The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-03-24
CASTLE CREEK CORRESPONDENCE.

silver must for the once assume a position
 of secondary consideration By this it must
 by no means be understood that intrinsic
 ally the precious metals have depreciated,
 but simply that from certain well known
 causes the worlds production of copper is
 decreasing, while in inverse proportion the
 demand for that most useful of metals bids
 fair to become unprecedented during the
 current year. In other words, it is the law
 of supply and demand, of which we are all
 cognizant. To meet the imme,lilte call is
 becoming, or rather Is, question oi the
 most vital importance, not only to the man l who utilizes the metal, and sends it forth t.
 mankind in all its useful forms, but to each
 and everyone of us who are the direct reeipi-
 ents of the benefits accruing from scientific anipulaIIons. Copper has ever to me
 been one of the most interesting of metals Can any mineral assume more lovely tints- the delicate shades of green merging into the most exquisite and brilliant of blues
 I believe it to be small percentage, per cent. think, which permeating the other component parts gives in a stone of match
 less beauty-the turquoise. Then again, copper has a certain romance connected with it, taking us back to ages mediaeval when, by some process unknown to this era, it was rendered as hard and durable as steel.
 However, having neither the ability, nor the assumption to attempt treatise upon copper, 1 will try your patience no longer with per chance puerile platitudes, but let you aud your readers know what is trans piring in this section of the country. I think stated my views in former letter regarding the great copper belt intersecting that portion of thecountry adjacent to Gas tie Creek, and becoming now familiarly known as ''the Copper Mining District. Since that time have visited your charm ing and prosperous Capital, and were 1 not ,l,alkng copper" I would gladly write at length concerning d City, which, coming as I have from the land of adobes, burst so pleasantly upon my senses as essentially a white mans Town, and there can be no more doubt concerning Prescotts future than ] feel regarding the Copper of which I am trying so hard to write, but rW wander of at tangent in that ridiculous manner characteristic of some writers, which latter sentence Is spiced with egotism, as tho ] were one of the immortals. No. A scribbler an thou wilt, but a writer, in my mind, IS ever closely associated with midnight oil and green tea, and these two supposed es- scntials toward: invoking the muse being highly antagonistic to the s0aa meRS cop pore sano, to which l aspire, l will none of them, ergo, no midnight oil, no green tea, no muse, no writer. Happy adjec- tive applied to tea
 It brings me face to face with the matter in hand, copper. But what can l sayl That the mines are large, true Assure, well de fined, high average, are all facts, about which 1t is impossible to get up a discus sion. All ye who have any interest in copper do as did Leave Prescott when the pines areglimmering and shimmering, as the rosy morn shows them for few brief minutes in their garment of natures frosty diamonds. A brisk ride of some six hours, and oii yaEr Pegasus you will surely be, gathering the first fruits of Spring as they peep timidly forth, as tho ashamed of thsir temerity. Flowers i everywhere! Grass green and bright ana of which your possibly hay-fed quad ruped will make with you bone of con tention: Let the animal have its way for once, and tYr an hsar yau can revel in ! delights such as nature alone can besPow upon those who pay her homage.
 An easy ride will bring you upon the following day to "Buzzard Roost," so called because no buzzard was ever known to reost therf. Should you be unsuccess- ful in finding our camp, strike across the country tc tcc 'Whipsaw Gulch, where no man ever saw or expects :" see Whlp-l say. and 10th gulches running into Castle Greek without 3 castle affords striking example of appropriate nOmen- clature.
 At this delightfulcamp-"W -"Whipsaw"- I would hope to meet and greet you with a most profound obeisance, and having consigned you into the reliable hands of Messrs. Robertsand Buchanan, leave them to unfold to your eNpectant gaze the cop per wealth to which, 1 am reioiced to say. they stand possessive case, For when no man talked copper" these two gentle men were it's boldest advocates, and, run 3ing counter to much well meant but ad- verse cFiiicisms as to their wisdom, have held oa and worked copper with that sub limity of faith as depicted to Es in a mustard seed. This does not mean that they have "lnoved mountains" tut they are trying to, which, after all, is pretty nearly i;;e same thing.
 Trusting that ilqyle fla% given you full, concise and lucid account of the fop- pcr in the Copper Mining Belt, I will ask yQqr kiHd parpission at nodistantd day f to write upon some othsr toPies of more general consideratiop than e%en cQpper at the present time.
 To copper look forthe ''sinews" totalle me home ohce more, and l will sail-be sure of that in none ether than copper boltoued ship. Res"ryom,