Arizona republican., 1908-08-16
PATAGONIA.

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 Patagonia. Aug. 14-(Special Core spondence of The Republican, )-An- other splendid looking ledge has been cut into by prospectors in the Santa Rita mountains, and it is most promis- ing because of it's width. It is at the American Boy and is twentyfiv feet wide at a depth of not more than 125 feet. The ledge was cut by a tunnel driven something more than three hundred feet through trachite. The rock encountered on the hanging wall is a syenite porphyry. Along the foot wall, where the tunnel first cut the ledge. there is a streak of black oxide of copper. imbedded in tale. Through the rest of the ledge there are streaks of tale. mud and quartz. all mineral ized. In the quartz are iron and cop per sulphides and it also carries val ues in silver. Along the hanging wall is another streak of the black oxide. When the hanging wall was encOun- tered the workers were compelled to stop because of the heavy flow of wa ter encountered. At this property the first work endeavored was the sinking of a shaft. At a depth of only eight cen inches of ore, a flow of water was struck that practically drowned them out of the shaft. The tunnel was then started, with the result stated above. the cutting of a ledge twenty-five feet wide, with every indication of per manency. and higher values with depth. But here again they are hand icapped with water They will now drift along the foot, sacking for ship ment the high grade ore that follows that wall and will later crosscut the vein at some distance from the pres ent tunnel, in the hope that the flow of water may not be so great where they next cut to the hanging wall, in which case they will take out for ship ment the high grade ore along that waIl. The American Boy is another of the properties located on the Veta Grande. one of the three veins that cut through the Patagonia slope of the Santa Ritas, the Leek- Mcdonald cop per mine and the property now being developed by the Pittsburg-Arizona company being on the same vein.
 A subterranean stream of water as clear as was ever seen has been cut in the Red Hill tunnel at the Four Metals mine. Since cutting into the ore body two months ago water has poured from the roof and both sides of the tunnel and bubbled up from the bottom of it. The water coming down has been like a perpetual heavy rain shower. Since cutting the subterra mean stream ten days ago the roof and walls of the tunnel have been dry. The Tt-af inf fn frrnnal at thn bottom on the east side. the water channel being about five inches in diameter. Just before cutting this sub terranean water channel the rock in the ore body had changed. becoming harder and much more heavily loaded with copper sulphides. The tunnel is now in more than $50 feet and the last twenty feet is the richest in copper sulphides that has been cut so far. In fact. the values appear to have in creased by about one-half during the past two weeks. The air tunnel on the north side of the Red Hill has been started and is already in about twen- ty-five feet with three shifts working. It will be driven in 49S feet. where it will pass the breast of the work tun- mel from the other side, but 146 feet higher up. From the work tunnel raise will be then driven up to connect with the air tunnel, making a passage clear through the hill, distance of 1157 feet. Since the writers last visit to camp a new dining room has been built and a new tent house is being built for Superintendent Hunter.
 Friday evening MT. and Mrs. A. E f-f,, f., sNc h. guests of the Commercial Hotel. The evening was spent in dancing and mu- sic. with singing and recitations by a number of the guests. Besides Pata- gonia people there were a number Of the guests from out of town, who are spending the hot season at this cool mountain resort.
 pr. and Mrs. Loppenthein of Tucson are in Patagonia. guests at the Com mercial hotel The climate and seen cry of Patagonia pleases them. as they have all others who have visited this place, and they expect to remain here a few weeks.
 Mrs William Gabrielle of Douglas. after visit of several weeks with her uncle and aunt, Mir and Mrs. c. A. Gabrielle, left Sunday morning for her home.
 The well known and experienced mining man. who could see nothing in the hills around Patagonia worth dig ging for. is not so numerous in this locality as he was less than a year ago. When last heard of he was in Sonora, dead broke" When he re- turns he may be so fortunate as to se- cure a position as superintendent of a
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