Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-03-22
THE PATAG0NIAS.
REVIVAL OF THE GREAT MINING IN
 TEREsTS OF THAT SECTION.
The Faith of the Miners Rewarded-Whai Is Going on at Harshaw, Washing ton Camp and La NOria as Seen by The Enterprise Man-The Curse
 of the Land
 Grant.

Of the Land
 Grant.
 When the Hermosa mill at Harshsw was removed to the Quijotoa mines, nearly all the miners were of the opin- ion that the camp would never again revive. A few, however, remained and took out little ore here and there for shipment to meet their expenses. This state of affairs continued up to March 20th, 1888, when James Finlay started his mill. This gentleman had never lost faith in the Harshaw mines and time has verified his good judg- | ment.
 The struggle was hard one, and many miners realize the difficulties and hardships of staying by an aband- oned camp and prospecting it for six or seven years, while living on beans, straight" part of the time. There were few others who placed reliance on Finlay's good judgment and stood by him heroically. The result is now seen in the regular shipments of bull lion from his mill and of ore from many of the mines in that district. His success inspired new life and gave employment to the men who owned claims, which enabled them to further develop their properties. There is not man on the coast VI ho receives more grateful thanks. nor who deserves it more, than James | Finlay.
 The mill has run for about 8 year and has lost but two days up to the 20th of thA month, and these were the Fourth of July and Christmas. It has crushed an average of seven teen tons of ore per day of an average value of 244 ounces in silver per ton. Up to January 1st it had produced ll3,050 ounces, while the tailings show loss of but three ounces, show ing very close saving of the silver. The Huntington process of crushing the ore is used and it gives perfect satisfaction. Everything about the mill indicates the practical manage ment. The water is brought from a spring 500 yards above the mill which has never been known to run dry. The ore is hauled It miles, from the mine, above the mill.
 At the mine the same good manage ment is seen. c. c. Cantrell is the foreman and Frank Fitzsimon is the mill man. It is a pleasant ac- acknowledgement of MT. Finlay's per sonal popularity where the men under him work with such hearty will and they all realize that he is just towards them and does not forget the boys who faithfully stayed by the camp in it's gloomy days.
 The town has two good stores carry ing a general supply of miners wants, kept by R. Farrel and Charles Renouf The butcher business is carried on by J. W. Hubbard; there are several restaurants, barber shop and enough saloons to satisfy the camp which con tains fully two hundred people.
 James Finlay is developing other mines adjoining the Hermosa of which there are several belonging to the group and all are patented.
 On the road to Washington CamI Frank Powers was seen and from him it was learned that, in company with w. J. Marshall, he had seventeen tons of ore from the American mine ready to ship. There are several other mines in the same district now ship ping ore.
 WASHINGTON CAMP.
 At Washington Camp the Duquesnt company is working the Hensley cop per group. Here one meets with ( great surprise in the way of buildings The company undoubtedly know they have valuable and large deposit O copper They have erected a fint building for offices, built bunk houses, boarding house, store anC
 butcher shop, besides number O.
 houses at an expense of at least 1925, GOO.
 At the shaft where the best showing was made and which caused the salt of the property, complete hoistin;
 works are erected, of sufficient ca
 pacity to handle all the ore. Thi shaft is in q gulch about two hundred yards above the company's town. 4 } depth of ITO feet has been reached two levels run and the third started
 R. D. Rhodes, the uperintendept says he thinks they have a good pros pect for mine. A second shaft has beer . started, with hoisting works run by donkey engine, and depth of 65 fee has been reached. This shaft is ol , the opposite side of the gulch, and s, far no ore has been encountered. Mart Maloney, pioneer of Arizona has townsite located at the bottom
 of the canyon and, should the caml , boom, Mart can again impor thoroughbred stock into the Territory
 He occasionally runs buckboar,
 from Crittenden to the camps for tn 5 accommodation of travellers. Hi team is a remarkable one and et som [ future time an illustration will appea l in THE ENTERPRISE showing the driy f CT and blackboard, together with tn 7 pedigree and description of tn . horses.
 LA NoRiA.
 At La Noria Judge Harrison has 3 ranch enclosed alongside of the Cam . erons, but, why he was never moleste 7 is question.
 l Around the old Luttreli smelter i - strewn the relics of the fire that COT Q sumed that plant. The smelter re l mains a monument of the bad mar + agement of it's projectors. The tow. g is located within few feet of the Sc l nora line, in the San Rafael valley a one of the finest in the Territory. ] 8 it were not for the claim of the Can erons this section of the country woul 3 be dotted with small farms and pro! s porous people, as sufficient water ca g be developed for irrigation. The pel ! sistent efforts made by tho claimant ) of this grant to extend it's lines to si' a teen square leagues have justly cause d the people of that portion of the Te
 ritory ts lock upon them as a set