Identifier: resourcesofarizo00hami (find matches)
Title: The resources of Arizona; a description of its mineral, farming, grazing and timber lands; its rivers, mountains, valleys and plains; its cities, towns and mining camps; its climate and productions; with brief sketches of its early history, pre-historic ruins, Indian tribes ... etc
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Hamilton, Patrick. (from old catalog) Arizona (Ter.) Legislative assembly. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (San Francisco, A. L. Bancroft & company, printers)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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h a further quantity, the grade being from $180to $90 per ton. The mill is supplied with all the latest improve-ments, and is one of the most complete in Tombstone district. The Boston and Arizona Smelting and Reduction companyis a Boston incorporation, and non-assessable. It has a twcnty-stamj) mill and a pater.t roasting furnace (rotary). These works,as well as the Stonewall mine, which is also the property of thecompany, have been worked steadily, and have paid handsomely.The improvements noticed at the mine, as well as many altera-tions made at the mill, entailed an expenditure of $20,000, which,in addition to $40,000 or $50,000 paid in accordance with theirarticles of incorporation as interest on bonds outstanding, butwhich are in fact really to be considered as dividends, entitlethis company to be enrolled as one of the dividend-paying prop-erties of the camp. This mill, which is situated on the San Pedro river, betweenthe towns of Charleston and Contention, three miles from the
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MINES AND MINING. 8l former place and ten miles from Tombstone, have, since theystarted up work, reduced and treated ore as follows: Customs oie 12,500 tons. Knoxville 5>300 Total 17,800 ions. Total bullion product therefrom was $1,250,000 amount paid by company for customs ore 54.0.000 bullion delivered to some of companys clients I40,0X) Expenditure incurred since commencement in improvements... 20,ooo The Old Guard is situated near the IngersoU Consolidated. Ithas a main-shaft sunk 230 feet on the ore body, having followedthe ledge from the surface. There are over 300 feet of under-ground workings. The last develop;Tient work opened up anore body three feet wide, averaging $I03 per ton, on ths fourthlevel. Considerable ore has been e.Ktracted and sloped from thisproperty. The returns from lOD tons, in June, came to over $5,ODD. The Vizina is a New York incorporation, and is non-assessa-ble. The main shaft is 485 feet deep, including a winze fifty feet.The total underground worki

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