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ARIZONA AS IT IS;

OR,

THE COMING COUNTRY.

COMPILED FROM

NOTES OF TRAVEL DURING THE YEARS
1874, 1875, AND 1876.

HIRAM C. HODGE.

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PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON.

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To THE

INHABITANTS OF ARIZONA,

AND TO
LLL OTHEAS WHO TAKE AN INIEKEST IN THE DEYELOPMENX AND PBOSPEBITT OF THAT

WONDERFUL COUNTRY,

Zf MOST BSSPEOTFULLT DEDICATED

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PREFACE.

"IT THEN the author entered Arizona, in 1874, he
^ ^ had little thought of being able to gather
material for a work on the country. Sick, weak, and
debilitated, caused by long years of suffering from
bronchial and pulmonary diseases, his greatest hope
was to write up descriptive articles of the country for
the Press in different sections of the Union. In a
few months, the mild, healthful, and pure climate
had worked a radical change, giving promise of re-
stored health, and with this change,. coupled with the
request and solicitation of hundreds of Arizona's best
citizens, came the desire to write up in book form
whatever might be gathered by a thorough explora-
tion of the Territory. In addition to copies of over
five hundred communications published by different
newspapers in widely different sections of the United
States, a full record was kept day by day of every-
thing seen and learned during his long explorations,
a brief account of which is given in these pages.
The sole object of the author has been to write a

VI PREFACE.

truthful and accurate description of the Territory as
it now is, and to give to the public reliable informa-
tion concerning it. With the wish that this work,
though far from complete, may contribute to the de-
velopment and future prosperity of Arizona, and
with unbounded confidence in the future of that great
country, it is given to the public, with the hope that
it may be read with care and criticised with forbear-
ance.

The Authob.

TESTIMONIAL.

TTWURING the years 1874, 1875, and 1876, Col.
-"-^ H. C. Hodge has made a thorough tour and ex-
ploration of Arizona. His articles on the country,
descriptive of its mineral, agricultural, grazing, and
other resources, and of its climate, scenery, and pre-
historic ruins, published in different sections of the
Union, have been truthful, and more full and com-
plete than any heretofore given the public, and be-
lieving him to be an honest, truthful, and reliable
gentleman, we commend him and his writings and
lectures to the people of the United States, with the
assurance that full confidence may be given to his
reports on Arizona.

Abizona, October f 1876.

(Signed.) A. P. K. S afford, Governor A. T.

H. S. Stevens, Delegate in Congress from A. T.
August V. Kautz, Commanding Military Depart-
ment of A. T.
F. H. Goodwin, United States Marshal of A. T.
J. S. VosBURG, Adjutant General of A. T.
Coles Bashford, late Secretary of A. T.

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Viu TESTIMONIAL.

P. R. Brady, member of Council, A. T.

A. E. Davis, member of Council, A. T.

J. P. Hargrave, member of Council, A. T.

John G. Campbell, member of Council, A. T.

J. M. Redondo, member of Council, A. T.

John T. Alsop, speaker House of Representatives,

A.t.
A. L. MoELLER, member House of R., A. T.
C. P. Head, member House of R., A. T.
S. R. De Long, member House of R., A. T.
Samuel Purdt, Jr., member House of R., A. 1?.
James P. Bull, member House of R., A. T.
Gideon Brooks, member House of R., A. T.
Thomas Cardis, United States Collect(»r internal

Revenue, A. T.
P. R. TuLLT, Territorial Treasurer, A. T.
Levi Ruggles, Register United States Laad

Office, Florence, A. T.
M. S. Stiles, Receiver Land Office and United

States Disbursing Agent, Florence, A. T.
C. H. Brinlet, United States Deputy OoUectdr

of Customs, Yuma, A. T.
T. J. Butler, Editor " Miner,'' Prescott, A. T.
Wm. J. Berry, Editor " Sentinel,'' Yuma, A. T.
John W. Leonard, Assistant Editor " Enterprise,"

Prescott, A. T.
Briggs Goodrich, District Attorney, First Dii<

trict, A. T.
H. B. Summers, District Attorney, Pinal County,

A.T.
H. H. Carter, Judge of Probate^ Yavapai County,

A. T.
H. Nk Alexander, Judge of Probate, Yuma

County, A. T.

TESTIMONIAL. ix

William A. Hancock, District Attorney, Mari-
copa County, A. T.

George D. Kendall, Mayor of Prescott, A. T.

C. A. Luke, Ex-mayor of Prescott, A. T.

Edward F. Bowers, Sheriff, Yavapai County,
A. T.

William Wilkerson, Clerk of Court and Re*
corder, Yavapai County, A. T.

H. C. Mbador, Deputy, Yavapai County, A. T.

S. W. Carpenter, Recorder, Pima County, A. T.

John J. Divine, Recorder, Pinal County, A. T.

O. F. TowNSEND, Recorder, Yuma County, A. T,

Jay G. Kelly, Assayer, Prescott, A. T.

Blake & Company, Prescott, A. T.

And many others.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

AbIZONA. — How ACQUIBED. — ORGANIZATION. — BOUNDABIBB

AND Extent. — Definition of Name, etc. . . .13

CHAPTER 11.

Eablt Settlement bt Spaniabds and Jesuit Pbiests. —
Old Missions, etc. 17

CHAPTER ni.

Descbiption of the Old Mission Church of San Xatieb
DEL Bag 21

CHAPTER IV.
Climate, Baint Seasons, Health, etc 27

CHAPTER V.

Mountains of Abizona: Extent, Chabacteb, and Gen-
eral Description 32

CHAPTER VI.
Rivers of Arizona : Size, Extent, and Location . . 35

CHAPTER Vn.

Agricultural and Farming Lands : Extent, Location,
ETC 42

CHAPTER Vin.
Grazing Lands. — Extent. — Stock Raising. — Wool, etc. 54

CHAPTER IX.
Wood, Timber, etc 57

CONTENTS. XI

CHAPTER X.
Mineral Lands : Mines and Mining ..... 61

CHAPTER XL

Pbincipal Mineral Belts of Arizona. — Remarks and
Suggestions . 137

CHAPTER Xn.
Counties and Towns. — Population, etc 143

CHAPTER Xni.

Indian Tribes: Locality, Numbers, and General De-
scription 156

CHAPTER XIV.
Prehistoric Ruins of Arizona 177

CHAPTER XV.
Schools and Education .196

CHAPTER XVI.
Railroads, Stage and Post Routes 200

CHAPTER XVII.

Colorado Steam Navigation Company. — History op, and
Statistics 208

CHAPTER XVIIL
Newspapers . . .211

CHAPTER XIX.
Telegraphs 213

CHAPTER XX.
Military, and Military Posts 215

CHAPTER XXL
Wild Animals, Birds, Fish, etc. . . • . . .22]

xii CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XXII.
Heptiles, Venomous Insects, etc. . • . . S26

CHAPTER XXra.
Natural Curiosities. — Grand Scenbrt, bto. . • . 229

CHAPTER XXIV.
The Flora of Arizona 242

CHAPTER XXV.
Routes of Tratel to Arizona 249

CHAPTER XXVI.
Distances from Point to Point 254

CHAPTER XXVII.

References for Information and General Remarks on
Emigration to Arizona 259

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Prices of Produce, Provisions, Labor, etc. — General
Remarks 268

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ARIZONA.

CHAPTER L

HOW ACQUntED. — ORGANIZATION. — BOUNDARIES

AND EXTENT. — NAME.

npHAT portion of United States territory known
as Arizona, was, prior to the treaty between
Mexico and the United States, February 2, 1848, a
portion of the Mexican state of Sonora. Owing to a
misunderstanding between the two governments re-
specting the boundary line, another treaty was made
in 1864, by which the United States acquired that
portion of the territory south of the Gila River, com-
monly known as the Gadsden Purchase, paying for
the same the sum of ten millions of dollars. From
this time until 1863, Arizona was appended to New
Mexico.

By act of Congress, February 24» 1863, Arizona
was formed into a separate and distinct Territory of
the United States, and was duly organized by its
Governor, the Hon. John N. Goodwin, at Navajoe^

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Springs, December 29, 1863. The seat of govern-
ment was established, by proclamation of the Gov-
ernor, at or near Fort* Whipple, which was then in
the beautiful Chino Valley, twenty-two miles north
of where Prescott now is. This fort was removed
in 1866 to its present location one mile north of
Prescott, where the government had been located in
1864. In 1867 the seat of government was re-
moved to Tucson, an old Spanish town in the rich
Santa Cruz Valley, some seventy-five miles north of
the Sonora line, at which place it still remained in
December, 1876, but was removed back to Prescott
in January, 1877.

The Hon. Richard C. McCormick came to the Ter-
ritory with Governor Goodwin and suite as secretary
of the Territory, and succeeded Governor Goodwin
as governor, and afterwards was delegate in Congress
for six years, and was succeeded as delegate by the
Hon. Hiram S. Stevens, the present delegate. The
Hon. A. P. K. Safford succeeded Governor McCor-
mick as governor, and has held the position for the
past six years in an acceptable manner.

Arizona is in latitude 31° 20' to 37° north, and in
longitude 32° to 37° 40' west from Washington, and
contains about 122,000 square miles, or 78,080,000
acres, the whole area being nearly three times that of
the State of New York, and one third larger than all
the New England States combined. It is bounded

ITS NAME. 15

on the north by Nevada and Utah, on the east by
New Mexico, on the south by the Mexican state of
Sonora, and on the west by California and Nevada.

Of the origin and significance of the name, Ari-
zona, there seems to be much doubt, and a score or
more of definitions have been given by difiFerent and
well-informed persons. Referring back to the old
Aztec traditions, the following significant item occurs,
which may assist somewhat in the explanation.

" The earth is the ofifspring of the sky. Long
prior to the present race of men, the earth was peo-
pled by a race of giants who in time died oflF, leaving
the earth uninhabited. After a long time, a celestial
virgin, a child of one of the thirteen great deities who
rule all things, came down to the earth, and being
well pleased, remained for a long time its sole in-
habitant. Once when in a deep sleep, a drop of dew
from heaven fell on her, and she conceived and bore
two children, a son and daughter, from whom have
sprung all the people of the earth. The name of this
celestial virgin was Arizunna, the beautiful, or sun
beloved maiden." The Mohave language, which is by
far the most perfect and complete of any of the Indian
dialects of the country, has two words of nearly the
same meaning : Ari, meaning the sun, holy, good, or
beautiful; and Urnia, maid, or maiden; which to-
gether means the land of the beautiful or lovely
maiden. This may be the true meaning of the word

16 ARIZONA.

Arizona. Another definition is this, Ari, from the
Mohave, meaning beautiful, or good, and Zona, from
the Spanish, a zone, and taken together, meaning the
land of the beautiful zone. Both of these definitions
seem to be well made, and both are quite significant
and expressive.

CHAPTER II.

EARLY SETTLEMENT BY SPANIARDS, JESUIT PRIESTS,

OLD MISSIONS, ETC.

TT has been found very difficult to trace up the his-
tory of the first explorations and settlements in
what is now the Territory of Arizona. Sufficient
has been learned, however, to warrant the assertion,
that about thirty years subsequent to the conquest
of Mexico by Cortez, or near the year 1551, the
early Spanish explorers and the Jesuit Fathers pen-
etrated into this then unknown country. In 1540
a Spanish expedition traversed Northern Sonora, now
Arizona and New Mexico.^ They carried back with
them to the city of Mexico wonderful accounts of the
country, and of reports gathered from the Indians
of the seven wonderful cities of Sibola, which other
Spanish expeditions afterwards went in search of, and
which are now supposed to have been the seven towns
originally built by the Zufii Indians many hundreds
of years since. About the year 1560, a permanent
settlement was made by the Spanish explorers and

^ See Weeeler's Reports and Notes.
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18 ARIZONA.

Jesuit Fathers, at or near "where Tucson now is. It
may be mentioned in this connection, that Santa F^,
New Mexico, was supposed to have been settled in
1555, — Tucson in 1560, and San Augustine, Florida,
in 1565 ; thus making Santa F^ the first, Tucson the
second, and San Augustine the third settled town
within the present domain of the United States.

One of the oldest missions established by the Jes-
uit Fathers was that of St. Gertrude de Tabac, in the
Santa Cruz Valley, forty-five miles south of TucsoUi
the latter part of the sixteenth century. A writer
in " Rudo Ensayo," in 1762, says, that the Indians
on the San Pedro River state that the missions were
built previous to 1694, Solorano, a Spanish writer
during the reign of Philip III., also mentions these
old missions, and gives much information respecting
the country, the old prehistoric ruins, etc.^ In the
*' Cronica Serifica " of about the same date, a long ac-
count is given of the early explorations, the old mis-
sions, and of the Indians then in that region, who were
estimated at 75,000.

In 1720, the missions were prosperous and flourish-
ing, and in Sonora, including what is now Arizona,
there were twenty-nine missions and seventy-three
Christian Indian pueblos, or villages, in charge of the
Jesuit Fathers. In what is now Arizona there were
known to have been the missions of San Xavier del

1 See first Tolume of Solorano, page 218 and on.

OLD MISSIONS. Id

Bac, St. Gertrude de Tabac, St. Joseph de Tumaca-
Cara, San Miguel de Sonoitag, Guavavi, Calabasas,
Arivaca, and Santa Ana. In 1751, there was an out-
break of the Pima and other Indians, who destroyed
some of these mission churches, and killed many of
the priests in charge. In 1769, the Marquis de Croix,
Viceroy of Mexico, sent to the Superior of Santa
Cruz in Europe, and had fourteen priests sent out to
the New World to fill the places of those killed by
the Indians in this outbreak. In 1778, two missions
were established on the Colorado River near where
Yuma now is, and in 1781 these were destroyed
by the Indians and the priests in charge were mur-
dered.

The mission church of St. Augustine at Tucson
was founded by one of the priests sent out by re-
quest of the Marquis de Croix in 1769, and this old
mission church has long been in ruins. The first
mission church of San Xavier del Bac was founded
at a very old date, — now unknown, — and on its
ruins was commenced, in 1768, the present mission
church of that name, the only one of all the old mis-
sions now standing. It is a model of architecture,
and excites the wonder and admiration of all who
visit it ; and from its antiquity and surroundings, and
the many interesting circumstances connected with
it, deserves special mention, to which a subsequent
chapter will be devoted. Since 1720 to the present

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date, 1877, there have been forty-seven priests of the
Jesuit and Franciscan orders sent into what is now
Arizona, of whom more than one half have been
murdered by the Indians, or died from privation and
Buffering.

CHAPTER ni.

DESCRIPTION OP THE OLD MISSION OHUBOH OF SAN

XAVIEE DEL BAG.

rilHE erection of the present mission church of
" San Xavier del Bac " was commenced in 1768,
on the site of one of the same name which had gone
to decay. It is some ten miles south of Tucson, in
the rich and beautiful valley of the Santa Cruz, and
near the Papago villages. It was completed in 1798,
with the exception of one of the towers, which is yet
in an unfinished state. Its dimensions are 115x70
feet. The style of architecture is a commingling of
the Moorish and the Byzantine. The outside is cas-
tellated, and surrounded by one dome and two mina-
rets. The foundation walls are of brick with a fine
coating of cement. The outside walls are of brick
also cemented. The inside walls are of stone and ce-
ment, plastered and stuccoed, and the interior has the
form of the Latin cross. The church fronts to the
south, and the front centre is covered with beautiful
scroll work, having also the coat of arms of the Fran-
ciscan monks, which is a cross, with a rope coil above.

22 ARIZONA,

and two arms below, one of which represents that of
Christ, and is naked, the other one that of St. Francis
de Assisi, and is partially clothed, St. Francis de
Assisi being the patron of the church. A life sized
bust of St. Francis Xavier adorned and surmounted
the front, but the head and part of the bust have
been broken off by some modem Vandal. The roof
is 'surrounded by a brick balustrade cemented, and at
each angle and corner are griffons worked in cement,
forty-eight in all. On the outside of the church to
the west is a wide open niche where the Papago In-
dians were formerly congregated for morning prayers,
and adjoining this, was the old Indian burial ground
and dead chapel. Of late years, for sanitary reasons,
the dead are buried farther down the valley. To
the south of the church are the old convent buildings,
which of late have been renovated and occupied by
four of the sisters of St. Joseph, who for several years
past have lived here teaching a school for the Papago
children, and caring for and comforting the sick
among the Indians.

