Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-02

Camp Crittenden is very good, and passes
through some fine country. 1t enters the
mountains some miles out of Harshaw
Camp. Harshaw Camp is in the Patagonia
mountains. and is called Patagonia. 1t is
situated in a canyon, and contains about
700 inhabitants. 1t is a prosperous camp,
and has a newspaper called the Ari-ond
Buliioa. One large quartz mill, the . Her
mosa. IS in progress OF erection. The
lumber for this mill was brought from
Truckee, California, the native lumber not
being sufficiently strong for a mill of this
character. The Hermosa mine is about one
and a half miles distant, and has ), 900 tons
Of ore on the dumps awaiting the erection
OF the mill, which. when completed will,
undoubtedly, make lively times in the
above. named camp. Barley, selling at 81
Sonora, although some comes from Los An
to the Alta mine. This was purchased by
represented, fine prospects. The old French
mine is being worked with good results.
The American mine is also well spoken of.
THE MowRY MINE HAS A HISTORY.
1t was discovered in 1885, and in 1860
became the property of Lieutenant Syives-
ter MowTy. 1t Is 6, 100 feet above the level
of the sea, and ten miles from the Mexican
line. The smelting-works and the ma
chinery for working this mine had to be
brought from San Diego, a distance of COO
miles, at cost of % cents per pound fer
teaming. good example of the value OF
railroads, and a rather severe criticism upon
those complaining of high freights and fares,
lies in the fact that machinery can now be
laid down at Benson from San Francisco, a
distance OF over ,00G miles, at cost for
freight not exceeding 81 cents per pound,
and in less than four days, as against two
months few years ago. During the war
Lieutenant Mowry hoisted the Confederate
flag, and his works were afterwards seized
by the United States Government. Many
were the adventures that Lieutenant Mowry
had with the Indians in going to ard from
his mine. In 1864 the late J. Ross Browne
visited the mine and wrote an interesting
description of it.
WASHINGTON CAMP.
This camp is located 1000 feet above
sea.level and commands view of Sonora,
being about five miles from the Mexican
line. They have hotel here, but the
dwellings are mostly tents, as the camp is
new one. The climate is the finest have
known in Arizona, being at an elevation
sufficient to make the evenings cool and
during the day to average temperature at
about So. The prospects here are very
hattering. Two smelling works are soon
to be erected. The mines show good wide
lodges, and although the ore is not so rich
as at Tombstone, it shows in great quanti-
ties-a good sign for prosperous camp.
The Holland mine was purchased for &c.,
GOO and the w. C. Davis for $40, 600. Both
mines have large quantities of ore on the
dumps and are soon to erect smelling
works.
RETAIL MARKET PRICES AT TOMBSTONE.
1t might be interesting to your readers
to know the retail market prices at Tomb
stone, thus
Groceries, etc-Flour, q 100 lbs, Sc
corn, 50 50; barley, So so; bran, So
hay, y ton, $50; potatoes, i fb, 4lc;
sugar, 1Sc coffee, 25(d 35c beans, IA Sc;
bacon. l5@20c e b; candles, l4@35c
corn meal, &c; starch, lSc; tobacco,
chewing, 75c@Sl Is; tobacco, smoking
50caS2 butter, 35c cheese, 30c ; coal oil.
U gallon, S0@90c; chickens, each, soc;
eggs, = dozen, soc; canned jellies, u can,
soc; canned corn, soc; canned tomatoes,
SOC; beefsteak, t ID, 8@l5c; mutton, Sc;
pork, Zoe.
Dry goods Standard prints, l0c cot
ton, brown, o@l5c; cotton, bleached,
9@30c.
Liquors - Whisky, q gallon, SOS;
wines, sl@l2; beer, imported, II dozen
bottles, s.; beer, native, So.
Hardwarc-Iron, e ID, l2ac; steel, 20@
274c; nails, p keq, Sl4 horscshoes. Sl4;
picks, t dozen, Sl5@24; powder, q keg
s. 80 giant powder. q Ii, Csc.
Crockery-Cups and saucers, D dozen,
S2@4; side dishes, 81 50@3 washbowls
and pitchers, each, S2@4 80.
Labor-Carpenters, = day, So; masons,
So miners, 81 blacksmiths, So; engi-
neers, Sc laborers, So.
As coon as the hot weather is over here
a great rush viii no doubt be made to Ari-
zona from California and the East, and
mining prospects that now remain unde-
veloped, awaiting capital, will be bought
and worked, thus giving employment to all
classes of business. OBSERVER.