Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-08-03
THE WHITE METAL
Let Silver Again Be Coined Into
 Money
And the Click of the Hammer and the Thunder of the Blast Will Let Southern Arizona in on the
 Ground Floor of Prosperity

present for gold bearing mines, anC
 therefore they have been mostly refer
 red to in this paper, yet in view of tn,
 facts that when you cannot get hold 0
 gold coin, then silver coin becomes emf
 nently acceptable, and that it is evident
 ly only question of time when silver
 will be remonetized, as the natural com
 plement and companion of gold, which nature herself recognizes, as nearly al
 gold mines carry some silver and nearly all silver mines some gold, and especisl ly are they closest married and united ir | the mineral belt of our own United States; therefore an article, referring distinctively to our silver resources, the second string of our metallic bow, and on which we will be able to loudly and musically twang when the right time comes, seems needful and appropriate. Commencing near our southern bord- CT, on the edge of the silver bearing Mexican belt, known of old as the Plan chss de Plata, or blanks of silver, comes the Paiarita silver belt, now silent enough but few years ago the scene of considerable activity, when the rich silver ohlorides, sulphides and antimo- nial ores of that mineral section were just beginning to attract attention. The district is situated midway between the bright line city of Nogsles and Gro Blanco village; about fifteen miles from either. The first rich silver discovery there was made about seven years ago by vaquero in the employ of Alonzo E. Noon, and the first development work thereon was performed by the Noon Bros., who mined and shipped about 5000 worth of high grade ore, be- sides much of lower grade which was thrown aside from the first forty feet of sinking. The mine, then known as the the San Francisco, is still in the posses sion of the original locators, and although the rich ores in sight have been shipped and the present low price of silver offers no iDducement for present further de- velopments, there IS every evidence that the mine is extensive and will prove as rich as ever by renewed development work in the good time coming.
 The next good discovery in that sec- tion was made by Capt. J. J. Noon of the St. Patrick mine, who with hls part ners, Messrs. Diehl and Wild, after ship ping several thousand dollars worth of rich ores, sold the property to Maj. Read & Go. for S20, 900, and they took out and sold in Nogales ore carrying about 100,- 900 ounces in silver. The same parties still retain the mine and propose to again work 1t as soon as the price of silver !ustifies further exploration.
 We we will also refer to the McNally mine, now called the Merrimac; and many times indeed did jovial Mac get merry in the days not long departed, over the rich silver and lead carbonates he took from that property in connec- tion with his more serious partner, Mar tin McNsmara, who was also interested in the San Francisco mine in its early days.
 To be sufficiently brief we can only refer to these properties as typical mines of that silver belt, which, however, GOV CTS miles of country from the noted Promontory mines to the gold bearing Gro Blanco region, and scores of good prospects were also located in that belt, amongst them the Fl Plomo, from which ores were shipped to Fl Psso averaging 5 per cent lead, 2l ounces silver and some gold-so let it not be forgotten that in the PaJarita country is an exten- give and rich field of future possibili ties, combined with pastoral facilities. The section is also healthy and possesses some of the most pic turesque and beautiful mountain scene- " in southern Arizona, with it's Castle Rock, Thumb Butte. Barrel Rock and steep ranges of the Atascoss noun tsins, where Geronimo pitched his tent, before be was persuaded by General Miles to take a trip to Florida. But though silent now, the clink of the hammer and the thunder of the blast, will make this district yet into new life; an blessed will he be who getting there early, is thus cablsd. ''to get in on the ground hoor," which as there is now a good road from Nogales to Gro Blanco, through the district, with a tri-weekly stage running regularly;-can be more easily, comfortably, and conveniently acCOupllsuou IDdQ Wuen tuo IeSLlV6 burro and still more festive Apache ware the prospectors principal companions.
 Now, passing through Gro Blsnco northerly, without specially referring to the silver mines of Arivaca or that sec- Cion where the hum of industry in its search for gold is now heard, let me glance at that silent district, about fifteen miles north therefrom, and there. fore that much nearer to Tucson, the "Cerro Colorado" or red mountain, where the old Heintzelman company, took out sres quarter of century ago, ores carrying over a million ounces of silver, and so rich that though there were no western railroads in those days it paid to shrlp 1t by wagons to the east, but the civil war, the Apaches and the fact that the easily reached ores Were already extracted, and the shafts and drifts, in the interim allowed to cave in lsnded it's career, until the time shall
 n>sgain for it's renaissance.
 SSnt miners without capital, find
 Seek new veins showing
 Sough there are many