Arizona weekly miner., 1875-08-13
LETTER FROM CERBAT.

lore. The miners generally are going stead
 fly to work, and are determined to show ( the world that they have as rich lodges i
 this county as are to be found in Nevad
 and California. Our town is greatly ex
 cited just now by the discovery of one of tn largest deposits of gold that has ever bee found in Northern Arizona. Messrs II Buck
 shaun, Wm. Cory and J. w. Blakely are tn
 fortunate discoverers, and they are yer,
 much elated. They were out hunting dee
 in the Peacock Range and stumbled, by th,
 merest accident, upon vein of gold-bearin,
 quartz, near the summit of the Range, about
 eleven miles from the Rideneu- mine. They
 brought in specimens of the ore which arc
 nearly pure gold, the cement or ore seeming
 to be held together by the gold, rather thar
 the gold by it. Coming in yesterday they
 brough: enough ore to pay for supply oI
 provisions and tools to return to-day and
 commence work at once. These parties have
 started to inspect that region of country.
 My informant, Mir. Blakely, says he will not
 look for any more deer until he goes to San
 Francisco, which he confidently expects will be soon.
 The Mineral Park Mill Company have
 purchased the Welbourn mill-site.. Mir.
 Garfield, the Agent or Superintendent, has commenced the foundation work for the erection of the much talked of mill It will be about one hundred yards from where the Welbourn mill stands; is to be afive-stamp silver mill of lO-stamp capacity, which was bought in San Francisco. The mill-site is an excellent one, water plenty ard wood near by. It is accessible to number of mines in the vicinity of Mineral Park, Ger bat and Stockton. As it is to be custom mill the miners hail its erection with feel ings of hope and encouragement.
 Col. Carl Davis, mining expert. arrived here few days ago from San Francisco He is sent by Gen'l Dodge and Mir. Wm. M. Lent to examine the McCrackin mines. He came in Col. Fogus' stead, the last named gentleman having recently married in San Francisco, and he didn't want to leave just now. If Col. Davis report is favorable, his Company will invest largely in Owen dis trict. If those mines will warrant it there will be narrow gauge railroad built from them to the Colorado river.
 Immense rafts are formed of drift wood every year on and above Cottonwood Island, in fact, along both banks of the river for hundreds of miles, sufficient to supply a | arge number of mills. These facts will ir- 'elligibly strike the minds of practical peo- ole who are seeking locations for mill-sitcs.
 Col. Davis visited the Cerbat mine here, md was favorably impressed with it. Work las been commenced on the Monitor and little Chef, at Stockton.
 The Mocking Bird is continually showing fine body of rich ore. It IS one of the most promising lodges of this vast mineral ,elt.
 A fine body of orc is exposed to view in III the drifts and shafts of the 063" mine. )ne of these shafts is down to depth of yer 200 feet. the vein widening and i'm roving as they sink.
 Robert Stein, Esq, has force of men at york on his mine in the Peacock Mountains.
 Mir. Rideneur has recommesced work on is rich mine. He took out an immense uantity of provisions recently.
 There is some talk about the discovery of large body:of mica, specimens of which can seen at Cory & Potts store. It is what known as leaf mica, being transparent and ising- glass. Messrs. Cody & Lane are busy working 'sessment work on their many locations in lis section. Ed. +. Gallagher goes to work taking out | re (free milling) from the O'Brien ledge, to 3 worked at the new mill.
 Good reports come to us of the successful orkings of the steam arrastras in Cedar dis ! let. The Arnold is looking particularly v ie. Our Supervisors met July S1st, and sat as board of Equalization. The duties of |, ualizing taxes for the year 1875 was omptly attended to. Mir. Bucksbaum. our y icient Deputy Clerk, was appointed to !. ske an inspection and report of the con- II tion of the County books and accounts of icers for the years 1S73-4. It is expected } report will be complete and satisfactory. ', T The regularity of the mails recently over V Q different routes gives general satis- '' 'tion. Our Territory is growing in i'm :, :, rtance as an agricultural, grazing and a '; neral country so fast that the day is not - -
 distant when we can demand a daily e. il from one end of Arizona to the other .s hen the railroad shall have reached the ~ dorado river, this Territory will be knock e' at the door of the Union for admittance
 State. All good, industrious people .. ] find a home here. To such, We say. ne! ia welcome awaits you" l.. Mir. Potts left to-day for Prescott; he 0o o l return soon bringing his wife and sthe " Q little kettles"
 )ur successful merchant, Mir. Canty. has so, 'e to Greenwood-on private business, friends think. He fiutters around like a r.