Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-08-14
Special Correspondence of THE CITIZEN.

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 Special Correspondence of THE CITIZEN
 MINERAL GREEK, August 9.-Did it ever occur to any of your readers that perhaps there is too much of our Ter ritory, considered as mining country, for the Terriiory's present good? The capital which has hitherto been at- tracted to the aid of our prospectors has been so comparatively small, and those pro,pectors so numerous, that hope deferred has made many stout | hearts weaken. l. has seemed SD with Mineral Creek District. Whea one thinks of She weary work and waiting which so many of our pr0spectors have endured, it seems almost that they are entitled 10 al! the credit should Arizona make the mark we all hope she will. Until quite recently the men who have been giving their best years and struggles to the devel- ! opment of their chosen grounds have been compelled 10 wait and see new and neighboring districts one after the other achieve those c-owning tri- umphs of the miners hopes-mills | and reduction wbrks-whilet theIr own ! district was passed unnOticed b. But this could no. last always. They had the mineral, an1 thu; I5 sure to attract cap itai, SO that now there eomes a gle1m of dawn in the form of q real quartz mill, backed by dollars, engineered by brains and pushed by s;roug hands. ! From the time the Mineral Creek Mining Company's mill commences to ship bullion he future of Mineral Creek District will begin to assume form and shape, and her merits will be tested and pissed ID ln. Tle min CTS are eager for ih. trial ani coId- den, of the result.
 ! But where i' Mineral Cree}; Dis ! trict I fancy 1 hei' soms of your readers ask. Well, it lies Co tA: >oIlh- west or Globe District ('he P.nil mountains forming the iiyi ling lino}, south ot Pioneer District. and aas sn area of perhaps ten miies square, though am hardly cer,lIn as 10 the latter stalem-nt. l. has ID emp ot any note, thouyl each httle cluster of claims hs5 Us center of white tents an ston. cabins. IcXp.ct tha' qui;o litle iowa will spring ID in ths yicili.y of Colonel H1yt'5 camp, a5 his nili Is now approaching conp'e- ton, RI; the vicinity c5Ala.n5 B large numb.r of exceedingly fay,.IJ.epr1s- poets. The present 5I-is oi supplies are Globe 10 the northeast lai Picket Post aud silver King ,o tas uor,h- west The avenues of cOmmunica- ton to the Mineral Creek Mining Complny's camp are: By trail from G.obe, ? mics, oc ty the Tucson rod to Dripping Spring ou the Florence road, md thence l2 miles by th new rod iu;o camp; b. ,r.il from Picket Post and Silver King. aboIi 2) miles, or by the Fl5rence road to Dripping 1 Sprin ss; and from Tucson by the ne'S ] Globe road t1 where it joins the Flor ence road in Disappointment Valley, and thence in by w.y of Dripping Springs. There is at present uo rcgI- ! lar conveyance, but the traveller will ] fad plenty of grass auI water for his animals al the several camps, and a regular miners hospitality for him ' self.
 The roste took was by trail from Picket Post, and reachsl d camp on Mineral Creek proper, about B miles from my starring place, just at night fail, and was made heartily welcome at the camp of Ir T. Haley ian old prospecior in ArizJnal and his asso- ciates. The valley here has @ dense growth of willows, pleaty of water, grass and wood. and Is in every way adapted for the purposes of a mining camp. In the morning We s1llied out for look at the neighboring pros poets, which lie in the Mescai mountains, to the east of the creek
 The first claim visited was the Key stone. an immense and rich copper showing, owned by T. Haley, F. Phelps and K. Mckenzie. The sur face shogings at the point where the work has been commenced are fully 90 feet wide, and the ledge, strong anu plainly visible, shows for the length oi number of locations, and in width from So to 100 feet Most of the ledge is q brilliant rock, of the weIl-known hues which ob:qin in ,ich copper ore and 1 was told that most Of 1t would average 45 per cent. copper. Al presen there is A 2jfoot shaft on Inc claim which is being pushed steadily down and from the shaft and Ia stripping | for more room on the ledge there have been corded up fully 200 ebns of the best ore
 I did not visit any more of tho claims on the copper lelss, thpusi
 Mr Haley informed me shat they
 were all as favorable as his own fin prospect. Keeping on my way uI Chloride Gu!ch, near which tue Key stone lies. came to the Rustler Of th
 Camp, where water in the shaft ha, driven the miners out of the claim. l
 was consequently deserted until suel
 time as facilities are afprlei 10 masie
 the in,ruier. It is owned by D. V