Arizona weekly miner., 1875-03-05
LETTER FROM MOHAgE COUNT.
HAcKBERRY SPRIEGs, Feb, 10, 1875.

{ dressing you as an old pioneer who has been oa the frontier many years and travelled extensively throughout Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada and California. have visited great number of mining cainps, and everywhere have occasionally picked up the ARIZONA MINER. in which were accounts of rich mines, fine climate, good agricultural lands. splendid stock ranches and beautiful pine forests, and l must confess that l had some doubts as to the correctness of all that l read; but I have finally succeeded in visit ing portion of Arizona and am free to ac- knowledge that find the prospects better than expected. I have examined the mines of Wallpai, Maynard and Cedar districts and found many very promising locations, and more good, honest hearted pioneer prospect ors than l ever met before in all my travels. They all feel happy and believe the time close at hand when they will reap rich re- ward for their time and money spent in Ari- zona. have finally brought up at place known as
 HACKBERRY SPRINGS,
 Which is located in the eastern foothills of the Peacock Mountains. Here is beautiful spring of pure, cold water, with large hack berry tree shading it, which makes a beauti ful resort in warm weather for the tired pros pector. This tree. in summer, bears an abun- dance of fruit which-attracts myriads of birds that live upon the berries and refresh themselves at the spring. Here is also a neatly built stone house inhabited by W. E. Ridenour, Sam'l Crogier, Isaac Putnam and John Kite, all of whom are very kind and hospitable to strangers. Ridenour and Gro gier are the locators of the
 HACKBERRY MINE,
 One and half miles west of the spring, which they have named for the beautiful tree, with the hope that it may prove as pro- life of bullion as the tree is of edible berries in it's season, and that as many miners may eventually subsist upon it's products as there are birds of the air now depending upon the generosity of the tree for food. Mr Riden- our is well known in the Northern country as one of the most energetic of traders and freighters. 1 often met him there. years ago, ,-always busy and apparently thrifty, but he informs me that misfortune overlook him and to evade the the vigilant pursuit of tue malevo!ent jade, he came to Arizona. where 1 find him and his friend Crogier pounding away in the Blackberry mine, happy md content, ,-as well they may be-lor they have undoubtedly more money in sight than they have had m all their lives before, and hat is saying q good deal. They have shaft down about thirty feet on the ledge, md my judgment is that it is the best thing
 have ever seen in the shape of silver nine. They have, at a reasonable calcula- ion, at least S300,000 worth of ore in sight, ! worth millions, if it holds out as they go town as it shows now. The ore in this 1 nine is of very high grade, free from base and | .asiiy reduced. The facilities for working | lere are as good as 1 have ever seen in any ! country, plenty of water for milling within | me and ahalf miles, and an abundance of | wood near by which can be furnished for S5 | ,er cord. Kite and Putnam located tbe first ! Xtension South, which prospects nearly qual to tbe original. They have sold it 10 Robert Stein, at a figure which looks like living it away but it has fallen into good landS Mr. Stein is certainly the back bone f this part of the country; without him and lis Superintendent, Collins, the great Key tone mine would no doubt be lying idle to- lay, and Mineral Park would be blank. It equires energy and capital to develop a aiming country and make it worth any hing the little towns of Chloride and Ger at are languishing for want of such man s Mr. Stein to open some of their leading hines. His operations on the
 GREENWOOD
 Ire an example of his enterprise, and one lonth more will find him shipping bullion om there to San Francisco. Col D. E. Buell. anothervaluablc acquisition to the Terri Dry, in fact, the whole Pacific coast, is in ebted to him for his exertions in the de- elopment of its mining interests. Although e has been laboring under difficulties he i'll soon demonstrate to his friends that his ; Idgment of mines is as good as ever. l pre- I jet grand success for him on the Me { racken mine. But, like the Wandering ew, must be jogging along and may take l Prescott in my journeyings before long. II
 A WANDERING SPIRIT. i,