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The J. M. Brunswick & Balke Co.
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L. BASHFORD & CO., Prescott, A. T., ALL KINDS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
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tory, and yet not in such quantities as to attract attention, or offer superior or equal inducements over other sections of the Union east of us, where labor, transportation and capital are cheaper. But in regard to lead, we sce no reason why its production, like copper, may not become, within a short time, an important indus- trial resource. The immense quantities which have been mined, in connection with silver, in Colorado, Utah and Nevada, have temporarily affected the market, and rendered lead mining un- profitable, but with a metal, the use of which is rapidly increasing, the demand will, in a short time, catch up with the production, and mining in it again become profitable, especially here, where it can be produced so cheaply on account of the unlimited quan- tity of good ore, and its production being made in most cases, incidental to the mining of silver. With lower rates of trans- portation, it would immediately become an element of calculation in many of our silver mines. Our smelting ores of silver are found in greater or less quantities in all the silver districts, and must afford large quantities of lead. Besides these, there are in many districts, immense ledges of silver smelting ores, of two low a grade for present work, which will become available when the production of lead shall also become an object. In the northeast- ern part of Castle Dome District, in Yuma County, there are im- mense ledges of lead ore, carrying a small amount of silver. These ledges are also found northward, in the Plomosa Mountains, and in the Cedar District of Mohave County, as well as in many other portions of our Territory.
Iron .- No attention has been given to iron ores, for the reason that some time must elapse, and changes take place, in and around our Territory, before the production of iron can be made profita- ble. Good ore has been noted, however, in many sections, espe- cially in the Chiricahua Mountains in the south, and in Cave Creek District Maricopa County, where large bodies of hematite ore are found. Good ore is also mentioned in the White Mountains in Southern Apache, and in the District of the Rio San Francisco.
Tin .- Small quantities of wood-tin, one of the best ores of this valuable metal, have been found in various localities on this coast. In Northern Mexico considerable float ore has been found of a kind generally termed stream-tin, from being found in the gravel beds of water streams. Some years ago the writer was shown a couple of handfuls of these nodules of stream-tin, which were said to have been found in Arizona. There is reason to believe that tin would be found here if prospectors were acquainted with the ore. Stream-tin is likely to be found in gold-washing; but unless the attention of the miner is directed to it, the ore would be thrown aside with the other debris. It is found in small nodules from the size of a pea to the size of a man's fist, or larger. It is generally of a brown color, although all shades from gray to black are found. It has a smooth, hard surface, and feels like metal. On
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breaking one of these nodules it is likely to be found softer inside, and show concentric layers, like an agate. On account of its weight it will be found on the bottom of the sluice or gold pan. Wood-tin in the ledge or bowlder is frequently of a grayish color, with streaks of lead color and brown, and is not unfrequently mixed with little nodules of red. It often resembles sandstone, but its weight shows at once that it is metalliferous. The test is simple : Crush a small quantity of the suspected ore to a powder, mix with it cyanide of potassium, then cut a hollow in a piece of charcoal, put the substance in, turn the flame of a blow-pipe on to it, and if it is tin ore you will get small beads of pure tin.
Salt .- Salt is found in springs and beds in the northern part of Mohave County, where there appears to be an extensive salt range running northward into Nevada. Salt springs and considerable deposits of salt are found on the Black River near the mouth of Cañon Creek, in Maricopa County, and on a branch of the San Carlos, called Salt Creek.
Limestone is found in various portions of the Territory, and especial mention has been made of it in the Chiricahua, Dragoon, and White Mountains, and also in Cave Creek District, in the northern part of Maricopa County. Large quantities of lime- stone and marble are also to be found in several localities on the Colorado River. Marble Cañon, on the Colorado, in Yavapai County, is a gorge 2,500 feet in depth, which the river has worn down through a bed of marble several miles in length, and of every shade and quality. Gypsum is found in the Whetstone Mountains in Cachise County, on the San Pedro, and also near Sunset Crossing on the Little Colorado.
