, 1879-01-23

ritorics In which mineral is found. unless 1t bo
tit7t OF Ncr Mexico, which has much the fnino
climate a. this. hr miner can work here The
year round, uninterrupted by storms or cold
wcatlILr.
The great drawback 10 this part nf the Terri
tnry, and IN fact all over the Territory. Is the
laek oi ca.3ital. Miners and prospcctofs, a. .
them; and The Development Of . mine without
money Is next to an itnpossfbtlfty In country
where bacon costs 20 cents per pound Deans ~
cents, 4nRar 70, coffee 10. dried fruit 70 70 ~
cents, potatoes 10 cent?, and all other eatahcs
are prUpostionAtcly expensive. The foregoing
rstes are, however, cheao compared "Aa TIC
prizes paid here three yeats ago.
nHTTEH TINE COMING
for this country, We hone. anil that soon; ny
thc lst tiar Of April next thc southern, Pacific
Ra!1road will have reached = potnt only atoMt
sixty miles distance from this camp. This will
reduce the cost Of transportation, aud henen y:
cost Of supplies. But We arc not satisfied WIN
lAyng an outlet to Caiifornta.-we arc looking
lon9inEiy towards the AtchIson, Topeka d San
ta Fc Road for m outlet east. md sn inpourlnG
Of supplies of alt kinds, such a. no other eoun-
tfy but the Middle ataics can prsslnse.
uur enmp an, villaee, are RrorInE rapidly.
Nineteen months ago, when came hero, there
wcrc hut three. families nntl three little adobe
iut": nov Nc hare over twenty five families,
nncr 81 good aooe hl1dn9, two s'oac- me
Four Mill. havs been erected s'nee I
can,c here. mud arc now crushing
orc. Three Of these mills simply concentrate
q" orc, nni then ship the concentrattons TO
Ean Francacn TO he conTerte cd Into bullion. This
| process IA not q Bucccss. There Is but one mtne
here that Yields concentrating trt,-tlat Is tho
| Si!yer-Ktng,-anf. even With this orc, there I!
tiite loss: hut tl,e taifinRs Afe saved, and viii
be worked: Mr. Aaron Mason, ti!e suoor'n,
tettlent Of the King Mine Bm! Mil. Informed
me, n few haYs aincc, tlIat the Company con.
template aiding pats and settlers tn tie tn'lt
cRrly this spring; then they vii! convert their
| ore ihtn tJulllou hero at tho Post. Mcssrs.
| Etonc d Bcntph lInye. within the past lew
weeks. erected nn'l started a small mill, with
aEnMlgamntinE rans ntsi settlers; md II Is
working fHDIy. ] refined anil ran out t1le first
bar of hnltfpfL from this mill on Ecw-Ycarfs .
Day. Thi. VIVA ihr first bullion evcr produced
at Ticket Post; but VIC tlopc to soon bo
PRODUCING nCi1.IoN pAlLr.
I do not hesitate to say That shiA camp anil
mining district have as bright an outlook A. any
10 this Territory, nny OF tic Territories within
the United States. But. to the capitallat who
desires to Invest tn mlnest We aav. Come anl In
vtstiEate for snurke1f, a1l! Sec what VIZ have.
There arc plenty OF promising claims here that
cnn be purchased at reasonable pr.cts from par
tics who arc unable to work them. To The
p5pspcctnr who Is unable to purchase, and de-
sircs to find n,n ioe3te Its own minct NC eay,
Cun1c: this IA Us gtnIl a f}ell for ynl ~ anv in
tic Territory; but don't como expecting to ind
md locate rich claEm the flrst week after you
| get here. True, Jou might stumble OIL ona In
three dnys; but 1t mar take you three wears.
p. 4. BnowK,