Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-09-04
OLD HAT DISTRICT.
Rapidly Coming to thu Front as Great Mining Camp-Recent Im- pOrtant Sales of Cl1Ims-Fhe Imper- ial, Southern Belle and Others.

HUH V il l> Oul uI uThl tlat >De Fh)utd feel maternal affection for what may be Considered her owu home prospects. Among shc districts within such ra- dIus as may en.itlr them tp ba prep erly chased under that head, there are none which wi.l pr,b1bly atrac; 50 much eiten,i1n during lhc next three mohlhs as the Old Hat District. Al. though comparatively unknown and anpFosPccied, considered a, mineral section, the rccent limited develop mentS seem to indicate that this DOT ton of the Santa C!tarlna cuultry is desliaed tu crca'e d perfect furore during ihe next twelve months. Of course Il Is to- early as yet for evea the best cf oar experts 10 Venture any thing more than opinions as t' she future 5f Oli Hat, but some Of ,he 7hrewiest mining men are turaiug their aitenti in IO the magnIii:ent shdwings which the prospectars If the district have to offer, and the prob abilities now are-il fact, it iS almost a cerIainly--thai capital will at once be set al work to develop some of thc recently purchased clai.ns.
 Knowing the rapidly in tereSt siih which the plblic invest ,his new locality, q CITIZEN reareseu- t"iive sought out MT C. q. Gillette, one rf the lucky prospec,ors If Old Hat District, and requested him to tell lhe public somerhIng ot his own pros poets, 10 which MT. Gillette readily complied. The old gentleman is nat urally enthusiastic regarding his camp. as he and his partner, Capt. J. Young, have just s4ld one of lhcir thirteen claims-lhe Inpgrial-for sI5,OO0 to Capt. Weeks and Mr Swce tman.
 The Imperial" said Mir Gillette, is a claim which was located by my partner ant me about three months ago. IL lies about three-quartcrs of mile from what is known as the 'Old Stone Cabin and two miles from the American Flag, on the southeastern slope Of iha Santa Catarinas. We didn't have mach capital to prospect Il, but we knew it Was good one. IL showed for three or four hundred icet ihe finest cropp;ngs you ever saw We had 10 work it under considerable difficulty. same IS hun,irea> uf other prospeciprs have had tp, but we man. agci tn make five openings on the ledge-lhrce shaits and tw1 cuts, and one If the shafts was If feet deep. We found rock carrying free gold in every cGt. TI.e rock IS bcau'ilul white quartz, and it all carri es gold and au iron stain. The ledge will average more than seven feet wide, and If it isr't q contact vein there never was one, for il has a granite fOnt.wali snd slate on the other side There is ralena streak in the ledge about four feel wide .n places, aui rolerabiy rich I've had assays from il as high d. S6oG in gold and 562 in silver. Yes" said the nld gentleman, in response 10 question, I've had some pretty big assrys from the god rnck. One went a- high as $lS000. When -, the great California expert, WIS up at tine camp. he took one nf his averages oF inc ledge, and he hgatci il from gran iIc to slate, and even took rock that 1 wouldn't ever imagine ,h9re Was cent ju t. and his average was +41 ih gJlt and f3.gd ia silver, unI you know ;heY cal, him ;hc coide,t-nosed ex pert on he Coas'. Wv had to sell rhe Impci al tn get nnney enough to pros pect OFT ether claims. A 9rospecior'S life is hard enough, and if he hasn't any money he might almost as well give up. We'll go ahead HOW, and the ncx time I come tn town I'll have something lo tel you worth printing, you tct!"
 The Sout ,rn Belle, another If the claims which Mir. Gillette mentioned, beside being most remarkable pIos- pcct, has little history of it's own not often gracing the Recorders books It was foand and l1cltci by Mrs. Gillette herself, without any aid from members ot the Stcrner sex, and while it is by no means the first claim ever located hy B lady, yet the circum- .tanceS uf the location are such as 10 reflect the highest credit upon Mrs. Gilette's shrewdHcss and intelligence. The ledge on the Southern Belle has been known to prOspectors for some lime, and maIy of them have tried thelr hammers and picks on i,s crop pings. The ledge stands out bold and high for l4OJ ieet, but finding nothing at all in the ca, rock, the hunters in variably " gave il the shake a. heiug barren. BIt the female mind refuses to accept the deduction, of Ihe other sex. even ih the person of an old and we'll known piOSpectur." Mrs. Gillette. lady of more than ordinary intelligence, had made the subject of minerals and mining, scientifically considered, the study of many leisure hours. and her practical experience iu a mining camp Is by no means limi.- ed. She therefore came to the tcmin- inc conclusion tha! there WAS no harm in trying" 10 ind mineral in