Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-08-07
CAsA CYANIDE. July 25.

EDIToR CITIZEN: My hands are hard
 with toll, my education comparatively
 limited and my habits and ways that
 of the rough and unpretentious miner ! Therefore in the manner of my letter
 writing and the construction of ny sen- ! teIces and the occasional big word that | should creep into my letter, l trust that ] you will deal with them kindly for feaI l they may be terrOriZed by [ Ibhc criti- clsm and relegated to Obscurity by a too ! axacting public. I never slung hash on a Mississippi steamer like Mark Iwnin nor did l ever sail on the turbid waters ! of that great commercial stream that, like | St. Louis, bears 6 natural grudge against ! Chicago, but my lifetime has been spent | III the arduous toll of a miner knocking down boulders of rock and chunks of silver, helping build bullion tramways ! by means of which the national debt could be paid. Now, after this lifetime experience in one particular line of busi- ness, l can say for the benefit of all concerned that there lies south of this town, distant about twenty miles, one of the most favored mining locations that is to-day within the limits of Arizona. l Upon an orizabiau hill, streaked with claims of Orizaba, Calebrae, Cora and Ram. Is situate one of the most skillfully located camps; one that would throw in the shade a Comstock astite lawyer and learned Alligator. Over this hill of min eral presides to Unassuming miners and worthy prOspectors, John Krohn, from Switzerland, and AutrOne JOseple, from Portugal; and around this mound of ar genuine deposit, butted up by the Ram, q 4 .a N.... T constellation of claims, bearing every fascinating name that an old miners love could devise or that American tal- ent could substitute, starting the cat egorical list with Fame, following 1t up with Gifts and Mineral Kings, taking in the Occanical Pacific, floating over its neighboring Waves, supplementing their efforts in a reward Of Ready Cash, and drowning out the applause following their well mcIited success in successive chimes of Silver Bells. This camp, with out prevariCatinn or bOasting. has ac- qulred a uOtoUety which gulns every day that Is resources are are m deveI- Opnent, and under the shadows of a New EdoradO and ia the fuce ol an un- denIably extraordinary mineral deposit, next September and October will wit ness an extensive immigration ln pack mules and horuy-handed sons of toil towards tue metal hills that overlook the valley of the Santa Rosa and that borders on the Corinthian nils of quarZ- Ire and aurIferOus peaks of the great Ariuzunian Gibraltar. In this locality k situate the sister to the Silver King, a Sonora, Picket Post and a fabulum of future wealth.
 An open offer has been made to the miners of this district, by one of the largest Smeiting Works in California and by its Superintendent, man O, unt'Uh- tsd yeiteIs,. He ra,- loo. srii-.. ur rock to Casa Grande, ship tO me; guar antee charges and pay you twenty dollars overthe usual offers or bids that you have so far re- ceived." Now this Is sufficient to stimulate men to great exertion aud the miners of this district have already shown their appreciation of so sub stautial an offer by drilling vigorously for a supply of fine water, and already the clink of their picks can be heard, like the hUof sounds Of Shendau's famous horse, just twenty niles away. And now before six months will have elapsed a vigorous mining town will be in full blast, bearing a name more cheerful than Tombstone and Horace Greeleyian insti- tutes, more Eielike than an Epitaph.
 Casa Grande woke up few days ago to find that three strange men were m town the likes of which had never been seen here before. Some called them Twins" others went the twins one bet ter and called them "Three Card Monte Men," 4 more energetic crowd could hardly be brought together. The efforts Of the first day brought a well dressed man of middle age and respectable ap- pearance into their crib. Tins guest was d through traveller on the emigrant train and with a countenance of innO- cence and flushed excited confidence he planked down his watch, followed up by his money, upon the suggestion of his newly made travelling acquaintance, the Three Card Dicer, Count Garibaldl KOsciusco, but when the man, the way faring man with the innocent and con- fiding cOumtenance, saw that the un- changeable dice had wiilfully gone against him, he seized his hat and, with out even stopping to shake retributive dust from of his feet as against his tinan- cial depletion, lit out for the departing train, at q rate of speed cO-equal to jack rabbit pursued by ravenOus coyotes, and an expression of terror and wOebegunity as woebegone as the YOebegOnist. Thus the first day passed and the Monte men grew bold with their success and next morning had rented a nice and newly constructed building with a view tO opening a saloon business. \ few empty oyster cans were secured; q few empty whiskey bottles likewise secured, and labels brushed up. corks inserted, and before many minutes San Fran CISCO complete bar was improused and all that was needed to fill the picture was for the missionary capper, V f.h long iuste- and straw hat, sent ont the night previous, tC now ar rive with the captured lambs for immo- lation. But, fortunately for the lambs, Casa Gaude boasts of some good and well-meanIng citizens, who, being an eye witness tO such dirty works, determined to set their feet down upOn lt. Most prominent in this good movement was Louis De Puy. a successful merchant of this place, who went into t.e den of the ropers unarmed, and, facing them, said: Boys, We bear yCu no i'll will, bat your game-csli' not go in teis -tafs,;;s 1 The
 
 to interfere with their game But this kind of bluff did not change the views of the irresistible De Puy, who in early days had made Apaches fly in hot haste before the banner of Stoneman. So, when the emigrant train arrived, and the lamb was being led into the shambles by the duster Dicer, and as soon SIS he ap- preached the bar, Young De Puy step ped mp, and, taking him outside, said: " 1T you play that game, you are rob bed This remark opened the eye of the innocent, who lit ont for the train in hot haste. When the dice men saw their game escape, they became wratny; oaths rolled off their tongues like molten lead; their excited, nervous fingers sought the belt repository of their man-slaying i'm plements. But when they saw that bluster and deadly weapons could not move the Apache fighter from his pur- pose, they assumed a different attitude: Their waves of turbulence subsided; their oaths were as sounds of the past;