MINING DISTRICTS.
AGUA FRIA YAVAPAI COUNTY.
This district, located in the southern portion of the county, east of the Black Cañon District, contains gold, silver and copper mines, but they have not as yet been developed to any great ex- tent. It is said that rich discoveries have recently been made in this section.
AJO MINES, PIMA COUNTY.
These copper mines, which were discovered by Mexicans a long time ago, are situated in the western part of the county, forty miles south of the Gila River, and one hundred miles from Yuma. Shortly after our purchase of the Territory. they were opened and worked by American capital, the ore being hauled to Yuma,
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through a desert country, and then shipped to Swansea or Boston. Although the ores were rich and abundant, yet this method proved so expensive that operations were suspended.
ARIVACA, PIMA COUNTY.
This district is in the extreme southern portion of the county, adjoining Oro Blanco District.
The Heintzelman, a well known mine, was located and worked some years ago, but is now lying idle. It has a working shaft 230 feet deep, and several prospect shafts from ten to fifty feet deep. The ore is a kind of zinc blende, and frequently of very high grade, giving assays as high as $4,000 to the ton, but it is exceedingly base, and has to be worked by the leaching process. This mine has yielded about $850,000. The Juiche is an old mine, which has a shaft down sixty-five feet, and some open cuts showing rich ore. The Consolidated Arizona Gold and Silver Mining Company, Mr. John McCafferty, Superintendent, employs from forty to fifty men. The working shaft is down 160 feet, and is surmounted by good steam hoisting machinery. Levels have been opened, and a number of crosscuts run, which show ore said to mill $100 per ton. The company has erected a ten- stamp mill, which is now in operation. The Arkansas, belonging to Farr & Unthank, is being vigorously developed. The shaft is down 300 feet, and the vein, which at first was quite narrow, is widening out. At this depth it averages $400 per ton ; where it was first struck, it carried virgin silver, yielding from one dollar to five dollars per pound. This rich ore is being shipped to San Francisco for reduction. At the Lonjarina mine, ore is being extracted and worked in the Derre & Townsend mill. It is argen- tiferous galena, and averages eighty-five ounces to the ton. The Albatros mine is also being developed, and has a shaft down about seventy-five feet, all the way in good ore. There are many other promising locations in this district, among which may be men- tioned the Ortega, Tennessee, Vale of Ranja, Hombre, Plomosa, Union, Dos Amigos, Mentor, and Alpha.
AUBREY, MOHAVE COUNTY.
This is a large district in the southern part of the county, bounded on the south by Bill Williams Fork, and on the west by the Colorado River. The eastern part embraces the Hualapais range of mountains, in which, during the past ten years, a large number of silver ledges have been discovered. At present but little is being done in the district, the rich discoveries in other more accessible sections of the Territory having diverted atten- tion from this promising region. The noted McCracken Silver mine, located in the northeastern portion of the district, was dis-
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covered in 1874 from croppings which extended nearly north and south for a distance of ten miles. The vein at the surface is, in some places, eighty feet wide. The best milling ore of the McCracken averaged about ninety-five dollars per ton, although there were narrow streaks which were much richer. This mine has been worked to a considerable extent, and for a time yielded a large amount of bullion. The Signal and Palmetto are adjoin- ing mines on the same ledge, which have also produced a large amount. At the Peabody mine, ore is being extracted and worked in a twenty-stamp mill at Signal.
AZTEC, PIMA COUNTY.
