Arizona citizen., 1875-05-08
YaVapai Letter.
PRESCOTT, April 29, 1875.


 excepting telegrams, is getting to be al most as scarce as hens teeth, and to many of your readers letter from Yava- pal county may be ot present interest. places during the winter past plenty of rain and snow; and blows, harrows, arras- trars, stamps, etc, are running Tn hign glee The Spring-time has come, and to many of us mountain people it comes this year with more life and vigOr, with greater encouragement to labor, and with better prospect of remuneration for labor than ever before, simply for the reason that the quieting of the Apaches has en- atled both farmers and miners to work during the year past in safety, and they succeeded Tn developing and demonstra- ting facts that have been so satisfactory that all are pitching in now without hesi- tation.
 Although we cannot chronicle such large results and heavy operations in Yav- apai and around Prescott as THE CITIZEN refers to in Pima and near Tucson, still we have the Crook and Vesuvius, and the Senator, all yielding gold ores with splendidly paying results, while our latest argentiferous sensation is the Silver Belt; |; Il little west of us is the great McCracken, and we are willing to call "honOrs easy" on the Silver King in Pinal county, which lies between us. No word of THE CITI- ZEN concerning the reopening of old mines or the discovery and working of new ones in Pima county, eXcites any envy or jealousy on our part. While blow pipe assays here give S29. 762 per ton in silver taken out of ore seventy feet below the surface on the Silver Belt, we don't care if you get it so rich on the Ostrich or Trench, or in the Last Ditch, that you have to cut il out with cold chisel.
 All the particulars of facts 1 only refer to, can be found in the files ot The Ari zona Miner, to which reference is bcre by made And, by the way, The Miner has d new man at the helm. His taking place at the wheel was noticed in your columns with good wishes, as is usual in such cases, and the style of THE MINER since It came under his control indicates that he will deserve and win success. He is the longest, slimmest, taIlest, tbinnest man in Prescott, and guess in the Terri tory, an old bachelor, old Indian fighter, old editor, old California pioneer, and olG whittier. Yet he seems to have some good points; stands on his head and atfirms he won't pribt anything in The Miner he don't believe, and don't believe to be true; declares his belief i'll the country and intention to marry; keeps all the old employees at work, is careful what he runs his scissors into, don't drink to success, don't gamble, takes interest in the public school, the Sunday school and church, and all public affairs, and does well so far His expedition to Chino Val lev a week ago, of which he gave account in The Miner of the 23d, caused an inter- ested party to remark that Butler had bet ter '.cheese it," bat he says he only wanted to see the country.
 A good many sheep and cattle have been brought into this county recently, and we hear of more coming from both east and west. The fears that on Gen. Crooks de- parture the Apaches would take the war path have proved baseless, and everybody now goes where they like. The removal of the Apaches from the Verde to San Carlos was good thing for us, and if Col. Dudley gets the Cachise band off to New Mexico, we shall rejoice with you over the settlement of Indian troubles in Ari Zona
 Prescott is, growing gradually, new frame buildings are being erected all the time, and contracts have been made for a brick hotel and large brick store. The old original saw mill known as the Quartz mountain, now owned by A. o. Moves, is to be removed to the edge Ot town, five miles nearer than Its present location, and G. w. Curtiss, formerly connected with the Quartz mountain mill, is about erect ing new mill which will give us three saw mills within easy distance of Pres colt, and reduce the price of lumber to point that will stimulate improvement. The increased product of mining opera