Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-23
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| To the stranger. The original number l of stamps was five, which was then in- creased to ten, and subsequently, to | twenty. which it still has. There are also concentration tables end three roasters. The ore is very rich, aveFas- ing $20S per ton in silver and is at the same time very rebclliOus, requiring great skill in manipulation. The same remark will apply to the majority of the l ores found in the neiGbhOrhooG of Plnai. ] The ore which will not concentrate $ worked by the ixiviation process, pro- cess brought to perfection by MT. OrtO- kar Hoffman, the talented head of the assay department. About 100 men are employed in the mill, working shifts of eight hours, and receiving from S31s to S a day, the mill wages for last year aggregating S50,0OO, or nearly S1OO a week. The quartz is hauled from the mine to the mill, a distance of five miles, in huge sixteen-mule teams. The pres ent mill is totally inadequate to the ca pacity of the mine which could easily keep q 100-stamp mill running. As be- fore mentioned, it is in contemplation to build
 RAILROAD TO THE CHA RIVER,
 Where reduction works Of far larger ca pacity will doubtless be erected. In point Of economy of management, there are few mines which can compare with the Silver King. The chief stockholders are James Nj. Barney and Aaron Mason, the former of whom IS President and the latter Superintendent. During his ab- sence Mr. Doran has recently assumed his place. The Silver King office Is on the main street, short distance from the mil. Here is installed as book keeper Dr. H. II. Davis, to whose cOur- tesy we are indebted for much inforraa- tion. Next door to the King office is the Pinal County Bank, handsome build ing built of stone quarried in the neigh borhOOd. C. M. Gilmore is Cashier Amongst the stores, etc, of Pinal are six general stores, two blacksmith shops, three fruit stores, six saloons, two hotels, two livery and feed stables, lumte yard and two drug stores. There k a school house attended by over fifty scholars and a handsome Methodist church, which will be dedicated On the last Sunday of October.
 THE ODD FELLOWS
 Organized last spring and already nun 1 very handsomely fitted up hall which would do credit to a city of much larger size. The officers are T. E. Sawlay, Noble Grand; 4. VentOn, Permanent Secretary; H. H. Davis, Recording See retary, and $. Alexander, Treasurer There IS a Wells, Fargo express office, ably presided over by Mir. Venton, and q company has been organized at Pinal and Florence to construct @ telegraph line from the former place to Casa Grande. Teams haul goods from Casa Grande station to Pinal at one cent per pound. The recent rise in the Gila river prevented them from crossing fer two months, causing much incOnveI- fence to the merchants.
 Pinal has a weekly journal, the Drill, which is edited by Judge Reymert, lawyer of marked ability, i'll a manner which shows he is no novice in the sane tum.
 A stage runs daily tO the railroad as Casa Grande, via Florence Fare, S3. The houses are mostly constructed O. adobe with shingle roofs. Lumber is dear, costing S70 per NJ.
 Pinal has a bright future before 1t. The rich mineral deposits which encir- cle 1t in such profusion are bound ere long to attract the attention of capital. and We may then expect to see a large city arise on the banks Of Queen Creek.