Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-02-05
Atr,R. MExIco. Januarv D. 1ss2

staging it, but unless he has travelled in
 Mexican diligence he cannot be as- signed a place among the thoroughly experienced "stagers of the frontier"
 We left Tucson on Monday morning the 18th inst, and arrived in Arivaca on time. notwithstanding there had been quite a rain the night before. Arivaca has grown considerably since was there a year ago, new hotel has been built which has a good shlngle roof that does not leak. The house is we'll kept and those who may go that way will be sure of finding plenty to eat, and very good Arizona bed to sleep in. Mir. Der nard now has large and commodious business house and a good stock of goods, where miners and prospectors can buy supplies in any quantity at req sonable prices. The
 UNITED STATES CUSTOM HOUSE
 which was formerly located at Tucson was closed, and the Deputy Collector of Customs for Uncle Sam is now located in Ariyaca. This is more convenient for Uncle Sans officials, as it simplities their duties, if it does not add more money to the exchequer. It Is also very satisfactory arrangement for snug lers, as it enables them to travel on the old roads upon which they have travelled for years and does away with inquisitive nosing officials at Tucson. Mescal and | panocha etc, may now be laid down at | Tucson at cheaper rates than formerly, If the smuglers are disposed to do the fair thing. The collection of miners and prospectOrs at the Arivaca hotel, who congregate there for the purpose of learning of the latest news, the pros poets of the camps and to play pitch for | drinks, if their money IS short, or poker if they are flush gives the town lively appearance.
 PROSPECTS or THE CAMP. The unanimous voice of Arivaca is that the prospects of the camp were nev- CT better. As everybody knows, this camp has been badly managed, and none know 1t better than the citizens and i prospectors of the camp. Men have come 10 Arivaca, organized companies on wild eat" mines, built wild eat mills and made wild eat" money; or in other words, made money from their transac- tions, when they were well aware of the fact that there was nothing in the mines These men would not invest in good | prospects, because that would have cost money, but they bought up large lot Of cheap enes because they were cheap Other mills have been built on better mines, but have failed through incom- potency and bad management. But the day is not far distant when better class of miners will take hold of Arivaca and Gro Blaneo mines, then We may expect these really valuable districts to reach their true standard of value, and become regular bullion producers. And now while 1 am writing Of Arivaca mills I think it but right and just to call mp a Nttle matter Wnicn II true,
 SHOULD BE CoNDEMSED
 by every honorable man in Arizona and especially by every citizen of Ariyaca. have heard since 1 came down to So- nora, that a Mexican miner sent up some twenty odd tons Of very rich ore to one of the Arivaca mills, which was milled and gave a yield of several thousand dollars, and that the party who milled the ore, stole every ounce of the bullion produced, and that the Mexican did not receive one cent. This story has been told to your correspondent by three or four parties in Sonora. Il might be well for some honest citizen of Arivaca to l come out and give us the facts. If false it should receive a fiat denial. if true the ! entire community should not only con 1 demn it, but should join in and lend | their aid and influence to secure justice 1 to the Mexican who it is aIledged has ! been defrauded.
 EARLY RISING.
 l should judge the people of Arivaca ! are early risers; at least mine host of ! the Arivaca Hotel called Us at half-past ! four and told us that the stage for Altar would be ready to start in few minutes. | We were told that it was 22 miles to the | first station so we concluded it would | not be amiss to take cup of coffee be- fore starting. Pedro Aguirre, the enter prisIng proprietor of the Tucson and | Altar stage line, met us at the stage of- | ice, to see that everything was in order before we started. Johnny Turner, the road agent, accompanied us, and han lied the ribbons to the first station, the regular driver having for some reason laid of. The rain and snow of the day before had made the roads very heavy, and temporary driver who had just come up from Altar, by way of encour- igement I suppose, informed us that We might consider ourselves lucky if We reached Altar in three days. We started on gallop down the grade to Arivaca creek, but soon settled down to a slow walk. was much pleased with
 THE COUNTRY
 Over winch We were gong. It resem- bled the rolling hills of a western prairie covered with heavy growth of grass, from which hundreds of tons Of hay might nave been cut or thousands of cat le have found the best of grazing, if water could be found to quench their thirst. 1 have no doubt but water can and will be found on this excellent range before long. Some enterprising individual has already started to dig a well about fif- teen miles from Arivaca, and 1t is to be hoped he will find water. Near where the well was being dug we noticed the tracks of a drove of mountain lions in the soft mud in the road The snow in the mountains had doubtless driven them down to the low lands.
 A SQUARE MEAL
 Upon our arrival at the stage station about Is miles from Arivaca, We were informed that they could give Us notb- ing to eat, not even chile colorado, fri- joles or tortillasl This was indeed dis couraging, but Mir. Hoffman, who is not only an old pioneer in California, but well acquainted in Mexico and the ways of the people, insisted on having some thing. The result of his efforts was po- ,atoes fried in tallOw, four eggs, which lacked one of being one apiece, and a cup of coffee. Potatoes, eggs and cofieei Johnny acknowledged 1t more nearly