The Phoenix herald., 1879-03-05
FINAL COUNTY.
Info rmatiOn Regarding the Towns, Hts Mines and Farms
FLORENCE, February 14, 1879.

last notes" is the centre of large
 and growing agricultural section, and
 the seat of government of Maricopa
 county, so Florence is the centre of q
 rich and i'm oortant mining country
 and the county seat of Pinal county
 Florence is about 60 odd miles, in
 q straight direction, from PheniX
 but the man who goes from Phenix to Florence by stage must travel so,
 as the regular mail stage route is by way of Maricopa Wells. Florence
 was started" about ten years ago,
 and is so called after sister of Gov
 ernor R. C. Mccormick, whose hon. ored name is a household word Tn Arizona. While Florence is, to d great extent, elevated to the dignity of town through it's proximity to a number of wonderful mines, it is also surrounded by many hundreds of acres of excellent farming lands, all of which may be irrigated by waters from the Gila.
 The houses are all built ot adobe but present a better appearance than adobe houses generally do. The streets are laid out at right angles, and most of the thoroughfarcs are shaded by trees that were planted or set out simultaneous with the com mencemcnt of building There is one good hotel, three or four boarding houses, and several stores. The United States Land Office for South ern Arizona is located at Florence, and the place contains at least 800 in habitants. The climate is much the same as that of PheniX and the Salt River country, except that the eli mate of the Gila river country is a little more equable, if anything, than that of the vast plains watered by the Salinas.
 THE MINING DISTRICTS ADJACENT TO
 FLORENCE.
 1 remark above that Florence is in the heart of a wonderful mining country So it is so far as is at pres ent developed; and I doubt not that the discoveries yet to be made will the coast The famous Sil- yer King mine, owened in great part by Colonel James NJ. Barney, is near Florence. This mine is one of the wonders of Arizona. For many the Silver King has produced all the way from $75,00O to nearly $100,000 a month with ten stamps. 1 saw while here 100000 pounds of con centratiOns that have since assayed [ early $20,000. There is also a fine piece of property called the Redeem CT mine. There are two mills running night and day is this particular local ity. and enough is on the dumps to keep the two mills with their fifteen stamps running for at least a-year rom the present time. There are on m average twenty men engaged in aking out ore from the Silver King, md enough is taken out to keep forty stamps in constant operation. Just before arriving at the Silver King nine is a place called Picket Post 1 which may prove formidable rival O Florence at no distant day.
 THE GLOBE DI STRICT.
 Further on over the mountains from Florence, King and Picket Post is an rich district called the 3lobe. Here quite a settlement has prung up, and the people are as or lerly and industrious as can be found | n any mining or agricultural town Il California. Among the most prom nent mines ln this locality are the Silver Nugget mine, the Imperial Jackson, and many others # lesser note. Near the Globe dis rict is mineral creek, showing very arge number of good leads \ little . t1 ilOlll IChCl OSt Is duOllICI IlCn istrict, with any quantity of paying hines. Tferc is ono, called the Union Vest, down nearly q hundred feet iD 9 rock at times so rich that it cannot e crushed. There is a small mill of ve stamps in operation here. There re a number of mines in this locali- ' paying their way in milling ore -hile developments are going on his is only brief outline of min lg and milling operations in DOT on of Arizona near which the outhcrn Pacific Railroad will soon enetrate This brief outline, how yer, shows a degree of industry, en- srprise and confidence on the part of hardy splendid set of men who have raved hostile Indians, Mexican ut-throats and desperadoes, which is rovcrbial of your real occidental ioneer.
 AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION.
 A large portion of the country I Florence as it's centre, bo1 ! CTS on the Gila river. and a rood '