Arizona republican., 1905-07-26
Things Going on Under Ground in
 Various localities.
MoHAVE COUNTY.

Much pleasing excitement and en- thusiaSm prevails at the Chloride camp where another new and rich body of silver ore has just been run on to in the south deposit of the $50 foot level of the Samoan mine. About four years ago this mine made the same startling announcement of a rich silver discovery in this same drift and on the same level when the night shift broke into d big vein of ore in the face of the work running from 2.OOO to 3,0OO ounces siI- yer to the ton. The white metal was in wire formation and thousands of ounces of silver was soon extracted. l. H. Hoffman and ris co-owners of the mine who are Pueblo, Colo. men, have done a vast amount of development work on this property and are still hopeful of a continuation of the good product
 Good gold and silver discoveries seem to be an epidemic in the county at this time. and the good news has gone out that a big and rich body of gold ore has been developed in the Dempsey & ODea mine. nine miles west of Chloride. The discovery was made in the completion of driving a cross cut to the hanging wall This mine and the north and south exten- sions, is under a $25O,OOO lease and bond to the Commonwealth Mining company, of which John Brockman is president.
 COCHISE COUNTY.
 As incredulous as it may sound to many that Douglas has the richest railroad in the world, is nevertheless. fact. This railroad track and bed is only about one half a mile long, but it's value is doubtless correctly esti- mated at $3,000, ,000. Along side of the sampling works of the Copper Queen smelter is the road, which comes out of an eXcaVated hollow somewhat to the east of the sampler and runs out to the shelter on a roadbed of some of the richest copper ore in the world and also thousands of tons of concen- trates from other mines and mills. The roadbed forms the surplus ore reserve for the Copper Queen smeIter, to be drawn upon in case of accident at the Bisbee mines or on the railroad. The depth of the bed averages about fifteen feet. and is thirty feet wide. and all is ore oxides. sulphides. manganese. malachite, etc, and concentrates that glitter like nuggets of gold. It is esti- mated that the bed of this rich road contains 1OO.OOO tons or ore which runs ten per cent copper and is valued at s30 per ton.
 YUMA COUNTY.
 The old Fortuna mine at Yuma, has doubtless passed it's best days of gold production. The mine was once a famous producer of rich ores, both in quantity and quality. In the midst of the last work, however, the miners came upon a fault" beyond which they cannot catch the ore chute again. The best of experts have directed the work of finding the last vein, but without success or the faintest hope of it. The cyanide tanks belonging to the mine have been sold and will be taken to the Grand Central mine at Tombstone, and placed at work on the taiIings and refuse ore of that property.
 GRAHAM COUNTY.
 Ore running ten to twelve per cent copper is being hoisted from the 75O foot shaft of the Shattuck and Arizona mine on upper Chase creek west of Clifton. Lately powerful steam force pump was placed in operation in the mine to keep the lower workings in a condition for work, since which time everything is satisfactory.
 The old shaft in the Beck mine at Morenci has been strengthened, the de- bris from the cave-in removed, and the work of development is progressing as it was before the late floods. The new strike in the lower workings of the pro perty is better than at first reported, and much of the ore now being produc- ed is covered with wire silver.
 JACOB MITCHELL.