Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-13
ORC BLANC0.
Where It Is and What It Is-The Gen eraI Outlook--Vast Richness of the Mineral Belt.
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sea level. The road between the two places is good, but one continued up grade. You enter the town by She old Ostrich mill, which has done some good work in its time, but now stands Idle. The ten stamps are good, but but the engine and boiler have seen their best days. Besides thls mill, Orc Blanco boasts two good stores, saloons, a good doctor, Chinese wash house, and to show the sporting proclivities of the inhabitants, a trOt- ling g-track is being lad out, which many a larger town might envy. So far as mineral wealth is concerned, |, Orc Blanco, as a district, is equalled by few and excelled by none in the Territory. The ores contain both silver and gold, and for the most part are combined with sulphur and the baser metals, which brings them, as a class, under the denomInation of re- bellious ores. The geological forma- ton of the district gives every indi- cation of the permanenee and rich ness of the mineral deposits. The pI ospects found are numerous, and all that the district wants is the advent of capitalists to open up and develop the immense resources that at present lie hi iden under ground.
 There are three mineral belts that seem to run through the district, viz: The Eastern belt, on which are situ- ated the Alaska, Montana, Choctaw and other mines. The Western or Yellow Jacket gold belt is separated from the Eastern by valley about two miles across, n which Gro Blauco is situated. And lastly, the belt, on which are the Warsaw, Susannah and other mines. These three belts run nearly parallel for a distance of about six miles, when their progress Is stopped by range of basaltic hills, where they all turn of 10 the south, and then, as one great belt, run straight into Sonora.
 On a range of hills south and west of the Warsaw you come upon we'll defined, unbroken dykes of porphyry, syenite and slate, running parallel with each other. These can be traced for miles, and point to the strength and permanence of the mineral deposits. The lodges are for the most part large, and in many cases enormous, so that it does not require much of a flight of inauguration to toresee a bright future for the district in general.
 Several incorporated companies have property in the district, among which the Orion Company, of Phila- delphia, stands at the bead, adjoining the Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Warsaw and Wyoming locations. They have erected 8 ten-stamp mill for working the Warsaw ore, and intend, before long, to have another mill on the Mon- tana, for which prosperous future is predicted. The Vice-President and one of the large shareholders are at present on visit to their propcrtiesr They are both business men, and hay. ing put their hands 10 the blow, ar determined 10 work their mines foe all they are worth. With the pros poets now opening before them, suc- cess is certain, and although the mill has been a long time in course of erec- tion, they have had many difficulties 10 contend with, all of which are grad ually disappearing. Their water sup ply is one of the "thorns in the flesh, but with artesian5 wells, this question may perhaps be satisfactorily settled.
 The California Company, of Iowa; the OkeOla Company. of Ohio, the Gro Blanco Company an6 the Arizona Prospecting and Mining Company, of San Francisco, all own properties in this section. Few of them are al pres ent doing much, but 1 hear rumors that more than one of the number in tend shortly to develop some of their claims in dead earnest.
 The Warsaw Camp is of course the center of life and attraction here, and the visit of the bosses, added to the late strike in the mine, have infused fresh life into the district. Their mill, | which is truly founded on-a rock, con- sists Of a 10-stamp battery (dry), a rock cruther, dryer and one of Whites patent ore roasters, the success of l which with the rebelhous ores of the l district has yet to b8 proved. Two amalgamaters, one settler, apparatus | for teaching ores and an assay furnace | for turning out bullion completes the | list of the machinery. All IS placed | in position, but some time may elapse | before the mill IS set seriously and | continuously 10 work.
 There are plenty of prospectors in l the district most of whom have claims | to sell, and who now wait with pa- tience the advent of buyers. As q class these prospectors are far above | the average in point of education. | etc., and l readily noticed that they | have more faith in their claims than | those Of other districts, many of them | expressing readiness to retain a share | when chance of getting machinery | or funds for the development of their | properties offered. HospItable they | are 10 the core, and 1 ackuoWledve | with pleasure the debt I have con. tracted with many of them on this score.
 Why people on visiting Arizona ! should one and all fly otf 10 Tomb- | stone cannot see. To those wisbing to buy properties l would say wish | Orc Blsnco District and iudge for
 
 yourselves of it's mineral wpajfh and | vast richness. There Is a ls-re field here for enterprise and capital. and whatever you may hear in Tucson to the contrary, I have no hesitation in saying that those who do come and judge Tor themselves, will be nops the worse for their visit.
 The prices asked by the prosnecto-s Tor their various properties is by no means extravagant, and as I have before said, many of them are wilIjng 10 retain and work an interest them selves. l am yours truly,
 ARTHUR LAIYG.
 ARIyAcA, February 8.
 P. s. l got here again last niSbt and md that owing to some dificul. ties with the company, the Con. Ari. zona mine and mill have been inds6 nitely closed down, certainty fnr some months. The hands have bren all paid of, and it is hardly probable l shall get off by to-day's coach so many are going into Tucson. and among them Is Mir. McCafierty him N