Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-20
ON THE WING.
FanGano and Its Prospects-Renson a Growing Town-A Lucky Pros pector.
Special c0rrlspoadeDce ol lnc CITIZEN.


 BENSON. February 12.
 EDITOR CITIZEN: You can hardly expect much of letter from me to- day, but all tue items which l think may interest you goes:
 Pentano Is 2S miles east from Tue son. and my il is a cold place. There was ice on the water tank, and really il setmed as if all the cold winds from the Santas RiJas, Davidson's moun- talns ana the DTag0on mountains concentrated here. 1 was told it was caused by the water beng only l2 feet from the surface; but however caused, it was precious cold. Panlano boasts only two stores: MessTs. Tully, OchOa & Co.,, MakenCld & Davis di- vlGlng the hOnOrs. Tlis will no doubt be an important place when tho copper mines Oi the Santa latas are worked ln earnest. The copper belt is distant about 10 miles in d straight line, but by the road it must be I9 miles. There is plenty of running water for five or six miles on the Tucson side of Panlano, and this 1 predIct wlll be the site of more than one smeller before long.
 Benson, Is miles further east from Tucson, is place of some impor- tance, owing 10 it's being the railroad terminus for Tombstone. The posi- lien of the town is badly chosen, and 10 my idea IL ought 10 be situated on the San Pedro nyer, only one mile further east. As 1t Is, all the water used has 60 he carried this distance, rendering the necessary element both scarce and expensive. The Southern Pacific Railroad, however, had the first choice, and now the town has arisen close around. Benson boasts of several good stores, plenty of sa- looms, many corrals, and the many other adJuncts Of a town. lis pOpula- tion is about 2J0 souls, and the Iber- alIiy Of the citizens is eyinced by the erection by subscription of a school house costing $500.
 The bulk of the trade is hence tO Tombstone, and many are the teams employed. The rate of freight is from 50 10 65 cents per hundred, and l hear the roads are good.
 There Is a barley crushing mIll here owned by Messrs. Carr & Co.,, which started to-day for the first tune. This firm expect to secure much Of the teamsters' trade, owing to the very careful manner in which they clean theIr barley, and the moderate profit they intend charging on the manu- factured article.
 Near Benson there are two mining districts: The Yellowstone District, l2 miles northeast from town, where about twenty miners are at work, and 1 hear the rock assays well and the prospects are encouraging. Then the DragOOn mountains, where several parties are working From Summit Station some very rich rock has been brought tO town. 4 few of the pros poets have had shafts sunk on them to 4O feet, but outside of these few claims little work has been done.
 There are, l think, four lines oi stages hence 10 tombstone, and iu consequence of thIs opposition fares have dropped from S5 to S2, and il some cases even less. Amongst these opposition lines \. Smith, 1 think, bears of the palm, and will be a thorn ia the flesh of the regular mail line About 9 o'clock one stage arrived, ano ugh what a dusty lot ol passengers II brought. No doubt about there being limestone in the district. The out siders were covered with it, ana many a pound was brushen of their coats.
 Apropos of Tombstone, here is story l heard to-day; X miner ar rived there few days ago with T teamload of ore from Sonora. lie had his ore sampled and assayed. IL gave over SlG0O That man was seen to leave town. and his last words were, . That mine goes Yours truly,
 ARTHUR LANG.