Arizona republican., 1901-06-15
A REGION OF RICHES
Including Wickenberg, Octave and
 Congress.

Wickenburg via the s. F. F. & P. rail
 road. From Wickenburg to Octave an
 Weaver it's sixteen miles by privatf , conveyance, and from Octave ana
 Weaver to Congress some say it's a
 long twelve miles, but it is really nearei seventeen. From Congress one car
 ger train at the junction, which + callsd Martinez, and reach Phoenix at
 2:40 a. m., or little more than twenty
 four hours after leaving the capita rcity. A trip like this involves no hard
 ship or discomfort providing the tray
 eler te,sgraphs ahead from Phoenix t.
 Wickenburg for sleeping accommoda-
 tions. Unless he does, there is a strong
 probability that he will be elected to
 admire the scenery of that buddine
 city by starlight until the wis@r tray elsr. who has used the wire arises ir
 the morning and makes room. Fer
 Wickenburg Is growing. Still there is
 no boom and the residents do not wan
 one. They are perfectly satisfied with
 the merits of their district, and fee
 confident that a years time will d.
 permane ntly for the town what
 hundred booms could never do. There
 are more buildings than there were four months ago, but not many more than month ago Still real estate is sell
 ing, but the buyers are not rushng
 things. They are waiting for legiti
 mate growth. There are many nor, people, though. and the number F.
 growing constantly. While there arc
 but two hotels in the place their capac
 ity would accommodate the guests of
 at least four similar hostelries in any
 ordinary town of the size of Wicken
 burg. But in Wickenburg it's different.
 People are coming into that distric daily and the hotels are often over
 worked Only the other night no less
 than fourteen people left the north- bound train at that station.
 Everything is mining; neither resi- dents nor visitors talk anything else And why should they? The Wicken- burg and adjoining districts are going to prove shortly the treasure house of southwestern America. The Orc Grande strike has done more to de- velop mining in that section than all other agencies combined. The won derful Orc Grande! No one knows yet unless it is the owners, whether 1t Is ledge or a mammoth pocket, but any one knows who has visited the mine that there is visible to the naked eye planv comfortable fortunes and ever Wickenburg is satisfied with that. Bu' besides the Gro Grande there are many other great mines in that locality in various stages of development.
 The Middleton. the Keystone. the O'Brien and numerous others are work ing good sized forces with fiattering re suits. The Orc Grande people are steadily sinking and are rapidly near ing the 200 foot level. When that deptt is reached drifting will begin. an1i ths, size of the pay streak be determined. Upon this knowledge will depend tn capacity of the stamp mill that will be erected. For the Gro Grsnde owners are not fly up the creeks" They arr "on to their job They are going to do their own developing as well as their own mining. One of the owners is several times a millionaire, and an- other, MT. George B. Upton the pres ent manager of the property, is prac- tical mining engineer and superin- tendent, which. around a mine. is next to being as valuable as the fellow with the money.
 Henry Wickenburg, the father of Wickenburg. and the discoverer of the Vu.ture mine. said many years ago that the town would some day be the largest in Arizona. This is by TO , means an improbability It will take 1, some time yet, but present indications are good. With big stamp mill at l Orc Grande, which is less than six | miles from the town. a big shelter at l the Keystone. and mills and reduction | works at a dozen other camps, all with | In twenty miles, and all good paying | now, no man can guess the | population of Wickenburg a few years | hence.
 The whole section is certain to be | yridironed with railroads eventually. | Frank M. Murphy, president of the 5. F. r. X P. railroad, has said repeat ally that he would build branch roads nto the various camps from his main inc as soon as development warranted. will be the starting point, md to Wickenburg will flow the pomp md circumstance of flourishing min ng town.
 It is a curious fact that the Vuture ,eak, which is a landmark for hun fred miles in every direction, and at he foot of which is the famous Vul- ure mine from which has already 'een taken sixteen millions of dollars, $ in d direct line south of the town f Wickenburg and of the Orc Grande.