Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-04-01
LITTER FROM GLOBE.


 Railroad to be built from A. < P Co Globe
 and thence to Henson.
 GLOBE. March 27th, 1883.
 EoIroR CrrIzES:-Aiter long silence I again take mp the pen in kind remem- brance of the CITIZEN. knowing that you would appreciate letter from an old time friend, coutaining as 1 trust this will. some interesting news, to the CITIZEN, and Its many worthy readers, regarding this section of our glorious Arizona.
 The we1ther here at present writing is truly delightful, and the gentle zepI yrs of Spring are giving oEce more renewed life and animati n to all sur rounding nature; the trees are once more turning green, and the birds are singing merrly, while the hills are ex changing their brown coats of winter. for their rich and beautiful floral crOwns, the gift of every ehesSfui Spung.
 The general health Of our people Is
 most excel -nt. The smallpox has dis appeared from our midst. There We're four cases here, three of which proved fatal.
 The mining outlook at present Is about as usuaL The copper interests
 notwithstanding the fact that they have
 large quantities of ore of good grade on
 hand at the various mines, 1 am inform ! ed. are barely making expenses, which fact Is due sUleiy 10 the outrageous | prces they have tO pay f"r coke auU | trans port alton Uf bullion tU the Railroad, whlcu cJnsumes, II Is saId, all the euorni- | Ous profits that could otherwise be | realized. aud Nhlch difficulty II is feared | cannot be successfully overcome untlI we are cOuUtcted by raIl with other more | favored secuOus of tue country, which | II k hoped wIli Oe at no far distant day | it ls asserted here by some who are ln position to be Informed regarding the | matter, that Cal. J. ". Eddy, of IlnnOis, | las lately succe, ded iu the au:zatiob | Uf a company Uf Boston capitaiisIs, aBo | who have already put up th, | necessary funds to complete | the preliminary wOrk of surveyIng, pre- paratOry 70 the GuIluiug of what wIll b, known as the ArIzOna Mineral Bel,
 Railroad, the starting point of wnIcL | will be fiOm the Atlantic < Pacific,
 Nhere IL crosses what IS called CdnyOL l DlablU. From theuce easterly over the
 .iIvidIug range Ot mountains that lies
 b. .s.----.-- .a-- sstiss 70. .lorada sad N.--.ie 1 uveIs, passlDg down near Greeu Valley,
 bringing IL through the rich mineral
 district where The famous House &
 Rouse and ODOurhsit ty silver mines arr, located, thence down TOutp Creek and
 tO Sat rlver, thence up said rIver to tht
 mouth Of Plnal creek and up said creek
 tO Globe and from here It wIli go {,
 BeLsOn. The distance. I should jdd ge.
 tr' 'n point ot starting z tO thIs place VII
 be about To miles. But be that as ii
 may, am intUrmel that the building oI ! the road as indicated Is d certainty and
 that tue work will begin at an early dHte.
 The silver interest here at present, | wlth the exception of Richmond Basin,
 and IguaTtzIie mountain, are not dom. much. The latter place h again comm. | tO The Front m the prUducilon Of mos, | wUndefiui nch silver ores, aud ID goo,
 large quantities Some mining claims ! that have been searched over anu
  and pronounced worthless by the orlpi.
 nal lUcatUrs, have been relocated D, l other parties more determined and in- dustriUus, who are working them wltt. l astuul Llng results. Indeed the fact + thoroughly established by recent devel Opmeuts that the former owners had not dug out the iedgea and mines as they supposed, out on the contrary had fstTt 1 rfsf ft frn W
 uO doubt, what IS called the Isabella group of mines, located at the east eud of the Quartzite range about six m.l,.s northeast O. Globe, Upon winch tLe u,.- tOrIOus Col. BIg-by operated so success fully on cheek and paper, as to succeed m rOpIug m some fl haileluiah hand O eastern clergy men, Bishop Simpson, among others, vino, It is claimed by son. of the eas eru press, lost SGOI which loss by the worth, Bishop, caused the Chicago Evsuinp Journal man Iu late issue to explode. and iu Il gushing artIcie commenting upon the loss Cf sGch an enormous amount b. the unfortunate devina. iu the course of which be mentions several ex-oiiclais, governors and judges Wbu have experienced similar lus>ss in min 1 Ing deals. And ia conclusion of the l article referred to the writer shows Very l cleai ly the bitter prejudice he enter | ia us against the mining interests Of tn. | entire country, by denOuucing in the 1 most wicked and scarhiug language, tho | whole mining industries ot tLs land, | and iutlmates that mining k a swindl. | from beginning to end. and complete the tlrHde upon this, as 1t appears b. would have people tO believe, an unlaR- ful Industry, by advising She readers Oi the Journal not Co invest theIr money in mining property unless they wanted to lose it. The fact ID the nbnve case l. apparent, that the Journal mau IS either ignorant or SO inded by prriudice that he utterly falls tU see any merit in mn ] ing whatever, and entirely ignores the fact that there are mil lns and millions of dollars annually taken from tb. various mlnlng claims that are being worked throughout the country. and poured into the commercial channel. Every dollar Of winch IS a clear gain over and above what was before in and adds that more wealth not only t1 the United States but tO the world, and millions of dollars divldends are paid each year tO stockholders of lue numerous inning companies. | There are many ex-goveru0rs and judges, whom | would name if time and space here permitted. who can count their wealth ny the milhons. every dollar of winch they made from mines. and there are others who occupy seats of honor m tbe halls of Congress. high rr In the councils Of the nation today. vho would have never crossed the threshold of the White House at Washington. had t not been for mines and mining in- thence.
 Deny these facts, Mr. Journal, if you Hare, and say Iis miRing industry of the 'Ouutry is a fraud, and sbed a few mo Q ! 'rocOiile tears over Bishop Simpson's oss, when inform you throrgh the col , mus of the ARENA CITIZEN that the i --ahe Ia group of mines in which Bishop Simpson invested his S6 0 have been . el csted and are devel piHg into verita- ,le bOnauzas. One, in particular, the Happy Jack, is yielding large amounts ' ore, sOrna of which, it is estimatei i. k Forth one dollar per pound, and am z old the present owners. after wcrkinp A lumber of tons with such astonishIno ' nd satisfactory results. they are now rylng to buy quartz mill, for which f hey prop se to pay cash, winch k proof [ 'osttlve that these mines will return i handsome profits if nroua- ,rd ;,.sTf; .