Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-08-07
no,b;ng but good to say of It.

GNtl h1PRN BC1oSoEAbA Of scrre of young mOcking birds, a generous hospitality, and what l be- lieve to be the beginning of great mine. Enough, you will say, to make an Itinerant newspaper man happy. The Antler has but recently passed into the hands of the present company, who are vigorously opening the pro per,y The old shaft Is m the bottom of ravine, and reached depth of 45 feet, where some drifting was done. Some $l0,0O0 has been extracted from this mine, and the ledge as far as opened shows identical with the Stone wall The ledge here is ten feet wide with four feet of a pay streak carrying native and horn silver in great rlch- ness. The water became SO bad in the oli shaft that the presen, owners Sc lected \ spot on the side of the ravine some g. feet higher than the top of the old shaft for their hoisting works. Here they are sinking in the country rock on the east side of the vein. and when went down in the bucket the bottom of the shaft was 30 feet below the 100 foot s,atIOn Here the ledge . uAtACl Ah nlNh AAA hAO VI & stiff clay gougP, carrying strata of quartz, containing some mineral. This { leads to the beiif that the vein is be- ginning to change It's hitherto almost vertical direction tO an easlerly dip. The shalt will be continued to the POO foot level, where a crUss-cut and drifts will be run. Hoistins works have been constructed of capacity to work the mine to q depth of 300 feet, and everything about the property re fleets the greatest credit upon the in- telligence of Superintendent J. T. Clarke.
 Reaching Mc1fillen laie in the eve ming, I found Dave Mccoy and the New York Novelty Company, perform ing m the large room of private house. which WAS filled 10 overffowing by the citizens, who were eager tO ap- preciate the efforts of the fun-making comedian and his intelligent wife, and, making due allowance for want of space and lack of the usual appoint ments, the performance was very cred itable.
 Of course. io visit the wonderful Stonewall Jackson was the main ob- feet of ny visitto McMillen. IL would be an object of interest even if placed along side the great Comstock mines. Native silver has been extracted from its recesses in almost incredible euan- titles, and the further il is developed the more wealth IL reveals. Every courtesy was extended t0 me by Su- perintendent J. K. Smith, except that of visiting the mine, from which all visitors are excluded. But THE CIT HEN cabinet was presented with large piece of native silver of great beauty. the precious silver thoroughly permeaiing the quartz and crvstalized into fern-like leaves and plumes and trees of such perfect workmanship as only natures great jeweler attains. I visited the five-stamp mill, where Mir E. II. Neffe, who is in charge, in formed me that $l0,000 in bullion is being turned out monthly. running ten hours daily.
 Work on the Hannibal-the first uorthest eXtentiOn of the StUnewail, and a mine of great promise has been suspended for some time, but learned thai it is likely to soon be reopened with plenty of capital to back it. IL has sn old shaft 100 feet deep and 150-toot working shaft, disclosing a veIn differing in no respect from the Sionewall.
 I found the people of McMillen highly elated over the fact that Mir. Chas. D. Shane has just arrived from the East with full powers and instruc- tions to open up and push operations on the Democrat, belonging to the Calista Mining Company, of New York. Great things are expected of this Democrat property. IL is on a nearly parallel ledge to the Stonewall, ! and the claim is just west of the Han 1 nibal, and but a short distance away. ! From the four shafts which have been l opened on the vein the deepest of | which is but 50 feet there has been l taken $20,000. This pay-streak in the | ledge is only from six 10 ten inches ! wide, SO it will readily be seen that | the ore is enormously rich. 1 found Mir. | Shane a pleasant. frank.faced young l gentleman from Philadelphia, and his | energetic manners and spirit have al | ready infused themselves into the sur ! roundings, and the men who have | driven down their stakes in this camp | are glad he has joined them
 In no place that have visited have I found the need of capital move ap- | parent than here, and no place where there is a better prospect of returns for | capital expended. The surrounding | hills contain almost innumerable pros 1 poets. and a man coming here with I money and common sense would be | able to secure claims, al very low figures which show splendidly for | the amount of development, and i the fact that in nn instance has the | work done on a claim showed any thing but favorable indications would ! seem to warrant the belief that Me Millen is entitled to & share of the stream of capital which it is believed will pour into our rich mining dis tricts this fall.
 My stay in town was rendered doub- Iy pleasant by the kind attentions and hospitality of ". B LaKue and his father, Judge D. LsRue. The latter in addition to performing the duties of Justice of the Peace and Recorder of the district, has sufficient knowledge of medicine, acquired in his earller days, to render him inval- uable m a neighborhood where reg ular practiuoner is so far away.
 Frank c. Minshull. in addition tO general stock of groceries and fancy goods, keeps the neatest and most com plete newsstand I have seen since leaving Tucson Of course he keeps TIE CITIZEN to supply those who do not already take il, and he says most enphaticslly that it is good paper.
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