Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-08-23
FROM GREATEHvILLE.
Poliuos, Mining and social Events, Etc.
Corr Tucson Star

Corr. Tucson Star
 A democratic primary meeting was held | in Precinct No 5. .GroateIvIlle, on last Sat | urday night, for the purpose of selecting delegates, two in number, to attend tlle Democratic county convention to be heid in Tucson on the 25th.
 The meeting, though not a large one, was an enthusiastic one in the case, and the great unwashcd as their opponents are pleased to call them democracy oi ths camp showed c0nclusiveiy that they were siaunch friends and believers III Pro gress, Tariff Reform, Ballot Reform and Home Rule,
 The meeting was called to order at o'clock D. m with r.. J. Coyne, chairman of prccint committee, in the chair. T. Y. Childers Secretary, protem. On motion r. J. Coync was unanimously elected chairman of the meeting, T. T. Childers, as Secretary.
 Short addresses, appropriate to theOc- casion were made by tine chair and others, | after which nominations were in order, af- ] ter ihe nominations were made a recess | was taken tO prepare ballots. Upon the meeting being again called to order i balloting was proceeded with, which re- slltod in the election of T. II. Zeigler and l f. T. ChilderH as delegates to the county convention Onmotion their election was declared unanimous. The meeting was then adjourned.
 1 Owing to a scarcity of water for some time past the business of placer mining here has been somewhat slack, but since the late plentiful rains mining has picked up. and at the present time the usual steady flow of gold is coming in.
 There are a number of locations on quartz veins in this vicinity gold, silver and copper but owing to the depression iu mining for the last few years there has been but little done other than the annual asses ssmcnt work for some time past One notable exception however, Is to be made in the Wisconsin mine which, from the labor of two men during the space of about four months produced ore which gave a return ofabout $2,O00 showing con- clusively that the mineral belt of this dis trict is worthy of the consideration of pr0spectors and mining men.
 This is one of the most beautiful spots in all Arizona, and possessing a most eduable climate neither too hot in sum mer or too cold in winter, As veritica- ton of what the climate is, 1 cite the fact that only a few days since on the ranch Oi Mir. Thomas Gardiner, three miles soutl of GreaterviliC, your correspondent saw several fig trees loaded with fruit Mir Gardiner's ranch is situated at the foot o Old Baldy," the highest peak in Pimf county
 The population of Greaterville numbers ! about one hundred, mostly native, and as another instance of the salubrity of tn, climate, the census enumerator. MT Piper. was called back the second time or several occasions to the same house tC stand God father and enumerate, new arrival, and in one instance he made { third call at one house for the same pur pose. This last was too much and nc persuasion could prevail upon him to sta! over another night here, as he said Inc couldn't let other portions of his distric suffer, waiting to see Greaterville pu
 herself on record.
 The population of this place being SC largely native, about the only amuse mcnt hera is dancing. A grand "baille' was held last night at which your core spOndent looked on for a while, and as h' gazed into the dreamy, liquid depths O the dark eyes of the senoritas, he couldn' 3 help but feel that "Old Father Time" haC been httle harsh in fooling with thu hair of the OLD MAN