The daily morning oasis., 1920-03-18


pared by Frank C. Schrader, one of
the most noted gelogists of the time,
the publication appearing in 1915,
from which we quote: page 258):
"Flux Mine"
"Iocation-The FluX Mine, at one
time called the Goshen Mine, is foul
miles south of Patagonia and two and
, one-half miles from the railroad.
about mile within the mountains
from their north edge, in the head of
Flux 'Gulch, a parallel southwestern
tributary of Alum Gulch, about half
mile southwest of the Blue Eagle
mine at an elevation of about .4,800
feet. 1t is reached by good wagon
road of easy grade.
History and Production-The Flux
is reputed to be an old Mexican mine
and to have been located in the, early
Fifties. In 1858 ore from it was
smeIted in an adobe furnace in Alum
Gulch, near Sonoita Creek, and lat
er, it is said, the mine furnished lead
used for ammunition in the Civil War.
1t was relocated in 1878. 1t and
the Hardshell mine together are re-
ported to have shipped more than 50,-
90 tons of ore, most of which came
from the Flux mine"
Upon page 261) of the same bull
letin Mr.. Schrader says:
"Ore Deposits = Though several
veins or lodges seem to center at the
mine, particularly from the easterly
directions the deposits occur principal
ly in or associated with a north and
south. shear zone lode, the Flux lode
which approximately comedies with the
axis of the ridge. The lode is said
to have a known extent of 1 12 miles.
| On the south it extends beyond claim
No. to the Powers and Keep proper
ties, mile distant, and on the north
for half mile to point on the Cali
fornia claim, which is patented ground
owned by Allis Brothers. The por-
ton of the lode south of the mine is
said 10 be associated with limestone,
which accompanies it in the form of
reef, but to the north it lies mainly
in rhyolite,, in which openings, on the
California ground, for instance show
silver-lead ore similar to that in the
Flux NINE" For
Further Description
Of the Flux property the reader is
referred to the Bulletin 582, which
goes considerably into detail. In adj
dition to what appears in those pages
it is not amiss to say that since Mr..
Schrader's description was prepared
the company owning the mine has
made important extensions of develop
ment, installing new air compressor,
/. with machine drills, with which work
is facilitated very greatly, and open
ing at lower depths large bodies of
high grade ores. The properties Of
the q,
Flux Mining Extension Company
IN this vicinity are three, the Cal
ifornia, mentioned in the Schrader re-
port, with the Garfield and Allis
mines, all patented, and all full legal
claims, 1900 600 feet in length, ex-
cept the first named which falls
about 20 feet short of full length.
The California is surrounded on all
sides by properties of the other COM
pany, while about 800 feet north the
Allis mine lies to the. eastward of
the trend of the California property
and the ground embraced within that
abuts upon the west line of the Gar
field mine, the we'll defined lodges
in that ground, with prospect shafts
showing good ore wherever pene-
trated by prospect holes, at frequent
intervals, extending 5000 feet north
easterly into Alum Gulch. But it is
in