Arizona weekly enterprise., 1881-12-10

tions to our friend, w. A. Stone, upon his entry into the ranks of the benedicts. We do so now on the principle that it is better late than not at all. Mir. Stone is one of our most worthy young men and 1 deserves the best that fate and fortune | can bestow upon him. The best wish the ENTERPRISE can offer him and his esti- mable bride, is that the future may meas ure it's favor to them by the standard of their personal merits.
 The personal property of the Pinal Cop per Go. was sold at sheriff's sale Monday, at their shelter near Riverside. Most of it went for fifty per cent of its value, and the proceeds of the sale amounted to about $1, ,425. Mir. Jose NJ. Ocho, of Florence, and Geo. L. Miller, of Pinal, were the principal buyers. The sale was on the Simmons execution only, and the remaining claims arc yet unsettled. The debts unpaid amount to something near three thousand dollars, and the real prop erty of the company, including the smelter and buildings, will be sold immediately, if the indebtedness is not settled.
 The Silver Queen, belonging to Mr. John Bates and other sturdy ranchmen of the San Pedro, has been bonded to Tue son parties for fifty thousand dollars. The value of the Queen has been demon strated by the surest of all methods, viz: mill-runs. The owners hauled seven tons to the Tucson mill, and received return of $130 per ton. The ore was not as- sorted, but taken from the dump as it came. Two shafts have been sunk on the claim, one 95 and the other IA feet. The vein as shown at the bottom of the 95-foot shaft, is three and half feet in
 width.
 We were pleased to meet at our sanc-
 tum, Friday, MT. c. L. Wilson, jr., of
 San Francisco. The purpose of his visit
 here was to examine Mineral Hill dis
 trict In conversation with him on the
 subject he stated that the camp was all 1t
 had been represented to be; in fact that
 it exceeded his expectations. He recent
 ly returned from the Wood River country
 in Idaho, which has been creating 80 much
 excitement, and says that he saw more
 ore in sight in one mine at Mineral Hill
 than he SAW in the whole of the Wood
 River country. His father IS a large cap
 italist and there IS strong probability
 that he will invest at Mineral Hill
 Mir. W. A. Latin, who has one of the
 best ranches on the San Pedro, has been
 experimenting with fruit trees. He has young orchard containing almost every
 variety of the peach, pear, prune and ap- pie, and the young trees show a remark ably strong and vigorous growth. His or
 chard is but little over two years old and still it yielded this season all the fruit he
 could consume at home Next year he will have fruit for market He also has n
 fine vineyard, just beginning to bear, 7 Mir. Latin is convinced by his expert 7 ments that both the San Pedro and Gila I valleys are admirably adapted to the B growth of all kinds of fruit All other ranchmen, who have given the matter 6 careful teAt- are of the same opinion.
 MT. Spanpgler, of the Pinal Copper Com
 pany, arrived here Monday from San Fran : cisco. It is his intention to clean out tho s workings of the Ray copper mine, ant . place it in condition to enable mining ex - perts to examine and report on it. Mir d Williams, San Francisco expert, wa s sent down to examine it some weeks since : but found the tunnels caved in to such al
 extent that he could not enter them H.
 reported favorably on the ore in tn dump, but could give no opinion of tn '' mine, for the reason above cited. Som II parties are ready to purchase the mine U if it comes up to the company's represen Il tations. They are satisfied with the qual
 ity of the ore, and only desire to knov . the quantity.
 Cen. ". S. M Wright, of Santa Rosa Cal, and his nephew, R. A. Long, of tn o same place, spent several days in Flor 'S ence this week. Gen. Wright is presi y dent of the McMillen Silver Mining Go. \, of the McMillen district, and his bushes u here was to hold consultation with MI !" J. K. Smith, the company's superinten y dent. MT. Smith arrived Monday Tn ;" ENTERPRISES reportorial pump failed t
 draw out the object or results of the con -e sultation. The principal mine of thi B. company is the well-known "Stonewall. 1t The property is looking we'll, but tn h water has been giving them serious troubl is at the 600-foot level. They are prepal B. ing to increase their pumping facilitie. B. and will be able to control the wate y, soon. Gen. Wright and nephew left fo s, California Wednesday, and Superinte1
 dent Smith left for Globe the same da, f Wells, Fargo X Co. brought in fro1 in San Francisco, Monday, two large treal k. ure boxes full of money, all of which wa h paid out at this point. Florence woul ye be an excellent point for bank. Ther in is more cash money paid out and receive ts at this place than any other town of il le size in the Territory. It is not improl le able that we will have bank here sooI
 Some parties in the east have been col
 responding with us on this subject. Flo to ....a ..