Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-10-30
NEW DISTRICT.
some Information Regarding the Re sources of the Southeastern Part of the County-The California Mining Distriet-Means oT Reaching th" Mines,
CALIFORNIA MINING DISTRICT,

VIA DAN SIMON, OclODcI %b.
 EDITOR CITIZEN: Your correspou dent will, for the sake of the travel ing pubic and your many readers generally, give you few items from the southeastern corner of Pima county. The capitalist prOspeetoT and tourist should take the east bound train that arrives at the San simon station, on the Southern Pacific rail- road on Saturday a, l0:30 a m, where they will find a fourhOrse stage in waiting to take them tO the CalitOr- mia Mining District. This district is situated on the eastern slope of the ChIricahua mountains, southeast from the San Simon railroad station twenty miles, in the southeastern part of the county.
 The district Is crossed by three liv- ing streams of pure mountain water the banks of which are lined with heavy enough timber for both Smelt- ing and lumberlng purposes.
 Turkey Creek in the central stream, and also the center of attraction for the mining world, as the Texas and Quinn mines of thIs rich mining belt have been sold to Pennsylvania capitalists, who have, under the superintendency of MT. Vessel, placed three eight hour shifts on each mine, expecting in 60 days to have two smelters in full blast-One OD the east and the other on the western slope of the Chiricahua mountains.
 On Turkey Creek there is a store we'll stocked with mining supplies and general merchandise, at which point a pOstoffice will soon be estab- lished. At present there is weekly mail conveyed by stage every Sttur- day from the San Simon station. Provisions are reasonable. Starr $ "extrar flour is only SC per hundred pounds, and other supplies in propor- Iion. The blacksmIthshop of Bostick E Bro. is supplied with two skilled workmen-One machinist - where woyk is done at eastern prices; horses sbod all around at $2.15, and ether work in proportion. Freighting from the San Simon station IS Sl2.IJ per ton to this camp.
 There IS wood and water in abun- dance and mineral enough and in quantities to satisfy even " Nevada ' man. The mineral belt Of the Cali fornia Mining District is six miles wIde and seventeen or eighteen miles long. On the western side Of Turkey Creek and very near the center of this mineral belt is the Texas mine, men, toned defore. Out of twenty assays made one gave SiO0 per ton, another over S6O per ton; while the average gave SIS per ton. Across the creek, on the eastern side, is the shalt or the gigantic Rough and Ready mine. This mine is the property of Messrs. Rvlev & Co.,, of Tombstone. They are now down thirty-two feet and are working in seven-fOOt face oi ore. The whole shaft is in solid ore oi galena and carbonate, three-iourths of the shaft being pay rOck-asSaying on ton SIS, and no assays having been made since. The company eX- pect 10 sInk 100 feet and then cross cut.
 will make mention of one more noted mine of this camp, the Hum ming Bird, the property of Messrs. Melcher & Dodge, a black metal ledge, three feet wide at the bottom of a thirtv-five-foot shafi, and assay ing from $500 to $1100, with perfect walls. This is fine piece of property
 The ores of thIs camp are smeltlng ores of high grade, consisting mainly of carbonates and galena- Will write oI further developments aS they progress
 MACK.