When once inside the church, the beholder is forci-
bly struck with the display of skill in its structure,
its beauty and grandeur, and the taste displayed in.
its adornment. ITie inside of the church has the
form of the Latin cross, the foot being to the south,
and extending thence to the north end, where the
main altar is. The walls and ceilings are tastefull;y

CIIUHCH OF SAN XA VIER BEL BAC. 2b
decoi'atei] and fresitoed. The main altar is dedicateij
to St. Fi-ancU Xavier, and one of the central chapela
to St. Francis de Assisi, Four large freaeo paintings
represent the Annunciation, the Visitation of the
Virgin to Elizabeth, the Nativity of Christ, and the
Visitation of the Magi. The altar work, anJ all
the cornices, are done in cement, as are also the sis
arched ceilings overhead, the main one of which is
fifty feet high, and the others about thirty feet high.
The ceilings were all frescoed, but much of this has
been defaced by time, and the elements. Tlie Four
Evangelists, in sculpture, adorn the main altar, and
the scroll work is covered with gold leaf, which in its
early days, when the frescoes and paintings were
fresh and bright, and all the other aiirroundings new
and in perfect harmony, must have presented a beau-
tiful, grand, and gorgeous sight, especially to the half
wild Indians who had never before seen anything of
like character.

In the lateral chapel of the Virgin, there is a cross
of small pieces of ironwood, imbedded in cement, on
which there was formerly a sculptured figure of
Christ. Within the body of the church there are
in all over fifty pieces of sculpture, most of which
are grand and beautiful, perfect in form, feature, and
position. In two of the angles of the main arch,
there are two most beautiful statues, representing
fingels, which tradition states are porti-aits of the

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two daughters of the artist who decorated the church.
The main aisle is adorned by two large fresco paint-
ings representing the Last Supper and the Pentecost.
The foregoing is but a faint and imperfect descrip-
tion of this old and venerable church, whose won-
derful beauty and symmetry of form attracts the
attention of all, and creates wonder, surprise, and
admiration in the bosom of every beholder. East of
the altar, a door leads into the vestry, where the val-
uables of the church are kept. In former times
there were large quantities of gold and silver orna«
ments, priests' vestments, and other furniture, which
was kept in the vestry, some of which has been lost^
stolen, or carried away to other churches, and a por-
tion yet remains, among which, are one full set of
priests' vestments, two gold cruets of about six
ounces each, a large silver cross, several candlesticks
of solid silver, a Douay Bible of date 1692, and a few
other minor ornaments. On the door leading to the
vestry is the name of its builder, Pedro Bojargues,
1797. The masonry work of the church was executed
by two brothers named Gauna, who evinced great
skill and genius in their work. From the south end
of the main aisle, a doorway leads to the west, into
the baptismal chapel, and from there a flight of wind-
ing stairs, consisting of twenty-seven, twenty-one, and
twenty-one steps, leads to the upper floor of the west
minaret or tower. At the rise of twenty-seven stepB,

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a doorway leads to the right into the choir gallery,
which is arched and frescoed. A further rise of twen-
ty-one steps leads to the second floor of this tower,
where there is a chime of four old and rich sounding
bells, one of date 1804, and the three othei*s so old and
defaced by time, their date is obliterated. From this
floor a doorway leads to the roof of the main build-
ing, and on going across, the visitor enters the east
tower, where but one bell remains of the four for-
merly there. The date of the one remaining is also
obliterated by time, but it carries the mark of some
worse than Vandal, who has made of it a rifle target.
Returning to the west tower, the visitor rises the last
flight of twenty-one steps to the upper floor of the
tower, from whence a fine view is obtained of the
beautiful valley of the Santa Cruz, of distant moun-
tain chains, of picacho peaks, and many evidences of
ancient upheavals and volcanic eruptions. The steps
leading to the upper floor, sixty-nine in all, have a
rise of ten inches each, making the whole rise fifty-
seven and one half feet. When it is remembered
that this old, venerable, and wonderful church was
commenced one hundred and eight years since, in a
wild Indian country, far from the centres of civiliza-
tion, we can but admire the great energy, persever-
ance, and indomitable will of the old Jesuit and
Franciscan Fathers who planned, carried out, and so
successfully accomplished this great work. It is the

26 ARIZONA.

only remaining edifice left in the Territory of the
many erected by those of a former century and age,
and sliould be cared for and preserved by legislative
enactment, as a memento of the past.

CHAPTER IV.

GUMATE, BAINY SEASONS, HEALTH, ETC.

rilHE climate of Arizona is varied, embracing every
variety, from that of the northern States, to that
of the extreme of the sunny south. On the highest
mountain peaks, from ten thousand to thirteen thou-
sand feet in height, snow falls to a great depth, and
remains on the ground in places from six to ten
months of the year. On the mountains, at an alti-
tude of eight thousand feet, the snow fall is two to
four feet, and remains from one to three months.
At an altitude of six thousand feet, — that of Pres-
cott, — there is a snow fall of a few inches to one
foot or more, and the snow remains for a few days
only, except in extreme cases, when it has. remained
for a few weeks only. At this altitude the seasons
of spring, summer, and fall, are extremely pleasant,
salubrious, and enjoyable, equal to any in the world.
The nights are pleasantly cool and agreeable, and
two pairs of blankets at night will ever be found to
be a necessary covering. At an elevation of four
thousand feet, which is that of Mineral Park, Cerbat,

28 ARIZONA.

San Carlos, Pueblo Viejo Valley, Camp Grant, and
many other places, there is but little snow fall, the
winters are chilly, but not cold, and the summers
pleasant and delightful, the nights moderately cool,
sufficiently so to give to all a good and refreshing
night's rest. At an altitude of fifteen hundred to
two thousand feet, which is that of the great plains
and valleys of the southern part of the Territory,
Tucson, Florence, Phoenix, etc., snow is almost
wholly unknown, the winters are extremely mild
and pleasant, and the summers warm and diy, with
continued warm weather for many months. At this
altitude the climate in summer, though quite warm,
is not oppressive, or debilitating, as in many other
parts of our country with the same range of ther-
mometer, 85° to 105°. Owing to the pure and rare-
fied condition of the atmosphere, and the cool nights,
the human system keeps in a healthy tone. At lower
altitudes, especially at Yuma, which has an elevation
of but one hundred and sixty feet above tide water,
the thermometer often runs up to 110°, and in ex-
treme cases to over 120°, yet at Yuma, cases of sun-
stroke are unknown, and its citizens enjoy most ex-
cellent health. From the foregoing, it will be noticed
that the altitude of the country gives the different
degrees and variety of temperature. *

There is probably no country in the world with a
purer, healthier climate than Arizona, and the sick,

CLIMA TE. 29

the debilitated, the worn out and enfeebled constitu-
tions of other climes and countries, can here find a
climate of exceeding purity, ranging through all the
degrees from hot to cold, accoi-ding to altitude, from
which each and every one can select that locality in
summer, or winter, that is required by their constitu-
tion or ailments. For consumptives and those hav-
ing kindred diseases, the winter climate of Yuma,
and thence east to Maricopa Wells, Phoenix, Flor-
ence, and Tucson, and especially at Yuma, there is
no more favorable climate in the known world, and
when the country is opened up, and traversed by
railroads, Yuma and the other points named will
of necessity become the centres of sanitariums of
world-wide celebrity. In summer, the mountainous
regions are equally favorable for like diseases, and
also for all asthmatic and respiratory diseases. The
worst cases of asthma are invariably cured by a resid-
ence in the mountains of Arizona of a few months.

There are two rainy seasons each year in the Ter-
ritory, one of which is usually the months of Feb-
ruary and March, and the other the months of July
and August, but these rainy seasons sometimes come
earlier and sometimes later. Occasionally they will
continue for three and four months, and some years
there is a rain-fall during every month, more espe-
cially in the mountains. The amount of rain-fall
differs much in different localities of the Territory,

30 ARIZONA.

being far greater in the mountains than in the great
plains and valleys. In the moimtains it ranges from
twelve to thirty or more indies, and in the plains
and valleys from one to twelve inches. At Yuma
the lain-fall has in some years been less than one
inch, hot this is exceptional, the usual quantity
being from three to five inuhes. The sky here during
the whole year is almost invariahiy a clear, bine ex-
panse of ether. The extreme purity of the atmos-
phere, and the almost continued and perpetual sun-
shine which pervades the Territory, has attracted the
attention of every observing person who has been
there either for a few months, or for years. The
author made a special note of the fact, that during
his residence there of over two years, there was
never, not in all that time, in summer or winter, one
single day without bright, beautiful sunshine. There
is perhaps no other country which presents this
peculiarity in so marked a manner, where there is
any I'ain-fall at all. The rain clouds do not over-
spread the whole heavens as in the Atlantic States,
but pass over in areas of narrow width, following
up the mountain spurs and chains, and often, when
the rain-fall upon a mountain top, or moimtain
plateau, is sufficient to transform the tiny rivulet, or
mountain brooklet, into a raging torrent of waters,
there will be in the valley below, only a few miles
distant, continued suusblne, a balmy and fragrant

ARIZONA. 81

atmosphere, and continued employment for man and
beast.

It is a grand and glorious sight to witness a thun-
der-storm in the mountains of Arizona, to listen to
the rolling, rumbling, almost deafening reverberations
of the thunder, as the thunder-cloud passes over
some lofty mountain plateau, or hangs along the crest
of some jagged mountain cliff, and witness the vivid
play of the forked lightning, as it flashes from cloud
to cloud, or darts meteor like from crag to crag;
while during this time, the observer is basking in
the sunshine in some beautiful valley just outside the
mountain range, where all nature is pleasant, qnieti
and serene.

CHAPTER V.

MOITNTAINS OF ARIZONA: EXTENT, CHARACTEB,

ETC.

A RIZONA is properly a mountainous country,
"^^^ though there are great plains and valleys in the
country, more especially in its southern part. The
mountainous districts cover about two thirds of the
Territory, and the great plains and valleys about one
third.

The main mountain chains are the White, Mo-
goUon, San Francisco, Bill Williams, Pinal, Apache,
Cerbat, Juniper, Hualapai, Bradshaw, Peacock,
Music, Mazatsal, Santa Catarina, Santa Teresa,
Santa Rita, Patagonia, Dragoon, Chiricahua, Gra-
ham, Antelope, Cordilleras de Gila, Sierra Ancha,
Hacquahilla, besides many others of less note, and
small detached spurs, or picacho peaks, generally
with local names. The highest peak of San Fran-
cisco mountain is 13,000 feet. It is some eighty-five
miles a little east of north from Prescott, and is the
highest mountain in the Territory, Its northern
declivities are covered with snow for ten months in

MOUNTAIN PEAKS. 83

the year. The highest peak of the White Mountains,
called by the Spanish and Mexicans the "Sierra
Blanco " Mountains, is 12,000 feet high, that of the
Bill Williams and Union Peak, 10,000, and Mount
Graham 8,000 feet. Several others are from 8,000
to 10,000 feet in height. Many of the mountain
peaks are noted landmarks, and can be seen for long
distances. That of San Francisco, the mountain mon-
arch of all the mountains of Arizona, whose rock-
ribbed summits . are ancient as the sun, can be seen
in different directions for two hundred miles. The
Four Peaks, near camp McDowell, can be seen for
over one hundred miles, and Castle Dome in the Col-
orado River range, nearly the same distance. This
noted landmark will be more fully described in a sub-
sequent chapter. Superstition Mountain, thirty miles
east of Phcenix, is so named from some superstitious
traditions of the Indians respecting its being the
abode of evil spirits. The " Dos Cabasas " peaks —
two heads — in the northern spurs of the Chiri-
cahua Mountains, one hundred miles east from Tuc-
son, are noted landmarks and can be seen for a long
distance throughout all of Southeastern Arizona.
Their two bald summits look in the distance like the
giant heads of some monstrous Titan of old. The
peak of Babaquivora, one hundred miles or more to
the southwest from Tucson, is another noted land-
mark.

34 ARIZONA.

The summits of many of the mountain ranges, es-
pecially in the northern portion of the Territory, are
wide, level plateaus, covered generally with a splendid
growth of pine, spruce, fir, juniper, cedar, and other
timber, with clear sparkling mountain springs burst-
ing out at short intervals, at which points there are
generally open plats of ground nearly destitute of
timber, but covered with a rich coating of wild clover
and other nutritious grasses, and reminding one of the
beautiful oases in great deserts. These mountain
plateaus are well supplied with game, such as bear,
deer, antelope, wild turkeys, and in a few places with
elk, and also a variety of smaller game.

CHAPTER VI.

BIVERS OF ARIZONA : SIZE, EXTENT, ETC.

rpiHE principal rivers of Arizona are the Colorado,
"*" Gila, Salt, Cliiquito Colorado, or Little Colorado,
Verde, Bill Williams, San Pedro, Santa Cruz, White,
Black, and some others of lesser note, which are
mostly branches of the main rivers. Many of the
mountain streams, which in Arizona are called rivers,
would in most other parts of the United States be
called creeks, brooks, or rivulets.

The great Colorado River is formed by the Green
and Grand rivers, and other streams far to the north.
The Grand River rises in Colorado, in the western de-
clivities of the Rocky Mountains, and runs a south-
westerly course to its junction with the Green. The
Green rises far up in Wyoming, near Fremont's
Peak, and runs a southerly course to where it unites
with the Grand, in Utah, from which point of union
it is called the Colorado. The Colorado is navigable
for steamers of four hundred tons at all seasons of the
year, as far as Hardyville, five hundred and thirteen
miles above its mouth, and steamers have been as far

86 ARIZONA.

up as Callville, six hundred and forty-one miles from
the Gulf of California. From its mouth to the foot
of the Grand Canon, a distance of seven hundred
miles, the river at low water has an average width
of about six hundred feet, and a depth of five to
twenty feet. From the extreme head waters of its
upper branches, the Colorado River has a total length
including its windings of some three thousand miles,
and it is the largest and longest river that enters the
Pacific Ocean, south of the Sacramento River, on the
American continent. The Colorado River region
presents some of the grandest scenery on the globe.
For nearly three hundred miles, in Northern Arizona,
its waters, during the untold ages of the past, have
worn through great mountain chains, and mountain
plateaus, cutting out for itself a channel many hun-
dreds and thousands of feet deep in the hard granite,
slate, porphyry, sandstone, limestone, and volcanic
rocks, thus forming the Grand Canon of the Colorado,
the grandest canon the eye of man ever saw. This
cafion can in no way be fully explored, except by en-
I tering it with boats from its upper part in Utah, as

Lieutenant Powell and party did, in 1869 ; and then
it is a Herculean task, requiring a large degree of en-
ergy, perseverance, and indomitable courage. For a
full description of this wonderful canon, the reader is
referred to Major Powell's reports of his expedition
down the river, all of which will be found exceedingly

THE RIVERS. 37

interesting in its description of the scenery, and of
hair-breadth escapes from dangers and death, which
exceed in interest the wildest imaginations of the
most fertile brain. Many lateral cafions enter the
main one, in its long and tortuous course, all of ex-
ceeding interest to the admirers of the grand and sub-
lime in nature. Between the Grand Cafion, where it
opens out from its rocky inclosure, down to Yuma,
there are several other deep, abysmal canons, from
five to twenty miles long, through which the great
volume of waters of the Colorado, collected from a
thousand mountain streams, rush with whirlpool ve-
locity, bearing onward, ever onward, in its mass of
waters, a thick sediment of alluvium, which is depos-
ited along its banks, and in the upper portion of the
Gulf of California, adding year after year large tracts
of rich alluvial land to the tens of thousands of acres
heretofore deposited by the river in the long eras of
the past.

The Gila River, the largest tributary of the Colo-
rado, rises far to the east in New Mexico to the north-
east of Silver City, pursues a general westerly course,
enters Arizona near the rich Clifton Copper Mines,
passing through, the beautiful Pueblo Viejo Valley,
the San Carlos Indian Agency, and the mountains
below, and emerging into the lower, or great Gila
Valley, some twelve miles above Florence, the county
town of Pinal County, and thence west for nearly

38 ARIZOI^A.

three hundred inileB to ita junction with the Colorado
at Yuma. The total length of the Gila, including ita
many windings, la fully six hundred and fifty miles.
For fonr hundred miles, at low water, the Gila baa
an average Avidth of about one hundred feet, and a
depth of one to two feet.

Salt River rises well up towards the eastern part
of the Territory, in the White Mountains, ita head
watera being the White and Black rivers. It haa
numeroua large branches, coming in mostly from the
north, draining the country far to the north, includ-
ing the Tonto Basin, the Sierra Ancha, White, San
Francisco, and other mountjuna. Ita course is west
and southwest, and it unites with the Gila below
Phcenix some thirty miles. This river was named
the " Rio Sulido," by the early Spanish and Jesuit
explorers, on account of its waters being highly im-
pregnated with salt, which is easily noticed at low
water. This is caused by a heavy salt formation
through which the river passes about one hundred
miles above Phoenix. At low water it is a clear,
beautiful stream, having an average width of two
hundred feet for a distance of one hundred miles
above its junction with the Gila, and a depth of two
feet or more.

