Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-03-28

cold Grizzly,'O who "put up" one-third of the entire amount of expenditures himself, (assisled financially by his son, Jake B. Callen), and was general mana ger of the business until it was in suc- cessful operation, when he resigned, on account of his extensive individual min- ing business This company being comparatively private one e,cOmpOsed of few individuals, who sought to obtain profits from actual, instead of stock board mining, very little has has ever been publicly said of it, or the enter prise it has displayed. But in reality. "Old Grizzly" then and there, demon. trated the practicability of damming and storing water in Arizona. Under his management, stone dam, laid in cement, was constructed 2,OOO feet 1 above the mouth of the canyon, and 1 water to the amount Of 1,5OO inches taken therefrom, by Hume and ditch, 1000 feet and turned through pipes and giants on the gravel bars, with 100 feet pressure, and an extensive and profitable mining business assured. MT. Frank Dolph Is at present general manager, and Mir. Weaver, of Georgia, superintendent, both very affable and competent gentlemen. They are con- stantly working large force of men, and taking out about $9 day to the man. It Is very nice camp.
 Four miles below the Gro FinO camp is the placer mining camp of Ex-Gov- ernor F. A. Tritle, whole souled gen. tlcman, who has put in both time and money in helping Arizona. He has good placer ground there, fine ditch for water, extensive workings, and a val uable property.
 Adjoining and immediately below Gov. Tritle's properties are "Old Griz- zly's" Irish bar placers, where a small camp was found of four men working for him, under the supervision of 8 1 Chihubuan-DOn SistrO Garcia-whO said they were taking out $lO a day to the man. There was about $500 in gold
 camp "Old Grizzly" has good itch there and rich ground, but 1t seemed not enough to last more than two or three years.
 Next below comes the Pyramid ranch, recently purchased by A. A. Moore, upon which are some fine bars of gold gravel, beides considerable amount of very nice farming land. This ranch is properly the head of Walnut Grove val lev, which for the next ten miles below is settled on and farmed all the way, and all kinds of fruit grown, and sum- mer heat and winter blasts are unknown, the temperature ranging from 3So to S7 and of course water never freezing. Peter Verdier, who keeps 8 general mer- chandise store, is also engaged in placer mining, as well as Messrs. Pierce, Me- Nary, Bennett: and others along the Hassayampa river in the agricultural portion of the valley; and at the head of the lower canyon on the Hassay- ampa Is located and constructed the immense dam of the Walnut Grove Water Storage Company. Of this dam, and its utility, the public are already so 1 well informed, 1t is only deemed neces- -ary to say, that it is an immense and successful structure, and has created, " storage, very beautiful lake of water about one and half miles in length, by an average of half & mile in width. and average depth of about GO feet, uuon the surface of which may be seen thousands of the feather.d trice, and many very fancy pleasure boats. Of this immense body of water, for mining aud stock raising purposes, we have not space here to comment upon, but every intelligent person can see that 1t Is almost incalculable.