, 1880-05-22

W!thln tho last, few, days tho old French
Minc has started work asain,. and operations
Alta Mine, which is said to be ono OF the
best mines III tho district. or coursc, time
may bq expceted to deyclop other g9od
Mi,ss but " 1og as pfnspectars nru ask!nK
twelve Or ilfteci, feet deep, u cannot be Gx,
pected TINT INVESTORS will make tho district
boom. Because a controlling Interest III the
1lGrnosa happens to have been sold for over
wIio fow nlontIs ago wouli have giatiysoiti
their claims for $1,000 or 81 600 Should now
expect to find folks willing to pay ono hun.
ared times that amount. However, reason or
'fsss ss se !f'' op a 'yS we
portion Of llolr. days aid nfghts in playing
poker and drinklny, whisky IN the llarsiinw
are going ZIP fast, and towli-lots which three
esivit1dp easy Of saio aao At tsss sseo. o'sS"S
Ifarshaw furnishes another instance Of the
nlcans live III Arizona; even tho small tent.
dwellings sceni preferable TO the wrutclicdly
dirty adobo cabins wherein two Or three por-
ao1ls sleep nightly OIL beds Innocent OF aleets
! considered It quito n luxury to find n good
friend Jules, Donnaud, nor did tho snoring Of
the occupants, Of the ,othor flve beds II the
III. DAME! d. Gillette, Jr.,, the 5aperintcnd;;
ent OF tho l1ermosa Mine, is oilo OF
the. very fuw persons In Arizona who
beiieyes In 9}n' G9%tortablo nn lvtMS' s n1a III"
aboat one mitlc from and some 7So fset abovs,
1lars}iaw Camp, arc as pleasantly furnished
and ns fully supplied with the ,good tl!lngs. OF
life rs any Co1nAtock Snperintg,Mlents office
i, Arlzona WHO combine Thorough business
trnlNlng with u large and successful nlInnE
experiences. Ills profits on the. sale of l,ls
uerm0sN stock callll0t be lrss than S8Oo,000.
AS your. readers are well aware, long be-
fore tito uorlnosa Mine wns cver discovered,
THE OLD Mowtr NINE,
six miles from, 11arsl.aw, was noted as q
famous bullion producer. Thltllor wy Wenu-
81 S.ir way-oliy however to tl'd TIC iimo
the descent Into this njIcicnt, bulwark Of
Arizona, we examined curs0rlly tho lnlf,
dozen ,clatms running north OF and parallel
With, the Mowry., The chicf Of these is tho
feot thick, Will, solid orc carrying some
SO pr io!,. All dc tIireo shafts y. s.nk on
tho vein SHOW fine smelling ore. without I'D
%ss'o seems aood @ 'oUs' ea'iso for % %oldins tiat
n tho MowrX veins ", a1I,'derl!e
Hoped thst tiiS Good Hope viii soon eapso
Viz UlA 6llNlllllk~WU4h Ul4 tikE H4Sn 4VMA W.
10 ngaiil started up. At present, these
works, 80 long idle, present the very picture
From Mowryto Washington Camp is M
Washfngtonis IS ct present booming, tllanks 70
the good showing unde by tho Holland, the
Pensacola, and tic ". G. Davis. The hitter
mine ia now owned by Messrs. Grant. Hon
inally @ @ioeated B BY % David iiarsaw, S the d!seoy-
erer OF the HeTmosn. Harshaw owed W. G.
upon lis creditor with Sso in Ills .hand, 81:
m saannKg s Isgrsss s at a'q uahes aEs e sa
Davis. :" SUPPOSE you locate NC into some
mine. That Will square uso And, so say
int, tho tlnman tore 1p Harsl'aw'sM IT note.
Davis W WIS located, At Xt narshaw's suggestion,
Mr.. Davis sent some men out to Patagonia
| to do about $500 work on It, but could never
take sufficient interest ~ tho matter to yisit
to disclose something Of the actual richness
| Of the mine, aud enabled Its owner to
BELL HIS PROPERTY FOR $4,000.
pretty fair return on Ills uutluy. Mr. Sol.
by, OF the Sclby Smelling Works. San Ffall'
cisco, IL at prcsent Mt the Davis Mine, study
naee some i've miles fren, Washington Camp.
| The El Campo, tho Kedoubtablu, al1d ttf
| Ten1pcst-wllicli arc the mines adjacent 70
the Davis-aro NIL ut present bonded ut prot.
spring OH It's ground, is likoly to prove TIC
MOST desirable property Of nil. Water Is
grand desideratum In Patagonia, Us ls also
lumber. With these two factors addotl,
mining camp Of Arlzona should not become
place of snmmer-resort,-the altitude and
tue shatte afforded BY the oaks, jumpers. and
other forcstrtrees combining to afford a
Of Patagonia and tllnt Of hot, dusty Tucson.
The exfgencics Of the situation require the
Washtngtonians to be expert l,orsenien; and
we found that 1t was quite q common thing
start out at a. in. and be back little before
O. having ridden twenty miles IN the interval
| Hiding less tlan half that distance fron
Washington, one ls IN Sonora, alld all the
magnificent possibilities Of that rich Mexican
State arc laid open to tho enterprlstng imnl.
grant q. Il. IL