The Verde River is one of the largest northern
branches of Salt River, its upper branches lislng at
different point* to the east, north, and northwest

THE RIVERS. 39

from Prescott. It becomes a fine river of eighty feet
in width about fifty miles northeast from Prescott,
and thence runa a soiithei'Iy courae to its junction
with Salt River near Camp McDowell. Its whole
courae ia about one hundred and fifty milea. The
Touto, Sipicue, CheiTy, Agiia Frio, and other large
creeks, are also tributaries of Salt River, coming in
from the north. The main upper braiiches of Salt
River, the White and Black rivers, are both swift
running mountain streams, and rise in the White
Mountains, They are well stocked with the real
speckled mountain trout, affording rare sport to the
followers and devotees of Izaak Walton.

The Little, or Chiquito Colorado, which has by
Bome been called Fl:ix River, rises iu the nortlieast*
em declivities of the White Mountains, near the lino
between Arizona and New Mexico, runs iu a north-
westerly direction, and enters the main Colorado
in Northern Arizona, about fifty miles south of the
■oiithern line of Utah, and near the liead of the
Grand CaHon. The lower part of the Chiquito Colo-
rado runs through a caHon second only to that of the
Grand CaSon of the main Colorado,

Bill Williams Fork is an eastern branch of the Col-
orado, with which it unites at Aubrey, 235 miles
ibove Yuma. Its different branches rise, some in
Qie mountains fifty miles southwest from Prescott,
Kline near Moiint Hope, and some in the Hualapai

40 ARIZONA.

Mountains in Mohave County. In its whole course
it is not far from one hundred and fifty miles long,
which is about the same as the Chiquito Colorado.
The Santa Maria is its main eastern branch, and the
Sandy its main northern. These two streams unite
some fifteen miles south from Greenwood, from which
point the Bill Williams Fork flows west to its junc-
tion with the Colorado.

The San Pedro rises near the line between Arizona
and Sonora, and runs a general northerly course a
distance of over one hundred miles, and enters the
Gila River near old Camp Grant.

The Santa Cruz River rises also near the Arizona
and Sonora line, southeast from the Patagonia Moun
tains, making a long detour into Sonora to the south-
west, thence to the north into Arizona, and finally
sinking in the great plain or valley some twelve
miles to the north from Tucson. The whole length
of the Santa Cruz is not far from one hundred and
fifty miles, to the point where its waters finally sink.
It must have formerly run far to the northwest and
perhaps entered the Gila River below Maricopa
Wells, as its old bed is now distinguishable at dif-
ferent places. One fact connected with most of the
mountain streams of Arizona, and which is applica-
ble to most of the streams west of the Rocky Moun-
tains, is this: The volume of water in the mountains
is much greater than in the valleys and plains below,

THE RIVERS, 41

which is principally owing to the character of the soil,
— generally a disintegrated granite, which is open and
porous, permitting the waters to sink in, and percolate
through it to a great depth, — and, to a less extent,
to evaporation in a dry and hot climate. Some of the
larger rivers, such as the Gila, are at times during
extreme hot and dry weather dry in their beds for
many miles, rising and sinking at intervals as the bed
rock comes near the surface. Nearly all of the smaller
streams that enter the great valleys and plains present
this peculiarity.

The Colorado River drains the western and extreme
northern parts of the Territory, the Chiquito Col-
orado the northeastern part, the Gila and Salt Rivers
the central part east and west, and the San Pedro
and Santa Cruz the southern part of the Territory,

CHAPTER VIT.

iGBICTJLTUKAL AND PAKMINQ LANDS. — EXTENT,
LOCATION, BTO.

rilHE amouut o£ rich agricultural and farming land
in the Territory of Arizona is from fifteen to

twenty million acres, but owing to a scarcity of water 1
for irrigation, there ia now susceptible of cnltivatioi
bnt about two million eight hundred thousand acres.
Crops cannot be successfully raised iu most of the
great valleys and plains without irrigation, and :
there is not sufficient water in the rivers, owing to
the sinking of the water as before stated, a large por-
tion of them lie waste, and must continue in that
state until water is obtained by artesian wells or 1
otherwise, for the purpose, which it is confidently be- i
lieved will be accomplished most successfully, when
the necessities of the country require and demand it.
A splendid opportunity is here presented for action
hy the General Government, in developing artesian ,
wells at different points in the Territory, thus bring-
ing large quantities of as rich land into market, and
under successful cultivation, as can be found on the i

FARMING LANDS. 43

continent, and aiding at a comparatively trifling ex-
pense in the development of the Territory. Many
millions of acres of land, now almost worthless and
unproductive, would become centres of rich and ex-
tensive farming districts, a good population would be
introduced, and churches and schools would spring
up as if by ma^ic, where now there is no indnce-
ment for industrious white people to settle. Gov-
ernment would be repaid a hundred fold by sales of
land, and by a wonderful increase in taxable prop-
erty for the support of government.

This subject has been presented to Congress by
the Honorable R. C. McCovmick, but it has never
received the attention wJiich it deserves. This may
be in part owing to indifference, and partly to a
lameutikble ignorance on the part of our law mak-
ers at Washington, respecting the wonderful cnpaci-
tiea of this far off and almost isolated Territory. It
is to be hoped that future delegates in Congress from
the Temtory will, among other important matters of
legielatloii, press this one to a successful issue.

The largest tract of agricultural land which can
uow be cultivated in Arizona, is that on Salt River,
in Maricopa County, in and around Phcenix for a
distance of from twenty to fifty miles. The amount
of such land in this rich valley is approximately one
million of acres. The soil is a rich alluvium, capable
of producing, with good tillage, twenty-five to fifty

to the acF^^H
)B, and othe^H

44 ARIZONA.

busliels of wheat, barley, aiid com,
BeauB, melons, pumpkins, sweet potatoes,
Toots and Tegetables of most kinds, grow and pro-
duce well. Peaches, pears, nectarines, apricots, and
all the smaller fruits, also grapes, and most of the
semi-tropical fruits can be cultivated with success.
Sugar-cane, hemp, tobacco, and no doubt rice and
cotton, could also be successfully cultivated. ___—-

In the Gila Valley, extending from above Flor-
ence to Yuma, there are in all at least five hundred
thousand acres of land, similar in character and pro-
ductiveness to that of the valley of Salt River, and
capable of producing the same cereala, vegetables,
fruits, etc. In this great valley ia the Gila River
Indian Reservation, where the Pima Indians have
cultivated wheat, com, pumpkins, melons, etc., for
the past two centuries.

In the Chiquito Colorado Valley, including its trib-
utary and lateral valleys, there are about five hundred
thousand acres of good farming and grass land, which
produces wheat, barley, corn, and most of the fruits
and vegetables common to the Northern States.
Wild flax grows here vei-y abundantly, and when
first explored it was from that reason called Flax
River. Many thousand tons of wild hay, of excel-
lent quality, could be cut in this valley annually, and
In the course of time this will become very valuable,
tn the upper part of the valley, at the Milligan Set* j

FARMING LANDS. 45

tlement, there is quite a prosperous town springing
up, and also at several other favorable points, small
villages are starting into active life. Colonies of
Mormons have been settling in the lower portions of
the valley the past two years, and being an industri-
ous people, will soon become successful colonies.

Along the upper portions of Salt River, including
the valleys of its many tributaries, there are in all
at least two hundred thousand acres of land, capable
of raising most of the products before named, and in
those valleys which extend well up into the moun-
tains, Irish potatoes of an excellent quality can be
successfully raised.

The Pueblo Vie jo Valley, sometimes called the Up-
per Gila Valley, has, with its tributary valleys, that
of Ash Creek and others, over one hundred thousand
acres of choice farming land, rich, beautiful, and pro-
ductive, and is one of the most desirable places for
settlement in the whole Territory. Its altitude is
about four thousand feet, which is a sufiBcient eleva-
tion to escape the extreme heat of the lower valleys,
and to give a mild and healthy climate in winter.
Snow is almost unknown in the valley, and the Gila
River furnishes a large volume of water sufficient to
irrigate most of the valleys when properly distributed.
The products are about the same as those of the val-
leys of the Salt and Gila rivers mentioned above.

On the Arizona side of the Colorado River, there

(6 ARIZONA.

ATB in all over one hundred thousand acres of exceed
ingly rich land, a portion of which is included in the
Colorado River Indian Reservation, where the Mohave
Indians, and a few from other tribes, have for years
past raised considerable quantities of wheat, corn,
beans, pumpkins, melons, etc. Wild hemp of an ex-
cellent quality gi'ows in many places along the Colo-
rado bottom, and in process of time must become a
productive industry. Alfalfa has been grown suc-
cessfully by Mr. Smith, between Camp Mohave and
Hardyville. Rice, cotton, sugar-cane, and tobacco,
could be raised along the Colorado successfully. One
Bcrious diCBculty connected with funning in the Colo-
rado Valley is the constantly changing channel of the
river, but when the necessity arrives, means will no
doubt be devised to control its waters and confine
them vn a permanent channel.

There are in the Santa Cruz Valley, and its tribu-
taries, about one hundred thousand acres of choice
farming land, a portion of which, near Tucson, has
been cultivated continuously for two centuries or more, '
and is now seemingly as productive as when the val-
ley first became well known to our people, twenty-
five years since. In this valley were some of the
first settlements of the early Spanish explorers, and
here also were located some of the first of the old
Jesuit missions founded during the latter part of the
sixteenth and the first part o£ the seventeenth c
tury.

FARMING LANDS.

The San Pedro Valley is about fifty miles east
from Tucson, in which, and the lateral valleys, am
about fifty thousand acres of good farming land, most
of which can be successfully cultivated. At Tres
Alimos, in this valley, are some well cultivated farms
Kiid one choice dairy farm, that of H. C. Hooker,
Esq. Near the upper part of the San Pedro Valley
is one old Spanish- Mexican laud grant, said to be the
only one in the Territory whicli is legal and valid.
At Tres Alimos, a grant was made of several leagues
many years since, on eoiiJitions which were never
fulfilled, and consequently the grant is void. This
freedom from land grants in Arizona is extremely
favorable to its settlement, and its future prosperity
and freedom from litigation aud strife, which has
been ao prolific a source of trouble in California. It
will give to the ae.ttler peace and security, it will
give [jermanent homes to the many, and build up
good communities where schools and churches can be
supported by a resident and independent farming
community.

In the valley of Bill Williams Fork, and along its
tributaries, the Sandy, Santa Maria, and other creeks,
there are many tracts of excellent farming lands, in
all many thousand acres. These tracts are mostly in
Mohave County, and embrace nearly all the tillable
land in the valleys of that county which are at prea-
snt supplied with water. There are large valleys,

48 ARIZONA,

however, in the connty, such as the Sacramento iindi
Hualuptii valleys, which have a rich soil, bnt n&^
water to irrigate until artesian water is obtained^
when they would support a. population of thousands*
On the Buniinit of the inountuins, and the table or
mesa lands, there are many plivces where potatoe*.
and other vegetables grow well. One of these local-
ities is on the summit of the Hualapai Mountains,
where Mr. Shoulters has raised large crops of pota-
toes for several yeara ; and several other locaUties
could he mentioned.

In Yavapai County there are scores of smaller vftl*
leys than those heretofore mentioned, containing froid
a few hundred to several thousand acres of choice
land each, where wheat, corn, vegetables of all kinda,
all the common northern fruits, and excellent pota-
toes can be raised most successfully. In the aggregate
there are in these valleys over one hundred thousand
acres of good land, and these beautiful and pleasant
valleys have a certain charm about them, which ia
drawing to them scores of families who are building
up pleasant homes, and happy firesides. The purej
mouutiiin atmosphere which surrounds all the littl^j
valleys in the mountainous regions of Arizona is
drawing to them a large share of the present farm-
ing immigration to the Territory, and especially of
families from many of the States and Territories.

The most prominent of these small valleys in;

SPRINGS, WELLS, ETC. 49

Yavapai County are the Verde, Williamsons, Pee-
ples, Eirkland, Chino, Skull, Agua Frio, Walnut
Grove, Walnut Creek, Beaver Creek, and scores of
others, which are now being settled up and improved.

Go where one will in all parts of the Territory,
in the foot hills, and through the mountains, pleasant
and delightful valleys are continually attracting the
attention of the explorer, many of them having
springs of clear, crystal water, and often one will
find small rills and rivulets which are sufficient to
supply the wants of many horses, cattle, and sheep.

There evidently was a time in the long past when
there was far more running water in Arizona than
now, when many of the large valleys, now destitute,
were well supplied. Climatic changes, the filling of
the valleys to a great depth by a rich alluvium
brought down from the mountains by water erosion,
and perhaps other causes, have operated to make
them as we now find them, destitute of water, and
consequently uninhabitable, until water shall be ob-
tained by artesian wells, or otherwise. Could these
great valleys and plains be supplied with sufficient
water for irrigation, many million acres of exceed-
ingly rich land could be brought under successful
cultivation, and would add millions of wealth to the
agricultural products of the Territory.

In passing over the great Pacific Mail Stage Line,
between Yuma on the Colorada River, and the Steins

50 ARIZONA. ^H

Peak riinge of mountains on the east line of tlie Tei'^-
ritory, several of the great valleys and plains are
crossed which extend south from the valley of the
Gila and along the stage route, and which extend
south far down into Souora a distance of one hundred
miles or more.

The Sulphur Springs Valley, seventy-five miles east
of Tucson, is from ten to twenty-five miles wide and
one hundred miles or more in length, having ;i rich
Boil, which with a good water supply would support a
large population, but which is now almost entirely
worthless for farming purposes, as it is almost wholly
destitute of water, except what la obtained from a
series of springs at different points in the valley.
These springs afford a water supply sufficient for
thousands and tens of thousands of cattle, horses,
sheep, etc., but not sufficient for farm irrigation.

It is stated that some fifty or more years since, a
wealthy SpMniard had a herd of sixty thousand head
of cattle in this valley.

To the east of Apache Pass is the San Simon Val-
ley, which is simitar to the Sulphur Springs Valley,
and of about the same extent and quality. This val-
ley extends north from the line of the I*acific Mail
Stage Line to the Pueblo Viejo Valley on the upper
Gila River some fifty miles, and south down into So-
nora. The soil, like that of the other valleys in the
Territory, is exceedingly rich, and like them, owing

FARMING LANDS. 61

to the absence of water, almost useless at present for
agricultural purposes. There are not over a dozen
settlers in these two great valleys, where there might
be thousands, if a water supply could be obtained.

A small expenditure of money by the General Gov-
ernment, in developing artesian water here, would be
productive of grand results.

Another great plain is between Florence and Phoe-
nix, which covers an area of fifty or more square
miles,. but differing from the two last mentioned in
some respects, being a slightly elevated plateau, or
mesa land, at an elevation of one or two hundred feet
above the bottom lands of the Gila and Salt rivers ;
the Gila River being on the south, and Salt River on
the north.

Much of this level and beautiful mesa was evi-
dently cultivated by the ancient prehistoric race, who
long, long ago, inhabited and cultivated most of the
great valleys and plains of Arizona, and who have
left here, as elsewhere, many mementoes of their for-
mer life, and of their habits, character, and pursuits.

In Mohave County, in the northwestern part of
the Territory, there are several great valleys worthy
of mention. One of these, the Sacramento Valley,
extends from Bill Williams Fork on the south, to
Stone's Ferry on the north, a distance of over one
hundred and fifty miles, with a width of five to
twenty-five miles. This great valley is also destitute

B2 ARIZONA.

of water for iixigation, and without an inhabitant.
The soil IB rich, and capiible of producing an abiiu-
dant supply of grain, fruits, vegetables, etc., if water
could be obtained for irrigation. There is strong
evidence that this valley was, at some very remote
age, the bed of the Colorado River. It is at no one
point over thirty or forty miles east from the Colo-
rado River, and runs nearly parallel with it from
Stone's Ferry on the north to the Needles on the
southwest, where a portion of the valley enters the
Colorado. With an abundant supply of artesian
water, this valley would also become a rich and pros-
perous farming country, and make homes for thou-
sands of industrious tillers of the soil.

Another fine and beautiful valley lies to the east
of the Cerbat Mountains, and is known as the Hual-
apai (wal-la-pi) Valley. It is hemmed in by lofty
mountains, the Hualapai Mountains on the south,
the Peacock range on the east, the Cerbat range on
the west, and the Music Mountains on the north.
The valley is eighty miles long nearly north and
south, and five to twenty miles wide east and west.
There is no permanent stream of water running
through this valley, and no outlet for a river if there
was any. During the rainy season, the water which
falls in the valley, and on the surrounding moun-
tains, is collected into a small lake in its northern
part, where it remains for a few months, until carried

FARMING LANDS. 63

off by evaporation, or by seepage into the earth.
This water reservoir is called Red Lake.

