The Arizona sentinel., 1876-02-12
YUMA A. T., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY I2 1876.
FINAL COUNTY.
Correspondence of THE SENTINEL FLORENCE, A. T.,
 January 18th, 1876

Editor Arizona Se'1tGflet =
 DEAR SIR :-I will write a few
 words about this, the younges1
 county in the Territory. Her fl
 nances are in a fiourishing condi' tion. She is out of debt and does not owe cent, and according tc a statement of J. J. Devine, COun. ty Clerk, the amount of funds placed to her credit in the County Treasury, at present, after pay
 ing all expenses since the 4th last March-the date of her organiza- tion-is as follows:
 County General Fund ..-- $1 BOA .39 Contingent ----.---- 2l7.34 School .-------- 345 59
 This is @ good showing, and speaks we'll for the County off = cers. Before the election, the cry was raised that the people of the Gila were not able to support 8 county, but the above figures show that we can support coun- 1 ty and another county with it, if it's people are as economical and we'll behaved as we are. We do not claim to be any better be- haved than our neigh bors, but we have been lucky so far, in not having any of those nasty mur- der cases, that go through county treasury like a dose of salts. As the saying is, "it is better to be born lucky than rich" Before we became 8 county, We could easily figure up in your minds that one dollar kept at home is much better than five sent away of to Tucson or Pheuix, with & fair prospect of never seeing it again, thereby impoverishing our selves and enriching our neigh. bors. Now, all this money re- mains at home, and we all stand a show of now and then getting 8 dollar of it back again fer our la bor and produce, and if we do not, it is at least some consolation to know that there is some money in the valley.
 The mining and agricultural interests of this young county are rapidly increasing and new life is infused into everything. I'm. migration is steadily setting this way and vacant lands are eagerly taken up and occupied by perma- nent settlers. and a grand rush of miners and prospectors and ca- pitalists is expected early the coming spring, enticed here by the rich mines in the new mining districts within her borders. Al together, the future of Pinal coun- ty looks very bright. May she wear her honors we'll and not let wealth and prosperity, when they come, spoil her. We wish our neighbors equal success and pros. perity, and if they should get a little the start of us, we shan't get jealous. Now that we have cut loose from Pima and Maricopa, we mean to "paddle our own canoe." They are grieved at our depar- ture; Pima weeps and Maricopa tears her hair. They would vii. lingly kill the "fatted calf," and invite us to the feast if we could come back, but alas ! when we left we stole the "fatted calf" and brought it away with us and they have none to kill!
 At last, it seems certain that the "Silver King" mine is sold for the sum of $2o0, 1000.
 Work is still progressing on the Surprise" the mine of import ance in the district. The shaft is down 50 feet and the ledge is 3 feet wide and very rich. The ore assays from $1,0O0 to $S,O0O. The ledge is we'll defined between two of the prettiest walls any mine in America can boast of. Altogeth- CT, this is very pretty and valu- able mine, lying north of the "Silver King'' three and a half oilno Hox,c sn<nn6 fn mako