Arizona weekly miner., 1876-11-10
LETTER FROM WALNUT GROVE
COTTONWOOD CAMP, WALNUT GROVE , DISTRICT. 4. T. Oct. 16 1s76

| O-AAf, DISTRICT. 4. T., Oct. 16, 1876.
 EDITOR MINER:-That standard authority ''the oldest inhabitant,'' never remembers 'ucn weather as We have experienced in this secuon during the past week. Instead of 'ie pleasant Indian Summer days, peculiar to thls part of Arizona, We have been visited oy cold drizzling rains accompanied by bit Ing southerly winds; it was indeed miserable weather of the kind, so aptly described bv the Nevada poet:
 The me anchoy days have come the sades, q, in. Yea.
 '''s 'oo warm Tor whisky skins, too cold for lager
 Harvesting has already begun in this val Icy, and from all that can learn the yield will average we'll up with proceeding years, thls together with the strong probability of an upward tendency in the grain market. has caused the honest grangers of this set tlement to feel elated over their future pros poets.
 The public school of this district is now open and is we'll attended. Miss Mitchell. formerly of Prescott, is the teacher. From what hear of the lady, the trustees are to oe congratulated in having secured the ser vices of one so thoroughly competent. It Is the intention in short time to erect a more commodious and comfortable building than the one now in use'
 MINES AND MINING
 The Pinal M. X $. Co.,, are pushing things at lively rate. A large force of men are employed in preparing for the erection ot the furnace; teams are running steadily hauling lumber; q number of Mexicans are at work making adobes: Condran * Uess have commenced operations on their char coal contract, and no time will be lost in putting the affair in running order The road from the furnace to the Crescent mine, lately purchased by the Company, will be finished this week, when force of miners will be set to work on the vein, which will be opened at several points and putt shape for the extraction of ore. understand it Is the intention of the Company to bring on a large stock of goods, and open store near tiiSii "oa hS iOi titC Ol iIlClI employees and the public in general. The present outlook Is certainly cheering and there Is no apparent reason why the enter prise should not be permanent success. | On the Eureka Mine, Cullumber and Co. have reached depth of over forty feet and are still sinking. The vein is looking we'll. they have fine, smouth hanging wall, but | the foot-wall is yet somewhat broken. It is the intention to get down fifty or sixty feet before drifting. They have on their dump several tons of fine ore, some of which will go "way up" in the thousands. On the Lone | Tree, an cxtention of the Eureka, owned by Fred Henry & Co.,. Hamilton x Hannah are sinkiug for an interest in the claim and the ore they may take out. Tine vein at this point shows better than elsewhere on the ledge, aud gives every promise ofpcrmanency Godfrey X Co.,, on the "NIinnie" are hard at work, encouraged by the splendid pros poets they have in sight. They are down some fifteen feet and the rich streak of chloride and horn silver ore still holds out and is looking better than when first dis covered. They have out some three tons of exceedingly rich ore and have more of the same sort in sight. Their prospects for stake are decidedly good. The recent dis | covcricS of rich ore in this district hay" drawn hither large number of prospectors. ' Walnut Grove district has not shown so much activity in the mining line since the 1 carly days. PATRICIo.