In the mountains and foot hills contiguous to, and
surrounding all of these great plains and valleys,
there are many springs and small rivulets, where a
good water supply can be obtained for horses, cattle,
and sheep, but these waters all sink soon after enter-
ing the plains and valleys.

There are scores of smaller valleys in different por-
tions of the Territory, somewhat similar in character
to those mentioned, most of which will no doubt in
time be utilized and made productive by means of
artesian wells. Many of these smaller valleys are
now being located and settled on by immigrants from
all parts of the Union, and are being improved to
some extent, especially in the mountain region, where
much of the soil can be successfully cultivated with-
out irrigation.

CHAPTER VIII.

GRAZING LANDS. — EXTENT. — STOCK RAISING. —

WOOL, ETC.

rilHE larger poiiion of Arizona is emphatically a
grazing and stock raising country, and is capable
of supporting and fattening an immense number of
cattle and sheep. There are but few localities in the
whole Territory destitute of rich and nutritive grasses,
and at least forty million acres of land is fully equal
for grazing, to any on the continent, all of which is
well supplied with water conveniently near to the
stock ranges.

The wild grasses of the country are very nutri-
tious, embracing varieties of the wild clover, wild
barley and oats, black, white, and curly gramma
grass, sacatone, six week grass, many varieties of
bunch grass, etc., etc.

The mountains, foot hills, and rolling lands, are
literally covered with a velvety green for most
of the year, and having two rainy seasons, the
hills and mountain sides do not present that bleak
and barren appearance so characteristic of California

STOCK RAISING.

Boener; for many months of tlie year. The excellent
gi-azing qualities of Arizona have already attriicted
tbe attention of stock men of the contiguous Statca
and Territories, and dnring the past year niitny
thousands of hoi'see, cattle, and sheep have been
taken to the Territory from California, Oregon,
Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and other places. The
number of sheep in the Territory is now nearly two
million, yet they are scarcely noticed, so extensive is
the i-ange.

Arizona is destined at no distant day to become
one of the most successful wool producing sections
of the Union, and when railroads traverse the coun-
try, and connect it with San Francisco and other
i^ties on the Pacific slope, and with St. Louis, Clii-
cago, New Orleans, and other cities east, the rich beef
and mutton, from a thousand hills and valleys in Ari-
zona, will be supplied to those markets at reasonable
mtiis, and her wool, free from burrs and other im-
purities, will be eagerly sought for by the great
manufactories of the older States. The climate of
Arizona is so mild that when sheep and cattle become
well acclimated, there is but little necessity for pro-
tection from storm or wind. The mountain ranges
of the Territory are extremely favorable to stock
raising, and as there are numerous springs and rivulets
there, those localities are at present the most favor-
able points for location. The grasses in the groat

56 ARIZONA.

valleys, especiiiUy in the sontheasterD part of the

Territory, are veiy abundant, and where water can be

had, they afford splendid ranges for stock of all

kinds.

The section of country watered by the Cluquito
Colorado River is especially favorable for sheep rais>^
ing, as is also the region of country around Preacot^«
and thence to the north in the region of country '
around the San Francisco and Bill Williams moun-
tains. The same can also be said of the country
Bonth of Tucson, embracing the country around the
Santa Rita, Patagonia, Huachuca, Whetstone, Dra-
goon, and Chiricahua mountains, and in the contigu-
ous valleys. There is no employment more health-
ful, pleasant, or profitable than stock raising, and for
young men of good habits, combined with watchful-
ness, care, and energy, there is no surer road to
competence and wealth than this. It also offers fine
inducements to those having debilitated constitutions,
and to those broken down in health, to engage in
a business which requires constant out-door exercise,
either on foot or on horseback, in a climate clear,
pure, and exhilarating, where in a few years health
can be fully restored, and a fortune accumulated.

Too much cannot be said of the future prospectsJ
of Arizona in this respect, all of which will be fulljM
verified in a few short years.

CHAPTER IX.

WOOD, TIMBER, ETC.

A MISTAKEN idea has heretofore prevailed ro-
"^^^ specting the wood and timber supply of the
Territory, which was, that it was almost entirely des-
titute of a supply for the ordinary wants of the in-
habitants. By a thorough exploration of the Territory
the author found many large forests of pine, spruce,
fir, juniper, cedar, oak, mesquit, with a fair supply
of other wood and timber, such as ash, black walnut,
poplar, Cottonwood, palo verde, alder, willow, etc., etc.

In Arizona, as elsewhere in southern climates, the
altitude generally indicates the different varieties of
wood and timber which may be looked for. Along
the low river bottoms the cottonwood, willow, etc.,
are found, and on the plains, mesas, and valleys, be-
low four thousand feet altitude, the mesquit, palo
verde, and other kindred varieties flourish, and at
%bout four thousand feet, in the foot hills and ravines
leading into the mountains, the oak, ash, black wal-
nut, etc., flourish. From four to seven thousand
feet altitude the juniper, cedar, Pifion pine, etc., are

found, and from five to ten tJiousand feet, pine,
spruce, and £i', are found in great abnDdance. A
large portion of Northern Arizona is an elevated
plateau, from five to eight thousand feet in altitude,
most of which is covered with grand toreats of pine,
epruce, fir, juniper, and cedar. These forests aro
sufficient in extent to supply all the wants of the
Territory for generations, if judiciously used and
properly cared for.

The great timber belts inchido the White, Mogol-
lon, San Francisco, Bill Williams, and other ranges
in the northeastern and northern portions of the Ter-
ritory ; the Bradahaw, and contiguous mountnina
around Prescott, Mount Hope, Hualapai, Music, Cer-
bat, and other mountain chains to the west, and run-
ning through Mohave County ; the Piuals, Apache,
and contiguous mountains in Maricopa and Pinal
counties ; Mount Graham, Santa Teresa, Santa Cata-
rina, Cliiricahua, Santa Rita, and other mountains in
Pima County, and also other timber belts on tha
different river ranges and mountain spurs In different
parts of the Territory, aggregating in all about twenty^
million acres of timber land.

When the thirty-fifth parallel railroad is buili^
across the continent, it wilt pass through Arizona tftl
the north of Prescott, and will open up some of thi
finest bodies of timber on the continent, consistin]
mostly of the pine and juniper varieties. The fon

TIMbkh. 59

"f juniper will furnish large quftntities of the most
duTiihle railroad ties, fencing posts, etc., etc. ; and the
grand old pine forests will all be needed in process of
time for building purposes, mining, and a thousand
other wants.

The Texas Pacific, or thirty-second parallel rail-
i-oad, will open up the timber belta along the Gila
River, to the east of Florence in the Pinal, Santa
Catarina, Santa Teresa, Mount Gi-Ahain, and the
Chiricahua raountain ranges, on and near which line
there ai-e many fine bodies of piue, juniper, and other
varieties of timber.

The mesquit, of which there are two varieties, is
quite common thronghout the Territoiy below au
altitude of four thousand feet. It is a veiy hard,
solid wood, fully equal to hickory for fire-wood, and
produces the true gum arable of commerce, which
exudes from the tree similar to the gum of the com-
mon cherry tree. It also produces a bean which ia
eaten both in a green and dry state by the Indians,
and which has a pleasant sweetish taste. Its fatten-
ing qualities are excellent, and stock of all kinds be-
ing fond of the bean, will fatten on it in a few weeks.
The largest growth of the mesquit is found in the
Falley of the Santa Cruz, south of Tucson, and at dif-
ferent points in the Gila and Colorado River valleys.

One variety produces a bean-pod somewhat similar
to the Lima bean, or the common string bean of north-

60 ARIZONA.

erii gardens, and the other being in form something
like a mass or bunch of common screws, is called the
screw bean. The Indians collect large quantities of
both varieties, which when dried they grind into flour
on their metat stones ; this they mix with water and
drink it for food, living on it for weeks at a time. It
makes a nutritious and palatable drink.

The Pifion pine, which grows along the lower lino
of the large pine forests, and is intermixed with the
juniper forests, is excellent for fire-wood, and some
other purposes, and produces the Pifion pine nut in
great quantities, which is quite an article of diet
among the Indians, and is also relished by the whites.

The great bodies of the pine forests of Arizona are
as yet untouched by the woodman's axe, and must
remain so to a great extent until railroads open up
the country, and hasten the time of great improve-
ments and general prosperity to the country. Lum-
bering has been carried on for some years at Prescott,
and a few other places, but the great timber belts are
yet untouched.

CHAPTER X.

MINERAL LANDS, MINES AND MINING.

npHE mines of Arizona, varied and numberless, are
no doubt the sources of the future wealth of the
Territory, and consist of gold, silver, copper, lead, iron,
coal, salt, and perhaps of other valuable minerals.
These mines, especially those of the precious metals,
and of copper and lead, are of wonderful extent and
richness, and are destined at no distant day to aston-
ish the world by the immensity of their product.

A full description of the different mineral belts of
the country, of the locations made, and of the mines
already opened, would fill volumes, and therefore will
not be attempted in this work. An outline and par-
tial description alone can be given, leaving the sub-
ject to be fully written up in the future by some one
having more time, and more competent to the task.

Mines of gold and silver were known to exist in
what is now Arizona two hundred years or more
since, and some successful workings were carried on
by the old Jesuit priests, who first explored the Terri-
tory, and who employed Mexican and Indian laborers.

62 ARIZONA.

After tlie whole of the Territory came into the posse*
sion of the United States, by the Gadsden Purchase in
1854, old monntaineers, triippers, and traders, in their
expeditions through the Territory, reported from time
to time the discovery of placer gold, hut not until
about 1860 was there any systematic or continued
effort made to lociite and work the mines. Reports
from time to time reached California, and other min-
ing sections, and in 1862 and 1863 many old miners
from California and elsewhere visited the country,
and made vainahle discoveries of placer diggings.
Previous to this, some twenty years since, rich phtcer
diggings were discovered at Gila City, eighteen miles
east of Yuma, and at one time a mining population
of over three thousand were collected at that point,
consisting of whites, Mexicans, and Indians. For a
few years mining was a success at that point, and
large amounts of the precious metal were taken out,
aggregating, as the best informed claim, some two or.
three millions of dollars.

As in most rich mining localities, a large majority
of the miners spent their earnings in riotons living,
gambling, and debauchery, and but few of the many
saved their fortunes. Owing to a want of water,
these placers were after a few years almost deserted,
yet a few Mexicans and Indians work at them from
time to time, making fair wages. Tliere is no doubt
but the placers would pay well now, could water for

GOLD PLACERS.

Bluicing or hydraulic washing be obtained at not too
great an outlay o( capital. The project of bringing
water into the diggings from tlie Gila River has been ,
mooted, and should it be carried out BuccessfuUy,
these placers will again attract large numbers of
people.

Some rich placers were diBCOvcred and worked some
fifteen miles above Yuma, at what was called the Pot-
holes, and at the Cienega, where lai^ quantities of '
gold were taken out for a few years, but these mines
are now ahnost forgotten, although fortunes were
made during their continuance.

In 1862, 1863, and 1864, the most thorough pro-
specting was done through all the mountainous regions
of the Territory, and many rich and valuable discov-
eries were made at different points. Some of these
discoveries were back of the Ciilorado River to the
east of La Paz and Ehrenburg, but owing to a want
of water have never been worked extensively. Could
water be obtained for hydraulic washing, these local-
ities would pay exceedingly well for many years.
Dry washing machines have of late been introduced,
whicli, under favorable circumstances, work quite sat-
isfactorily, and it is supposed they will be bo im-
proved as to produce good resnlta, and be the me,an3
of working out large tracts of placer mines, where it
would be impossible to obtain a water supply. If
perfectly successful they will add much to the product
of the gold placers.

64 ARIZONA. ^^H

In 1862 and 1863, old Uucle Joe Walker, Paul
Weaver, Jack Swilling, Henry Wickenbui-g, Mr.
Peeples, and other noted prospectora and pioneers,
devoted much time to the exploration of Central and
Northern Arizona, and discovered many rich pla-
cers on the Hassayampa, Lynx, Big Bng, and other
Creeks, in what is now Yavapai County, and in July,
1863, the rich placers of Weaver Gulch were discov-
ered by them, and a Mexican working with Weaver,
Swilling, Peeples, & Co. discovered Rich, or Ante-
lope Hill, about the same time. This hill is twenty-
eight miles north of Wickeiihurg, and near the road
running from Wickenburg to Prescott. Weaver Gnlch
is on the east of the Rich Hill, and both the summit of
the hill and the gulch were enormously rich. Ante-
lope Hill was one of the most strange discoveries ever
yet made in mining. The summit is aome.two thou- I
sand feet above the surrounding valleys below, and on
it there is a slight depression, resembling a saddle
back, of less than one acre of ground with but littla
earth covering the granite rock. In this depression
of land a few men took out, in less than three months, ,
$108,000 in nngget gold, from the size of a pin head
to that of five or six hundred dollars in value.

A common belt or hunter's knife was the only (
implement used in the work, the gold being found
in crevices and pockets, and to some extent on the
smooth, bare rock. The gold was worn smooth and

GOLD. 65

round, like that found in the rivers and gulches of
California and elsewhere. How the gold came upon
the mountain's summit in such quantities, smooth and
water-worn, is a query which has puzzled most old
miners, who advocate different theories ; but the most
natural explanation is, that a rich surface lode of
gold-bearing quartz, running across the mountains,
became decomposed and in the process of time, in-
cluding perhaps many thousand years, the action of
water, and wearing away of the rocks by erosion, had
rounded and worn smooth the gold, and left it a?
when discovered. Work is yet carried on at Weavei
-Gulch, and on Antelope Hill, and some large nuggets
are occasionally found.

A half million dollars or more has been taken from
these mines, and when water is plenty in the gulch
fair wages can yet be made.

Another rich mining camp was at the " Placeritas,"
some fifteen miles northeast of Antelope Hill, where
large quantities of gold have been extracted, and
which are yet worked during the rainy seasons of the
year.

The mines on the Hassayampa Creek, ten miles
south of Prescott, have been worked since 1863, and
are yet yielding well in different localities.

The mines on Lynx Creek, ten miles east from
Prescott, have also been worked since 1863, and have
yielded large amounts of gold. They are yet worked

66 ARIZONA.

to some extent, aa alao the mines on Big Bug, Turkey,
aud other small creeks in Bradahaw Range, east and
south of Prescott.

The " Cafiadii de Oro," thirty-five miles north from
Tucson, in Pima County, is an extensive and lich
placer gold deposit, and was worked a, hundred years ■
or more since by the Jesuits, who employed Indian J
laborers. Evidences of tlieir work can yet be seen.
The CaHada de Oro Creek furnishes water sufficient
for hydraulic mining at these placers, and with the
expenditure of a few thousiind dollars a successfa]
mining camp would spring into life at this locality. 1
Some gentlemen in Tucson have located these mineSt-]
and it is to be hoped that they will soon push their. I
work to a success.

In the winter of 1874r-75, some rich placers were
discovered in the northern spurs of the Santa Rita
monntilina, by Messrs. Smith, Ray, Hand, and others,
which have yielded quite well, and which would yield
a large amount of gold, was there water sufficient for
hydraulic working. The yield has been remarkably
large for the small amount of water that can be u
ized for washing out the gold.

Many other placers have been discovered in diffeiv
ent portions of ttie Territory, sorae of which are v
rich but not extensive. The placer mines of Arizontf:
are not extensive, like those of California in its earl4^
days, and perhaps tlie world will never see again t

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GOLD, SILVER, LEAD, AND COPPER, 67

like, either in extent or richness, as was witnessed
in California from 1849 to 1860.

Wonderful reports have been circulated, from time
to time, of rich placers in the northern and eastern
parts of the Territory, which are said to have been
seen by explorers long since, or by captives among
the Apaches, and several expeditions have been fitted
out for their discovery, but as yet without success.
Some of these wonderful reports may be true, but
doubtless many of them are more imaginary than real.

Tlie great and permanent mineral wealth of the
territory is in its numerous rich and extensive lodes
of gold, silver, copper, and lead.

These lodes are found in almost every mountain,
hill, and picacho peak in the Territory. Wherever
one may go, north, south, east, or west, these lodes
are found in almost endless profusion.

In Yuma County, in the southwestern part of the
Territory, the most prominent mines are those of the
Castle Dome district, forty miles northeast from
Yuma. These mines are principally argentiferous
galena and copper. The lodes are large and well
defined, and most of them are very rich.

The principal argentiferous galena lodes are the
Flora Temple, a four foot vein owned by N. Gunther
& Co. ; the Buckeye, a four foot vein owned by
Miller, Berry, & Co. ; the McLane, a four foot Vein
owned by Charles E. McLane ; the Little Willie, a

two and a half foot vein, owned by William P. Miller
,& Co. J tbe Big Dome, n three foot vein owned by E.
Battia, all of which yield from thirty to sixty-five per
cent. lead, and from twenty to thirty ounces of silver
per ton. . There are other lodea equally as promising
as the foregoing.

