Show ancient mission gold mine workings in i I 1 n arizona discovered on property operated for 30 years by A L apaga the igneous bozo whose nomey appears in one of the pictures accompanying this article with a man inan stand in ing just abaft the cerebrum to give some idea of his size even a name other othell than the old man of the mountains a sentinel rock resembling a monk in a cassock hes been squinting across the rocky terrain for lo 10 these many centuries but it was not until recently that a camera in in the hands of harry allen alien mining engineer from sierra madre california discovered his whereabouts on oh the old dominion mine owned by senor rodolfo vazquez situated 4 44 01 ania ak the old mm man 0 f t the I 1 I 1 e 3 1 t 1 i 1 t a I 1 u v 1 ho 10 k keeps e e 1 7 a watchful vatell ful e eye y c u v ver e r t the I 1 I 1 e r e g lo 10 1 1 a I 1 t P i i t t alie lae 0 old 1 d D dominion oi n 1 j i 10 n mine some five miles north of nogales nog ales ariz the old man dwells on the richest part of the mineral area on the property of sr vazquez mining is a hobby with mr vazquez and it was thirty seven years ago when lie he first set up a cabin in the old dominion gold hill district to trap the root of all evil in its native habitat this story Is the sequel to the long lost mine aline recital that appeared in the mining anning review six weeks ago and credited to an exchange the author of this article secured his information as well as the photographs to illustrate it from the owner owne of the mine so its truthfulness and accuracy are assured ed A smile embellished the mouth of th the minin mining rr operator as he handed the picture to the writer ive taken many gold g old nuggets the size of my iny fist out of that country lie he said but nothing has been found that pleased me so much as this face N k X A va r 11 4 this thim picture shon where here caving casing ground recently dim closed entrance to old jesuit nane ou on old dominion property pr thus opines kopines mr vazquez despite the fact that afie ane nameless old bozo of his old dominion mines is a low brow with an uncomely nose ilose and a chin that no razor could love another facial image lurks in the same mass of tuffie a rock and its identity is quite distinct in the right corner of the pi picture ture scarcely one mile from the rock lie the ruins of the old mission on the banks of the santa cruz river more than three centuries ao a ago o the jesuit fathers founders of said mission mined the old dominion and accor according dincy to history and tradition bothof bothof which fully agree 6 their labors were rewarded with fabulous wealth yield by the earths and ores mined from this district mr vazquez who is a mexican attorney living Z in los angeles cal has owned the old dominion 1 group of gold and silver mines for over thirty years and is still working them he had no suspicion that he was close to old jesuit workings b until last may when the ground near a very large mesquite tree about 33 feet from his old adobe cabin showed signs of sinking he put his men to work excavating and they soon uncovered the timbered collar of an incline shaft A little labor opened up the workings so that X t cabin cahil of the old Ion dominion tinion alne mine of adabel bricks brickm taken from the lluela bl mission AIls siou ruins men could enter they found the air very foul and after a few feet down their candles went out however mr vazquez knew a little trick that would restore the oxygen he sprayed vinegar in the passageways eways and they were thus able to continue their explorations to a considerable depth by the aid of a powerful forge blower they introduced outside air through a hose and were then able to make a more thorough examination since then another opening has been made so now there is a good circulation of air in the old workings we found the workings b very irregular irre t ular said mr vazquez winding up and down over chicken ladders and moving about here and there evidently having no means of reducing the average grade ores of which there is an abend ance the miners of those bygone days merely followed the rich stringers and took out the best ore in fact to use a common mining expression they high graded or as the spaniards say gambuc inar for the most part the workings are from to feet in depth though they extend to a depth of feet in a crosscut from a within a tunnel over feet lon long is is a ledge over seven feet wide which averages better than seventeen dollars per ton between gold and silver values and in the same crosscut paralleling the first is another ledge 20 inches wide of 6 galena carrying 6 over 50 lead and gold old and silver to the extent of over forty dollars per ton at another point a threefoot three foot face shows values of over per ton in free milling Z gold and silver ore in the incline off from the said long tunnel the work has struck wonderful gold ore this being a telluride vein while the assays essays from other parts of this section of the property are notably high mr vazquez states that it was customary for the jesuit fathers when they abandoned mines for any reason whatsoever to cover them up and leave as little trace as possible he thinks it possible that the mesquite tree at the collar of the shaft may have been placed there as a mark known only to certain favored ones of course they may have been driven away from the locality by apache indians or by other iv warring arring 6 tribes and nd covered up the mine hoping for a time which evidently never came when they could return and resume operations the old Alis mission sion had at some time been dynamited evidently in the hope of recovering hidden treasure but it is not known that any one has ever found any the cabin on the old dominion is is fashioned of adobe bricks taken from the old mission ruins |