Arizona republican., 1899-03-31

covered some rich gold ore about four
 teen mi4ss west of the river, and as he
 thought it was rich enough for him, he gave up the search and located what has ever since been known as the Vul- ture mine. The big black ledge stand ing tip so prominently before him in- duced MT. Wickenburg to call it the Vulture, and paradoXically it became the prey of interruptions men not many years after. In the face of tor ture and death from the then blood thirsty savage MT WickenbuTg work ed alone and as best he could, this great discovery, till in the spring of GA he built arastras and worked sor1N of the richest ore in Wickenburg. getting in bullion some $25,0 to S30 ,OO0
 In '65 Captain Tyson built 3-stamp mill at Wickenburg under contract with MT. Wickenburg to give him fifty per cent of the bullion obtained frC-a the ore furnished by the latter, but as the captain failed to make returns, his supply Of ore was cut off and fhe mill fell into Mir. Wickenburg's hands. It was about this time that a sals was ne- gOtiated by Mr. Wickenburg Of soc fest of his original discovery ledge of the Vulture, to Behtchuel Phelps. for SS5 GOO. of which sum $20,O00 wa paid and a dispute arose, necessitating the expenditure of this amount in unsuc- cessful litigation to obtain Mr Wick enburg's rights. The company formed at that time built a 40-stamp mill in '66 and it was located about where the Extraction company's cyanide works are now. In fact, these works are now and have been for years cyaniding the immense quantity of rich tailings left after the operation of this 40-stamp mill for ten years. Dur ing this time from '66 to '76, it was os- timated that some 5000, 000 in golG bullion that was accounted for was taken out of the Vultuce mine. and 1t Is claimed that as much ns eye WAS ta ken out that was not kI>Own of or accounted for. Through the maniPula- ton of it's officers the company got in to difficulties, incurred a debt of $4G0,00D and the property was sold to satisfy creditors, after having produced a fortune of itself.
 Thus the old mine thAt was the means of starting this town went from one hand to another, til it is now be- ing operated in a very small way. | though still one of the largest and rich est prospects in the country. While | was named after the dis cOVereT, the now venerable - nclc | Henry" Wickenburg, it was not named | by him. but by James "A. Moore, who | was stopping with Uncle Henry at | his ranch in '64 and who, in cores pCndence with Territorial Governor | Gocdin and Secretary McAmrich, dated | his letters first 'tWickenburg Ranch, and later "Wickenburg, thus giving | it it's present name It was in the | winter of '6S and '69 that Jack Swi!ling | promoted his irrigation scheme and | Henry Wickenburg took gang of | men with mule team to what is now | the city of Phoenix and dug the first | ditch in the valley known as the SiWil i ling or town ditch.
 The original tcwnsite of Wickan- burg was plated by Robert Groom, | known as Uncle Bob," in '6S but not | having been filed it was re-platted and l filed some years later. Before the Walnut Grove dam burst and washed | put all the bottom land along the river there wore no finer ranches in tine ter 'itOry than the Brill and Wickenburg 'anches. In '94 the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix railroad was built through lere and with it's construction and tho facilities it afforded for the develop nent of the country, witnessed the re-
 
 continued with unabated vigor since. It is now one of the most promising md growing towns in the whClA ter -itOry. Surrounded, as it is. by some # the richest mining districts of the southwest and with an abundant sup ,ly of good water, excellent railroad facilities, fine equable climate the 7ear arcUnd-being aC an elevation of ',150 feet-ie bids fair to be aa one optimistic New Yorker calls it, the Cripple Creek of Arizona" There are everal very rich properties being worked both to the east and west cf he town proper, and the hourishing ondition of the townspaople and mer- hants indicate that It's growth is rapid nd sure.
 The Wicken6urg mining exchange sas established early in the year by I. w. Stevens for the purpose of af- ording means for the proper develop aent of the rich mineral resources of his section and the success it has met