The principal copper ludes in the district ave as
follows: The Montezuma, an enormons twelve foot
vein, owned by Messra. Miller & Minear ; the Cortez,
another great vein, twelve feet wide, owned by G. D.
Roberts & Co. ; the Ellen Gowen, a seven foot vein
owned by Willimn P. Miller ; the St. Charles, a six
foot vein owned by Charles Baker & Co. The two
first of these give a yield of thirty to sixty per cent.
of copper, and from thirty to forty-five ounces per ton
in silver. The Ellen Gowen vein yields from thirty
to forty-five per cent, of copper, and over sixty ounces
of silver per ton. The St. Charles vein yields about
the same as the othei-a in copper, and in places is very
rich in silver, yielding at times over one hundred
ounces per ton. Nunicrons other locations have been
made in the district, enough to warrant the belief,
that when this district is fully opened the yield of
silver, copper, and lead, will be very large, and add
much to the future product of the conntry.

The Castle Dnnie mines are in the Color-.ido River
range of monntiunB, and from ten to twenty miles
east of the river, and are easily approached from

MINES AND MINERAL VEINS. 69

Caatle Dome Liintling, where a brisk little town is
beiug built up. Further north, in the same moun-
tain range, there are locations of gold and silver
mines at different points, fov two Liuidreil miles or
more, some of which are veiy promising,

The Planet Copper Mine is in the extreme north-
ern part of Yuma County, on the south of Bill Wil-
liams Fork, which stream is the dividing Hne be-
tween Tuma and Mohave counties. The mine is
twelve mites east of Aubrey on the Colorado liiver,
and was discovered in 1863, and has been worked in
a desultory manner ever since. The ore yields from
twenty-five to sixty per cent, in copper, and there has
been a total yield of ore from the mine of over 8,000
tons, most of which has been shipped to, and sold in
San Francisco at a fair profit.

The distance from Aubrey to San Franciaeo by
water, being about 2,200 miles, and the freight high,
it will be readily perceived that ore must be very
rich to pay freight and other charges, and return a
profit to the owners.

Moliave County is the northwestern one of the
Territory, and a large portion of it is distinctly a
ilueral region. From Bill Williams Fork on the
sonth, and extending thence north through the region
of the Sandy, and tlience throngh the Hualapai, Cei--
bat, Peacock, and other monntain ranges, there is a
continued succession of mineral veins of great extent

been opened^^l
iome are be^^H

and richness. Many of these veins have beei
with the most fluttering prospects, and
ing thoroughly worked. In the sotithern part of the
county the lodes are very large, being from ten to
nearly or quite one hundred feet wide, and traceable
in BOine instances for many miles. In tlie central part
of the county, in the northern spurs of the Hualapai
Mountains, and in the Cerbat aud I'eacock
tains, the mineral lodes are not as large as further
south, but extremely rich. The principal veins are
argentiferous galena, yet there are many promising
lodes of gold, and some almost wholly of silver. But
few of the many hundreds and thousands of mines
located in Mohave County can be specially men^
tioued, but snfEcient to give the i-eader a general
idea of the mineral wealth of the county.

The McCracken Mine is in the southern part of
Mohave County, thirty miles east of the Colorado
River, with a good roadway back and forth. It IB
six miles north of Bill WiltianiB Fork, and twelvO'
miles west of Sandy Creek. This mine was discovered'
August 17, 1874, by Measra. McCracken aud Owen,
who yet own a large intei'est in the mine. It ia now.
incorporated uuder the laws of California, with the
Hon. Eugene Caeserly as President, I. C. Batemati,
Vice-pi-esldeut, and H. Augustus Whiting, Secretary**

The lode runs nearly due north and south, directly
over a high mountain spur, known as McCracki

I
I

THE M<-'CRACKEN MINE.

Hill, This hill baa an eluvation of about two thou-
sand feet above the sun-oundiog valleys. It is an
immense vein, being in places over eighty feet wide
at the surface. It is traceable for about two miles
by surface ontKii'opping, and out^cropa at different
places on the south for ten or fifteen miles.

In some respects this mine differs from all others
on the Pacijic Slope, the formation being a spar
gangne or matrix, in granitic or primitive formation,
Not a particle of quartz has been found in the inine,
and as quartz has ever been considered the true
matrix of gold and silver, the mine is a cuiiosity,
and well worth the study of tlie scientific. The out-
croppings of the mine on the suiwmit of McCracken
Hill can be seen for many miles, the spar having a
dark burned appearance, caused by the hot burning
Bun of thousands of years. At a distance it looks
like a black volcanic dyke, and for many years pro-
Bpectors had so considered it, and had passed by the
mountain without an examination. The McCi'iicken
Company own two mining claims of fifteen hundred
feefc eiieh in length, named tho Senator and Alta,
The mine is now the best developed in the Territory,
having over seven hundred feet of shafting, and over
twelve hundred feet of tixnneU. The deepest shaft
is three hundred anil sixty-seven feet, and the shafts,
and over one thousand feet of the tunnels are in vein
matter all the way. The first class milling ore gives

72 ARIZONA.

by assay an aTerage of 896 per ton, and the coi
pany's ten stamp mill at Greenwood, on the Sandy,
works this ore np to aJxty-five per cent, of the assay.
Tlie bullion produced averages 985 fine.

The second class milling ore, of which over five
thousand tons are now on the dump pile, gives 1^,
assay over $65 per ton.

Twenty samples, taken promiscuously by the
thor from the dump pile, gave by assay $67.54- pet
ton. There are small atrataa of carbonate ore carry-
ing much lead, and excellent for smelting, which has
sold in San Francisco for an average of $237 per ton,
in silver, and yielding in addition twenty per cent,
of lead. In the different shafts, tunnels, and drifts,
the ore has in no place been worked out from hang-
ing to foot walls, and therefore tlie actual width of
vein matter at one, two, and three hundred feet
depth, is unknown. In seven different chambers,
the workings are from twenty-five to forty-two feet
wide, and there is sufficient assurance to pronounce
the McCracken one of the great mines of the world.
In addition to the ten stamp mill at Greenwood, the
company are now making arrangements to erect a
new and much larger quartz mill the present year.

Coat of labor at the mine and mill four dollars per
day. Wood, delivered, costs five dollars per curd.
The coat of hauling ore from the mine to the mill is
twelve dollars per ton. The amount of ore now

r mined,
r tained,

SILVER MINES. 73

mined, and workiug value, is, as near as can be aacer-
tained, as follows : Two thousand tons of fivat class
ore at aixtj-five dollars per ton, working value, and
five thousand tons of second class ore at forty-five
dollars per ton, working value, gives a total o£
$365,000 of ore now mined. The great want at the
mine at present is water, of which none has yet been
developed in the mine, and for drinking, culinary,
and other purposes, water is now brought from Caa-
tenado'a well, eight miles distant.

The company's office is at rooms 7 and 9 Hay-
ward's Block, San Francisco, where further and full
information can be obtained of the mine, etc.

The first north extension of the McCracken is the
San Frjincisco Mine, also incorporated, which is being
opened successfully, and a large mill is to be erected
the present year for working the ores, which are
equally promising, both in extent and richness, to the
McCracken. The extensions south are also being
opened, and all look well.

Sis miles south the vein out-crops again, and at
this point Messrs. Cory and Fotts, and some other
parties, have good prospects for valuable and extcn-
sive mines,

The whole country to the north from the Mc-
Cracken Mine, and from Greenwood for over one
hundi'ed miles, contains continued successions o* min-
eral lodes of wondrous extent and richness. These

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mines are mostly avgeiitiferoua g-<ilen», some of themj
Laving a fair showing of gold. By a judicious ex->
peiiditiire of time and money, this whole extent of 1
country will in due time become a source of gi'eat
mineral wealth.

Ill the river I'ange of mountains to the northwest
of the McCnicben Mine, there are numerous lodes
of gold and silver, some of which have been worked
in former yeai-s, but are now lying idle. Among the i
number is the Moss Gold Mine, from which ranch rich .
mineral was taken in yeara past. This mine is fifteen .
miles east fi-om Camp Mohave, on the Colorado
River.

In the northern portion of the Hualapai Moun-
tains, there are many valuable mines of both gold i
and silver.

The Dean Mine, gold bearing, has been snccesa- ,
fully opened with the most flattering prospects, suf- ,
ficient to induce the company to erect a ten stamp i
mill, which will be erected the present yes

The American FIj^ Mine, silver bearing, owned i
by Mr. ShouUers, has been fully opened, and is very
rich. Fifty tons of ore worked in the Mineral Park
Mill, gave a product of from $300 to over $1,000 per
ton in refined silver bullion. The American Flag
Mine is near the summit of the Hualapai Mountains,
and about thirty-five miles southeast from Mineral
Park.

LODES IN THE CERBAT MOUNTAINS. 75
One hundred or more mines have been located in
the Hualapaia, but to the present time butfew of
them have been opened. Many of them give promise
of exceeding richness, and the district, when well de-
veloped, will yield a large amount of gold and silver
bullion. Wood and water are both abundant, offer-
ing fine inducements for both mining and milling
openitions.

The Cerbat Mountains, for an extent of thirty
miles north and south, are a perfect network of min-
eral veins, including gold, silver, and lead, and of
exceeding richness. The mineral lodes of the Cer-
bat range are small in comparison to those in the
southern part of Mohave County, but make up to a
great degree in richness what they lack in size and
extent. These lodes range from one to three feet in
width at a depth of twenty to one hundred feet.
Many of theni have been fully opened and prospected,
and are now being worked BUCcessfuUy, The great
hindrance to Eucceasful mining operations In the
Cevbat MoinitainH, has been the want of reduction
worka. Tiiia has been partially remedied by the erec-
tion of a five stamp quartz mill at Mineral Park, which
was put in successful operation February 22, 1876.
The Mineral Park Miil Company have, since their
mill was put in operation, worked ore for many dif-
ferent mines, all of which has paid extremely well,
running from $100 to Sil.OOO per ton. A few only

undreds in ^^H

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of the muiea can be mentioned, of the tundreda i

the Cerbat Mountnins.

Cevbat, the county seat of the county, is in the
smithern spurs of the mountains, Stockton Hill being
three miles northeast, and Miiiei'aV Park six miles to
the north. This description of location will give the
reader some idea of the particular locality of the ,
minea hereafter mentioned.

The Fontenoy Mine, one raile east of Cerbat, is I
well opened by five shafts from twenty-five to one \
hundred feet each. The vein matter is eight inches to
two feet wide, and works from $142 to $530 per ton
in silver. Seventeen tons sold in San Francisco for
■over $500 per ton. Ownei-s, Canavan & Mulligan.

Tlie New York Mine, owned by Mulligan, is bnt a
short distance from the Fontenoy and very similar to
it. The ore pays from $100 to $600 per ton in silver.

The Sixty-three Mine, two miles northeast from
Cerb.tt, was discovered in 1863, and has been success-
fully worked at intervals since that time. Over fifty
tons of ore sold in San Francisco foi- $600 per ton,
and large amounts of ore have been worked at the
Mineral Park Mill and elsewhere, paying an average
of 1200 per ton in refined bullion. The vein matter
is from one to three feet wide. The mine is incorpo-
rated, and the company are erecting reduction works
at Cerbat, under the superintendence of Mr. Scale,
one of the owners.

MINES AT STOCKTON HILL.

The Mocking-bii-d Mine, a ball mile from the Sixty-
three Mine, has a fine two foot vein of gray and blue
sulphurets of silver, inclosing specimens of green born
silver. The ore assays from $200 to $1,000 per ton,
and twenty tons worked in the Mineral Pai'k Mill
gave an average of $700 per ton, silver bullion.
Ownei-8, Riley & Co. successor to Miley & Riiey, the
original owners.

At Stockton Hill there are a large number of
promising mines now opened and being worked.
Among tbe number is a cluster of five, named re-
spectively the Little Tiger, Dolly Varden, Cupel,
Edward Everett, and Alba Stevens ; all of which are
quite i-ich in silver, and from eight to twenty inches
of vein matter. Fifty tons of ore from these veins
sold in San Francisco for over $500 per ton, and a
large amount has been worked in the country. All
has paid an average of over $200 per ton. Owners,
Messrs. Cory & Potta.

There are many other lodes of silver rnnning
through this portion of the Cerbat Mountains, some
of which have been opened and are now being worked
to some extent. Among the number are the Tiger,
Monitor, Franklin, I, X, L,, Legal Tender, Snow-
flake, Lorena, Coutinental, Little Chief, etc., etc. AH
of the foregoing are rich veins from one to four feet
wide, and the ore assays from liSlOO to $1,000 per ton
Selected specimens assay as high as $5,000 to '$10,000

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por ton. There is no doubt but Stockton Hilt \

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ere loii^ make a fine allowing of her product of silver
bullion. A quartz mill is mncli needed, and one for
custom work would pay well, as fifty dollars per ton
^'Ollld be readily paid for reducing ores.

The Oro Plata Mine carries both gold and silver,
as its name implies. It is two and a half miles north
from Cerbiit, ii well defined two foot vein, owned by
Messrs Cody and Layne, who have several other good
mining properties in the Cevbat Range, The ore
pays from $200 to $1,000 per ton. Large quantities
have been worked in years piist by Mexicans, in the
common araatra, with large profits.

To the south and southwest of Cerbat are a large
number of mines, mostly argentiferous galena, and
gold intermixed with silver. Of the niiniber the
Viinderbilt, Champion, and Twins, owned by the
Cerbat Mining Company, are among the most prom-
inent. The Vanderbilt and Twins cany both gold
and silver, and yield by working from $100 to $400
per ton. Tiie Champion is a large six foot vein, car-
rying some free gold, with silver and lead, and woika
about $70 per ton.

The O'Fallon Mine, four miles south of Cerbat, ia
owned by Johnson & Co., and carries both gold and
silver, — vein two feet wide. A shipment of several
tons of ore to San Fra)icisco paid the owners an
average of $300 per ton.

MINES AT AND NEAR MINERAL PARK. 79

There are manj^ scores of other mines located
around Cerbat, equally as promising as those men-
tioned. Those east of the town are mostly silver,
while those to the west, running north and south, are
gold and silver, and some heavy lodes of argentifer-
ous galena.

At and around Mineral Park, in all directions,
there are numerous rich and promising mines of sil-
ver and argentiferous galena, with a small percent-
age of gold in some, and an intermixture of other
mineral substances. Some of these have been opened
and are being worked quite successfully, among which
are the following : —

The Keystone Mine, incorporated in California, is
a few hundred yards north of the town, and has a
vein of mineral from one to three feet in width, con-
sisting of gray antimonial silver, carrying ruby and
native silver, zinc pyrites and sulphurets of iron, and
a trace of copper. Several hundred tons of this ore
worked in the Mineral Park Mill has yielded an
average of $200 per ton in refined bullion, and some
lots have worked as high as $500 per ton. The
claim west of the Keystone Mine, and on the same
lode, is owned by the Hon. William H, Hardy &
Co., and is equally promising.

The Lone Star Mine is one mile northeast of the
town, and is incorporated under the laws of Arizona.
It carries beautiful ore, rich in horn, ruby, and native

80 ARIZOXA.

ailver, ami yieUs in working from $200 to $600 per 3
ton. The miue is well developed, and gives promise i
of becoming a splendid and penniinent property.

The Metallic Accident Mine, discovered by ai
dent as tlie name implies, is owned by T. J. CLiistie, ■
its discoverer, who located it but little over one yeaci
since. Tbe mining property covered by tlie Metallio ]
locution consists of a lai-ge and heavy loile of low j
grade ore on tbe surface, and includes several small j
veins or feeders, which rnn into the main lode. '
These feeders are extremely rich and are from eight
to fourteen inches wide. Some thirty tons sold in
San Francisco for $1,000 per ton. Tliis was first claaa
selected ore ; specimens from this mine assay thou-
sands of dollars per ton. Second ciass ore yielilsfrom
$300 to $500 per ton. There is but little doubt that
when this mine is worked to a proper depth, it will 1
become one of the most productive in tbe Territory. '

She-rum Peak is the highest point of tbe Cerbat
Mountains, four miles northeast from Mineral Park,
and well up its southern side there is an immense
Fein of low grade ore, located by Messrs. Mix & Co,,,
which in time will become a great and valuable mia-4
ing property.

Tbe Index Mine, owned by Messrs. Haas & Co., is i
a good twenty inch vein, one mile northeast of Min--
eral Park, from which five tons of ore worked in the J
Mineral Park Mill yielded an average of $236 per ton J

CHLORIDE FLAT.

