Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-15
TIE SANTA RITAS.
Good send-o' for the New Year The Claims Of GreateTvilie New Mail Facilities Proceed iugs CT the Miners Meeting Other Matters
From Our Regular CorrespondeaLl
 GRFATFRyILIF. Jan. 9th, IS

GreateTville New Mail Facilities s-Procced-
 ings CT the Miners Meeting Other Matters. From Our Regular CorrespondenLl
 GREATERvILLR, Jan. 9th, 1882.
 Let me shake hands with you over the grave of old 'sI, and, though late, wish you a happy New Year, and many of them. Then let us turn with joyous l welcome to our infant friend 1882
 What a welcome Arizona should ex- tend to this little one, The time-worn l subjects and centers of attraction in our Territory must now allow other attrac- tions to come into the front rank in min- ing enterprises and peacefully submit to a powerful rivalry for the supremacy. We are not now ln this infant new year compelled to point foreign capital to Tombstone or Harshav or Silver King or Copper Queen as the few and far be- tween established bonanzas in our rich and mineral-laden Territory, but we have Empire, with its Total Wreck; Meyers, with its Gunsight; Orc Blanco, with its Warsaw; Santa Catalinas, wi5h the Comanche Copper mines; and here and there scattered throughout the en- tire Territory are many other valuable deposits being extensively and success fully shown up to the amaZement and admiration of the mining world. So, l say, altogether 1t gives Us material tO be justly proud of and to be deeply thank ful for.
 And in the towering, substantial mon ument these enterprises are building up for our Territory, the cornerstone IS the perseverance and cOnStancy to the ln- ferior pruspect-natural only to the true miner. The miners of many other out side distrlcts are slowly but most surely with that logged persistency and con fdence that what man has done man can dO"-nearing the me when they will be rewarded for the work and strug- gle they have had, by developing rich and plentiful lodges of the preciOus. Sufficient development and the sand to push down and open up the mineral IS what We need and what We of the | Greaterville District are trying to prove. The men throughout this district are all working daily on their claims, and the | the lodges, as they go down on them, in almost every instance, merit the expen- | diture.
 The placer claims are being worked ! by Messrs. Richardson and Gormley with a Duhem water saving machine and engine, and although these gentle men are very reticent and uncOmmunl- cative regarding the income, l am ln- | formed by those who ought to know, | that the returns of gold are pretty sat ! isfactoTy.
 Our new mail contractor, Dr. Cub | berly, has determined to run buck | board to Empire Ranch, carrying pas l sengers and mail, connecting trl-Weekly with the Pantano and HaTshaW stages | both ways. This improvement we hall with delight, as It brings us into close ! and easy communication with the out l side world, as well as makes immediate and direct mail connections. The change was effected, we understand, | through the strenuous efforts of our en- terprising store keepers, Messrs. Elliott | x DOwner.
 The regular annual meeting of the miners of the District was held in "Thompsou's old Cabin" last Saturday afternoon. The attendance was small, | there being only twenty present. Mr. | Maximillian Ensenberg was elected 1 chairman, and the m-eting opened for
 business. Secretary Coyne read the
 minutes of the last meeting, which were ! approved as read.
 | Major Fullerton nominated r. J. | Coyne, the present incumbent, for Re corder for the ensuing year. MT COyne | demurred on the plea of having served | in the office for the past two years, and not being third termer' desired some
 one else to be elected, the miners pres ent, however, thought differently, and reelected Mir. COyne unanimously. | A resolution was adopted compelling
 all locators of placer claims to do not | less than SlOO worth Of work on a claim
 within one year from the date of lOca- | tion. The argument on this resolution was very lively for few minutes until
 Copp's authority was taken relating to the government of assessment work Ou
 nlaca1 -al-ais.f= ,Ir-rrTe D1strict.
 Section ', of the old Smith District laws was ordered to he placed in the
 laws of the present District. It Tegu-
 lates the size of placer location. The site of the present cemetery was ordered increased to POO feet square
 and Messrs. Ensenberg and COyne ap- pointed to stake 1t off preparatory tO
 fencing it in. The meeting then ad- l journed.
 I might mention the general appear ance of some of our prominent proper
 ties now working, but l am afraid my letter Is too long already, SO that ] will only say that AIr. Ezekiel Williamson, | Superintendent of the Florida and Cop per King, has a number Of men at work on the west slope of Mount WrightsOn, and he brings in the pleasing report of a | ledge on the King of 2 feet of mineral l between perpendicular walls, principally copper, carrying F ounces of silver.
 The Aorta mine during the last as- | sessment work showed up large ledge of fne'ore
 MT. John Young, our corpulent and al- ways-absent notary public, is highly iubilant over his copper properties, and has some very high assays in both silver and copper from his latest ores.
 The Zuba Company will get their pat snt very soon, when We understand work will be resumed on an extensive scale. The work still progresses on the Ly- coming shaft, and the ledge Is looking very good in the face of the workings.
 MT. and Mrs. Downer, at the store, were very kind indeed in serving an ele- gant Christmas dinner at their residence on Christmas day, to winch large num- Der of the miners about camp were in- yited, and the relish with which they dispatched the elegant yiands must have struck joy to the finest cook in the land.
 The weather is intensely cold, freezing two or three inches of ice every night.
 trust I have not been too lengthy, as the WEEKLY CITIZEN has become 80 much more interesting of late that space in it is certainly valuable.
 Yours, truly, c. C. F.
 OS Thursday morning John Abernethy