Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-10-11
The News from Clifton.
solomonvIIle Bulletin

Mase Greenlee and Jim Guthrie have just returned from a prospecting tllp. They started out about ten days ago, but said nothing as to their destination, and only on their return did they state for what purpose they had gone, which was to locate claims on a ledge that they had known of for years, but in which they had no faith as paying proposition. They say the ledge crops out boldly for long distance and is about twenty feet ln width. The ore Is a mystery to them now, as the croppings show, from wall to wall, spar, mica, plumbago, and some thing that looks like silver glance, but which they believe is tin. They brought ill an ample sample which they sent to Denver, to be assayed and thoroughly tested Mase speaks in glowing terms of the country through which they passed, though they only went about SO miles from here, up the San Francisco river, on the north prong of which they have made the locations. He said that for miles and miles, heavy forest of yellow pine tim Der stands awaiting the advent of a rail road and the lumberman, to enhance and swell the wealth producing resources of the territory. There are but few set tiers in that section, and he said their CtOBS dlC ludS ullCS4l, lAdl uC nCNCi saw such oats or wheat, potatoes and corn, and garden truck, in his life. Cattle were literally rolling fat" He Is not certain whether the ledge was in Arizona or New Mexico, but it Is believed in Socorro county, New Mexico, possibly Hi Apache county, Arizona. The timber belt allud- ed to Is in Graham, Apache, and Socorro counties. and 1t Is Ill the midst of the fin est virgin farming region that was ever seen, with plenty Of water, running streams full of trout, and every kind of game. He says the settlers are Arkan- sans and are good class of people, par ticularly the girls. which he characterizes as corn fed and ready to market. 1 Your correspondent had often heard that there was a vast domain abounding ! in timber, agricultural and mineral lands 1 between here and the Atlantic X Pacific R. R., that never had been thoroughly ! explored. The reason for 1t not having been explored was the cursed Apaches. Now that the Chiricahuas have been re- moved (and with a united effort by the people of both Arizona and New Mexico to have the balance removed to the In dian territory or some other place. the | prospect of populating both territories is not question of time 1t will be don6 as soon as those who are seeking for new homes learn that within weeks traveI from railroad they can settle down anG be the founders of immense wealth iron the varied resources at hand.
 MINING NOTES.
 Lakeman * Campbell have received returns from their recent shipment of ort
 from Gold Gulch. They shipped to th'
 Fl Paso Smelling works and received
 $70 per ton. viz: $6250 in silver anC
 $6.5O in gold They did not expect to re ceive more than $5000 per ton for thu
 consignment, as they had not sorted tn,
 ore close and it was shipped more as
 sample than choice lot, consequent,
 the boys feel considerably elated over tn
 returns.
 J.R. Carty at the Bonanza Camp i
 arrastring ore from his claim, the Arctic
 Joe Tanner will ship ill a few days
 fifteen tons of high grade copper ore t
 Denver.
 Tony Patburg, of Gold Gulch, is ar
 rastriHg rich gold rock.
 Ike Ham and Tony Fitzgerald are sel ing some ore to the Detroit Copper Com
 pany, which they have extracted whil
 doing assessment work on their High lander group.
 Marion Mitchell is foreman of the Cor onado mine and about 5Q men at work.
 Ed Sayles takes charge as shift boss, a
 the Longfellow on the 1st of October. Billy Fogarty continues to work on tn
 Eclipse mine. The shaft has been sun
 90 feet at which point drifts have bee
 drove 30 feet one way and i5 feet tn other. The ere is too low grade to shiI averaging about S35, but Billy says h will continue the work, as some day ther will be a silver mill ill the camp, then h will not have to pay out the fruits of hi labor to railroad companies.
 Jerry Smith has ten sacks of exceed , ingiy rich ore out from his Monte Crist mine, which Is near the Bonanza Caml ? It will run away up into the hundreds. The following mining men were i town this week: Messr5. Wright Mile
 Russell and Gemmel from the Longfe
 low; Messrs. Meeks and True from tn r Metcalf
 The Arizona Copper Company hay ''blown in' another furnace, which make j. three that are now in blast
 Two ere trains were running all la! i week. Charley Pier was running th - extra.
 f POLITICAL.
 h A,demqcratic primary meeting was hel a on the 27th inst, pursuant to call whe a the following proceedings were ha, e Meeting called to order by B. NJ Cray d ford and the object thereof stated. M s ". B. Blank as chairman and P. J. Clar y as seCretary, CT motion duly seconde 2 were elected. Nominations for delegat i to the county convention being declare is in order by the chairman, Capt. B. ,o Harover and Ben M Crawford were pre-