Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-02-11

vines, already in bearing, and the addi- tion of the cuttings mentioned above, will make his the largest vineyard in the Ter ritory. He has great variety of fruit trees on his ranch and is still adding to them. For the growth of the grape and every kind of orchard fruit, this soil and climate have no superior, and the time will be when every farm in this valley will have splendid orchard and vineyard. Along with the grape cuttings, Mir. Ma sonreceived several hundred younggum, or eucalyptus trees. They are rapid growers and grow to remarkable size.
 South of Casa Grande, about thirty miles just beyond the hills of Gibraltar and Papagueris range, there is mine known as the Old Grandmother mine, called by the Indians Vekol. This mine has for the last year and half been ship ping It's ore neatly sacked to San Fran cisco and Denver. Without brag or much
 
 Brady and Walker, of Florence, have been quietly extracting ore and shipping the same, employing fifteen men steadily At no time have they offered their prop erty for sale of their own volition. It is now sought after by capitalists at figure that would set mining circles agog. This comes from a stolid perseverance in de- veloping ones property and not attempt ing to hawk it around to every tadpole buyer Let men of capital look into 8 district that can produce mines of which the owners can say, -four mine has yielded us more than we have ever been offered" :" and let miners understand that it is worth while to stand manfully by their claims, as mines must make good showing and prove up its pudding before capitalists will invest -Cjtjzen
 Alex. Leblanc took stage load of me chanics up to Butte Thursday, to work on the new buildings for the Pinal Consol- dated company. The work is progress Ing rapidly, and some of the buildings will soon be completed. Masons from San Francisco are expected here within a very short period to commence work on the foundation for the shelter. Carpen- ters are already engaged in framing the woodwork for the institution. This com pany Is proceeding in businesslike way, and strictly avoiding the ''penny wise and pound foolish" policy, to which many mining companies of this Territory owe their failure. They are building substan- tially, regardless of costs, aiming at util- ity, not cheapness, and the results will prove the wisdom of their course In the first place they expended large sum in opening their mines in manner that would not only prove their value beyond | the peradventure of a doubt, but would | place them in condition so that the ore could be extracted with ease, rapidity and without interruption. Then they spent twenty thousand dollars in constructing a first-class road from the mine to the smell ter-site on the river, to guard against de- lays in the delivery of ores from the mine to the reduction works. And now they are making every needed improvement at the latter point and doing it in frst-elass style. As a consequence there will be nc  stoppages after they commence the re- duction of ore, and their bullion ship ments will be regular.
 We had the pleasure of call this week from Mir. J. 5. Abbott and Mr. c w. ! Phelps, the former from Keene and the latter from Winchester, New Hampshire Mir. Phelps is a brother of Fordyce Phelps who died at Pinal recently, and came hither at the request of Mir. Aaron Mason the administrator This is his first visi to the great West and in his eyes it is strange world, filled with novel si .hts anC strange life that provoke wonderment Mir. Abbott, though visiting Arizona fo the first time, Is somewhat familiar witt the ways and character of the wester1 world. He served term as Indian agea at one of the Ute agencies in Colorado and resigned because the Washington au thorities insited upon his adopting th Meeker method of civilizing the Utes He recognized the absurdity and dange of the Meeker plan, and foresaw the re suit to which it led. He is not of thos who believe in the efficacy of ''mora suaslon" as an Indian civilizer. Witt Arizona he is favorably impressed, in fact so much so that he would send for hi family and remain here, were our schoo facilities more perfect. The Territory he said, had been represented to him a a "God-forsaken desert waste," but h found the reverse to be true. He is
 man of keen and quick observation, an even the brief glimpse he has had of Al izona revealed to him the advantages an opportunities the Territory offers to me of stability, fair business capacity, indus 5 try and sobriety. He will report us fail l lY and favorably upon his return east. PinaI Notes.