This is an old district, lying east of the Tyndall and north of the Patagonia District, embracing within its limits the southern part of the Santa Rita Mountains. The general formation is granite, syenite, and porphyry. The mineral veins are numerous, and several of great width show distinct croppings for long dis- tances. Evidences of mining which must have been done in olden times occur along these veins. Some of the rich mines worked by the Jesuits are supposed to have been located in this vicinity. The Aztec Syndicate, a large mining company, made this the center of their operations. The Sonoita Creek at a short distance affords plenty of water for milling, and wood is abundant-oak and mes- quite being found on the slopes and lower ranges, while higher up on the mountains is pine, which makes good lumber. Springs of excellent water are plentiful, and much of the surface is covered for several months in the year with fine gramma grass. No other district offers better facilities for mining than this. The gulches have all afforded placer gold, and a considerable district lying east is more or less worked in this way. Mr. Campbell, who rep- resents an Eastern company, is now engaged in opening some mines here, with excellent prospects.
BIG BUG, YAVAPAI COUNTY.
Big Bug District is a short distance east of Prescott, adjoining the Turkey Creek District. The Bell, a silver mine, has a shaft 180 feet in depth. The vein, which is thirty inches in width, carries smelting ore assaying as high as $160 per ton. The Po- land, Hamilton, Bullion, and Mountain Boy, belonging to the Stokes Mining Co., and the claims of the Valley Forge Mining Co., are also promising locations.
BILL WILLIAMS FORK, YUMA COUNTY.
This district, located in the extreme northwestern portion of the county, is bounded on the west by the Colorado River and
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on the north by Bill Williams Fork, a tributary of the Colorado. During the excitement in regard to placer diggings in this vicinity several years since, considerable prospecting was done for gold quartz, resulting in the discovery of the Planet, one of the largest and best known copper mines in Arizona. It has been worked at different times to a considerable extent, yielding ore of a very high grade, from which several thousand tons of copper have been ex- tracted. There are many other rich veins of copper ore in the district, and when this region becomes more accessible they will no doubt be worked on an extensive scale.
BLACK CAÑON, YAVAPAI COUNTY.
This district lies immediately east of Humbug and Pine Grove Districts, on the eastern slope of the Bradshaw Mountains. The ledges in this section are almost exclusively gold-bearing; the for- mation, slate and granite. The Valanciana mine, the oldest loca- tion in the district, was discovered in 1860 by Hutchinson and Carpenter. It has yielded about $45,000. The Iconoclast, owned by Wickenberg and Cochran, has a vein 16 feet wide, which aver- ages $25 per ton. As the ore is crushed by an arastra, only that which has been closely assorted is worked. This gives $100 per ton. The Clipper, owned by Curtis and Trotter, is also worked by an arastra, and yields $100 per ton. The Gillespie has a six- foot vein, which is said to average $40 per ton. Sufficient rock is taken out to keep two arastras running. The Nigger Brown mine, owned by John Anderson, has ore which pays about $25 per ton. There are altogether about sixty locations in the dis- trict, many of which have been sufficiently prospected to prove that they possess good milling ore. No mills have yet been erected, all the ore being worked by the slow process of arastras. Wood is scarce, and lumber has to be hauled 25 miles.
BLACK HILLS, YAVAPAI COUNTY.
This district, located in a range of hills east of Prescott, is said to abound in gold and silver ledges, but they have not as yet been developed to any great extent. On the western slope large quantities of copper float of a high grade have been found, indi- cating the existence of extensive ledges of that ore.
BLOODSUCKER, PIMA COUNTY.
This district is situated in the foot-hills of the Bloodsucker Mountains, 45 miles northwest of Tucson. The mines were dis- covered and several locations made by D. B. Rea and others about January, 1880. The formation is granite, syenite, and slate, con- taining veins carrying both gold and silver, but gold predominates.
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Springs of good water are found throughout this section, and wood, principally mesquite, is abundant.
BRADSHAW, YAVAPAI COUNTY.
See Tiger District.
BRONKOW MINE, CACHISE COUNTY.
See Tombstone District.
CACHISE, CACHISE COUNTY.
