Arizona republican., 1901-08-13

to the fact that there was still about 4s
 former owners stated that in this cross
 cut they passed through A feet O.
 granite and F feet of mlneralized vein matter when great flow of water was
 encountered forcing them to abandon | the work. The water appeared to
 come from a regular Assure, probably | the same that was entered by the winze above. They managed, how
 ever, to enter this Assure three feet and obtained some samples before they were driven out by the water It was estimated that at this cross cut there must be from 12 to 15 feet of vein mat 1 ter yet to cut before reaching the hang | ing wall. The vein matter is more than doubla the width here that it is
 in the 50-foot tunnel above. and the
 quartz, feldspar and clay seams or tale are in the same relative position. hav- ing only greatly increased in width. The samples upon being assayed were found to contain greater percentage
 of copper than the ore in the drift
 above. The Assure on the surface does
 not contain a large percentage of cop
 per, but it is found in the form of sul-
 phidss almost altogether. At depth
 of thirty feet in the shaft the ore is
 much higher grade. running from to
 per cent, and is quite uniform in char
 acter. The assays taken as a whole,
 show that the ere in the Assure contain
 from three to five dollars to the ton in
 gold and silver values.
 From the present development any
 practical mining man would be con-
 vinced that the property is mine, for
 there is every certainty of cutting a great width of vein at a depth of from
 three to five hundred feet.
 The development work planned by
 the company on this mine after the water has besn removed, is the exten- sion of the 154 foot cross cut until the full width of vein has been cut, and the continuation of the shaft to the ds spth of 300 feet where another crCsscut will be made. The water was being re- moved by means of a whip" and from the headway that had already been made since work was started the shaft must have been drainsd in ten days from that time. Some provision will have to be made for the constant flow of water, but the probabilities are that the great inundation of the shaft was due to the water reservoired in the fis- sure above where 1t came into the cross cut. and that there will be little dihl- culty in handing 1t once the shaft and Assure are drained. |. The cost of labor is the same as at he 'hn rAa n have at work all the force that can be worked to advantage. and will con- tinue on at the rate of two shifts a 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 five feet wide, | one of which can be readily traced for | a long distance. Another Is capped on | a hill by an immense hematite iron 1 mass which itself carries copper. All these have good wagon roads from one | another and to the mine.
 Ten additional pentenencias have | been taken up by the company along | the side lines of the San Jose to pre- i vent future possible interference.
 Although freighting by wagon to and from Altar or even Tucson Is not ex- pensive owing chiefly to the splendid | roads, it will not be long that this means of transportation will have to be depended upon, for a narrow guage railroad is now under process of con- struction from a point on the Gulf of California to Altar and probably to with the Sonora road. From statements made by Mir. Holmes, who $ the chief projector and manager Of the road. it was learned that the route already selected will bring 1t within ,hort distance from both properties, md particularly the San Jose, hat route being naturally the most favorable for construction.
 Messrs. Mitchell and Cordiner ex- press themselves as more than satis- led with the properties, and feel safe n saying that the representations made as to their merit prior to the first ssue of stock fell far short of doing justice.