Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-12
SAN XAVIER MINING DISTRICT MAY HAVE
 RAILWAY FOR ORES
Projected Road Woul1 Con- meet with Nogales Branch of Southern Pacific and Tap Several Producing Districts.

TUCSON, March 11.-That a corps of engineers is starting the survey of a new railroad which is to be built to handle ores from the Mineral Hill, Plu1sed Knight, San Xavier. Paymas- ter and other mining properties south west of the city, and which will be built to connect with the Nogales branch of the Southern Pacific, was the announcement made yesterday by a prominent local mining man.
 The details of the building of the new railroad were not available yes terday. but it is stated that the survey of the new road has actually con- menced. The building of the line has been planned on account of the recent development of the rich copper, zinc and silver-lead-copper properties in the vicinity of the San Xavier mine.
 In the mining activity in the vicini- ty of Tucson, one of the best-known properties, about which but little has been said lately, is what is known as the Old Paymaster mining properties.
 The original consolidated Paymaster claims, consisting of about twenty claims, has been in the last three or four years cut up and sold to three different companies. The six claims on the west part of the camp belong to the Gibraltar Silver-Lead Mining company, which, in the past two years, has done considerable development work and made three or four ship ments of high-grade silver-lead ore.
 John H. White has lease from the Gibraltar company on what is known as the Paymaster's Clerk claim and las been busily engaged for over a year working the same. He has made some shipments.
 MT. White has taken an option on a property adjoining his lease on the north and has some Ohio and Penn 3ylvania capital interested with him and is arranging to begin active opera tions on the property in the next few days
 Constructing 5o-ton Mill.
 The Arizona Paymaster Mining com pany, whose mines are in charge of Edmund E. Walton, a well-known min ing engineer. has in course of con stTuction a 50-ton concentrating mill, which, Mir Walton states, he will have ready 10 make the first test run on Monday next.
 This company has also put down a large double compartment shaft and erected q boiler and hoist house at the shaft. Luke J. Corda, of Tucson, is ii charge of this new shaft.
 Big Reservoir Constructed.
 A large dam has been built across the gulch to impound the flood waters capable of holding more than 16,00O,- 900 gallons of water. A pumping plant has been installed at the dam and a reservoir on the top of the hill by the mill, 30 by 50 feet and 10 feet deep, has been dug out of solid rock and concreted. The reservoir is supplied with water from the dam and the mine HOIkluSS.
 This is said by eminent mining en- gineers to be one of the best plants in this section of Arizona.
 Seven claims on the east part of the camp and immediately adjoining the Arizona Paymaster property, have been sold within the past few weeks to some Chicago parties, who have or ganized the Arizona Silver Contact company. and have opened offices in Room of the Postoffice building. Tucson. The officers of the company are: Walter s. Townsend, a member of a big Chicago furniture company. is president; Harry Hamill, an attorney. of Chicago, is secretary and treasurer.
 The aaffirs of the company in Tue son are in charge of Judge Charles Blenman These people are negotiat- ing for hoists and machinery. and eX- pect to start work within the next ten days.