Arizona silver belt., 1879-01-10

eldpctlcHt, t4e AtlH natlAH oeef pushed forward early in The morning.. About tyto o'clcek tho train was pushed forward again. dumped half D mile of ties and rails, and then was drawn back just far enough to bring it's head opposite this pile of rnateri- al. We had long ago said goodbye to the stage driver, and now found 1t prudent to renew our acquainfance With Mr. Martin who dqves and con daetsp the supply train Tue old eaa ca iae w foaaJ tod iight to do the work nos required. and has been replaced by s226 q During the run to Yuma we hadam- pie opportunity to bote the imniense amount of work chat has been done in the pass six weeks.
 Work was in fact commenced No- vember 18th, but the main force of. graders did hot arrive until Noyeln- Der 20th and 21st. During the week ending November 23d four miles had heea lad and a fair beginning made at organizing. During the thirty two working days following the latter date there have been consructed twenty seven miles of road. over the msst dihcalt part of the whole route between Yuma and Tucson. Jast behind Old Mission Camp the train crossed three temporary bridges of crib-work aanked by heavy fills ; two of these POS feet long, each, and nearly fifteen feet high. The road cuts through the south end of the corral at Nen Mission Camp. At RattIesnake El,ll 1t goes oyer q long tll of some 24 ,000 cubic yards this big work was done in three days. and its rapid completion reflects great credit on Chef Str9brdges's skill in handling his forces. As far as New Mission the tram had gone carefully. From there 70 town the track had been ballas1ed, and Mr. Martin let her out ;1 on some Gangcnls attain ing . speed of oyes twenty miles an hour. Sitting oa top of a box ear we experienced little joltng and found lso difficulty in erlring with a pencil Between Raftlesnake and Descanso the road is an unusually crooked one. curve following curve in constant succession and giylng our .ong train Of thgsy-ive ears che sp- pearance of huge serpent gliding through the low hlils. About three miles east of the old 0royills ruin we came ap to the pile driver and it's gang of carpenters, which is replac- ing temporary crib-work with sub- stantial bridges whose aariilx aud sIoping ends are heavily planked. From there to Yuma the bridging has all been finished. The pile driver train runs down to its side track atl 0roville to Iet the supply train pass.
 At Gila City Stauon tue road pas sos just to the north of the corral. Here we passed Donahee's gang off carpenters and the Chinese gaug that p0ss the final touches on the road. Along here we could note the shasser- ing effects of heavy blasts of pow der, 300 to 400 pounds having been frequently used n a slngle charge, to break up the tough cement of the hllls. Nearing Yuma we were sng- pFised at the accumulation of ma teIial made at the yard during the past month. Further inquiry derel- oped the fact that some 900 ,000 ties and twelve miles of rails have been gathered here, besides supplying .ll demands of construction.
 The run to Yuma was made in one hour and forty minutes, including delays caused by waiting for the pille- dfiyer train to get out of our wsy,
  and by picking ap lot of empty flats which had gone out loaded sitb bridge timbers.
 The rapid progress made over she difficult country bef4een here and Gila, justi6es Col. Sirobridge's as. sertion that he can, if required. lay the track over the compafatively easy country between 6ila and Msr- icepa Wells by April 1st, with his present force He does not now ex- pect ta cossame over four months ln doing that, m any eyenl
 There $ ia Moore coanty, N C.. twenty e'ght gell mines, SIX silver mpes, eight copper mines, nine or