Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-03
FROM THE FINAL MINES.
SURPRISE MINE, FINAL COUNTY. 4. T.,
 August o6fh lSIl

l or July Hre-crackers pep corks pop out ol champagne bottles; little boys in the States pop their heads out from under the bedcov- CT of q cold morning to see if it is cold, and then pop them back again. Some things pop like guns, and guns pop like the al, and "pop goes the weasel" But, the con- foundedest popping time I ever he'd was when I popped the question to my girl. First, Ipopped it to her fathers old bulldog, then to her, then to her father, tAen to her mother, and, after resting while, commerc- ed popping again, and popped it to her big brother, so he wouldn't Eek me, and to her rich bachelor uncle So that he wouldn't dis inherit me, and last of all, for fear her old aunt would haunt me, I popped it to her. Seven ''pops" for one girl Now, if had got a girl every pop, it would have been pop ping to some purpose, but as it was, didn't get half girl; not even as much as piece ! of one of her old dresses as souvenir, for she was slightly on the 'pop" herself, and popped out "No," and then popped off with another fellow. while the toe of her fathers boot popped against the scat of my pants and popped me out of doors. If I ever pop the question to another girl I'll do so by let ter; I'll enclose an internal machine, then her and her friends can pop all they like; my agent can stand them off.
 At present, blasting is going on very lively in the mines. It's pop, pop, pop, from morn- ing till night reminding one of an artillery deel during the war, especially (being an ex-soldier, it reminds me most forciby of the time when on that beautiful June morn- ing popped the question to my girl and in- stantly brought all things to focus, and in anger so abruptly left her presence and her fathers house. This is why have so many preliminary ''pops" to my letter. Blasting seems like great waste of powder, but then, after all, it often pays well. \ big waste (little owing to what kind of acaist it is) is frequently great gain; it brings that which will fetch the ladies round all rigLt-money. 1 would advise young men who wish to get married to go to blasting instead of "pop- ping; it Is the shortest and quickest route to matrimony. In some respects cour;ing is like blasting for instance, if you think you have good mine and you go to work and drill hole down, fill it with powder, and blow the bottom out, why, of course, that blasts all your dreams of wealth; just so when your girl goes back on you and says "No;" you feel as if the bottom of your stomach was knocked out. You are blast ed man.
 But enough of this foolshness. I have few words to say about the mines, and will begin by saying, that we have a very rich district, and firmly believe that in less than a year it will be one of the liveliest mining camps in the United States. Already men are rushing here. and women too. Already nearly two hundred locations have been made on nearly as many different leads and stratas, many of which are known to be rich. Shafts are now being sunk on fifteen or twen- ty of them, from which silver ore is taken that assays from $500 to S3,000 per ton. It is fact worthy of note that we have no low grade ores in this district; so far, at least, none has been found, and anything that goes below S200 a ton isn't looked at The great drawback to this district at present is the want of mills to work our ore. We will furnish the wood, water and the ore to keep from one to dozen twentystamp mllls run hing for any legth of time. Now, who will furnish the capital! What man will bring here the first mill, and make us and himself rich? \ good custom mill could make fortune here Tn little while working our rich ores at say, S40, S60, SS0 or even a hun dred dollars ton. At present it costs Us at least SEQ ton, counting every ything-S20 | a ton freight to Florence (35 to 40 miles dis | tant) and then S100 a ton for smeting So | you see, at those figures we must have rich 1 mines to work them and make anything. | In California and Nevada they work mines 1 that don't go over fifteen dollars to the ton | and make money at 1t, while here mine that | don't go S200 to ton is losing game. Can't | some monied man bring a mill in here and | make money at S60 ton? l can't see any thing to hinder, while 1 see every induce
 
 milling ore, and nothing but mill or mills will supply our wants; so let capitalists and | mill men take notice. Now that the Silver King is sold, of course there will be mill put up..there before long to work Silver King ore, but we want good custom mills. Don't be alarmed about getting ore and plenty of it. fyou have any surplus money to invest come and examine our facilities beforehand.
 Our camp is getting liveler every day. There must be nearly one hundred men here at present, some working their mines and others prospecting, and, if they keep on for the next six months as they have for the past few days, there will be a thousand men in here. Three little towns have already sprung into existence - Peachvlle, Brownsville (Nuggetsvillel, and Happy Hollow. We have a saloon, tri-weeAly stage line, and a hotel and a store in prospectus. PoP.
 AN old hachelOr ceolopist was hoastiny