Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-09
AT TnE VINES.
| Gal. Day q: silver kinz-The Fourth of
 JuIy Eoem.ns.
"LI1 s.vWI.IsH-. sn.rial co.re.uondonce Of tls CITIZEN.

L.l t1 tue iH-htA l'-an.' pl t-A- --I1 King mlne brings you within tine scope of Arizona's greatest bullion producing region. This ralning section. like the } most famous that have existed ID the
 catalogue ot American mining history, { bears with itthat true stamp that char , acterizas the 1nne Ot a miner. namely,
 hospitality, generosity and hberahty to l an extreme. On arriving within the in- is Of Piual, the roar of a stamp mill combines to initiate the visitor that he b is on the point of emerging into the pre-
 cinct of a mining emporium, and such
 is the fGct, for there Is no delusion. The massive white ore dumps surround
 ing the King mill stPinal, and the con-
 tiuuous day and night thunder of its
 stamps. at first impr. .sses and then con- vinces the traveller that he has arrived
 at last anlids. the mills of silver" The
 manager of this mine is James M. Bar
 ney, a man Of sterling business qualities,
 executive ability and most persistent
 1 energy. The mill presented world of
 interest. instructive and pleasing, and
 manifested a renovation so thorough
 and complete in the department of its
 machinery and general milling outfit, ! that unstinted praise alone Is due to the
 great system SO systematized and SD meth0dical that the engines made as lit- | tie noise as the tick of a watch, whilst
 they moved a world of machinery in the performance of iDDunerable and sepa- rate duties, whilst the many amalSamat-
 ing teeth, known to the world of science
 were brought into play to separate !
 the silver ducats from the baser met !.
 ais. The renovation Of mill machinery |
 and stamps have been completed, new {
 buildings have been constructed, black
 smith shops, assay office. tool house, new
 water tauks, &c.. and well graded mill
 surroundings leading down into the
 stree ts ot PiuaL The buildings of tho
 town of P.nal are many Of .Lem sub
 stautial and of pleasia appeariug struct-
 Ire, among them the Pinal county
 bank, presided oyer by \. Veuton, cash !
 ier. here are also Gle office Of Silyer
 Eiur, O5l r ='uws building. the stores
 Of Geo. l.. Miller G c., Goldman G C..
 J. Slter and others prominent in the
 cnia-lercial and Financial destinies o' tbe foremost mining town in the Territory
 The foundation If new hotel is also ir
 course of preparation, ecst to D., when
 clmpIet.l, ten thousand dollars. From
 Piual the road leads to the King, Kiu- iu nume, King in reality as to the silver
 wealth of is extensive mineral reser- voirs. Tue day ot arrival vas the Fourth, a national holiday, and the day that preceded is waz pay day amongst the miuers, and the town presented that happy, prosperous, conteuted dispOsi- ton wherein capital casts It's bounty into tLe lap ot hard handed toil, and toll, financially regcnerEted, were preparing to seek relaxation in recuperative recre- < ati0n. l. vas announced that the man. aeement Of the Silver King mine had ', generously invited the miners and the i; town Of Pinal and Silver King to par -ake Of a grand banquet to be given '. that evening at the mlue. The setting t 5f the sun brought teams well filled :, with the fair faces from PinRl. and the 5 overs of Tsrpsichore looked out from o and occupied every available seat of the s stage company's mammoth stage. z Rockets went up in the air with a vim
 hat trailed sparks from earth to mid jlsy, and he whistle of the King hoisting works added it's shrill note along with " he local musicians in invitation to an l which proved to be one , ,f the most pleasant successes in the B memory of the oldest residenter. The n miner and mechanic had dOuned their e lest and the number Of them exceeded Il . hundred by many, and O, that physi- t' .al type of manhood that has for long e naLe the Comstock inner the admera- ion of the ladies. The ladies them
 elves were cOnspicuOusly noticeable in ! .I he choice of theIr costumes with appro- ;- .riate head and hair ornaments, and . .ith cJmplexious redolent Wiih good , .ea..i, aud faces sulrused with those en- -luciug smiles that change the T iamal,ivc hearts of bachelors into ccaEs of love. The new and spacious :, G;lai1g erected for the carpenter shop. avmi,l and olacksnith shops, next the ,inS Loisting works and dircc5ly over he miEe, hal been temporarily trans T lrmgd .uto Che ball room and it was in dl Iis department that the advocates of b. e-psiclo-e, urged on by sweetest mu- hi .c, occupied Themselves in maze ci q: aues 5v-r what could -ruly be called a in oore. silver, uutl the bell uf banquet b, lunded an h0ur of in-ermissiou, when F. he Gu5,ts sought tho supper tahlo. $, bara Ia1 heea appo-tioned by the 0' management oi tae King mine, to the i.. iIe-eat hotels sc that the guests could
 e amply a,,1mm1Iatst N axneu.e
 as spared at the hotels cf Ir. R. Will z, ms. l.. PoppleveH, and Silver King he -otel presided over by Mr. c. Boyle. NJ T that science of skilled epic-ires m lpld suggest. or the deit hands of m ,iiisi houseEseDsrs could prepare. was in. # in bountiiu, repast The dining sa loms wero decorated in q cheerful amer with evergreeus and the emble- stic rcd, white and blue, together De .h a reaily arranged sign which pro- '1 aimed tD all a" "hearty welcome" all of '-' hich reflected great credit on the hosts
 their respective houses, as manifest ne g tha. spirit of hospitality 80 conduc- Fa e to the ease and comfort of their eD tests, and aiding so materially to make
 noOth the pathway of all in search of
 easure. Shortly after supper dancing th' as again resumed, and music held VII ray and dance was its companlOn until thi e morn of July the fifth, when beauty |. T farewell to scenes SO endsaring. and c bright sun of another day set the =, lur hand for the close Of an event,
 e most enjoyable and an enter
 inment the most crsditsble and one at will be looked back to with many in collections of kindness and pleasure. th, mOugst those present were the fol. for wing ladies from Silver King: Messrs n Me5dames T. E. Thompson, W. c. ; Boyle, R- Williams, Geo. Bryant, E. D. sH' lrker '. W. Parker, I. E. Stevens, nu ,hn Read, J. Whitehead, E. Trevethan, . Soule, Cbss. Roth, J. Miller, J. P. tra