Mohave County miner., 1891-07-04
Kingrnan.
The Financial and Business
Center Of M0have
County.

+ county anu tfio ul~tTlbuttHS pVNat IOf All
mines in the Wallapai mining district,
and one OF the most picturesque little
towns on the line of the Atlantic &
Pacific railroad Beautiful gardens have
been set out during the past three years
and the growth OF trees and shrnbbery
has been truly phenomenal. ard should
the same progress in arhorulsure be m .de
in the next three Years kInsman viii
have no equal for beauty and attractive
ness in Arizona. The tow u j. surrounded
on many sides by high. teuaeed bluffs
that look like old ruined castles giving
somber appearance 10 the back grounds.
In this sprightly town are two oi the lar.
gest mercantile houses in the Territory.
Their annual business amounts to hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars. The sales
OF The w. fl flggtrt Mercantile Co.
amounted to $4,000 for the year ending
July /, 1891, while Messrs Beeciler Il Co.
informs Us that their sales amount to
between 100000 and $4,000 This for
town OF only two hundred and tiitv In
haoitants IS certainly good showing for
the mercantile business Our enterpris-
ing lumber merchant, j IL. Halsey, has
also been doing good business in fur
nishing timber for the various mIaes
and building material for ,ur progressive
citizens, as his total sales for the year
ending this date was 10000 This
show our mines are now being worked
Systematically and the alye OF home i'm
provement is fully upon us. Inqnir
at the sampler OF Lake &; Smith, devel-
oped the fact that over 500, 900 had been
paid out 10 miners for ores for the year
just ended and that the average value OF
this ore was $l25 per ton The amount
Of ores purchased by John Lynch, before
selling his sampler to Messrs. Lake &
Smith, amounted in round numbers to
100000. Owing 10 wet winter the
amount OF ore shipments from Kingman
station was somewhat reduced from that
Of the year before, but careful estimates
place the total value Of ores shipped from
this point by samplers and individuals lat
$587 1877 80. No other county IN the Ter.
ritory can make as good showing in
production Of the precious metals. This
production is almost wholly the work OF
chloriders and speaks volumes for the
richness aud permanently of Mohaye
county mines. The receipts at the At
lantic & Pacific Office at this point for
the year just ended was $4,000, while
the passenger and Wells. Fargo & Co.'S
business amounted to as much more.
Thousands Of dollars are yearly sent
from this place 10 the metropolitan cities
by private individuals for clothing and
other articles OF wearing apparel, winch
goods are received through the express
office.
Kingman has also passed beyond the
stage when she bad 10 look to California
for all the fruit and vegetables consumed
here, as two Of the finest fruit and vege-
table ranches to be found on the coast
are located on the outskirts OF the town.
AT Beal Spring ranch a large area OF
ground has Deen placed under cultivation
and five h undred fruit trees and seven
hundred grape vines are now in full
bearing. The peaches, apricots, apples
and plums are large and lucious, while
the figs are the largest and best we have
seen on this side OF the continent. The
fruit is much more highly favored than
any ever shipped here from California.
The finest vegetables we have ever eaten
are grown on this ranch. The owner,
Richard Taggart, is constantly improving
and placing more land under cultiya-
ton. There is now enough water run
ming to waste TO irrigate over one
hundred acres OF fruit.
Another of our home ranches is situa-
ted in picturesque spot in Oak creek
canyon, from which it takes It's name,
and is owned by J. II. Johnson, one OF
Mohaye county's big hearted old timers.
The ranch has been under cultivation for
the last ten years, but not until six
years ago was there any Improvement
made, when great many thousand vines
we're set out. Now il is one of the best
kept and best cultivated places in
Northern Arizona. A fine residence has