The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1878-10-26

Treasures that are Pouring Forth
| from There.
Especial Correspondence of the Stock
Report
FLORENCE, Pinal Co., Arizona,
October 18th, 1878.
To EDITOR SAN FRANCISCO STOCK Re-
PORT, SAN Francisco, CAL:
SIR-Knowing your desire for all news
concerning mines and mining enterprises,
l have concluded to give your readers the
benefit of what saw on my late trip to
Pioneer and Globe Districts IN this
Territory.
The direct route to Globe City and
District lies via Picket Post and Silver
King mine From Florence to the King
by daily stage each morning at eight
o'clock, arriving at Picket Post at three
O'clock and Silver King City at five of the
same day. The road is most excellent
and the stage comfortable--for four dol
lars From the King to Globe City saddle
animals are used and are always IN read
mess at reasonable rates by the proprietor
OF the Iri weekly express line running
| between these two pOints-distance %
miles oyer high ranges of mountain and
through deep and dark canons. Within
the next six months it is considered a
fixed fact that toll road will be built,
thereby making Globe District easy of
access and bringing it and her mining
interests to the front. As it has been and
is now the difficulty of reaching that
district has kept away many worthy people
and much capital. The sentiment at
Florence has been against making this
road because they feared it would give all
the trade of Globe to Picket Post and
make that TIE capital Of Pinal county,
thereby taking away both from Florence.
But it must be in the natural course Of
things, because of benefit to all in this
county and section Of Arizona.
The mines of the Globe district are
good as has been proven already in the
instance of rich and valuable ore ship
ment from the Stonewall jackson, I'm
perial, Llauelly and Silver Nugget, and
others of less note. Quite number Of new
finds have been made of late which will a.
the proper time make themselves and
their value known. Coming from this
district towards Florence, there was more
time for look about at the Silver King
and Picket Post. Around the King quite
a settlement has sprung up, and from
man grade, thus proving that road is not
absolutely valueless. Twenty men are
employed on the Silver King, stopping
down the hill on which the outerop was
found, and the ore maintains its richness.
Seven teams are engaged in hauling the
ore to the mill at Picket Post This morn
ing we were at the mine, it was reported
that King rock had been struck in The
North King, at depth of lis feet If this
strike is of any magnitude, It will COM
pletely demolish the theory that the
King is merely blowout and will soon
make things in Pioneer district boom.
At Picket Post, six miles down the canon
from the King, the King 10-stamp mill
ard the rs five-stamp are pounding away.
The latter mill has been engaged to work
King ore, and now the Silver King Mining
Company have fifteen stamps running and
the dividends will be correspondingly in
creased. There Is certainly ore enough
on the dumps to keep both mills running
year and half Picket Post is an ac-
, tive, busy town, pleasantly located and
, evidently very prosperous. From quarry
near by whitish sandstone rock is OBJ.
tanned, that is so soft when first exposed
as to admit of being chopped by an az
into blocks, that make handsome and
strong building material. Some five miles
distant the "Pinal Mill Company's" five.
5 stamp mill is running occasionally on
small lots of custom ore from the Wanna
whata," Eureka and "Union West
mines. The "Union West" is making 8
splendid showing, having a shaft down
sixty feet, with well-defned lead of ma
tive silver ore, in appearance more like
the King tha" anything yet discovered. II
is rumored that ON November first tho
! Pinal Milling Company will also commerce
On contract with the Silver King Com
pany to crush two thousand tons of theil
ore. This will probably be done, as, while
others mines here have not sufficient
ore to kept this mill running, the King
can easily furnish work for forty stamps
! with the present force now at work.