The Laporte Mine, owned by Davison & Co., south
of the Ifldes, gave by assay $534 per ton, and the ore
will work from -SlSOO to 8i400 per ton. A large num-
ber of other mines similar to the foregoing are well
prospected, and some are being worked quite success-
Mly.

Many heavy lodes of fine smelting ore are in the
vicinity, which carry fi'om twenty to sixty per cent.
of lead, and from thirty dollars to one hundred dollars
per ton in silver. L. C. Welbourue, and others, have
locations of this character, some of which are to the
west and southwest of town, and some to the west
and north from She-rum Peak,

Chloride Flat is six miles north of Mineral Park,
in the low foot hills and level land on the west of
the Cerbat Range. This disti-ict was prospected and
worked to some extent ten or twelve years since, but
owing to the continued hostility of the Huaiapai In-
dians, who murdered many of the miners, and from
other causes, the camp became almost deserted, and
remains so to the present time. Two smelting fur-
naces were at one time erected at Chloride, one of
which is now in miiis, and the other has remained
idle for several years. The ores of this district are
mostly chlorides, and heavy veins of argentiferous
galena. Some indications of cinnabar exist, but none
sufficient to warrant the belief that that mineral ex-
ists there in paying quantities. One of the first loca^

82 ARIZONA.

tions made at Chloride Flat was on what is called
Silver Hill, in 1864, but operations were broken up
by the murder of those working it by the Hualapais,
one being shot at the windlass, and two others killed
by stones while in the shaft. Several other miners
were killed in the vicinity about the same time, and
for years all work was virtually broken up. The
mine on Silver Hill is a four foot vein, and the ore
pays from flOO to f 300 per ton. No systematic
work has been done on it for years, but just suffi-
cient to keep up a title to the mine. This is the
case with thousands of mines in the Territory, and
though the law operates in some respects to the bene-
fit of prospectors and miners, its general tendency is
to retard the advancement and prosperity of the Ter-
ritory. In the older States, during the past few
years of hard times, thousands of landholders com
plain of being "land poor," and the same may be
said of hundreds of miners who own locations in
many different mining districts, and are unable to
develop any of them, yet hold on to all, hoping,
Micawber like, that something will turn up to their
advantage. Could miners see, and understand, that
one well developed mine is worth more than a hun-
dred undeveloped ones, and that by continual pros-
pecting and locating new mines, they are continually
gi-owing poorer and poorer, they and the country
would both enter upon a new career of prosperity

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CHLORIDE FLAT. 83

by the new departure. Miners and prospectors, think
of this, and act for j^our own and the country's good.
The following are some of the most conspicuous mines
at Chloride Flat : —

'^ii^he Schuylkill Mine is close by the old Baker fur-
nace, a well defined four foot vein of fine argentifer-
ous galena, and a good smelting ore. It yields from
twenty to sixty per cent, lead, and an average of $45
per ton in silver.

The Schenectady Mine is a parallel lode to the
Schuylkill, and to the east a few hundred yards. The
ore is similar in character but richer in silver, yield-
ing from $50 to $200 per ton.

The Albany Mine is the first extension north
on the Schenectady Lode, and is equally promising.
The vein widens out in places to eight feet, and
yields some fine carbonate ore. The Schenectady
and Albany mines have a solid body of mineral two
feet wide, and the vein matter is fully four feet.

The Empire Mine is one mile further up the ra-
vine, an immense lode, from two to twenty feet wide,
of argentiferous galena and chloride ores, which
yield an average of $210 to $256 per ton by actual
working. Selected specimens assay $3,000 per ton.
The mine is owned by the Cerbat Mining Com-
pany, of which W. H. Raymond of San Francisco is
one of the principal stockholders. The company have
many fine locations at Choride, and also at Cerbat.

84 ARIZONA.

To the west of the Empire Mine, some four huu-
dred yards, Mi-. Raymond has iiidivitlualty a mine
called the Sunday-school, from which two lots of ore
have been worked, one paying $191 per ton, and the
other S500 per ton. Both of. the last named mt^^
are good milling ores. j

The Blue Dick, Senator, and HL-rmit mines, are aS
less than one mile east from the Empire, and are
owned respectively by Winham & Reauy, Ashton,
and Mr. Reany. They each carry silver, lead, and a
trace of gold, and the owners claim a fine showing of
cinnabar.

Independence Mine No. 1 is one mile east from
Chloride Flat, a well defined six foot vein of argen-
tiferous galena, yielding by assay from 1^50 to $500
per ton in silver.

Independence No. 2 is one mile northeast from
Chloride, and is owned by Ridenour & Spear. The
vein is three feet wide, and ten tons of the ore sold in
San Francisco for $480 per ton.

The Oriental Mine, owned by E. Martin Smith, is
south of Independence No. 1, and the vein matter,
which is from five to twenty feet wide, assays from
$100 to $300 per ton. The ore is a carbonate axu
argentiferous giilena, with a trace of gold.

The Rose Bud and Porter mines are midway
tween Chloride and Mineral Park, having well d&-
fined veins of mineral. Ore from the Rose Bud piud

CHLORIDE FLAT. 85

by arastra working $300 per ton, and thirty tona
from, the Porter sold in San Francisco for $300 per
ton. At a depth oE fifty feet these veins run into a
water formation and change from chlorides and car-
bonates to rich snlphnrets,

The Black Sniike Mine, in the same locality, ia
owned by W. M. Hardy. The ore is a fine chloride,
which by mill process yields from |l200 to $300 per
ton.

The Conner Mine, one mile from the Black Snake,
ia a rich chloride and carbonate ore, with considerable
gold. One lot of thirty tons yielded $400 per ton,
and selected ore assays as much as $5,000 per ton. It
is owned by Messrs. Canavan & Smith.

The Quaker Mine, a half mile north of Chloride
Camp, is a large lode, varying from ten to twenty-
two fe^t in width. It is a low grade ore, yielding
from $30 to $60 per ton in silver. The ores are
Bulphurets, carbonates, and argentiferous galena.

The first extension north on the Quaker Lode is
owned by Messrs. Towle & Co., and is called the
Cady Mine, and is similar in chariict«r and extent to
the Qnaker.

The Virginia Mine, one mile northwest, is a good
two foot vein of gray chloride and sulphurets of sil-
ver, which assay from $100 to $1,000 per ton. It
is owned by H, Ashton.

The Pennsylvania Mine ia owned by 0. Groom, and

86 ARIZONA,

IS a four foot vein of chloride ore, two miles west of
Chloride Camp. At a depth of forty feet, it changes
to rich sulphurets at the water line. Fine specimens
of horn silver are intermixed with the chloride ore.
Ten tons of this ore gave an average yield of $200
per ton, and selected ore assays $1,000 per ton.
When suitable hoisting and pumping works are
erected, and the mine worked thoroughly, it will be-
come a valuable property.

The Diana Mine, owned by Rogei-s & Doniphan,
and the Pink Eye Mine, owned by J. Barnes & Co.,
are one half mile cast from the Pennsylvania, and
each have veins of from two to four feet wide of rich
chloride ores, which assay from $300 to $3,000 per
ton. Thirty-five tons gave by working over $300
per ton average.

There are numerous other lodes of equally valu-
able mineral in and around Chloride Flat. Many
of these run well up in the foot hills of the Cerbat
Range, and others extend far down into the Sacra-
mento Valley to the west.

In the main range of the mountains north of
She-rum Peak many locations have been made, but
few of them, however, have been thoroughly pro-
spected or worked. The whole range is mineral bear-
ing, except a narrow strip on its eastern declivit3^
But few of the hundreds of mines located in the Cer-
bat Mountains have as yet been opened or worked,

THE UACKliERRY MINE. 87

but eiiougli iii them Lave been thoroiigbly prospected
to warrant tbe belief that these mountains have an
almost inexhaustible supply of the precious metnls.

Prospecting ia as brisk as ever, and new discov-
eries are being made continually. Wood ia quite
plentiful in the mountains and in places there are
fine springs of water, yet there ia a scarcity of water
at present for large reduction works. Wlien the
mines are worked to sufficient <Iepth, a goi;>d water
supply will be obtained for all practical purpose.
At Chloride - Flat, and Stockton Hill, tbe water ia
excelleut for drinking and culinary purposes, but at
Mineral Park and Cerbiit, much of tbe spring water
ia strongly impregnated with mineral, and unpleasant
to Strang!? rs.

The Peacock Mountains are about twenty-five
milea east of the Cerbat Range, and to the east of
the beautiful Huahipai Valley, which intervenes be-
tween the two mnges. In the Peacock Mountains
Bome fine mineral lodes have been located, one of
which is deserving of a full and special mention. In
October, 1874, William Ridenoui, S. Crozier, and two
others parties discovered a wonderful rich lode, which
tliey named the Hackberry Mine, in honor of a large
hackberry tree near a spring of tbe same name.
This tree gave them shelter and shade, and under
its protecting brunches they made their home for
piany weeks. Prior to the discovery of this mine,

ARIZONA.

tonr to the^H

ions of the ^H

the party had been on a, prospecting tonr
north, far down towiirda the Grand Canons
main and little Colhrado, where tliey were attacked
by Indians and barely escaped with their lives, losing,
however, their animals, mining toola, food, and cloth-
ing. After long wandering, they succeeded in reach-
ing Mineral Park, nearly dead with fatigue and
hnnger. After a. few days of reafc, they again started
out on another prospecting tour, and were fortunate
in finding the Hackberry Mine, which is destined to
become one of the noted ones of our country.

The Hackberry Mine is in the foot hills of the
OHstem declivities of the Peacock Mountains. The
lode has a nearly due north and south course, and
has been traced for several miles. Two locations
were made by the discoverers, the Hitckberry and
the Hackberry South. Messrs. Ridenonr & Crozier,
in the division, took the Hackberry, and the other
pivrtnera the Hackberry South, which tliey sold aoon
after to the Mineral Park Mill Company for $12,000.
Messrs. Ridenonr & Crozier, though without money,
had what ia better, grit, vim, and energy, and a good
mining experience, and went to work with a will to
develop the mine. In the winter of 1875-76, Messrs.
Davis & Randall erected a five stamp mill near the
Hackberry spring, and when completed in March,
1876, it was included in the HackbeiTy property, and
Messrs. Davis & Randall became part owners in the

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THE HACKBERRY MINE. 89

property. In October, 1876, the property was incor-
porated at San Francisco, under the laws of Ciilifor-
niu, with WUliara H, Raymond as President, and E.
Martin Smith, Secretary, the character of both these
gentlemen being such as to give perfect confidence
in the organiaition, and in the value of the property.

The Hackberry Mine has been opened at five dif-
ferent points to a depth of fifty to over two hundred
feet, and all the openings sliow a continuous body of
rich mineral, from one to five feet wide, which in-
creases in width regularly as the work goes down.
On the surface the pay ore is from one foot to sixteen
inches \cide, and at two hundred fiwt deep the ore
has widened out to five feet, and equally rich as at
the surface. The ore body is all worked in the mill,
and pays regularly S^SOO per ton.

Rich strataa are found which will yield $1,000
to the ton. To a depth of one hundred and sixty
feet the ore is a free milling ore, and does not re-
quire roasting ; but below that depth rich sulphu-
rets abound, and it requires roasting. The -com-
pany are now erecting a furnace, and when completed
the product of silver bullion will he much increased.
Over five liundi-ed tons of ore have been worked, with
results as before stated.

The geological formation is granite, with dykes of
■late, quartzites, talc, and pipe clay. The inclosing
pnnite vralls are from thirty to one hundred feet

90 ARIZONA.

apart. The ore at the mill battery has averaged
$247 per ton, and there is now mined nearly one
thousand tons of ore ready for working when the fur-
nace is completed and in operation. Adjoining the
wall rock of granite on the east is a quartzite from
five to fifteen feet wide, then a talc of about the
same width, then the mineral vein ; to the west of
the mineral body a pipe and fire clay fifteen to tliirty
feet, then a narrow, soft quartzite, and adjoining this
a red water-bearing conglomerate, which meets the
granite wall rock on the west. A careful and critical
examination conveys the impression that at a suf-
ficient depth the whole space between the granite
walls will be filled with mineral, in which event it
will become a Bonanza mine, equal to the most
noted in the world.

When incorporated, Messrs. Ridenour and Crozier
owned three fourths of the mine and mill, and Messrs.
Davis and Randall one fourth. The foregoing is but
a brief and imperfect description of the Hackberry
Mine, made from a personal examination by the
author. $75,000 of bullion produced to date.

To the east and north of the Hackberry Mine
are other promising mining locations worthy of men-
tion, but which cannot be described or enumerated
in this work.

Wood of an excellent quality and in abundance ex-
sts in the Peacock Mountains, close by the Hack-

MINERAL LODES IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. 91

berry Mill and Mine, and many fine springs of ex-
cellent water.

The eastern part of Mohave, and the western part
of Yavapai County, are to a certain extent desti-
tute of mineral, yet in several localities good indi-
cations exist, and when the country is thoroughly
prospected, no doubt valuable discoveries will be
made.

The central and southern portions of Yavapai
County, which is the nortlieastern county in the Ter-
ritory, may be said to be literally a mass of mineral
lodes of gold, silver, copper, and lead, and a volume
might be written descriptive of them without ex-
hausting the subject. Silver, gold, and lead are found
over the whole extent, and copper principally in
the mountains and foot hills twenty to thirty miles
southwest of Prescott, and on the upper watere of
the Santa Maria Creek, which is the main eastern
branch of Bill Williams Fork.

From the southern spui-s of the Bradshaw Moun-
tains, near Salt River, and extending thence north for
a hundred miles or more, to the northern spurs of
the Black Hills, there is a continued succession of rich
lodes of gold, silver, and argentiferous galena.

In the northern and western portions of this great
mineral belt, gold predominates, and in the central
^nd southern, silver ; but the two minerals are found
intermixed to some extent through the whole belt.

32 ARIZONA.

Some good locations of copper are also found in th(
eastern declivities and foot hills of the Brudshat^
and contiguous mouutains. Twenty miles Boutheai
fioin Prescott, and thirty miles northeast, in i
around the Black Hills, many fine veins of coppi
have been located, but they will not be worked inuoj
until the country is traversed by railroads.

The following is a brief description of some of tlM
principal mines hi Yavapai County : —

The Vulture Mine ia in the southwest part of t
county, some ten miles south from Wickenburg, and
was discovered in October, 1S63, by Henry Wicken-
burg, one of the early prospectors of the Territoi-y.
It is gold bearing, and a rich and extensive ]
Mr. Wickenburg worked it for some time alone, anw
then James A. Moore became interested with himJ
It required great nerve and energy to work it, as the*
Indiana were very hostile, requiring constant watchJ
fulness and continued preparation for battle w
them. The mine was afterwards sold to the Vult^
Mining Company for $85,000, and was worked sat^^fl
cessfuUy for a time, and yielded large amounts t
gold bullion, aggregiiting, as is believed, from on
to two million dollars. For reasons unknown to thffi
community, and under suspicious circumstances, worl^
both at the mill and mine was suddenly auspendedJ
and for sereral years the mill has lain idle,
three years since Mr. William Smith, who has re*J

MINERAL LODES IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. 93
located a portion or all of the lode, erected a. ten
Btamp mill twelve miles to tlie east of the mine, on
the Haasayampa, and has been working the ore with
fair profit.

The vein ts from two to twenty feet wide, and in
places of great richness. Mr, Smith has been work-
ing surface ore principally, which yields an average
of $35 per ton. Doctor Jones, one of the best in-
formed scieutific miners in the Territory, is con-
nected in some manner with Mr. Smith in the Vnl-
tnve Mine, and has great confidence in its future.
The Doctor has many mining interests scattered far
and wide through tlie Territory, and is probiibly as
well infoiTned respecting its mineral wealth aa any
one tliere.

Many other lodes of gold and silver are located all
through the section of country in and about Wicken-
bui^. Ai^ntiferous galena lodes are also numer-
ous, and one owned by a well-known old pioneer,
known as Black Jack, a few miles east of the Vul-
ture Mine, is claimed to be one of the best for smelts
ing pui-posea of any in the Territoiy.

In the mountains east of the Hassayampa Ci'eek
several promising lodes have lately been discovered,
»nd are now being prospected with promises of good
.■esults.

Further up the Hassayampa, in the vicinity of
Waluut Grove, and some twenty-five miles south

94 ARIZONA.

from Prescott, there are a number of rich mines of
gold, and argentiferous galena, now being opened
and worked. Messrs. A. Cullumber and son, Fred.
Henry, and others, have exceedingly good prospects,
and the Pinal Silver Mining Company have also
some good locations, and have lately completed a
smelting furnace of thirty tons daily capacity, which
if successful will add much to the prosperity of the
district. The company own the Crescent Mine
among other mining properties, which is a well de-
fined two foot lode of argentiferous galena, excel-
lent for smelting, and which yields from twenty to
forty-five per cent, lead, and from $20 to f 100 per
ton of silver. Selected ore yields much more in
silver.

