Show OLD TIME SKETCHES the copper era of clifton arizona in its column of old time sketches has the following concerning col william A parish farish of milford utah manager of the properties of the majestic company you have often asked me for reminiscence of the old carlisle days in the summer of 1882 mr william parish farish built the twenty stamp quartz mill the camp soon filled up with every class of humanity all kinds of business houses went up on the hill a few hundred yards west of the works and when the mine and mill were running in full blast and producing good pay I 1 can assure you that it was a fine camp for everyone were it not for the good men in the camp such as john aply and many others the place would have been considered bad but like all new mines it regulated itself our present sheriff of graham county was young then but his father and a few good men kept the indians and lawless people from many depredations since then young james parks has followed it up and can be thanked for the security of life that we are having now when parish farish commenced work a road had to be cut through gulches and hills he contracted with to build the road that created an ugly feeling A plan was laid to shoot and run tiie chinese from their work but mr parish farish was prompt to act he had twenty four new winchester rifles and he gave con cuttler the defense of the camp there were not many min ers rs in the raid the most of the raiders were cowboys and ranches who were ready for anything but they came all the same it was night and the sound of the horses hoofs as they struck fire on the rocks told the defending party where to shoot but they waited until the first shot was fired by the little band of d tools then con yelled to give them h I 1 never learned just how many there were but at the sound of cuttlers Gutt lers voice and the shots from the guards winchesters Win chesters they started back and they returned much faster than they came now in refe reference renco to this work it was hard to get men and it was all dead work and the roads had to lie b e built mr parish farish had only so much capital to do the work with and as the people around thought they had him he just showed them that he ran his business to suit himself and today there is no mining expert exceeds him in his business as an examiner of mines noble in action true to his friends generous to a fault he has the confidence of capital and is a friend of the miner I 1 knew him in deadwood dakota I 1 knew him in leadville bill parish farish is another john mackay but he did not have the luck that mr mackay had but what luck bill did have he proved worthy of the friendship of all the world I 1 have one little item to record and will close I 1 accompanied mr parish farish down to Nac azario with ex governor zulick to buy the theo great copper mines there our party consisted of twenty two As the indians were bad they toor booi me as guard they had a cook from a pullman marble car and the poor fellow was in the wrong place he made a poor sage brush cook governor ross of new jersey richards zulick and a host of guards drivers and flunkies flun kies the scare of the indians kept the rich fellows from the east very generous dividing their cigars and drinks with us but on our return a scout came in our camp telling us that crook had all the apaches prisoners and there was no more danger what use then were the guards why should the fine liquor and cigars be given to the poor drivers or workers the provisions ran low and one day we camped in a town called by that is as near as I 1 can pronounce it zulick went to the head man of the town and got him to get up a dinner when it was ready he took a few of the head rich men outside and told baem to go in and get a goat and chicken dinner but when he came to our bill parish farish he said is the dinner for all 0 no just for a few of us then mr parish farish said what is good enough for our men is good enough for me and came over to our mess and took dinner with us Vv william illiam green the rich cananea cananda miner was driver of one of the baggage wagons if he reads this I 1 will bet that he will smile when he remembers how bill parish farish snubbed the eastern swells some day I 1 may tell you of the many gold bricks that were taken out of that carlisle camp and the many lawless depredations done around it |