This district is in the Dragoon Pass, on the northern end of the Dragoon Mountains, near the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The formation is granite, lime, and porphyry. The ores are mostly carbonates, containing both gold and silver. Several claims have been bonded to Eastern parties, who are now developing them. There is a fair supply of timber on the moun- tains, principally scrub oak ; and water for milling purposes can be obtained by sinking.
CALIFORNIA, CACHISE COUNTY.
This district is situated in the eastern part of the county, em- bracing a portion of the Chiricahua range of mountains. Its general altitude is from 5,000 to 6,000 feet, giving it a cool and healthy climate. The summit of the main range of mountains is covered with fir and yellow pine, furnishing lumber and fuel. Water of a good quality is obtained from springs and brooks, which are quite numerous in this section. Gayleyville, the prin- cipal town, is twenty-five miles from San Simon, a station of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The rock formation of the mineral belt is metamorphic limestone, syenite, and porphyry. The ores are generally argentiferous galena, which have to be smelted. The silver is readily obtained as the ore carries its own flux.
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The Texas mine is opened by a shaft 150 feet deep, from which several prospecting tunnels have been run. It is said to have an eight foot vein of ore, which assays $100 per ton. There is a large amount of ore on the dump. The company have recently put up a smelting furnace, which is in active operation. The Continental mine has a narrow vein of black metal ore of very high grade. It is being extracted, sacked, and shipped to San Francisco. The Roman Beauty, another very promising mine, is being energetically developed, and bids fair to soon rank with some of the producing mines of other sections. The Hell mine has a shaft down 85 feet ; the ledge at that point is 14 feet wide, and carries an 18 inch pay streak of high-grade ore. In addition
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to the above are the Cleveland, Hardshell, Bruce, Humming Bird, East End, Keystone, and other mines, which are being developed and yielding rich ore.
CASA GRANDE, PINAL COUNTY.
This is a new district, located near the line of Pima and Pinal Counties, thirty miles south of Casa Grande Station, at what was formerly known as Krohn's Camp. It embraces a portion of the Quijota. Mountains. The formation is syenite and limestone. Carbonates predominate in the silver ores, in all of which the value of gold is about equal to the silver. The veins are large, with distinct croppings. On a number of locations rich ore has been found, but none have as yet been developed to any great ex- tent. There is plenty of iron wood, and mesquite for fuel, but water is scarce.
CASTLE DOME, YUMA COUNTY.
This is a very large district, in the western part of the county, bounded on the south by the Gila River, on the west by the Col- orado, and on the north by Silver District. Many of the mines in this section have been worked almost continuously since 1869, and a large amount of bullion in the aggregate has been extracted. At the present time there is comparatively little activity prevail- ing, on account, perhaps, of the rich discoveries in other portions of the Territory, which have monopolized general attention.
At Castle Dome Landing, on the Colorado River, is located the smelting works of the Castle Dome M. & S. Co., who are engaged in the reduction of ore from their mine some miles distant. In addition to this, large quantities of ore are sent to San Francisco for reduction. The district contains both gold and silver ledges, and in some localities considerable placer gold has been extracted.
CAVE CREEK, MARICOPA COUNTY.
This district is located in the northeastern portion of the county, near the line of Yavapai. The mines were discovered in 1875 by H. C. McDonald and William Hicks. The formation is granite and slate. Some of the ores are free milling, while others contain base metal, and are rebellious. Wood and water are abundant.
The Panther mine, owned by a New York company, is taking out good ore, and are about to erect a forty-stamp mill. At the Galena Prince mine, owned by Philes and Chaney, a good quality of argentiferous galena is being extracted. Prospecting is going on in the Gold Hill, Maricopa, Phoenix, and Rackensack. The Golden Star Mining Company has a ten-stamp mill. In the
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southern part of the district are the Union, Gila Monster, Scar- let, Red Dog, and Deseret, in all of which good ore has been found. It is said that iron ore in large quantities has recently been discovered in this section.
CEDAR VALLEY, MOHAVE COUNTY.
