Arizona citizen., 1878-01-04
GLOBE DISTRICT.
McMlIlen's Campfire Mine--The R. E. Lee and Hannible-MiRmiC City Mines and Matters.
MCMILLEN's CAMP, ARIZONA,
 December 1S 1877

northern section of Globe District. The enterprise and progress of this camp
 has been described to me many times, and yet l must say l was quite sur prised to find such large settlement here. In taking in the town :" we were compelled to view it by sections as the lower half of the village is hid "just around the corner" of a little hill
 Owing to the uneven character of the country the town appears at a disad- vantage to a stranger, but the founders of the camp were compelled to locate here on account of water The town contains about thirty buildings which are utilized as stores, shops, dwellings, saloons, a boarding house, restaurant, assay office, etc. There is little about the town that partakes of temporary or transient nature, most of the build ings are substantial and look as if they were intended for years of service. The stock on hand at the stores is small at present, the old goods having been sold and the new supplies not yet here. NIT. Freeman, Secretary of the Me Millen Company, kindly extended to me every hospitality the camp afforded
 This morning MeSsrs. Freeman, Scott, Flournoy and myself with Tom Kelley, the efficient foreman of the McMillen Company for our guide, made a nasty visit to the most important mines here. The McMillen hull so far as developed Is certainly the silver wonder of the world. The entire hill seems to be a network of threads and spurs leading into the main ledge Before the present Company took hold of this mine sev- eral bodies of very rich ore were taken from the opposite side of the hill from where the main shaft and tunnel is located; this main shaft is now down about 100 feet, and the tunnel is run northeast and southwest nearly 300 feet. Ore from the immensely rich strata is hOlsted daily from the main shaft, and the extent of this strata can only be determined by further devel- Opments. MT. Freeman the Secretary, has acted as Superintendent during the last three months, and has displayed great skill and energy in pushing for ward the works and improvements. He has built an ore-hOuse at the dump, an office anu sleeping departments, a large clearinghouse and rooms with berths for the company's employees, to- gether with other useful and conve- nient improvements. The tunnel and fifty feet of the shaft is also part of the work accomplished under his su- pervision MT. Freeman took me into the old tunnel on the west side of the hill which is now used as a store-house for the rich ores, powder, e.c. Here 1 saw large number of boxes and sacks ot ore ready for shipment. 1 examined some of the pieces weighing from five to twenty-five pounds, and found them composed of almost solid silver. 1 un- derstand this ore is to be shipped to San Francisco in about ten days.
 At the dump saw more of this rich metal, and observed in the second-class pile, chunks of ore weighing over 100 pounds that would assay al least 5000 per ton. MT Tom Kelley then led the way into the tunnel about 100 feet, and from this point we descended into shaft now twenty five feet below the level of the tunnel The tunnel fol lowed a strata of rich ore, and the same strata shows itself at the bottom of the twenty-five foot shaft. The streak is about four inches wide and good rock though not as rich as in the main shaft.
 The HanniDle mine is the first north 1 east extension of the McMillen claim. Charlie McMillen, the original discov- erer of this ledge, is the superintend- ent of the HannIble He has shaft 1 down about thirty feet in nice looking ore, and the indications promise rich strike soon.
 The R. E. Lee is the first southwest of the McMillen. Superin- ! tendent Scott has displayed great en- ergy in developing thls mine. He has the main shaft down eighty feet with a cross-cut west fifty-two feet and has just started another cross-cut east. He . has no ore yet, but the indications east are good. That the Lee and Hannible . will prove to be good mines seems sl- most certain.
 Very rich pockets of ore have been taken from the Little Me and the Doc tor, and they are without doubt very | valuable claims.
 MIAMI CITY.
 This youthful town has lived until now without a name. That it may not ap- pear lll-favored nor unimportant have agreed with some of the promi- nent citizens here 10 christen it Miami | City, and leave wiser heads or debat- . Ing legislatures to devise a better name.
 This little settlement is situated about five miles below Globe City, where the south branch meets the main bed of Pinal creek As yet there are but few | l.-.. I.... L.. l..- ... ... rr..,