Arizona republican., 1899-08-22
THE NEW FLORENCE
Surpassing Florence of inc Silver
 hing Time.

Steve Bailey Of Florence ar
 rived iri town yosterday morn
 ing. He is pleased to say tbat
 Florence, from having bezn the deadesit town On the western con
 tinent for seven years, is being rel,,1s-
 citated and shows sings of s1rDass.,T-
 the live.fness of the paI1ny days of the
 Silver King. Its the mining activity that is doing it. The activity is more 1 widespread than in the era of the Silver King. but the storm center is
 ln the Mineral creek district. The ne
 ces3sity of establishing some more con
 veni a1't connection with q railroad than
 exists at present. has become apparent
 and some time ago an automobile
 f0Ufe surveyed from Picacho to the
 Kay mine- A location for a go0d
 road Was found and if it is not built. It IS 'necauste' q railroad will be built
 to the mine from Casa Grande. survey for the line is BOW going OF. If the railroad Sh0gi1d be Constructed #
 VIII take in Florence for fOrg0graDbicai reasons. Florence Is by no means on a direct line between Casa Gran(fa and Mineral creek, but a direct line is, i'm
 practicable. The altitude of Casa Grarde is about 1.40O feet that of the Ray mine about 1900 On the line be tween them and about six miles from the mire there is a ridge 3.90O feei high. The drop in six miles is too precipitous for railroad building. The altitude of Florence is 17C0 feet. so that a road by that pcinu could ba built wit1lort any precepti!s1e grade.
 'A lead mire is now being worked by Tenn Haley n the Mineral creek G's- trict which. it Is believed. will be de veicDed into the richest in fha west. if rb0t the richest in the United States. Trev3then and citllars are operating a silver property. which is so rich that at the present price of silver they are taking o.Tt ore at q profit,
 A ripple of excitement has lately been caused ait Florence by the dis covery In the Pfnal mountains of sone | hot springs. in which there are sup posed to be wonderful medicinal prop critics The discoverer is a Mexican of | PhOeriX, Who came after hts family | last Saturday and returned the next day to take possession of his dis | covery. On his way to Phoenix Mr. ! D3tIeA S.LOIjl;tl Gt O-lI IDltN-lltIlStll dli;l told him about the finding of the springs. Mr. Buchanan said that q re9orted the discovery of some hCt springs in the same neighb0r- hood several years ago. but so much . of what prospectors see is only imag- mary. that AIr. Buchanan thought no more of it.
 Editor Reppy of the Florence Tri- bune will leave today for the coast where Mrs. Reppy has been spending The summer. He will Ee gone about TWO weeks and in his absence Joseph NuHhai1tOn will see that the publication $ not suspended. For weeks he has been having han1s0me frames con- shudied around large illuminated mOt l0es corisiSitirg of the word Truth, vfthSw,iicn he will adoun the walls of he sanctum and composing room If n the next two issues of the Tribune m erroneous statement. however un appears in it's columns the public may know that it was surrep ati0uaiy put in ily malicious parties yrl the way to the po>tOf1iice. or else liter the papers have been entered as ;eccrId-cIass matter.