Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-05-23
ON THE WING

il was about 5:15 o'clock before l wa
speeding along toward Casa Grande
But once aboard the time few at al
equal pace with the cars. The reason
was my good fortune to fall into compa
ny with A. Guzman, @. E.,who was on {
business trip to Silver Bell mine. l be-
came so much interested in his CONVEX
sation on mining matters that scarcely bt
fore was aware of it, we had arrived al
Red Rock where he had to exchange the
cars for stage ride of eighteen miles tc
reach his destination. Mr.. Guzmar
unquestionably understands his bust
ness, and seems to possess the usual san
gulnity of the typical miner.
| On reaching Casa Grande, sixty-tiv
miles south of Tucson, l was met at the
depot by Mr.. Drew Of the firm of Drew
Il Stevens. livery stable keepers and the
proprletors of the Casa Grande and
Florence Stage 20. He was making up
load for special conveyance, but pre-
ferred TO dead head 1t through on the
regular time, which would give me more
time to quiz around the coming town OF
Casa Grande. Here, after breakfast, ]
met Thomas Tomlinson, the enterpris-
ing merchant, y. S, Postmaster, w. F.
4 Co Express Agent, ETC., etc. who fully
satisfied my craving appetite for mining
data and prospects OF the
MINES TRIBUTARY TO CASA GRANDE,
which are certainly very promising.
| The Lake Shore Mining 20. is now Wig
| orously prosecuting the development
of that group OF copper mines owned by
| it thirty miles south, with the hopes
that the property will ultimately rank
as a second Bisbee. The stock holders
are New York men. Two thousand
feet Of development work has been COM
pleted and reports are encouraging.
The Jack Rabbit mine is now in the
hands of New York capitalists and good
reports may be expected from it.
John Kron, who during the past few
years of his operation of the Orizaba
mine, shipped to the Pueblo and Denver
smelters the amount of $4,000 worth of
ore, is still successfully chloriding and
reports prospects better than ever.
The old celebrated Vekol mine, Wal
ker Bros. proprietors, is now producing
more ore than ever in its past history.
There is now on the dump ore sufficient
to run their twenty stamp mill for at
least two years. This miEe is thirty five
miles south,
Ten miles south OF Vekol is situated
the Halicon mine. James Quiggle, who
is known as a persevering man, who
never fails to get water, is now opera
ting his well boring force at depth of
hr,,, II 49, L
"Strike it SOON" W. A. Craig, the super
intendent, is sanguine that this mine
will pay dividends very soon after it
starts up. The mine is owned by st.
Louis people.
The Leila mine adjoining has also
ten stamp mill formerly operated by j.
A. Conlee. Water is now being devel-
oped.
The mine, of tho Ward Mining Co.,
twenty-five miles south of Casa Grande,
SO long idle on account of litigation. is
is poisoning with hopes again. The
company Boston men has now decided to
erect ten ton smelter, and commence
work in earnest.
The Waukegan mine adjoining above |
property, has recently been bonded to |
an English syndicate for a large
1
veloped, and it is expected that the work |
will be still further prosecuted during
the pending season.
The Central Silver Mining Company's |
mine, twelve miles south, (St. Louis in
vestors) rece1tly expended about $780,
900 in erecting machinery. Recently /
they became financially embarrassed |
which caused a temporary suspension,
having overcome this they decided to
eXpend $4,000 additional in the hope of
putting the property on paying basis
All the above mines ard others in |
prospect equally promising. must in
the very nature Of things rely on Casa
Grande as their great distributing point.
and would doubtless of themselves, if
vigorously prosecuted and fully de-
veloped, sustain a fair sized town, but
fortunately her citizens are not by any
means obliged to rely on this depend
ence alone. 1t has already been demon
strated to the satisfaction of the pains
taking and observant that there lies in
and beneath the soil of Casa Grande and
environs far greater and
MORE CERTAIN WEALTH
in its peculiar adaptation to the produc
tion of fruit trees, coupled with a eli
mate inferior TO none in the surety of
fruit bearing, and quantity and quail
ity OF the production. To become salts
fed of the above requires but to behold
and believe. In the dooryard of j. NJ
Woods, proprietor of the SINCE House,
may be seen yonng apricot trees planted
February, 1890, so heavily loaded
with fruit that Mr.. Woods was required
to thin to about one half the original
Prune trees show a growth of
two feet already before the last spring
months have merged into summer. Fig
trees adorn his garden that were six
inch cuttings fifteen months ago, now
full set with the promise Of this
luscious fruit. Corn planted six weeks
ago is four feet high and potatoes plant
ed eighteen days ago are in blossom to-
day.
called upon VIM. B. Reed, secretary
Of the Florence Canal Co., who resides
at Casa Grande. From him l cleaned
some notes Of interest TO those OF your
readers who believe in modern progress
and the improvement of our common
country. The main canal Is 40 miles
long with laterals of 20 miles, and its
capacity is $4,000 inches. In
the immediate vicinity of this town Mr..
Reed estimates 5000 acres are cleared
and put in state available for crops,
bitches covering the whole area, He
estimates that the land can be taken in
its virgin state and put in the above
obtaining title from United
States, clearing. securing water right,
etc, at cost not to exceed SIT per acre,
and that the land IS equally as good as
that for which from 500 to $500 per acre
would be demanded in almost any part
Of California, while the market and.cli-
matte advantages are in no wise inferior
TO the Golden State. 1t is furthermore |
claimed by some to be more favorably
located in point Of marketing facilities
than the Salt River Valley Of this terri
tory; besides it does not get SO hot as to ]
njure certain kinds of fruit.
Good lopd nc fhara IL 70 ha bod bara- |