Arizona citizen., 1875-04-17
MOHAVE COUNTY

Two letters from our Mohave correspond ents just reached here too late to appear last week. They arey however, cheerful to- all people who have proper pride in the general prosperity of Arizona, and here they are:
 CEDAR VALLEY, April 1.-At last it seems we are to have veritable excitement: Men and families are pouring in from all parts and the road down the Sandy IS daily lined with wagons, horsemen and men on foot packing their blankets on their backs. ..
 Greenwood City. on the east bank Of the Big Sandy about fifteen miles above it's junction with Bill Williams Fork, Is fast growing into a thriving business town. Six months ago not house was To be seen where HOW busy street lined with well built stores and dwellings and not few canvass tents, opens to the travellers view. The mill Of the Greenwood company IS now about ready to run, and over twelve hundred tons of ore from the Greenwood mine is being hauled to the mill to be crushed. ... .r "..f ...-
 But Greenwood City is not the only point of interest in the neighbOfhOod. About twelve miles to the southwest Of 1t is the great wonder of Arlzona's many wonderful mineS-the McCracken lode. The company who have bought this mine have a large force Of men running tun- nels, sinking shafts, hauling ore, and do- ing all that wonderful energy and large capital can do to develop the mine. Mr. McNevin is agent for the company and has now gone with MT. McCracken to San Francisco. Both expect to return shortly The mine has been bought for the Bank Ot California, 1 learned d short time since. The price paid or to be paid is S2lO,O00.
 But all does not move smoothly. MeSsrS McCrackin and Owen, the diScOverers Of this mighty lode, were not content with the paltry fifteen hundred feet allowed to each by law, so must locate three thou sand feet more in the names of two friends who deeded the whole three thousand feet back to them. Many had a doubt as to the legality Of this transaction, and so the ground has been jumped and IS now held vi ct armiS. FortiticationS have been built and much bad blood has been engen- dered by this transaction Blood will be shed over the affair l feel sure. Long and expensive law suits may be looked for and trouble for years to come. Opinion among miners is about equally divided as to re- suit.
 In my own immediate vicinity some work is doing but not much. Almost all are out prospecting, while there Is plenty of water. MT. J. B. Ma-endie is working some four men on his mine on the Arnold lode and is now down about one hundred feet. The mine looks remarkably well, and soon 1 hope to be able to give you more exact account of the size or the vein and richness of the ore. MT. NJ. will sink on the present contract two hundred feet. Messrs. Gird and BleGkly have erected two arraStrarS which are run by steam, and have during the past month worked several tons of ore which varied from $50 10 S450 per ton. Wood and water are pIen- tier i'll this district, and the climate is more agreeable than i'll any of the other districts in Mojave county.
 All we require is capital, and itseems now about t0 come. The mines all i'm prove in depth, but the water level Is gen. orally reached at Seventy-tive feet, and ot- ten sooner. Several companies who own mines here, are hear about to resume work. PAUL WEBER.
 Another letter from Cerbat of date March 30, also addressed to THE CITIZEN, says:
 E. P. Raines, agent of Stewart and Jones, has been here and paid out upwards of SlOO,00O. He purchased the new discovery of Potts, Gatewood and others, supposed to be the extension Of the McCracken, for $6O,O00; also a jumpers claim on the Me- Cracken at about S20,000, and other small purchases make up the sum.
 The l0-stamp mill at Greenwood is rum ming.