The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-22
Greenwood
From ,hs Yuma s.a,inel,)

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 This town, in Mohave county. has in and
 around it some 400 people. IL is pleasantly
 situated on the Big Sandy. The climate i,
 excellent and it is the very heart of rich
 mineral and grazing country. Along the
 river are many ranches, which will alway,
 supply 1t with the best of fruit and vcgeta-
 bles, and there is plenty of land and water
 for many more farms along the valley. Tom
 D'Spain showed this season field of as tiue grain as ever grew. Clark's ranch has grown
 70 perfection all the many crops and fruits
 that have been tried upon it. A tobacco | plant now stands there which has lived
 trough the winter, and has grown almost
 into tree-little frost there. Choice meats, outer and vegetables are among the luxu- les constantly enjoyed by this mining town. lt lies or the main route of travel through Mohave county. The country drpendrnt oa It now supports many large herds of cattle
 and sheep, and has room for thousands more No stranger can go into il without being struck with the air of vigorous thrift which
 pervadeS il. Greenwood would be always a
 urOSpSrous village were never a mine near II; but as it feeds A country rich in miner
 LlS, in addition 10 its other resoure>. il IS destined to become one of the prominent
 towns in Arizona. The McCrackin mine alone is enough to build up city. but the trade of Cedar Valley and other rich camps Is also controlled here. From the latter dis
 trict constant shipments are being made of rich ores, and of gold and silver bullion, worked out by arastra and barrel process
 Two large blacksmith shops are fenced in by wagons, waiting their turn for repairs New buildings are being erected. The cherry chatter day and night, of ten-stamp mill. gives Greenwood assurance that the stream into her cOffers of wealth from that ,ource is unccaSing. So we'll has the l McCrackin Company done with this mill l that they propose putting up another with | put delay. The Signal Company has large | force of mechanics at work putting up a { fine new ten stamp mill below town. The ! Davis House is we'll patronizei, offers the | traveller daiutiy clean beds, luxurious ia ole, and gives him an undciinabc feeling oi | being in refined home. Heavy stocks Of goods are carried by Solomon tS Meyers, KimOle Brothers. and Levy A Koshland. Money Is plenty, business on cash basis. and no one seems tn have Use for book
 Artltic- -A SutN tAAN >iNtau l> AiltlCr bAt ls4c health of the place gives him little 10 do.
 There are no lawyers there the people are and cobwebs hang on the scales of justice. II any Of our readers thiuk this description oi Greenwood is oveId.awn, a personal inspection of the place will con vince them to the contrary. The town is reached by Doiag's tour-horse wagons from Many old AIzouans and Nu- manyos are now repairing their shattered ' foTtuncs there. Dan Conger and Johnny . McCann are there. eager for Yuma gossip. Fatty Smith and John Cody have two of the incest saloons IF tho county. Nash and Geo. Matlock and Greet Bryan are hauling ore from the McCrackin-but we cannot name them all. The most disgraceful mat er remains to be told Here is d commu d lity of over 400 people, building up pros :, porous settlement and actually shipping i. ome S50,000 per month in bullion and ores, 'ntirely destitute of mail facilities. But for a Ter own enterprise, Greenwood would get | 10 papers or letters at all Over $i .0O1 per . 'ear Is paid by her citizens, in sums oi U 'S.50 to Sl0 per month each, 10 employ private mail carriers