Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-06-15
FROM CASA GRANDE.
The People Hopeful of a Prosperous Future--New Improvements--The Coming Fourth--Mining.
CASA CYANIDE, June 9, 1S09

| CASA GRANDE, June J, 1SoS EDITOR CITIzEN:-The people of Gas; Grande are as jubilant as ever over thu future greatness of this town and th' best evidence of their faith is the worki they have done. They are putting money and muscle in improvements, anC sufficient wind to impress any persor | that may pass through, of the many ad | yantages of this section. Among the new improvements since my last visit l! an addition to the store of MT. Thos Tomlinson whose business is constant ly increasing. He has large stock oi goods, and now, that he has moved his flour. grain and beer barrels into his new ware house, is enabled to display his stock of general merchandise to good ad- vantage. MT. VIC. Smith has also erect ed two new buildings adjoining his store and fronting the depot. One is to be used as a saloon and the other will be required by Mir. Smith as an additional store room. A new butcher shop has just been opened on the West side of the track by Messers Mclaughlin & Sears. Mir. Mclaughlin was formerly in charge of the railroad pump here and Mir. Sears comes from Tempe.
 THE COMING FOURTH.
 The Casa Grandeans are patriotic and propose to display their patriotism on the Fourth of July All the race horses in the country surrounding are being groomed for a race on the natal day. Jim Woods is the leading spirit in this move ment, and if the "sick horse from Sono- ra" is not agaln wrung in he hopes to come out winner.
 MT. Elliot, the postmaster, express agent and stage agent is as enthuiastic over the future of the Casa Grande min ing district as when he published the Voice of Arizona, and never tires of talk ing about the splendid properties that only await the magic touch of energy, backed by capital,to develop into bonan- gas second to none in the west.
 THE MINING INDUSTRY.
 Chris Johnson, of the Golden West, will go east tonight to push a sale of some mines he owns in the Ojo mount aims in Pima County, six miles from the Sonora line. The properties, known as the Great Western. Alice and Morning Star, were examined recently by an east ern expert who made favorable report on them.
 The work of boring the wells at the Monarch camp goes steadily on night and day. Two wells are being bored, one by the Leila Mining Company, and the other by the Golden West mining Company. They are both down about 200 feet and going down at the rate of about ten feet day. It is thought that an abundance of water will be secured at 8 depth of 450 feet.
 Thos. Thomlinson bonded group of mines last week. They are near the Jack Rabbit and are said to be valuable sold a good mine. known as the Pacific, and has plenty.of faith in all the mines in the district.
 Johnny Reese is working on the Wake gan mine, owned by himself and MT. Thomlinson. This is one of the richest mines in the district, and when taken hold of by capital sufficient to work It as a bullion producer, will yield large profits.
 The Jack Rabbit continues to yield plenty of good ore which is being ship ed as fast as taken out.
 George Morris, forman of the Central Silver Company has gone to Butte to move the engine and pump to the Silver Reef mine. The smelter has already been taken down and will be moved to the Silver Reef camp in a short time.
 NOTES.
 The management of the Fryer hotel has passed into the hands of MT. J. W.. Harrington. Mrs. Fryer is now in Yuma and on her return here will go on trip to the east.
 w. $. Lyle, of the Bonanza Company was here Friday and is now at the Silver King.
 The people here are joyful over the work now being done on the Florence canal, which will be completed to a point on the railroad three miles south of town by September, if the contract under which the work is being down is carried out.
 The weather has been fine for several days, but was little warm to-day.
 A cattle and stock corral is being talked of here, so that the shipping of live stock will be of the future indus tries of the place.
 The contract for carrying the mail from Casa Grande to Orizaba and the Vekol, has been secured by MT. Jerry Hayward.
 There is no work of consequence being done at the Vekol now. It has been shut down for the summer.
 The gradings for the mill site at the Silver Reef mine has been completed.
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