Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-26
AN INTERESTING LETTER.
From New Camp That wn Soon Make s
 Noise in the World.
CHIEF CANT. A T.May 23 1ss.

CHIEF CAMP, A. T. May 23, 1888
 ED. CITIzES:-I send a few items t, your valuable journal in Iregard to thu part of Pima county. I have just re turned from trip in this part of tn, county which l think is a great mine rRl district, There Is mineral croppinI out of all the hills and most of it IS Tn yer large ledges and can be traced lOnl distance. predict a great future fOI this part before iOng, and Do doubt the whistle and the falling or the stsmI will be heErd here m the next twelve months, for there Is sufficient orc IL sight Co justify stamp nut. l under stand that negotiations are now pend ing with San Francisco parties for the erection of reduction works here which will open up 0 district that will sur prise the mining fraternity.
 Alex LRnhOrn and Dan Hays have q fine prospect. They have done coasiie. rab!e work and the iedg, shows up ID good shape. The ledge a Tis feet iu width aud k traceBble fer j claims m length, and Is DO douh: great property. The assays SO from 20 t. GU oGaczs and It ls flee milling ore. Acioir;sl, this claim is the Bay State ChiOfia' and Chef owned by Ford and Browneil who are working upon the ChIef claim. rbey are now sinking 10 tap the incline which ls about 100 feet from shaft. IL Is fine shoviDg, the incline IS sll in ore sGmp- ling loo ounces. They also have several locations south, upOn the same ledge, which IS trsceAble for a long distance.
 The Grand Trunk claim IS about 5000 feet south ot the Chief mIne, It has g perpendicular shEtt down IS feet m ore Rss6ying from 30 to 60 ounces and the ledge Is l2 fee; on top of ground. IL seems strange thH. these large buiIes of mineral should have had here si long without working for the location is Cen tral and easy ot access, with plenty of water and feed for animals.
 The Santa Rosa Valley ;s one of the great valleys of Arizona extending from :he Rio GIla down to Sonora and Is the home of great number Ot PaparO h. dians. They farm tO large extent and have many hDe fields ot wheat, which looks beautiful. The gram rHis wlll compare fgvOfably with Any grown in he great wheat growing cOunirie'.
 NJ doubt some day, not far distant,  thls great valley Eill bo settled Up by the pale faces, for the land is very pro ductive.
 mention here one great nuisance. that Is the Indisus are constantly gel ting whisky or mescal and getting drunk become disordsFly. ThIs busi- ness ought Go be looked into for 1t Ger tainly bring trouble.
 The Yekol is ID full blast again and Mir. Elliot has got a large force of men at work on the Queen cf Sheba.
 Mir II. Kinds prospects, look very fiattering and the Monarch k said tO be very promising mine which lays about five miles south ot Nekol. We havc on the west of this camp about eight miles away the Old Veteran ProspectOr Steve Will lisms, with several good prospects, and be Is taking on. very fine ore which hs says from 6lO Co 2OOO ounces. His claims are located in the foot bills of the Pos0 BlancO mountains.
 The WEEKLY CITIZEN IS welcome visitor t0 our camp every week which keep u5 posted upon the doings of the outslie world.
 Yours respectfully,
 SoUIB.