Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-09-01
THOuASVILLE. A Town of Tents, the Fore runner of a Great
 Camp.
 GOLD GALORE.
GOLD GALORE.
Great Excitement Over the New
 Find in Pinal County.
THoAAsvLLE Com CAMP, Aug 26.

| THoIAsvILLE GOLn CAMP, Aug 26.
 ED. CITIZEN: - Another wonderful gold region has been opened up in Pinal rounty. between Godfield and Nam
 moth, about sixty miles northeast of
 Tucson and about twenty-five miles northeast of Florence. It IS undoubt- edly the largest and richest gold field yet discovered in Arizona. A city of tents has already sprung up and pros pectors are hocking in daily. The starting of the boom WAS the re- cent rich discoveries in the Peoria mine, located about two miles from the big we'll formerly owned by James Thomas and Dick Forman, of Florence, and known as the Dagger We'll" Last night at a meeting of ths pros pectors living around the well 1t was unanimously decided to call the place Thomasville.
 At the Peoria mine one of the shafts is down 165 feet and vein of ore four feet wide, averaging SS5, is now being worked. It is getting better and richer as they go down. Ten men are already at work there.
 A stamp mill is to bs erected at Thomasville at once, as there IS an abundance of water here and the whole surrounding country Is vast gold field.
 An old prospector has tried several pans of the dirt all over the surface and around the lodges of quartz and reports the results of the pannings simply i'm mense.
 MT. James Thomas of Florence, and Mir. James Mccarthy have ledge over twelve feet wide at the surface that pans away up. It Is called the Gro Fino claim and is beyond all doubt one of the finest gold claims in Arizona. It very much resembles the great ledge of Goldteld both ip appearance and gen. eral conditions.
 The country is full of promising lodges of quartz and lots of room yet to make any number of good locations.
 Now is the time for capitalists and men Of moderate means to come. The gold IS here, everywhere. The country roundabout iS wild and there is nc VIC ter betw cen here and Donnelley's, on the Florence roeG, fifteen miles from here.
 Tucson is a good outfitting poiEt.
 The nearest railroad station is Casa Grande. A stage runs from there to Florence where good conveyances can be had.
 There is plenty of grass and good wa ter here. It is a perfect paradise for the prospector. Ia all my experience amidst the Rockies for many years as miner ard prospector, 1 have never seen such favorable and fattering conditions as exist here. This is bound to be big rich gold camp.
 Pinal county is now turning over two million dollars snuglly from two gold mills, one north and the other south of here.
 The richest and greatest veins of gold the world ever saw are in this county and in this neighborhood and there is the best opening here for gold seekers right now that this country ever pres ented, but they must come here with some means to start on as there is no likelihood of there being work for the hundreds of penniless men who are usually only tCo glad to take chances on any new gold camp.
 I write thus plainly to bring only those who are prepared, to come and to those 1 say there is no better opening anywhere.
 The field is only sixty miles from the railroad at Tucson, or Casa Grsnde fifty miles. Good roads renders it very accessible to both places. Great excite ment prevails. Will send additional particulars in few days.
 OLD CALIFORNIA MINER.