Year: 1875

iIOm tuC e1 pa could interest the readers of the MINER,

 undertake to make up a letter for your pa

 per.

 Truth compels me to say that our county has never, during the past two years, pre-

 sented so gloomy an appearance as it does at

 present. Last Spring and Winter every one

 thought we were just stepping out from a

 night of adversity-dark with disappointed

 hopes-into the bright morn of prosperity ;

 nay, almost realized hopes. But, notwith-

 standing the brilliant outlook, We, to-day, are

 still ' hanging on the ragged edge Of de

 spair," waiting for better times; still conf

 dent that the day must come when "the

 camp will come out.n It may be that l am

 out of order in stating the case so adversely

 to the usual bright story of newspaper cor

 respodents, and it may be that newspaper men don't want anything but silver stories with golden fringe.

 You all heard, last Spring, about the

 Greenwood mine; how a 10-stamp mill was

 being put up, and how 1t would soon be

 turning out the bullion Well, it went up, made short run, didn't pay, and is to-day idle. The chances are the mine was spot ted one (gold), and that the ragged-pants boys from Prescott had worked that pocket about out before they sold it to the unfortu- nate buyers. But, mark you, the Green wood is gold bearing ledge, stuck in among a mass of silver lodges, and if it is fraud 1t is no sign that the great huge silver veins such as the McCrackin and Burro are failures also. No, we admit the Greenwood was tried and found wanting, but the McCrackin is just as good as ever, and the prospecting done, which is not little on that vein, has proved that if the rich croppings were not the foreteller of what some supposed, that the ledge is a good one and will justify ex tensive working and heavy outlay to put it in paying condition, such as building mill, and so forth.

 Col Dave Buel has been trying to get up smelting works to smelt the ore, but as he has not yet done the former it cannot be fairly presumed that he has accomplished the latter. We shall see what he may do anon. We have had lots of "shoal- water capitalists they have given this county jaw-bone dd lbitum Gd iafRitum until we have just about shared the fate of the Philis- tines. tell you, new mining camp can get along first rate without wrecked mining spectators who, through bonding mines and hastening to San Francisco, seek to resurect their large fortunes by selling again at a huge bonus. Any miner in Mohave county who would now bond mine to the wise-looking owls from Frisco, or any other place, may be put down as "damphule."

 But, after all that is said and done, we have got our mines here yet; they can't be packed away if they can be tied up. The McCrackin has been under bond for some time to men who have proved exceptions to the rule of bonders, in this, that they have done some work; not extensive, but skir- mishing work. The chances now are that when Col. Carl Davis, who has just examin Sd iNIOit, eh"e tHS balance of purchase money for the mine will be paid, and work engaged in vigorously. It is rumored that the Greenwood mill will soon run on McCrackin ore.

 Were it not for tie fact that some of the best looking ground on the McCrackin is tied up by somejumpers, who took and now hold possession, there would be two compa- nies now at work instead of one.

 At Mineral Park, an attempt is being made by Davis X Randall to do something. They are and have been for some time running the Pioneer mill. It gives employment to sev- eral men, teams, choppers, etc, and is turn ing out some bullion. A bar was turned out ten days ago worth Sl,00G, and they have more than enough crude bullion on hand to make another like it now.

 Mr. R. Canfeld bought the Pioneer mill site and two weeks ago broke ground for the erection of his perfect 5stamp mill, roaster and all complete; the machinery for all which is now on the ground. Just as work word came from San Francisco which has caused a delay, but on Monday next work will be resumed, and the mill will put up.

 You published letter last week from Ger bat, telling of very rich discovery of gold mines, in the Peacock mountains, by Bucks baum, Cory and Blakely. Not one word of that unaccountable yarn is true, not even the deer hunt; the story was all made up from whole cloth. Why any person should make m innocent newspaper party to such is more than can tell

 Rideneur is now sinking on his ledge at he proposes sinking 100 feet be- fore stopping, if water does not prevent Everyone tells the same story about that mine, and that is, that it is the finest thing sxtant; reliable men candidly assuring me that there is easily s250OOO in sight, and sll that without going more than 30 feet town. shall go out next week and take a ook.

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