The Arizona sentinel., 1876-10-14
LETTER FROM COL. HODGE.
TUCSON, A. IT,, Oct 9Th, 1875.
Elr1itO1, Sentinel.

| UCSON, n. =, OCG tlu, 1910.
Editor Sentinel:
After an absence of nearly a year
| have again an opportunity of
noting the changes and improve
ment at and about the Capital
town of the Territory. | find but
few changes in the appearance and
business of the town, with the
exception that the trade with So
nora, which on account of the Re-
volutiOn there was quite dead a
year since, has now nearly recO-
vered its former activity. Tucson
is very dull now, owing in part no
doubt to the absence of large num-
bers of the Spanish speaking peo-
pie, who have gone to MadaIina
to attend the great yearly feast
held there. | find the old stable
firms of Tully. Ochoa & Co, Lord
& Williams. J. 81. Archibald,
Zeckendorf, Drachman, Wellisch,
Jacobs and others, doing a good
fair business E. N. Fish is SELL
ing off his stock, preparing to close
up his former large business. The
Wood Brothers business is nearly
closed up and Mr.. John Wood is
one of the leading candidates for
sheriff of the county. The old
Cosmopolitan" hotel is closed as
a hotel. but the saloon is kept in
good running order by Capt. John.
MCGEE keeps things lively in the
"Gem," and Levin cOntinus to
make and dispose of large quanti-
ties of his excellent Bear. The
Palace Hotel, kept by Reichen-
back & Martin, is about the live
Hest place in town and is we'll
kept, being we'll supplied with all
the market supplies, and is the
regular boarding place Of the first
people in town who board, and
the resort for all travellers. 1t is
certainly one of the best hotels in
Arizona and would be a credit to
many pretentiOus eastern town.
We health Of Tucson is claimed
to be good, yet | have s9en more
sickness in the past five days them
for months. No doubt many of
those sick come from a distance
here to be treated. Among the
sick ones now are eX-Judge Titus
and Mr.. Farley, One'Of the leading
Attorneys. The few mines which !
an doing worked are quite promis-
ing, yet not one in a hundred are
worked at all except to keep up
necessary title work to hold
claims, what Tucson needs is
the erection of good reduction
works, which would give to the
holders of mines who must rely |
upon their daily and weekly labor |
for living, an opportunity to have
their ores tested and worked. |
Hundreds Of mines which are now
idle, would them be opened and |
worked, and general life and pros
perity would take the place of the |
present cry Of dull times, no mo.
ney, no work and general stagna-
ton of business. The old French
mine, 80 miles east of south froru,
Tucson, is being opened and work.
ed with prospects of eminent sue
cess. The owners are Messes.
Archibald, Gardener and Hop
kins, who employ about so men
and now have 4 small furnaces
completed and in operation. Two
of these are the common Mexican
furnace and two more modern
furnace, erected by Mr.. Davis,
an old and experinced miner.
The "French" Ieade is one Of
those immense fissure veins which
are seldom excelled. 1t has been
traced long distance and over
5000 feet in length east and west
has been located. The "Sea Ser
pent" leade is another immense
lode some 70 miles southwest of
Tucson, course northeast and
southwest on which over 10000
feet have been located. Thomas ,
Ewing q Co. have opened the
Emma" mine on this lode by Sc
veral shafts, and the ore shows