The company employ from twenty to forty men at
the furnace and mine. C. D. Morrison, the Super-
intendent, is an old and experienced miner and
smelter, and has great confidence in the success of
the company.

The new discoveries of Cullumber, Henry, and
others, are a few miles west of Walnut Grove, and
some of them are wonderfully rich in gold.

Mr. Bowers, sheriff of Yavapai County, has a good
gold mine in the same section of country, which has
been worked to some extent.

Twenty miles east from Walnut Grove, in the
Bradshaw Mountains, and about forty miles south

THE TIGER LODE. 95

from Prescott, is the old Tiger Mine, discovered by
D. C. Moreland some years since, and opened and
worked to some extent.

The Tiger Lode is well defined with good wall
rocks, and from four to forty feet wide on the surface,
and has been traced and located a distance of over
two miles. The locators are mostly residents of the
Territory, are honest, but unfortunately most of them
are poor, and consequently unable to erect suitable
machinery to work the mine, or to treat the ores, and
the result is, this valuable mining property with its
untold millions of wealth has lain idle for years, and
must continue so for years to come, unless capitalists
shall take hold of the property and assist in the de-
velopment of its long stored up wealth.

Two shafts have been sunk on the Tiger Mine to a
depth of one hundred feet, connected by a tunnel two
hundred and sixty feet long. There are several hun-
dred tons of ore on the dump pile, taken out some
years since, which will work from $100 to $300 per
ton. Selected ore has been taken out which assays
as much as $7,000 per ton in silver.

Tlie first extension south, owned by Messrs. Riggs,
Hammond, & Co., is now being opened, and looks
equally as promising as the original discovery. Sev-
eral openings on the northern extensions also give
promise of grand results when thoroughly opened
and worked.

Whenever reduction works are erected for
the rich ore of the Tiger Lode, a large and prospei
mining town wilt spring into existence as if by mi
and hundreds of thous;iDds of dollars be added to
productive wealth of the Territory.

To the north of the Tiger Mine, in a depression
the mountains three miles distant, and known as t
Bradshiiw Basin, are a large number of promisinj
mines of both gold and silver. Sevenil of the gold-
bearing lodes are being worked continuously, and
the ore, worked by arastra process, pays from
to $120 per ton. Messrs, Luke, Collier, & R(
own several fine minea, and Mr. Luke, who
active, wide-awake man, »nd ex-mayor of Preacott,
has made arrangements to erect suitable reduction
works the present aeaaon, which will add much ta,
the pi-osperity of the district.

Messrs. Luke & Co. own the Gretna and I(
wild mines, both of which are four foot veins,
which have paid by actual working $464 per ton
silver.

They also own the Thurman Mine, gold bearing;
a two and a half foot vein of solid sulphurets; alsfl
some others nearly as promising. The ore from t
Thurman Mine yields from §140 to $200 per ton.

North of Bradshaw Basin, two miles, is the Del
Pasco Mine, a rich gold . bearing lode, which 1
been worked to some extent, but ia now idle i
want of capital to erect reduction works.

loaol^H
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THE PECK Mine. 97

To the east of the Del Pasco is the War Eagle Mine
of Jackson Brothers & Co., about midway between
the Tiger on the south and, the Peck Mine on the
north, and supposed by many to be the same lode.
The War Eagle is a five foot vein, and has been
worked to quite an extent. One thousand tons of
the ore yielded frdm $60 to $500 per ton in gold and
silter, the average being $50 in gold and $70 in
silver, — a total average of $120 per ton.

Two miles iiortb of the Jackson Mine is War Ea-
gle Mine No. 2, on the same lode, now owned by Linn,
Coe, & Co., who purchased it a few months since of
Messrs. Goodwin & McKinnon, the original owners.

Before selling, Messrs. Goodwin & McKinnon took
out and worked by arastra process several hundred
tons of ore which paid them from $40 to $200 per
ton, gold. The present owners are prosecuting work
on the mine successfully, and at eighty feet depth
are working a solid two foot vein which assays, in
gold,, from $50 to $1,200 per ton ; and, in silver, from
$25 to $50 per ton.

The Peck Mine, two miles north of the last named,
is truly one of the great mines of the world. It is
in the eastern declivities of the Bradshaw Mountains,
and thirty miles east of south from Prescott.

The Peck Ivas discovered and located June 17,
1875, by Messrs. t^eck. Bean, Alexander, Jewell, and
t/ole, most of whom retain their interests in it. The

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mine has lately been incorporated under tlie laws of
the Territory, with a capital of one million dollars,
divided into one hundred thousand shares of ten do]
lars each. President, Hon. C. C. Bean ; Secretai
and Aasayer, F. W. Blake: Office, Prescott, A. T.

When this mine was located its fortunate discO'
era were, in mining phraseology, " down to bed rock,'
in other words, out of fniida; but by untiring enei^,"
and continuous work and management, assisted by a
few noble heartt'd friends, the Peck Company are
now on tlie road to'wealth, A ten stamp quartz mill,
the Aztlan, located six miles south from Prescott, has
been purchased and paid for, the mine h;is been
opened to a depth of two hundred and fifty feet, ai
a lai^e amount of ore taken out and worked very bu)
cessfully both by mill and furnace process,

Tlie geological character of the country both ei
and west, a half mile from the mine, is granite, bi
between the granite formation, for a half mile to one
mile in width, are numerous dykes of quartzites,
slate, and porphyry, intermixed with granite, forming
a splendid gangue for a rich and extensive mineral
deposit. At a depth of two hundred and thirty feet
the ore body is five feet wide, carrying a wonderful.
strata of almost solid chloride of silver, from eight
fourteen inches wide, which yields from $1,000
$3,000 per ton in refined silver bullion. Selected
assays from $10,000 to 126,000 per ton. First cl

een

THE SILVER PRINCE MINE, 9l)

ore has paid, both by mill and furnace process, from
$1,000 to $1,600 per ton. Second class ore has paid,
by the same process, an average of over $400 per
ton.

The ore from this mine is transported by pack
trains over twenty miles to their mill, which is quite
expensive. At a depth of 170 feet, water enters the
mine, and it is expected that at not much greater
depth a flow of water will be obtained sufficient to
operate a ten stamp mill, in which event thousands
of tons of ore, which will yield from $100 to $300 per
ton, can be worked at the mine, but which will not
warrant the company in paying the great expense of
packing to their present mill. The Aztlan Mill is
now turning out some $10,000 of refined bullion per
week, and but five stamps are used, the other five be-
ing employed in working gold ores for different par-
ties.

The probable future product of silver bullion from
the Peck Mine is aln^ost limitless. It is not the only
one in the district however, as there are many other
locations which give promise of becoming its rivals,
both in extent and richness.

The Silver Prince Mine, discovered some time sub-
sequent to the discovery of the Peck, is a short mile
southeast from the Peck, and is owned by its discov-
erers and locators, Messrs. Hough teling & Curtin.
Both of these lodes have a north and south trend,
and are parallel to each other.

100 ARIZONA.

Messrs. Hough fceling & Cur tin have accomplished
wonders in opening and developing their mine, which
is now in good condition for successful work, and
have good buildings, work shops, assay office, etc., all
in perfect order.

The ore from the Silvel- Prince Mine is quite simi-
lar to that of the Peck. Several tons of first class
selected ore sold in San Francisco for $2,470 per
ton, and second class ore for $818 per ton. Selected
specimens assay as high as $14,000 per ton. The
future of the Silver Prince is most promising.

The Black Warrior Mine, the first south extension
of the Silver Prince, owned by Messrs. Smith, But-
trick, & Co., is very promising, and has been well
prospected.

Several tons of ore from this mine sold in San
Francisco for $1,200 per ton. This mine carries iti
places heavy bodies of rich argentiferous galena.

One mile north from the Peck Mine, and evidently
on or quite near the Peck extension north, is a heavy
out-cropping of copper, eight hundred feet in length,
with a width of vein matter six to ten feet wide,
which gives by assay from thirty to sixty per cent,
copper. The location was discovered and is owned
by Messrs. Roberts, Poland, & Boggs.

One mile northeast from the Peck Mine, there is
an immense lode of low grade ore called the Wallace
Mine, which is owned by some membei;s of the t*eck

TURKEY CREEK AND THE HASSAT'AMPA. 101
Oompany. The vein matter is in 8oiTie'pt(iceg eighty
feet in widtb. At one point, tliere is a thiij strata
of salts of silver. This locution will not pay to work
now, but the time will come when the coi'iilry is
opeited by raih'oads, when it will be a valnable prop-
erty.

Scores of other valuable locations are within a ahoEfc"
distance of the Peek and Silver Priiics mines, m;iiiy •'
of which are being developed, among which is on<i
owned by General A. V. Kautz, Military Command-
ant pf tha Ten-itory.

On the route from the Peck Mine to Prescott, a
distance of thirty miles, there is a continued succes-
aioii of minei-al veins of both gold and silver.

Some of them on the head waters of Turkey Creek
have been well opened and are being succeesfully
worked.

Wm. M. Buffum, Esi^., has a quartz mill at that
point, called the Crook Mill, whith is in successful
operation. It is run on gold ores exclusively, there
being many rich lodes in the vicinity.

On the Hassayainpa Croek, ten miles south of east
fi-om Preacott, S. 0. Fivdericks has a ten stamp mill
with all the latest improvements in suooessEul opera-
tion, working ore from his mine, the Senator Lode,
which is one mile up the mountain to the south.

The Senator Mine is gold bearing, carrying a fair
percentage of silver. The ore is a beautiful body of

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102 ■■■.'. ■ ARIZONA.

sulphuietBi'ttie vein being five feet wide with verti-
cal wall, robka of slate and granite. The wbole of_
the &Y&Joot ore body is worked, there being no 8
sortin^.'of mineral or refuse low grade
wholc'budy of ore assays $85 dollars per ton in gold."*
Onlil quite recently Mr. Fredericks lias made no

,-. "effort to save ttje silver, and beside bus lost a lai^e
-l/^moant of the gold carried off in the nndecomposed

"• Buiphurets. With improvt'd machinery, now in oper-
ation, a very large saving will be made over former
working, which however has been very profitable.
The Senator Mine has been worked to a depth of
two hundred feet, and a more regular body of ore q
uniform width and richness was never discoverc
In the whole depth of two hundred feet, and in a
the drifts, stopes, and tunnels, the width of the tcS
will vary but a few inches from five feet. It ia |
most valuable property, and in good hands.

Some three miles soutli of tlie Fredevicka Mill, i
the southern declivity of the Hassayampa Monhta
are sevenil large and rich lodes of argentiferouB g
lena, and other ores, one of which, the Davis Mia<
has been partially opened. The vein is fully fifte^
feet wide, and some selected ore, shipped to SftI
Francisco a few years since by tlie Hon, 0. 0. Bes
waa sold for several hundred dollars per ton. Af!,
present these mines are diSicolt of access, as the
aiountain spurs soutli of tlie Hassayampa Creek are

ALEXANDER MAJORS, ESQ. 103

higb and precipitous. There is no doubt but in a
few years, aonie of the mines in this locjtlity will be
among the beat in, the Territory.

Between tlie Hassayainpii and Prescott, there are
many promising lodes, mostly of gold, some of which
are now being opened and worked. Judge Brooka
of Pi'eseott has some good locations, iis well as many
other parties, and all have great hopes of realizing
fortunes from their mines.

To the west of Prescott, from five to twenty railea,
there is a gold bearing formation of considerable ex-
tent now being developed. Among those engaged in
the work is Alexander Majors, Esq., one of the best
known men west of the Misaisaippi River, and one
respected by all men. In his old age he has settled
down here to retrieve liis fortunes, after having lost
his all during the great civil war. Good wishes at-
tend him from all, and a decided success would be
hailed with delight by a host of sincere and earnest
friends. The mine now being worked by Mr. Ma-
jors has a body of ore two foet wide, which assays
from $40 to $200 per ton.

To the east of Prescott, from five to fifteen miles
in width, and extending a long distance north and
south, is a district of country literally filled with lodes
of gold and silver, some of which are of remarkable
richness. These mines are mostly in the moun-
tiuns bordering on Lynx, Big Bug, and other creeks,

104 ARIZONA.

where for many years placer and gulch gold mining
has been carried on with success. Excellent water
and timber abound ix\ thi9 district, which is of gre^t
advantage to mining operations.

The following are a few of th^ many mines in t^iiii
section of country : —

The Accidental, a mine discovered in 1864, and ^(
times worked more or less since that time, is a well
defined vein of gold bearing quartz, from two to tbre^
feet wide, now owned by Messrs. Rice, Elliot Bros.,
& Co. The owners have twenty-two hundred feet in
length on the lode, and the workings include two
tunnels, one of two hundred and ninety feet in length,
and one of one hundred and seventy feet. Shafts
have also been sunk to a depth of ona hundred feet-
Both the tunnels and the several shafts are all in tb^
pay ore. Over one thousand tons of ore have been
worked, and it has paid from $30 to $80 per toi; in
gold. The company have a mill one mile below the
mine, on Lynx Creek, where they have a thirty-five
horae-power steam engine, with which they run four
arastras day and night, and a thunderbolt quartz
crusher. They work an average of six tons daily,
working sixteen men at the niill and mine, paying a|i
average of three dollars per day and board. The
mine in places carries a heavy and rich body of silver
ore, but as yet it has never been worked but for gold.
The argentiferous galena ore found in the mine givos

BIG BUG CREEK. 105

thirty per cent, in lead, and an assay yalue of $30 per
ton in silver. The mine is well up in the mountains
on the east side of Lynx Creek. So numerous are
the mineral lodes in this district, one can count nearly
one hundred from the summit of the mountain above
the Accidental Mine. Some of them hav^ been thor^-
oughly prospected and give promise of exceeding
richnesg.

Across the summit of the mountain to the east, oq
the head waters of Big Bug Creek, Messrs, Poland,
Roberts^ and others h^^ve some excellent mining prop-
erty, both gold and silver. Among those owned by
Poland & Roberts are the Poland, Belle, Bullion,
Mesa, Turkey, and Bulger, ^11 of which are good
mines.

The Poland Mine is rich in both gold and silver,
and the ore works from $122 to $310 per ton. There
fire heavy bodies of beautiful sulphate of lead in this
mine. The Mesa i^nd Turkey mines ^re both gold
bearing, and both pay from $60 to $200 per ton.
The others carry gold, silver, and lead-
in the Poland Mine are many beautiful specimens
of white crystallized sulphate of lead, a rare mineral
in all mining countries.

Passing down Big Bug Creek to the east, one meets
at short intervals rich put-croppings of minei'al, of
both gold and silver. The Hon. C. E. Hitchcock
and family, who live near the creek, some four milea

106 ARIZONA.

below the inouiitaiii summit, have aevera,! proinisini
locations, amoug which are the Big Bug, Gen. Kautz,
Belle, Sunset, Simrise, Twiliglit, etc. Some of them
are rich in gold, some in silver, and some are of argen-
tiferous galena. Some years since, Mr. Hitchcock
carried on at Big Bug snccessEul mining opei-ations,
but during his absence east on business, operations^
owing to mismanagement, entirely ceased, and like
others of like character, debts accumulated, and mij
and machinery became involved in litigation, and an
entire loss of all invested became the inevitable
'snlt.

E.tcellent water and good pine timber abonndsin,
the mountains along the Big Bug as well as npoa;
Lynx Creek. Wherever wood and water are botlt
abundant the value of mining property is much en-f
hiinced.

From two to six miles north of Big Bug Creek, in
the eastern foot hills of the mountains, there are sev-
eral very fine lodes of argentiferous galena ores,
which are fine for smelting, and of the highest grade.

The Silver Belt Lode is one of the best in the

country, and has yielded a large amount of bullion.

It is a heavy two foot vein, and is now being worked

on a lease by Mr. Thompson, and the ore is smelted

I in the Agua Frio Furnace, a few miles distant. The

) yields a return of $300 per ton in silver,
e over twenty per cent. lead.

inei^H

COCD, SILVER, AND COPPER MINES. 107

Tlie Kit Carson and Silver Flake mines are both
of the same kind and character as the Silver Belt,
and botii are being successfully worked. The ores
Irom these two mines yield from $100 to 8600 per
ton. The veins are from two to four feet wide, with
well defined wall rocks.

During the past few inontlia the three last mimed
mines have produced several thousand pounds of bul-
lion, the ore being worked in the Agua Frio Furnace,
byMessra Perkins & Shater,

The Salvador Mine is a gold lode, three miles east
from Prescott, with a good showing of silver. Ninety
tons of the ore worked in the Aztlan Qusirtz Mill
gave a total yield of over 87,000. The ore was
worked by Messrs. Bowers & Richards. Woi-k ia
progressing on this mine success fully.

