The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-03-04
loom The GOLDEN STATE.
,.,ning About California and the Mines OF
A iona.

rrorr a letter written by G.. A. kirtley, OF
A,cples, California, 10 IL. s. Clark. OF
r,,.r Lodge. we are permitted to make the
s,ll,wipg extracts in relation 10 the country
a,1, IA. Montanians who are living there:
rhi. N the best country / have been In |
,,,enty.fve years. | am now engaged In |
w. the business of setting ont and Ia
''''.,o,r, of orchards and vineyards. The |
'.an am stopping with sold twenty acres OF
ii. orchard and vineyard to
,lr,Ky ARIZONA MINER
- - roo and axis the moderate sum oil
,,aoo ,,r the remaining twenty aefes-a
.9,.. h.. J. certain 10 get ere long, as proper
l., demand. A great many people are
canning to California from IN" EaS' "'a we
s,u,hrrn Pacific Bat eighteen miles OF ROAD
,,in IA be- built before connection II
~. With the Atrh,on. Topeka and Santa
=. Railroad. There ar" great
MANY MONTANA MEN
IN thi. part OF III" country most OF "ho"
.,,, are acquainted with / Will give you
H., or tbrlr names and where to hnd them In
.,.. y,u should conclude 10 make "A visit to
Mi. mart of the country. Mr.. Stackpoie
:. one Of a party having "A contract 10 furnish
300 ton, of hay TO the government agencies
in Arizona Ed.Germaine. formerly OF Hell
eua. j. doing large commission business In
Los Angeles, and ha. "A branch house at Tue
son, Arizona. Captain Wesley Roberts, oil
Rlurkfnot IL spprrintendent of the Los An
g.lrs Oil Well Co. They are refining from
6fty TO one hundred barrels per day of better
oil than that shipped from the east. ID. V
waldron can be found at the Washington
Gardens, Los Angeles. He has one Oh tht
prettiest places in the city. He has thirty
acre orcha ri and will realize 5000 from ms
orange. this wear. Mr. Tubbs, who used to
he In ia. dairyiug business near Helena, and
CUNNINGHAM, a former Mcclellan Gulch mi
uer, also live In the city. II. Fuller, at one
time an Indian agent ut Lemhi, near Ban
uack, was here few days ago from the Pata'
gonna district in Arizona, where he II inter
ested in a smeltcr. Mr.. Fuller ~ postmaster
at LittrclI postofce, No miles soufheat OF
Tuc>ou, The fare (firHt-cla@s) from here to
that place IN >S2
Although Arizona isa
NEW MINING COUNTRY.
II Is FAR ahead of Montana in machinery
The mines opened are very rich anu me-" diS-
coyrrirg are being constantly made. Tomb
stone has nine mills in operation. Every
train which leaves here i loaded with ma
chiurry. A mill passed down few days
since that took thirty cars to transport 1t.
A HANDSOME SPECIMEN.
Among specimens exhibited at the Fair
last fall wa, one from the Tough Nut mine
Arizona IL weighs over 700 pounds, and it,
assay value was So 900 per ton.
A word about this mine and its dlscov"rer
Two years ago Dick Grid left San Fran IL q
10000 In debt. He and Others started on d
prospecting tour in Arizona, discovered the
Tough Nut mine. put up mill on the show
ing male. and In few months was out oi
debt. Hi present income IL $4,000 month
and for quite a while was $4,000, He came
here two weeks ago AMI paid s22', 900 cash fo'
5000 acres of land on San Joaquin creek fol
astock ranch Ed Schuffiln, another partnr
In the mine, sold a part of his interest fo
half n million. Four other, eold for $50 oW
All of them were poor men year ago. NJ
next door neighbor sold his interest for si5
coo.
Mr. Kirtley speaks enthusiastically of tn
country and it, prospects The buildings
public and private, are handsome In appear
ancr Educational facilities, he claims, ar
second 10 none Fruits are abundant am
cheap. and tn" place thought desirable on
for all who desire to live in land wher
there's summer all the year.