Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-25
NEWS FROM THE WEST.
The Great Gunsiyht Mines and Adjacen. Prop crrios-How California Experts C0-ds-su11 Thsn-The C.Ibasi D.s--tct Bonanzas.

Special Correspondence of the CITIZEN.i
 CABABI, December 15th.-The rapid
 ity with which the Gunsight and Cababi
 countries are coming ont" is truly as-
 tOnishing, and shows how much can be
 accomplished by one man of energy and
 true business capacity. I will venture
 to say that no other enterprise in the
 southern country can present a better
 showing for two years work than the
 Gunsight mine and its companion lodges
 of Meyers district, under the more than | excellent management of Mr. B. F. Biv-
 ins. When the mine was taken charge
 of by him it was no more than @ good
 prospect, and by the exercise of good | judgment, untiring perseverance and first class business ability he has brought
 1t fully up to the standard of first class
 property, and in spite of the fact that the mine was "cOndemned' time after
 time by sO-called California experts" Mir. B. has steadily continued to back his own judgment, perfectly content in his unshakable faith in the ultimate sue
 cess of his endeavOrs, and he enjoyed
 the full confidence of his Eastern part
 ners. That his faith was well founded
 is amply proven by the display at a depth of two hundred feet of a ledge thirty-six feet in width of free milling ore, carrying an average of eighty ounces per ton in silver. Think of tbat, ye dyspeptic Californians, that do n0th- ing but croak, the burden Of whose song is that there IS nothing in Arizona that IS worth taking hold of; and while you are thinking just take into consideration that probably one out of every twenty good prospects in southern Arizona could be made t. equal it if the same amount of work and energy were ex- pended on it. It Is rather a singul r fact that almost every mine in ArzOna that has been thoroughly condemned by California experts has afterwards proven a splendid property. But 1 started to tell you about Meyers and Cababi dis tricts, and l will reserve my abuse of California experts for an especial chap ter some of these days.
 The proposad stage line is BOW tJ be an established fact, making regular l weekly trips from Allenulie, Gunsight l mine, to Tucson, and SD far has been ! loaded to its full capacity each way with | passengers and IS a great convenience | to gs residents of Cababi.
 The petition for mail route has bca1 | amply signed and despatched Go Bic ! proper authorities at Washington and l hopes are entertained that before long | mail service will be put on.
 A station Is about to be established a- | or near the Coyote village and a weudug | which will greatly facilitate travel over | the road.
 \ large amount of assessment work l has been done already on the various | claims of Cababi district within the last two months, and more will be done. which in itself is the best evidence Cf the opinion of the owners Of the same of the future value of the country. This movement has exposed 8 great deal of tirst-class mineral, and as far as heard | from no one seems to have met with dis In the progress of tine work.
 I hear rumOrs of a rich strike in cop per in the Cababi mountains, not far from the wagon road. The ore Is said to assay as high as fifty per cent. in cop per and lSO ounces ln silver. The lucky man thIs tune K Dave BuLrUuz, OL- -,. the pioneers of Cababi, and am glad . Is him for no man deservesit better.
 Work on the Golden King has been suspended on account of the great flow of water in the mine, necessi tating pumping machinery. This, We are told, will be ordered at once and the work of sinking proceeded with as soon thereafter as 1t IS possible.
 At Tenilfs camp, in the Quiiotoa preparations are being made to accomplish much work during the coming season.
 Judge Baker, of Philadelphia, and his partners in the Gunsjght mine, passed through Cababi this week on their way back from the mine to Tucson. This is their first visit to the property, and they are said to be more than satisfied with the manner in which their ducats have been expended and the results of the same.
 We hear that the Cobrisa mine has been bonded by Iacger, DeArmitt and l others, but have seen nothing of it in l he papers as yet. If the report Is true I' Inc owners are disposing of what will | prove a most valuable in the near future. R. H. C.