Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1870-12-17
LETTER FROM ARIZONA CITY.
Tile Road Staging, etc.-Freight-U. s.
Cou,ts-Mining Of All Kinds-Dr.
Philips, Etc.
ARIZONA CITY, Dec. 5, II

ARlZONA OII1, OcC. y, ".
I arrived here yesterday in clever
condition, after q ride of three days
less few hours and stoppages. The
time made was good, and the coaches
comfortable. The road in places is
badly cut up with large teams but
careful drivers avoid most of these por-
tions, and SO make good time easily.
The circumstances all considered, the
line is getting on as well as ought in
reason to be expected. The stage bus
mess is an experiment en- the route
from here to Tucson, and one that ought
to be successful. If it will pay, twill
be perfected in all details until no
line is better stocked in any particular.
I have travelled on many old lines
with much less comfort and speed than
on this. The connection was not made
here yesterday, and so have to lie over
until day after tomorrow, and will
reach San Francisco on the 18th or
10Th. Had we pushed right on, we
should have reached San Diego one
day after the Steamer sailed, so it is
just as well to spend part of the time
here. Arrangements will soon be per-
fected so that close connections here
will never fail
Goldberg & Co. s freight arrived here
last night, II days from San Diego.
Mr.. Drachman, of that firm, and Mr..
Hopkins, of the Pioneer Brewery,
Tucson, go up on this days blackboard.
Hopkins was a good man before be
left for the States last Summer, and
although he went back, married, and
failed to bring his" better half along,
L think he's good man still. Wish
there were more such men as him in
the world, and half a million or 80 of
them in Arizona.
The U. S. and District Courts were
to have convened too in La Paz to-day,
bat were adjourned over until next
Monday, when they will be opened for
business.
The placer mining at Gila City is
more promising, learn, than it wasa
week ago; the gold is very fine in quail
ity, but in bulk is coarse, the PARTICLES
being from the value of cent up to
six or eight dollars.
At Los Flores, opposite Gila City,
substantial Improvements are in prog
ress, with stamps: the operation was
a sort of hold its own" one, and as
ten can be operated about as cheaply,
careful estimates convinced the owners
that by increasing the capacity Of the
mill to ten stamps, satisfactory profits
COulu NC luduS, tilU oO tlc mdCuiAcIy
is now being put in place. There is
a vast amount Of gold in the vicinity
of Gila city on each side Of the river,
and it will soon be taken out more
rapidly than before.
Upon inquiry of reliable men. I
have these facts concerning
CASTLE DONE DISTRICT,
Which was originally organized in
1868. At that time the discovery of
numerous galena lodes created quite
an excitement, which continued for
some time. But the want of suita-
BILE market for the ore then and sub
sequent discoveries of other mining
districts higher up the river precluded
extensive developments on the veins.
For the last year or two, however,
at least one of the veins, the Castle
Dome, has been regularly worked and
the shipment of ore to San Francisco
smelling works has resulted in q fine
profit to the owners.
The veins occur in highly inclined
metamorphic states. The strike of the
Lodges is nearly n and s., and their dip