Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-05-12
Nnfes from the Capital.
PREsoorr, A T., May Sth, 1883.

PRESCOTT, A. T., May oth, loo5.
 EDITOR CITIZEN: Things at the capital city just at present are very dull although there is much interest taken in the various mines in this vicinity. At the Black Hills large force of men are at work constructing a wagon road to enable the Copper Company to work the immense ledyes in that locality. Some three hundred men are employed and successful work IS being done. The H well smelter On Lyn1 creek started up last week and IS In sue cessful operation. This smelter Is located about eleven miles from Pres colt in the center of an exceedingly rich mining district and promises large re- turns for the investment. This smelter is the most complete of any Tn this county. and Is perhaps as fine one as there is ID the entire Territory. It cost in the neighborhood of S2OO,OOO. In the vicinity of the smelter quite camp has sprunc into existence, and saloons, a postofice, a meat market and other evidence of civilization and progress abound. Within three miles of the smelter IS the Belle mine, n which there k half a mI lliOn dollars worth of ore m sight. Your correspondent traversed a tunne nearly five hundred ieetIn length on this mine, and vein Ot rich silver and gold ore, from two to four feet wide was visible the entire distance The Madleigh mIne within three miles of the shelter IS a large body of rich gold ore; A strike was made in this mine last week of an lS inch veIn which assays over thousand dollars.
 PlacerIng Is carried on quite exten- sivelv in tue bed of the creek. NIT. Howell hImself personally superintends the smelter, and Messrs. Adams and SchoOmaker assists him.
 THE SALE OF TERRITORIAL BONDS. E5Last week the Board of Territorial Bond C1nmis aoners Id the S26O.OOO worth of Territorial bonds to M. Lewis, in San Francesca, for S264,OOO, f4,O0O above par The funding uf the IerrltO- rial deot was brought about by the sa- gaci.y of Governor Fritle, who earnest l, urged upon the Leg stature the pas sage 1f an act to refund the Territorial debt. Heretofore warrants were sold at from SO to 91 cents, although they bore iO Der cent i-terest The bonds only bear : Der cent interest, and run for 20 wears. A saving of over Sl0,OOO Is thus made to the Territory, and our credit made better. Governor Tntle is cer- tainly entitled tu much credit in this
 Nl. N0a. HaE deep interest III the welfare of the Ter rItOry.
 Our people are still trying to build the branch railroad hence tO the A. & r. Railroad.
 PERSONAL.
 Governor Tritle's family left here yes terday, via Ash Fork and Albuquerque, for Oakland, Cal. The Governor accom- panies them .s far as Yuma, and will spen some days ID Tucson and the southern part os the Territory.
 Chas. W. Beach has returned from California, where he has been on busi- ness for some time. He was much missed while absent, and heartily vel comed home.
 Hon. Clark Churchill has been quite III several days, but Is much better now.
 Dr. F. K. Ainsworth, member Of the Council, wIl start for Tucson tO-mOr- row.
 Captain Frank Ingalls, family and Miss Mamie Sparkling, start r Cali f1rnia this week.
 A son of Brigham Young, of Utah, was here yesterday.
 The outlook for a busy season in mines is good. Yours,
 OgCAsTONAT