This is one of the districts which was formed a few years ago during an excitement in silver mining in this part of the Terri- tory, consequent upon finding several rich mines. It is situated immediately north of the Aubrey District, and embraces in its eastern part the Hualapai range of mountains, which is undoubt- edly a rich mineral region. The district contains plenty of wood and water, thus affording facilities for successful mining. The ores are gold, silver, copper, and lead.
The Arnold and Hibernia were at one time considered valuable locations. The Magendie and Gunsight have both produced good ore. There is one ten-stamp mill in the district.
CHERRY CREEK, YAVAPAI COUNTY.
This district lies near Fort Verde, in the Black Hills. . We have no particulars in regard to it except that some large veins of copper ore have recently been discovered. The boundaries of the district are undefined.
CHIRICAHUA, CACHISE COUNTY.
This district, which at present is attracting considerable atten- tion, is located in the Chiricahua Mountains, about 75 miles northeast of Tombstone. The first discoveries were made in 1875 by Jack Dunn, the famous Indian scout. The formation is prin- cipally limestone, carrying veins of argentiferous ore, which is easily reduced. Many locations have recently been made in the district, some of which are being energetically developed, and yield ore of a high grade. This section affords excellent facilities for mining, yellow pine and cedar for lumber, and oak and ash for fuel, being abundant ; and in addition to this, there is a good supply of water for milling purposes. The mountains rise to a height of 10,000 feet above the sea level, and are noted for the grandeur of their scenery. The foot-hills are covered with a luxuriant growth of grass, and the valleys and mesa lands at their base, thinly covered with trees, present the appearance of beauti- ful parks.
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CLIFTON, GRAHAM COUNTY.
This justly celebrated copper district is situated on the San Francisco River, at a point some fifteen miles above its mouth.
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The developments of copper ore here are remarkable; the veins are very wide, with distinct croppings, which can be followed on the surface a distance of three miles, and where broken into they appear more like quarries without any limit to the quantity of ore. At one point, where the cañon cuts across the vein to a depth of 1,000 feet, the ore is shown in the same quantity and quality. The ores are red oxide, grey and green carbonates, and copper glance. These readily reduce into soft copper, equal in quality to that of any other portion of the world. The yield is from 20 to 50 per cent.
The Longfellow and Copper Queen, owned by Lezinsky & Co., are unsurpassed by any upon the continent, and are being suc- cessfully worked. Seven miles of narrow-guage railroad connects the Longfellow mine with the reduction works at the town of Clifton. 14,000 pounds of copper per day is the usual yield of this mine.
The Metcalf Copper Mountain, in the same district, might well be classed with mineral wonders. Extensive tunneling is being done here, but no ore is yet being reduced. Besides the above mentioned mines, there are hundreds of others located which must prove valuable when opened.
The Placer gold mines, situated upon the San Francisco River, begin at the town of Clifton, and extend up the river 15 miles. The gravel on both sides of the river is gold-bearing, showing good prospects on the surface, while the bed-rock has shown some rich specimens of coarse gold. A Boston company is now making preparations to wash these placers by the hydraulic process.
DOS CABEZAS, CACHISE COUNTY.
This district is situated in the eastern part of the county, on the northern portion of the Chiricahua Mountains; most of the mines being worked are gold quartz.
The Juniper is a gold ledge of great promise, from which con- siderable ore has already been taken, some of which yields over $100 per ton.' Ewel Springs joins the Juniper on the west; it has a shaft down 67 feet, and shows high grade ore. The Green- horn, Bear Cave and Galena Chief, in the same neighborhood, are also extracting ore of a good quality. The Silver Cave, owned by S. R. DeLong, has recently struck ore which assays as high as $500 per ton. There is one ten-stamp mill and six arastras at work in this district.
EL CAPITAN, GILA COUNTY.
This district is located on the south side of the Pinal Moun- tains, 18 miles south of Globe City, and contains two groups of. mines, named the Pioneer and the El Capitan. They are some-
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