot level cross.
cut was run to strike the vein. This
part of the work could not be examined
owing to the fact that there was still
about 4S feet oi water in the shaft; but
( the former owncrs stated that in this
crosscut they passed through ~ feet of
granite and II feet of mineralized vein
matter when a great flow of water was
encountered forcing them to abandon
the work. The water appeared to come
from regular fissure, probably he same
that was entered by the Wine above.
They managed, however. to enter this
iissure three feet and obtained some sam
pies before they were driven ont by the
water. 1t was estimated that at this
crosscut there must bc from II to Is
icet ot vein matter yet to cut before
reaching the hanging wall. The vein
matter Is more than double the width
here that it is in the SO foot tunnel
above, and the quartz, feldspar and clay
seams or tale are in the same relative
position, only having greatly increased
IN width. The samples upon being as
sayed were found to contain a greater
percentage OF copper than the ore in the
drift above The hssure on the surface
does not contain large percentage of
copper, but it is found in the form of
sulphides almost altogether; At a dep, h
of thirty iect IN the shaft the ore is much
higher grade running from 4 to pr
cent, and is quite uniform in character.
The assays taken as a whole, show that
the ore in the tissure contains from three
to five dollars TO the ton in gold and
silver values.
From the present Development any
practical mining man would be convinc-
cd that the property is mine, for there
is every certainty of cutting a great
width of vein at depth of from three
10 FIVE hundred feet.
The development work planned by the
company an this mine after the water
has been removed, is the extension OF the
l 81 foot crosscut until the full width OF
vein has been cut, and the con inuation
of the shaft to a depth OF 800 feet where
another crosscut will he made. The
water was being removed by means of a
whip and from the headway that had
been already made since work was start
ed, the shaft must have been drained in
ten days from that time. Some provi-
sion will have to be made for the CON
stant flow of water, but the probabilities
are that the great inundation of the
shaft was due to the water Icscrvoired
in the fissure above where il came into
the crosscut, and that there will nc little
difficulty in handling il once the shaft
and fissure is drained
The cost OF labor is the same as at the
Montana Verdi. The company now have
at work all the force that can be worked
to advantage, and will continue oil al
the rate of two shifts day.
There are three excellent prospects in
the San Jose group outside of the mine
itself. The ore in these is in the form OF
carbonates and oxides and is found in
veins three to Ave feet wide, ono of which
can be- readily traced for long distance
Another is capped on hill by an inn
mense hematite iron mass which itself
carries copper. All these have good wag-
on roads from one another and to the
mine.
&Ten additional pertenencias have been
taken up by the company along the side
hines OF the San Jose to prevent possible
futu interference.
Although freighting by wagon to and
from Altar or even Tucson is not expen-
sive owing chiefly to the splendid roads,
it win not be long that this means OF
will have to be depended
upon. for a narrow gauge railroad rs now
under process Of construction from a
point on the Gull of California to Altar
and probably to connect with the Sonora
road. From statements made by Mr..
Holmes, who is the chief protector and
OF the road. it was learned that
the route already selected will bring it |
within a short distance from both pro-
perties, and particularly the San Jose,
that route being naturally the most fa-
vorable for construction.
Messrs Mitchell and Cordiner express !
themselves as more than satisfied with
the properties, and feel safe in saying
that the representations made as 10
their merit prior to the first issue OF
stock fell far short of doing justice.
PROPOSALS FOR ERECTING FLAGSTAFF
Once Chief Qua artermaster, Denver, Colora 10, |
July J. 1901. Sealed proposals In triplicate Will
be received at this Office until II g.. m, August
|, 1901, and then opened for furnishing all ma |
terial and labor requisite for the erection of an
iron flagstaff at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, &C |
cording TO the plans and specifications on file |
IN TINS once & ana he IN .e once si,on or .ns viii
be shown, and blank proposals and circulars
giving full instructions as 70 manner OF bid |