Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-09-05
Harshaw,s BOnanza-Sotes and Gossip.


 z ED. CTTIZES:-This town is some what duller than when wrote you last, but such Is life in these mining camps. The bilking of so many here by Darrow. Cook and Meyers, Of Denver, Col, who controlled the Uncle George mine. was the first step towards a set back on the town. You will remember this presi- dent of the council-Darrow-who. when he skipped the country, had an article published in the Denver papers stating that the Indians had driven of all the settlers from Harshav to Crit tenden for protection. The Uncle George mjne is not being worked at present, and everything pertaining thereto is to be sold at public auction by constable sale on September 3i, on a judgment from Nogales-
 . The Home Again mine is the ''boss" in this part of the country. As have been all through the mine lately l will give you few items. The Home Again was formerly the Blue Nose mine, and IS situated about two and half miles from Harshaw near the wagon road leading from that town to Washington Camp. Charles Dunn, Jr., being the lucky owner of one-half, the other half beIng owned by John D. Perryer, Nor gan T. Davis. William Powers, William Harrington and Thomas Shesn. They are working twenty seven men at pres ent, but only nine Of that number are working on ore, as they are doIDg con- siderable dead work, part of which K sinking a main working shaft which they intend to sink to a depth of one hundred aDd three feet, then drift one hundred and sixty feet to the bottom of the winze where they have an abundance of ore. They have the main shaft down fifty feet and are erecting steam hoisting works and Tn three days more we will hear the steam whistle. The winZe where they are taking out ore was started in the tunnel about sixty feet from the gulch and Is down ninety feet, perpendicular, the bottom of the winZe is one hundred and ninety feet from the surface. There IS a fine showing of ore the whole length of the winze. Dur ipg the last SIX weeks they have shipped TWO hundred and eIghty-two tots of ore, which gave returns to the amount of nearly twenfy-one thousand dollars. They have struck the first water at the bottl m of the winz= and in the few feet that they sank for a stump shows more ore and of a better quality than any yet discovered in the mine. But should the ore not continue below water level they have enough alone to keep them several years choloriding so there Is no ifs or Rnds about this mine being a bonanza for the owners, as they have the ore already Tn sIght, and every dol lar taken out of the mlne counts, 6s the owners are hard workers and occupy tbe most expensive and respCns slblo po- sitiOns. Mr. Dunn has be n troubled SO much with the rheumatism that he sel- dom gues tO the mine, but attends to shipping and other business, while Mir PerTyer IS the secretary and psymaster with an eve 70 all other branches of the business. Mr. Powers attends to all the blacksmith work. NIT. Harrington Is an nlineer aud Is putting the engine to gether and is COiDg to ruu 1t. The work n the niue has been carr:ed on by MT. SleGn well known here as m able miner, and Mr. John Dunn, l. well known old timer on the COmstOck, wbo Is consider ed second 10 none CD the Pacific coast as a mining man.
 Other chlorldIng Is going on as usual, some showing we'll and others nothing. The Alta has not resumed work yet, but We hope to hear the whistle some time during next month. there IS coDsidera- ble dead work being done un the Trench and EXteusIOn, Const quently they are not shipping much ore, but expect to do better next month.
 A number of strangers came to this town sOms tune ago, but lately sood many have left; but there are plenty left for all the work that IS carried on, as n great deal of the chloridiDg IS done by the owners of the claims, who are not afraid of hard work when they have ore in sight. In shoUs my advicA to miners is, don't come here for work; we have business for but one store, but seemingly plenty of business for the four saloons.
 The school Is prospering under the charge of Alma V. Best.
 MrF. Cha. Dunn and family have gone to Los Angeles to settle perman- ently. Miss Annie Darms, who resided with them has returned to Tucson much improved in health, and weighs Seven pounds heavier than when when she came here two months ago. So much for our Harshaw climate.
 Mrs. w. T.. Lake, who has been sick for nearly two month IS around seem ingly as well as ever.
 MT. John -Rusher, who was nearly killed by his wagon passing over him, -four months ago, has had hard siege, but isable to take charge of his teams again. A. B.