Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-03-27
ORC BLANCO.
Cosby Letter from an Occasional Correspondent - What Being Done About AriVaca and Gro BIancO.
ORo BLANco. March el. Issl.

ORO BIANCO, M March GI, IcSl.
 EDITOR CITIZEN: Mining matters in this section are now quite promis- ing. To be sure, most of the country is well mOnumented, but many of the locations have been made al random, where there are but few signs of ore, while much of this neighb0rhood is still open to the en'erprising prospec- tor or miner. Gro Blanco is situated about seven miles south of Arivaca on high ground, and entirely free from the malarious influences said to infest the latter place It is essentially q mining town, with two good stores, kept, respectively, by Lieutenant W. J. Ross and Hoskins S ThatcLer, where all the necessities of mining and ranch life can be found al TeasOn- able prces. A butcher shop, with Hank and 1ank' as proprietorS, fu-- nishes fresh meat to the deniZens of Orc BlancO District, to relieve the uOlDAbhbuS DaNOh blAl Ol loAt Messrs. Hoskins & Thatcher have re- gently added a restaurant and corral tO their establishment, where the tired traveller can get first class ac- commodatiOns for man and beast.
 The ten-stamp mill owned by Dr. Handy, of your city, is silent mon ument of want of appreciation or lack ot efficiency, while the Yellow Jacket mine, Tn which Dr. Handy was formerly interested, is doing nothing. However, if the mil griuds out no more of the precious metals, all have hope of an early resumption Of active operations.
 A private school has been in opera ton for some time, and now the enter pIislng citizens are moving in the public school direction. Lists have been opened in the two stores, and subscriptions to the new school build ing are quite liberal, so that Gro BIanco will soon be in accord with the true American principle of free education.
 Most of those who are mining here have come to stay, having implicit faith in the future Of thIs mineral belt. In the hills every place you will find prospect holes or shafts, some of the latter of great depth. To be sure, there has been temporary suspension of work in some of them. but as spring opens the giant powder, the pick, the shovel and the windlass aIe again putting in an app earance, indicative of an active campaign.
 The Orion Company is now con- trolled by wealthy Philadelphians, at the head of winch are the Disstons, the millionaire saw manufacturers, and they gre determined 10 work the Warsaw mine and mIll to the fullest capacity. The mine is rich and the mill first class A temporary delay in working was Cccasioned by some of machinery, but that having been adjusted, work Is re- As l write l hear the cheerful sound of the mill whistle, that noon has arrived and us that we are not out of though within few miles of sonora and 75 miles from the hub of AriZona-TucsOn. The old superintendent, J. NJ. Kirkpatrick, has resigned, but has struck a bOnan- ga in the shape of mine running up into the thousands, located over the ! $ nora line. Kirk" is as enlhusi- l lstlc as ever, and when he celebrated 1 his 54th birthday, on March 13, was as lively as the youngest present The 1 Warsaw mine was the largest sale ever