Arizona citizen., 1880-04-10
THE CITIZEN.
PATAGONIA DISTRICT.
Something About the Canps-New Lo-
 tions and Rich Discoveries.
MOwRY. Arizona, April ,.

MowRY, Arizona, April ,.
 EDITOR CITIZEN:-The Patagonia
 mountains are on the boom in mining matters. Several new and valuable dis coveries and developments have just
 been made in this vicinity. Near the old Mowry mine, less than one mile from the old Mowry works, which was worked many years ago, and has a shaft 46 feet deep, with rich ore in the bottom, three locations have been made, each of them showing chloride and black metal ore and are undoubt- edly very rich. No assays have yet been made. One of the best of these locations, the Beaver, was located by Jesse Haeburg and T. F. Colwell. Re cently MT. E. N. Fish, one of the own CTS of the Mowry mine, paid this place visit, and let a contract to J. D. Andrews to open up and repair the mine. While he was repairing the mine, in cleaning out an extensive cave, which was about 40 feet high and 60 feet long, he found ore as rich as any that ever came out of the mine The caving of the mine had developed fine body of ore, a sample of which has been forwarded to MT, Fish. MT. Andrews thinks this mine a valuable property and the easiest smelted ore in this section, and that the mine as yet is hardly prospected, although thou sands of tons of ore have been extract ed and worked. While Mr. \. was eX- ploring the old works he came near losing his life by ladder, which ap- peared sound, giving away and precip- itating him some % feet among the rocks and in the darkness below. The ladder was decayed with dry rot, and MT. A. describes having quite an ex- citing time before he could get out as he was alone in the shaft. He was was badly bruised, but had no bones bro ken. About one mile from the MOwry is Goodhope mine, valuable proper ty, recently bonded by MT. French, adjoining which is the Venong mine, owned by Preston and Leyden, with a shaft 75 feet deep and good lot of ore on the dump. Also the Central, owned by Maish & Driscoll and Bush, with a shaft down 20 feet and splen- did showing of ore. Many other good prospects in this vicinity bid fair to make the old Patagonia works a busy place, as it was years ago, when they laid the foundation for quite respect able grave yard with the assistance of the Apaches, some 75 being buried here in the little grave yard on the hill.
 On the north and west side of the Patagonias there are some good mines that have never seen noticed in the papers. There is one ledge that has seven claims located on it continuous ly and is from three to four feet wide, with a good deal of ore that will go $100 per ton. Messrs. Lewis and son, of Harshaw, are prominent among the owners, owning three of the best loca- tons. Within the past few weeks new find was also made in that vicin- ity of an old mine that was worked by the ancients to some extent, which ap- pears to be valuable discovery, MT. J. T. Pantlind, recently from Califor- nia and Nevada, being one of the To- cators.
 At Washington and Harshaw camps everything goes ahead prosperously as usual. Messrs. Preston and Leyden are sinking 50 foot shaft on the Sil- yer Heel mine. The Kentuck and Cosmopolitan mines are having work done on them.
 We have had some severe weather here since the middle of January, but it. is now pleasant.
 Union City, on the Santa Cruz, is to be the great city of Arizona, where the ore is to be smelled from the Patagonia mines. If the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and Guaymas railroad company fail to build their road from the end of the Dos Cabesas via Tombstone and Baba- creek to the head of the San ta Cruz river on their way to Guaymas, and let the business of Union City and Patagonias hop into the hands of other roads, they will lose large and pay ing business, besides increasing the cost of construction millions of dollars by going via Fl Paso and the Sonora river to Guaymas. Union City will be To- cated in Arizona immediately upon the Mexican line. When the Mexican trade is transferred from Tucson to Union City, look out for a crop of grass in the streets of the ancient pue- bio. SAPATCEos.
 SOME Pima Indians crept under a freight car near the depot Tuesday in order to avoid the scorching rays of