Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-25
Prescott Paragraph.
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 The Dcsoris camp, about 1f miles l-0Drh Ci Prescott. l- one of the u.os. promising cam Il Northern Arizona. aud one which l,ii'. ere l,lC, be turning out cousiderabi, bu.iaa. The first clam was found in tlis c.mp about six months ! ago and, since 5.-,n many other iiat;er- 1 ing prospects nave been discovered. 1 Since the location of the DnsOris, the first in the camp, g force Of men have | been steadily employed developing the
 mine and taking ont ore. They have a i tunnel in on the edge about 40 feet and are at present sinking a shaft, which is | down GO feet. l. is their intention to start a tunnel soon at the base of the
 hill which will tap the ledge at a con-
 siderable depth. 1Le ledge Is feet in 1 thickness, with good, solid walls on both
 sides. and in some places the ore body Is the full width of the ledge. The ore
 is very high grade and shows metal ic silver in considerable quantities. TDrmocrat.l
 Hon. John \. Rush, one of the oldest and most prominent members of our
 Bar, left for San Francisco on legal
 business.
 Our streets present lively appear ance to-day. Freighter's teams, rancheTs'
 wagons and the miners burrC, all vieing
 with each other in the general hustle.
 The Prescott Branch of the Land League forwarded to-day another remit tance of one hundred dollars, through
 its Treasurer, Thomas Long, to Patrick Egan, Treasurer. Paris.
 Freight from the end of the \. S P. line to Flag Staff, distance of ninety
 miles, is 2i cents per pound, and much of the produce used by the railroad men is procured in the East.
 Smallpox has broken out among the l lab0rers at the end of the \. & ?. track and, at present, some twelve or fifteen | cases are reported. The sick are sent l from the front m a ear to side track, some miles back, and there treated 1 This outbreak of smallpox causes no ! delay to track laying. We would sug-
 gest to our City Marshal that he keep an
 eye on all incoming passengers on the | Brigham City blackboard line, which runs to the end of the track, as some of the persons affected might come to | Prescott.
 "The order received a few days ago by Major Lawrence II. Shortt, in charge of | the lexas-Paciic survey party, who have | been Prescott, from headquarters, tC break up camp and sell his outfit
 has been rescindej, and he is now
 instructed to proceed to Maricopa and
 commence the survey of line between | the Southern Pacific R. E. Co. at that point and Prescott. The nature of the | understanding between the two com panies We are unaware of, but we under ! stand the road is to be built imme. | diately."- Miner. Major Lawrence H. | Short has called our attention this morn ! ing to the above item, taken from our contemporary. the Miner. Major Shurtt is very much worried wly such an m | founded report should be started. lie says that he has been here for the past week daily oH our streets, and lac knew nothing abOat 1t himself, and further | that there is no truth whatever in tbe l report. The sale of the surveying outfit
 which he has advertised will come off on the date advertised. He is afraid that the report aforesaid will interfere with his sale, and he desires the public tC know that he is ordered to San Francis.
 co and has not received any counter.
 order to survey any line between Pres colt and MaricOpa.