Arizona silver belt., 1878-12-13
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 YUMA Nov. 9-Ia my last letter from T,tcsou I prmaised to write again frlm Globe but business en- esgeluents. prevented my keeping my prolnre, I have just arrived here. and Is l cannot get away be fore evening viii at least began the promised letter, even If have to i;nish 1T solle other time.
 October A5th 1 arrived m Globe on mv return from Tucson. l had come to the conclusion to give Gloee Dlsnact the lyeference should 1 sue eeea m forming the desired business connections. According 10 my best judgment, 5lle mines m the Globe Dlsulct arg as good as, if not better than. fblse situated in Southern Ar lzena The ore veins are perhaps not as ,lfge, bat they are, Judging from appearances, considerably richer. IL tie climate is taken into considera- tion, Globe District IS vastly prefer able 10 Southern Arizona. Work netd not be stopped single day threughout the entire year on account of ths weather During the summer the days are, of course, very warm but the Sdghts being cool rellef IS at- forded. 9se water IS very good and available for nj Fe.e.s. ,,g5gses Wells for fatnilv use need not be sunk over thirty feet deep for manufacturing purposes an ample water-supply IS fluud b. boring from sIxty to one hun2rod feet The Plnai mountains eoasain tnber enough for several wears to come, ant furnish fire as well IS building ,narerial. A saw mill has been running there for about two years.
 As indicated ia former letters, l had.nade arrangements with Hayse < Buck to enter into business with them. provided 1 couid raise the nee essary capital in Chicago or else where. These gentlemen had sold the Julius mine to s. Louis parties. but the sale WIS made yoid, as | learned on my return from Tucson, bg the failure of the purchasers to comply with the terms of the sale. Since I had not seen all the property owned by Hsyse < Buck before 1 started Tor Tucson, l gladly accepted their invitation to accompany them oa a tour through the mountains.
 Our objective point was about twenty ,a.Ies from Globe, to be reached by following an old Indian traIl. and necessitated camping out at least oae night We started early in the morning on horseback Oal provisions were carried by burro. The patient little animal was loaded down with a perfect camping outfit, and with provisions in such quantity as # we were starting on a months journey through the wilderness The way to Piual creek led us through Copper canyon. As the name indi- cates, copper is found there but no- where had 1 been told. nor had l read in any of the works on Arizona, that copper was to be found in tais part of the Territory. However, l soon found tue canyon got its name for good reasons. After ride of about twe hours we saw at the en- trance of the canyon pointed rock, surmounung the hiils like a pyramid of a very peculiar appearance l was not a little surprised to find that this rock was nothing less than cop per ore, the g-eenish hue of which produced in the bright sunlight a really beautiful effect. Ny com panons called my attenuon to enor- nous quantities of copper ore crop ping out of the ground all aroaiid the pyramid. But little blasting Is re- qalred to make all this ore ready for the market The only trouble is, so far, the great cost of transportation, making the minisg of ore winch does not contain S very considerable per centage of silver or gold rather uu- profitable fer the present. Both met als are. however, found very fIe- queatIy with the copper ore m this vicinity l took two pieces of cop per ore from two different mines and had them assayed the one contained T per centof copper and l02 ounces of silver per ton: the other, 45 per cent of copper 15 ounces of silver, and s 50 in gold. 50 far, aot a single copper mine has been worked, A., sis, ars,s. fs.~rr,-, of Ina ga iI-