Show 1 SOUTHERN ARIZONA The Land of Big Ledges Cacti and Tarantulas r Thinking a few lines from an old Heeler might prove interest to you und your readers I will attempt to give you a short and descriptive ont hue of southern Arizona aa iewed by an OldTimer California Dutrict waa discovered some ten ears go by aconpaay ol told lore wbo were abating ib Indians In-dians Since then the clomp ba remained re-mained compvrativelj quiet till lame tbree mouths ago when it anoke with renewed activity and now it is fairly bristling with excitement The ledg s are very large in fast we do not know thoir widthand I can honestly say that I have seen one 60 feet wide nod another 40 feet the ore assaying from 20 to 913 per ton The ore u ot a base nature and the formation is limestone porphpry and granite I have been in White Pine Piocbe Eureka the Cottonwoods and a great many other mining camps but I never have seen as much mineral wealth anywhere aa there is i here It it i simply astonishing and bow such a camp could lay dead so long I cannot can-not understand As to obtaining a claim it is next to impossiblp aa the country for milts around is mono mented and claimed It will prove a harvest for lawyers and pettifoggers for there is a great deal of jumping Mid relocating going on and conuid crnlile trouble is anticipated Iho fmelting and milling facilities cannot be beaten tor there is an abundance of wood and a sufficient tuppiy of water < the latter is located and claimed by M ans F F Leicher Iud E P Van Hgcn two old Piocherp and I think Reefer There is au eastern company operating oper-ating here They have jus bought amine a-mine for 10000 and ttie property ia considered cheap At 50 000 Two mon mines have ben bonded for tlOCOO one for 3 OCX and others for j turns ranging from 150 upwards We bate quitH a f w ctpitI < t in imp One of whoai n Prnlteiur J jlm I it Jtinen if f 1mchf Fbty nil cx jb ititmpeUes at ln nly ueard with the camp We arc continually crowing in numbers for uex facto are urriving every day Wa mil hate a furnace running in about sixty days and then look out for a boom We nave a towrnite laid oil and the surveyors are rxpected iu every day to survey it Our population own hers about 200 but tore spring it will be 1000 We have ouo itnrp and a saloon Purties hro are aha negotiating nego-tiating fur a taomill tr ere eiluatid on the eastern slope of the Cbinctbua pronounced Cbirrc cow mountains eighty mice duo east from Tombtone nnd twcntyfive mile Irom dan Simon our present address on the Southern Pacific il Railroad The climate is magnificent magnifi-cent but rather cold at nights and we sleep very comfortably under three pairs of blankets Wild game such as deer antelope and wild tor key are plentiful and the majority of the boys are heartily sickof venison veni-son and are praying for fresh beef Potatoes are 8c and onions 12Jo par pound flour 775 per hundred bacon 21c and beans lOc per pound so you see they know bow to charge for grub I i met a grat many Rosters in Tombstone among whom were Neil Boyle Blake Boyoen Pete Gill John ODay B D Parker T L MoPbee Walter Parker Pete He lzalmao Charley Baldwin Judge Potter WElli Epiccr and Jim Laid and I bear that there are several inure on the rod Charley Mtjllgrfu and Frank Harter are also in Tutubaton Well let the boys romp we have plenty of rot m fur nil of tnem The tltction parsed nfl very quietly Anon went demi crMia Well I will choke myself oft for i this time and will write yon again as we progress Silver Reef Miner I II I |