Arizona weekly miner., 1877-06-01
LETTER FROM PHUNIx.
PurNrx. \. I, May %. ls77

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 EDITOR MINER North of us, Nevada has her Comstock, Yavapai has her Peck, Zalida C. d.. and south of us the Silver
 King yields up its riches. Mricopa, be- tween these extremes, is left out in the cold. Must we always depend solely upon our agricultural capabilities Let Us see. Here before mo are some samples of silver ore sent from the eastern portion of this County, and the figures accompanying them, kindly furnished by Deputy Sheriff Mcdonald, who has just returned from an assessing tour m that section, will speak for themselves. The first specimen is of silver milling ore, from the Stonewall Jackson q lead located ] by McMillan and Haynes, who carry the ore mile and q half to 3.stamp mill, brought from Silver City, by Tidwell and Miller. This rock has assaycd S5,OOO. An extension of l,500 feet is owned by Will ! liamson and Copeland, and called the Rob ert Lee" on which they have sunk 90 feet, with promising results. Chas. Mason, a | former owner of the Silver King, owns a claim here, for which he paid SsO,O00. The Burns mine, Palmer and Gardner $ claim. and three others, owned hy William son and Copeland. are extensions of this lead, which Is, in fact, taken up for eight miles.
 In the Richmond Basin, McMorris is down 10 feet on one shaft and 90 feet on another. with an average assay of S2,50O. One hundred feet from McMorris, the Me Dowell Company have a shai( on their first extension, the ore from which shows well. John Olvanv owns the second extension. Specimens from Morris's lead look cX- trcmclv rich, as does one from the Chilson
 Bros placer claim, where they arc taking out big money" The Richmond Basin Mining Company own five leads, and have set up smelling works eight miles from the Basin, at the Whcatfields. They have com pleted their ditch, and Supt. Gaetneris now ready for ore The ChilSon Bros. own a H. foot vein of lead, carrying much silver,
 which they think will furnish all necessary tlux. MT. Van Aruniale,st has 8. a.smelIer here at the WheaiieldS, and 1t Is reported that a 24-stamp mill Is now on the way from San Francisco, for which the land and water right have alread been purchased. With these, and other mills that will come as they are demanded, and with the new road. which our Commissioners still pro pose to build. via Mcdowell and Reno, not withstandinS the protest of citizens, this section of our country will be able to do what they have long wanted to accomplish, l. C. bid farewell to the "gouging' mills of the Globe district, and transact all their business in our direction.
 On the 23d inst, the band of sheep own cd by Ayrcs was sold by the Sheriff 10 the highest bidder. Six hundred ant fifty st. 1, $l.6O per head by Dr w W. Jones ot Wickenburg. The balance, seven hundred and sixtv-iive, were sold to ]. T. Dennis, al $l per head. A band of bronco horses and mules, belonging Ia the same parties, were sold, partly under the same execution and partly at private sale, bringing prices rang ing from $l5 to g. The first stack of bar ley threshed this year was that of l.. r.. Orme. averaging but tritie less than $500 pounds to the acre.
 F.. Irvine and Son have put on light freight team on the new road to Yuma. via Agua Calientc. They will drive it them selves, mlngling pleasure with business.
 The delightful coolncss ot ;hc spring seems a thing of the past, and for the last few days the thermometer has crowded close on to a hundred in the shade, but to-day k cold and windy and there are signs of rain.
 C. W. Reeves. detective from Frisco. has been in town for the last few days waiting to escort W. R. Scott to Sacramento, to au- swcr some grave charges of deialcation
 Joe Phy, who lives at Agua Fria Station, lost twenty nine head of cattle. Believing they had been run of by McNicans or In dians. Joe came to town and taking one of ,he Morrill, Isds with Iiim. started for the trail, telling his friends not to he anxious about him. Last Friday, however, his long absence was thought alarming, and party of three started in search of him. They found his trail following his herd. and re- turned, and on Sunday Phy came in, having twenty-seyen head of stock. One of the two missing was killed and eaten by the Indians. It Is probable that two McNi- cans drove oil the herd aS one of them was offered for sale at Decker'S station by Mexican. Finding themselves pursued they left the band hidden near Gila Bend and made themselves scarce.
 PhpniX was lucky in the last mail robbery, is neither the money order funds from the postotfice nor the checks sent by Dan Dcit- rich were found by the robbers, but reached san Francisco safely.
 j. D. Moniham has negotiated to-day for he sale of his corral and livery stable to John Lutgerding. the transfer to be made August lst
 C. NJ Clark has sold his half interest in lis ranch to Joe Sanbury, who has exchanged he ranch for Charles Websters' mule-train with which he starts out for Prescott in a lay or two with barley. x. (. H. ]