Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-06-19

and we'll up on the west side of Noun
 Hayes. and bearing down on the soutl
 end of Con. ArIzona at an angle oi
 perhaps 45 degrees. On the west side
 and nearly opposite is Inc Kcyston,
 Lode, leading into tEe McCaferty
 lode at nearly right angles. Both art
 fine prospects and are lhe property oi
 the Con. Arizona Company.
 The first extension of tEe Con. Ari
 zOna is the Silver Eagle, of which Mir
 McCalferiy is owner. A shaft is now
 down something over D feet, and is a
 model in more ways than one. II is
 started at point cast of the lode to
 strike the vein at about Ihc 100iOCt lev
 el From this a drift will be run to con.
 meet wish the l00- foot level of the Con
 Arizona, and the work is being prose
 culcd night and day. Over the hill from the shaft, and at a distance of about
 100 yards from the north end of the claim, is an incline cut on the vein to
 depth of perhaps 30 feet. This is supposed to have been tho work of the Jesui,s in the old days-so long ago that any knowledge of the date is not extant. Here, possibly better thaa at any other point on the lode, is fine chance 10 study the formation of the vein. Time haS filled the incline with crumbied rocks so that one has iO stoop to enter The light is q good one, and permits a careful examina- tion of the wonderful way in which nature has SD carefully laid away her treasures f"r the lucky ones of today. The gradual widening of the different formations is as perfect and well defin rd as if the great mountain had been temporarily laid aside hile the Great Architect placed carefully the sub sV nces which in distant ages were to excite the cupidiiy, the energy, the passions, the sterner qualities of man Whcic are the hands which fashioned this rude and primitive rent in the verge of natures siOre-ronm? Why d;d inc Searchcrs cease their labors when in lhe very sunshine of fortunes smiles? l give il up. It was reserved for our day and generation 10 unlock these barren hills and rifle the treas ure box of centuries. And the wealth is there If the asSayers' art has any virtue, for from the old and rude dri;t of the Padres have come astonishingly high figures, while rhe average is such that 'he owner of property like that ought to be happy, by all the rules of our modern life.
 Beyond the Silver Eagle the claims apparently wait the working of the Con. ArIzona and Silver Eagle. Every< blast in these mines, as they reveal more and more the bonanzas that everybody thinks lie below, makes the property all along the line " worth cOrrespnndingly more. And when the new mill starts up, who can venture a guess at what will follow?
 During the short time have been here, have been more than ever convinced that tine fu'ure product of Arivaca and Gro Blanco Districts will be something enormOus. On every hand l hear of new strikes being made. new locations with the best pos sible indications, old prospects show ing unexpected beauties to the toilerS. When will there be a realization of the many predictions based on well known facts, indulged in by those who have had experience to guide them: I don't know, but 1 think it will be soon.
 On Friday last w. N. Osbnrn showed me very large and handsome piece of rrck from q claim which he had just located near the McCaiferty lode, ant not two miles from the Con. Arizona, the day previous. In the opinion of many it was very rich, and he reported at about a foot down a ledge, with the rich streak (from which he took the specimen) about six inches wide. He has taken a lease on A Grants mine, in that vi cinity, for a distance of 100 feet on the ledge and G feet deep. The rcck is very rich, aSSaying fron $500 io $500. MT. Osborn certainly has the right to lank as an old-timer." He came with the troops tc Arizona iii iS4G, and was in Tucson m 1850. Since then the varied phases of his life would make a book and he has partially promised THE CITIZEN some renin- iscences.
 I did intend to speak of other pro- perlies in this vicinity, but they must lie over 10 my next. l make no apo logy for devnting much of my letter to the Con. Arizona. but rather believe 1 have said but half enough. can learL nothing but good of this dis tricis resources, and yet au unac countable dullnesS prevails. Those who watch the history of mining camps know what an effect Capt. Me Cafferty's now assured success will have in restoring confidence to all classes, and 1 have not met a man down here yet who does not wish the Con. Arizona and its Superintendent long lives and merry ones at that.
 Why cannot Arivoca have daily mail? The stage runs daily, and the