The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-12-20
LETTER FROM CERBAT.
CERBAT, Nov. 81, 1873.

U1OuS duQ COuoluCI dUlC WIuO W
relieve the really tedious pro-
gramme that the weather clerk
generally allots to us, giving our
gossips a chance to compare notes
and thereby keeping them from
meddling with other peoples Of
fairs, which you know gossips will
do, not that we have more than
than our share you know-but
owing to the present state of of
affairs we are forcibly reminded
that we have some few no doubt
sent us by our great Redeemer
(or some other authority, for our
benefit, but as yet not exactly
placed in our list of Natures
blessings.
BY way of a change we have a
live Reporter among us who re.
presents the Chronicle of San
Francisco, and from our short &C.
qnaintance, leads us to believe
that the Chronicle people are
good judges of ability, etc.
There is no change worth of
note in the Cedar Valley mines,
several mines being developed
and we'll authenticated state
ments of their undeniable rich.
ness, wide and extensive leads,
etc.-the old story of mineral
wealth and great facilities for de-
velopment standing idle or near
ly so, for the want of capital and
the right men at the helm,
Chloride has a goodly number
of "Fossils," shadowing the min
eral wealth known to be there,
but like shadows Of the past are
of but little assistance in our
present needy times of great will
and unbounded faith, but no
money, and consequently attract
ing at present no attention worthy
of note.
Matters at MineralPark received
a quietus the other day by the wa
ter in the "Keystone," increasing
to such an extent that work had
to be suspended until machinery
can be obtained to successfully
contend with the rapid increase
another dampener to a promising
mining venture, good prospects,
rich ore, and plenty of it-but
the water says wait, the time il
not yet, but the company means
business, and as soon as the re-
quisite apparatus can be obtained
the friends of this district may
look out for some pretty loud talk
from the keystone.
At Cerbat, building goes slowly
along. A new and costly saloon
that has just been opened by John
Barry, with some other improve
ments serve to keep the mechan-
les out of mischief.
The attention of the whole
camp is at present drawn to the
New London mine owned by
Fisher & Co., which is very rapid
ly developed and is giving fresh
evidence, as depth is gained, that
there is at least one mine that
will not go back on its owners in
its promise to carry number one
smelling ore to a great depth.
The shaft is now down seventy
feet, carrying all the way a vein
from four feet to six feet of good
ore with more than the
average per centage of silver. |
On the strength of these promis-
ing developments, the Elder
Furnac . is to be reconstructed by |
Messrs. Cory & Potts in such a |
manner, governed by former ex-l
perience and failures, as to war
rant all to look forward to grand |
success at last, and all here agree
that it cannot come too quick. In
the meantime hold your breath
for future developments, for all
signs indicate that our darkest
hour is at hand and that our dull
lines are soon to be an item of