Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-10-23
Into the CataliHas.

There is TO other diSersiCu tha. even approximatss the pleEEl5s and profit, from 8 standpoint of physical Ecquisi- tion b. the victim Of the humdrum life afforded by t5e 6ncien; and honorable pueblo, than Bn escape Tor a few days into the mountains for the cBiOymen. ni the pure air and sublime scenery tha: abound SO lavIshly m the Santa Cats- lina mountains. X CITIZEN annex threw of his newspaper Cares one day last week, and mounted one of Meals com fortable buckboards bound towards American Flag. The trip up was a pleasant one, made more sl, perhaps, by the attentions of the accommodating driver, Mir Duran Daily, whose courtesies are appreciated by all travellers towards the Cstalinas and the Mammoth camp,
 One passes through the Oracle with a longing desire to tarry and enjoy its lovely shades, bright sunshine and cool. ing breeZes. It Is naturally q resort for those who wish to avoid ihe tedious summer heat without iou.as ying too far from the city, The neal homes of Messrs. J. 0. Waterman, E. S. Dodge, Alex. Nc Kay and others, are very Iuyitins, and the hospitality of these gentlemen has DO limit.
 Up about the American F!eg there IS considerable activity. Mr. J. l. iClRrk, the postmaster. has half 6 dozen diifereu, business irons ID the fire and he employs large force of men. His home Is the synonym for hospitality, and when he | completes the large additions now being made to his house, he will have ample accommodations for summer visitors and will open 8 regular station. He is making many substantial improvements at bis place and proposes spending hIs life there h the enjoyment oi the bOun- tlful gifts of nature and .he sweet fruits of well directed and honorable tOil. He has also store ct inc Southern Belle mine. two miles beyond his house and high up m the mountains, and is doing a good tbusiness by dealing fair and honorably with the miners and settlers in that vicinity.
 The Southern Belle mill IS running steadily and every tweniy-feur hours records thirty tons of rock crushed and swept through the ten stamp mil The mine ought to pay well. for it IS @ model affair and built with an eye to economi- cal working of the ore.
 The old Ada mill, in Peppersauce Cullen. has been dismautled by Messrs. John Boucher and G. II. Bsrnhart, and is being hauled to this city for ship ment to Gold Hill. New Mexico, where the above parties will re-erect il. A num- Der of promising mining claims are be- ing developed in the vicinity of the Ada mill site and up to the Southern Belle. some very fine ones. being owned by George Brsiovich and others.
 Down the Peppersauce Gulch the pumps of the Southern Belle are located engineered by Nick Warlaumont, and they send a continuous stream over the hills nine hundred feet above them and two miles away, sufficient to run the mill
 Below the pumps some distance Messrs. J. F. Sanders. II. c. Siesfried and his brother Charley, have one of Mir. Sanders amBlgsmators, and conceu- trators, and they are taking out gold from the extensive cement beds re- gently found there. They are making a success of their enterprise and have covered all the eligible ground with claims and secured the water rights to work them.
 Very many good lodges of gold ore are known to exist Tn tbat neirhbor- hood, but only q few of them are being worked. Occasionally rich nuggets are found here snd there, but they are not ID sufficient numbers to obstrurt ones journey over and around the mountains.
 The scenery in that section of ihe mountains is sublimely grand and the atmosphere is pure, light and buoysui. The water ia excellent and cold and If one is SO disposed, there Is but little difficulty in finding healihful and rein venating influences whereabouts sufii- cient to strain the purse to adequately supply the prodigious appetite that is sure 10 ensne, Ii IS indeed a real won der that the people of this city do not arrange to spend the summer months in these mountains where several families can camp near together and add to ns- lures supply of pleasures the enjoyable social features of city life.