Pima County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....The Sierritas Mining District 1881
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THE SIERRITAS,  PIMA COUNTY.

  This district is situated about thirty-five miles from Tucson, and is reached
by a good road over a level country, most of the distance. Water is found at a
depth of ten or fifteen feet, and sufficient can now be obtained for prospecting
purposes. Wood is abundant, the mountain sides being covered with a heavy growth
of live-oak timber, while the mesas are thickly covered with mesquite and
paloverde. The formation is slate, limestone and quartzite. The ledges are
numerous and well-defined, with clearly marked walls, and are seen cropping out
from the mesa with as much regularity as in the hills. The numerous remains of
smelters and arastras, some of which have been recently utilized, show that at
no remote date, this district was the center of active mining operations. The
Mexican miners were probably driven away by the Apaches.

  Mr. Hughes owns some mines which are being steadily developed, and producing
some very rich ore. The Continuacion, owned by Brichta, Meek & Co., has been
opened in three places on the ledge, showing good ore in each shaft. The vein is
four feet wide, inclosed by slate walls, the ore being argentiferous galena,
carrying a streak of high-grade copper. Many other locations have been made,
some of which are being vigorously developed and yielding good ore.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

ARIZONA BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND GAZETTEER;
CONTAINING THE
Names and Post-Office Addresses of all Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional
Men in the Territory of Arizona;

TERRITORIAL, COUNTY, CITY AND TOWN OFFICERS.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT MINING DISTRICTS AND THE NAMES OF MINING
SUPERINTENDENTS.

ALSO, A GAZETTEER OF THE COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS,
Giving a full exhibit of their Mineral, Agricultural and Manufacturing Resources.

WITH AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF WHOLESALE MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS IN
THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

W. C. DISTURNELL,
COMPILER AND PUBLISHER,
534 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
BACON & COMPANY, PRINTERS.
l88l.


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881,
By W. C. DISTURNELL,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.


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