To the northeast from Preacott for a distance of
fifty miles through the BUtck Hills, and to the west
of Camp Verde, tliere have been many mines of gold,
silver, and copper, located during the past year, which
from surface indications, indicate the existence of vast
bodies of rich mineral. Some of these locutions have
been prospected to considerable extent, sufficient to
warrant the belief that they are permanent true fis-
sure veins.

The extreme northern and northeastern parts of
■ the county of Yavapai have not been prospected to
I utiy extent, though the well known prospectors and

explorerB, Cliarley Spencer, Dun O'Leary, nnd eomd
otbei's, have made several expeditions into tlint poi
tion of the Territovy in search of some fabulous rioh
silver mines, which tradition asaei'ts, were long sinoe
worktid by the old Jesuit priests from Ciilifornia, ^
century or more since. These daring prospector^J
and Indian fighters have penetrated far down intoj
the great caHons of the north, and relate wonderfu
stories of what they there discovered : of isolate
bands of Indians living far down in the deep gorgt
and canons of that region, where no white man's foe
had ever trod, and where none can enter except bjj
the descent fi-om point to point of perpendicular wal
rocks, hundreds and thousands of feet deep ; of peiu
orchards, corn and pumpkin fields, almost biddei
from view, down in the ciiHona near the rivers whoa
presence was heretofore unknown ; of masses of niia-4
eral running through the gniuitic formation of thfl(«
caSon's sides, and of a thousand otiier interesting
sights witnessed by tiiem. Many other traditions
exist respecting that great northern, and almost na-
known country, of the finding many yeara since (
rich gulches and nivinea, where nuggets of j
could be picked up by the handful, of golden IndiiU
bullets found after straggling Indian fights, pf ]
masses of gold seen in the possession of Indians fro
'.ime to time, and of many other wonderful storii
hard to be believed. If any or all of such I

COAL. 109

arid traditions are true, they will irt time be verified,
for the iippulse to search for gold is so strong in mati
that some of the hundreds of brave arid reckless pros-
pectors of the Territory will in the course of time find
the localities indicated, at whatever cost and peril.

In the great Ton to Basin, a hundred miles east from
Prescott, there are known to be rich placer mines,
also wonderful lodes of gold and silver, but the basiii
has ever been the resort of all the Apache bands, and
of the refugees who from time to time leave the In-
dian reservations for mischief and plunder, and con-
sequently but few whites have been bold and reckless
enough to explore and prospect that region of coun-
try, as most parts of the Territory have been explored
and prospected. The march of the white man will
no longer be stayed, and soon this almost terra incog-
nita will be made to disburse freely from its lotig
hidden stores of mineral wealth.

To the north of Camp Apache there is quite an ex-
tent of country having a sandstone formation, with
limestone intermixed, in which have been found
stratas of excellent coal, but they are so. far from the
white settlements, and from any market, no induce-
ments have existed sufiicient to cause them to be de-
reloped. With the construction of the Thirty-fifth
Parallel Railroad, this coal formation will become a
necessity, arid a source of wealth and prosperity to
the country.

110 ARIZONA.

•

But two other mineral belts remain to be de-
scribed in Yavapai County, which are the i^ew mines
lately discovered by Jack Swilling, Jack Moore, Bob
Groom, and others, in the southern spars of the Brad-
shaw Mountains, west of the Black Canon, and the
wonderful Clifton Copper Mines in the far south-
eastern part of the county, near the boundary, line
between Arizona and New Mexico.

The Black Canon Mines were discovered but a few
months since, and are of that wonderful rich charac-
ter, characteristic of the Peck, Silver Prince, and
others previously mentioned. They are about sixty
miles south from Prescott, and ten miles west from
the Black Cafion of Turkey Creek.

Within a radius of five miles, a large number of
miners are now at work developing many lodes of rich
silver ore, which yields from $300 to $600 per ton.

Among the principal lodes opened and now being
successfully worked are the Tip Top, Rescue, Silver
Jack, Fourth of July, Nevada, McDerwin, Fawn,
George, Swilling, aiid several others equally prom-
ising.

The Swilling Mine, owned by Jack Swilling, has
a four foot vein carrying a ten inch strata of solid
chloride ore. Ten tons paid in working, f513 per
^.on. Second class ore assays from $100 to $300
per ton. The vein is well defined with good wall
rocks.

THE BLACK CANON MINES. Ill

The Tip Top Mine is owned by Jack Moove & Co.,
and is the best developed of any in the district. It
has been thoroughly prospected by both shafts and
tunnels. The vein is from fifteen inches to over two
feet wide, and the ore assays from three hundred to
thousands of dollars per ton. The ore worked has
yielded an average of $550 per ton.

One mile up the cafion from the Tip Top Mine is
a location owned by Messrs. Brunson & Barnum,
who have a two foot vein from which they have
mined several tons of ore worth over 1500 per ton.

The Fawn Mine is on the Swilling Lode, and is
owned by Mr. Mullen, who has a two foot vein of ore
equally as* rich as the others mentioned.

The George Mine shows rich ore at four different
openings.

Two miles distant from the George Mine, Mr. J.
Foy has taken out some very rich ore, which gave
by assay |1,900 per ton.

D. C. Moreland, the original discoverer of the
noted Vulture Mine, has also a good claim here,
from which he is taking out quantities of $500
ore. .

Bob Groom and other parties have locations quite
similar, and equally as good as the foregoing. The
ore from the Black Canon Mines has to be freighted
either to the Aztlan Mill, a distance by wagon road
of seventy-five miles, or to the Smiths Mill south of

112 ARIZONA.

Wickeiiburg, a distance of over one hundred miles,
at great cost and expense.

Good springs of water abound in and around this
mining camp, but wood is scarce. When reduction
Works are erected conveniently near, and roads con-
structed, this new mining district will become one of
the most prosperous in the Territory. Too high an
estimate cannot be made of the vast amount of min-
eral wealth here stored up for man's use. The ores
are easily worked, both by mill and furnace process,
they being free carbonates and chlorides, with fiiie
specimens of ruby and horn silver, in considerable
quantities.

The wonderful Clifton Copper Mines were discor-
ered several years since, and have been worked by
different parties with eminent success. Among the
leading operators are Messrs. Lazinsky and the Ben-
nett Brothers, all of Silver City, New Mexico.

The ore is in vast bodies, virtually mountains of
copper, and very pure, ranging from thirty to eighty-
five per cent. Thousands of tons of copper have been
worked by furnaces, of which there are a number in
continual operation. There are from two hundred
to four hundred men employed all the time at three to
four dollars per day. These mines are about eighty
tniles west from Silver City, New Mexico, one hun-
dred and seventy-five northeast from Tucson, and
two hundred south of east from Prescott.

YAVAPAI COUNTY.

113

Of nearly eight thousand mining claims located
and recorded in Yavapai County, the author haa
selected and described but a few as a type of them
all, hoping to give to the public correct and reliable
information respecting the great mineral wealth of
the county, from which the reader can form a definitQ
idea of its future mineral product, when all these
thonaands of mines, already located, shall be worked,
together with thousands of others which are now un-
discovered.

It should be borne in mind that nearly all the
mines opened and worked in Yavapai County, and
elsewhere in the Territory, have been located by
mea without money to operate with, relying entirely
on muscle, energy, and perseverance, and that con-
sequently the development of the mines has been
slow and gradual.

The continued hostility of the Apache tribes has
also been a serious hindrance to mining, as well as
to all other industries in the Territory, and until two
years past no man was safe from their murderous at-
tacks in any part of the Territory, When we con-
sider the isolated condition of the eonntry, far from
any great centres of civilization, remote from railroads,
destitute of cheap and rapid transit, the woitJcr is,
that BO much has been done in the development of
the Territory as has been accomplished to the present
time.

114 ARIZONA.

Too much honor and praise cannot be given the
early pioneers of Arizona, who have, under all the
surrounding difficulties which have continually beset
them, continued their exertions towards developing
the Territory of Arizona — the coming country of our
continent.

Mining capitalists from abroad, both on the Pacific
and Atlantic slopes, are turning their attention to
Arizona, being fully convinced by what has been
already developed by hard labor alone, without any
considerable assistance from capitalists, that it is the
great mineral country of the world.

In this connection it is proper to remark, that sev-
eral noble-hearted business men of Prescott have at
times assisted miners in the development of their
mines, without which assistance much delay and suf-
fering would have ensued. Prominent among these
are the firms of C. P. Head & Co., Bowers & Richards,
L. Bashford & Co., William M. Buffum, John G.
Campbell, and others, to whom Yavapai County
owes much for its present prosperous condition.

Maricopa County is to the south of Yavapai, and
is distinjctively more of an agricultural region than a
mining country. It is the great agricultural county
of the Territoiy, and as such has been fully described
in the chapter devoted to agriculture and farming.

The northern and eastern portion of Maricopa
County is a mining country, in which some good

THE PINAL MOUNTAINS. 115

mines have been located, and in the southeastern
part is a portion of the newly-discovered and won-
derfully rich Globe mining district, a district prob-
ably without a parallel. The main part of the dis-
trict being in Pinal County, a brief description will
be given of it in the description of the mines of that
county. ^^

Pinal County is south of Maricopa, and between
Maricopa and Pima counties. The whole eastern por-
tion of Pinal County is a mining country of exceeding
richness. Good mines exist ajso in the western part of
the county. No thorough prospecting was ever done
through the Pinal, Apache, or Mazatzal Mountains,
until 1875. The Globe Copper Mine, a mountain of
copper, had been discovered, but nothing, had been
done to develop it. In the summer and fall of 1875
attention was attracted to the Pinal Mountains, and
some gold placers were found sufficient to attract the
attention of miners, who are ever on the alert to
go in search of new diggings. The result was the
discovery of wonderfully rich lodes of silver ore of al-
most fabulous extent, which are drawing to the dis-
trict large numbers of miner's and prospectors, as well
as capitalists. Duruig the past year, 1876, hundreds
have flocked to this new El Dorado, and are opening
the scores of rich mines already located. A brisk
mining town has sprung* into existence ; quartz mills
and furnaces are being erected, and the prospects are

116 ARIZONA.

growing brighter and brighter, day by day, for tUitf^
becutniiig one of the most prosperous raining campk^
on the continent.

This mining diati'ict ia about twenty miles id |
length and twelve in width, and within this i
about fifty distinct and well defined lodes of silver
have been discovered, some of which are also rich in
gold. The mineral lodes are from two to ten feet
wide, and some of miles in length. The Globe Cop-
per Mine is of enormous extent and exceedingly rich,
and will yield from forty to eighty pet cent, of i
fined copper.

One of the peculiarities of the Globe district i
the wonderful plants of silver, — planchaa de plata
— which are masses of almost pure silver nuggets^^
from a few pounds in weight to five hundred or
more pounds. These nuggets are found i
localities, but more especially in and around Rich-
mond Flat, where mining claims are staked ofE anf
dug up with pick and shovel like gold placers.

There ia some mystery connected with these plan- '
ohaa de platii, many believing that they were thrown
op from the depths below by volcanic action, but
the more reasonable opinion prevails, that they are
masses broken from the surface of the rich lodes
during past ages, and have been washed and worn
down to their present form and locality.

In connection with these planchas de plata, it n

rich,

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THE GLOBE DISTRICT. 117

be proper to mentiun another locality In Northern
Sonorft, and but a few miles soiit^b of the Arizona
line, where in the paat century some wonderful
planchas of pure silver were found, one of which
weighed twenty-nine hundred pounds, the record of
it being yet kept at the port of Guaymas, on the
Gulf of California.

The planchas of the Globe district have yielded
many thousand dollars, one gentleman having se-
cured and sold over $10,000 in value of his own dis-
covery.

A few of the mines in the Globe district will be
mentioned, being a fair average sample of tlie hun-
dreds located.

The Rescue Mine has a tluce foot vein of silver
ore which assays from $300 to S15,000 per ton.
The lode is well defined, and well opened.

The Blue Cap Mine is a large and well defined
vein, over three feet wide, and the ore assays from
$500 to $5,000 per ton in silver. Horn and native
silver is very abundant in the ore, as well aa in many
other lodes iu the district.

The Helen Mine can'ies chloride, nugget, and horn
silver, and the ore assays as high as $8,000 per ton.
The vein is three feet wide and well defined.

Were it necessary a score or more mines equally
as promising could be named. The foregoing will
give the reader some faint idea of the wondrous min-
eral wealth of the (•lobe district.

118 ARIZONA.

Several shipments of ore from this district to San
Francisco have been sold at good figures, ranging
from $800 to $3,986 per ton, gold value.

The Hon. A. P. K. Safford, governor of the Terri-
tory, has an interest in some of the mines in the
district, from which ore has been mined that sold
from $400 to $800 per ton. Messrs. Newman & Co.,
Williamson, and others, have sold ores from their
mines, and one lot sold in San Francisco for the enor-
mous sum of $11,000 per ton. Incredible as this
may be to thousands of miners who deem $100 rock
rich, the fact is well attested and strictly true. The
country is well supplied with wood and water, and
but forty miles of roadway is necessary to make it
easily approachable with loaded teams.

The district is seventy-five miles northeast from
Florence, the county seat of Pinal County, and but
forty miles from the Silver King Mine, to which a
good wagon road is opened from Florence.

The summers in the Globe district are mild and
pleasant, and the winters not at all severe, as but
little snow falls at Richmond Flat, remaining on the
earth but a short time. The snow fall is never suflB-
cient to retard mining operations.

In the western foot hills of the Pinal Mountains,
forty miles southwest of the Globe district, and
thirty-fivs miles northeast from Florence, is one of
the most remarkable mines of the world. This is

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119

ttie celebrated Silver King Mine, discovered Mai-ch
24, 1875, by Messre. Long, Mjison, Reagan, and
Copeland. These gentlemen were alt honest farmers,
having farms near the Gila River, below Florence a
few miles. They are all men of enei^y, induatrious
and enterprising. It had been their practice for
years, when their farms required no attention, to
make prospecting excursions through the mountains,
and when they discovered the Silver King they were
on tlieir return from the Globe Copper Mine, which
they had previously located. The discovery of the
Silver King was almost an acciilent, Himdreda of
miners, prospectors, and soldiers, had passed over it.
Mid a few years previously a company of soldiers, be-
longing to Genei-al .Stoneman's command, encamped
for weeks close by the mine. At the time of the dis-
covery none of the locators had money to assist in
its development, but they went to vrork with mil
and energy, and succeeded in developing one of the
most noted mines ever yet discovered.

On the 26th day of Jnne, 1876, only fifteen months
Rfter the discovery, Messrs. Long and Copeland sold
their interests to Mason and Reagan, for the sum of
f65,000 each, including the value of the ore already
mined. About the first of December, 1876, Mr,
Mason sold his half interest to Col. James M. Bar-
Bey for $300,000, gold coin.

The vein matter of the Silver Kiug is eighty-seven

120

ARIZONA.

feet Tvide, and tlie depth of working is one handrej
and ten feet. The whole upper surface of the min^j
is worked and taken to the assorting dump for t
eortmeut and classification. Tlie ore is assorted int^
firet, second, third, and fourth classes. The first in/
eludes all which assays oVer $2,000 per ton ;
second all between ®1,200 and »2,000 per ton ; tin
third all between $500 and $1,200 per ton ; and thifl
fourth all below $500 per ton.

Tliat below 3<500 per ton, assay value, is saved iaeM
future working, and tlie three first claBsea are sacked
and shipped sepanitely to San Francisco and there
sold. A considerable amount of the ore has been
worked in furnaces at Florence, and elsewhere,
amount sold in San Francisco in 1875 cannot no
definitely ascertained. The amount sold thei
187C was one hundred and sixty-three tons, whicE
realized in gold coin $137,642.52, and this broughy
seventy-five per cent of the assay value.

Tliere is now on the dump at the mine over cm
thousand tons of fourth class ore, which will ■
an average of $350 per ton, or in the aggregaU
$350,000.

There are three levels now being worked in tl«
mine, and over $1,000,000 of ore is now uncoverd.

These rich ores are antimonial silver, nugget silveM
and silver glance. When the author was last i
this mine, in October, 1876, he examined one to

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121

Df selected ore whose assay value was $12,000. H.
Kearaing, tlie aaaayer foe the mine, is one of the most
competent in Arizona, or on the Pacific coast, and hia
aaaaya have never been at fault. Judge Aiidei-aon is
secretary at the mine. In the whole history of min-
ing, there has probably been no instance wlieie a
mine has yielded the same am.ount of bullion as this,
in proportion to the amount of work done.

The geological formation is granite, gneiss, slate,
and porphyritic rocks, and to tho northeast near the
3ummit of the mountain, a thin horizontal strata of
limestone. Several other locations have been made on
the Silver King Lode, and on other rich lodes which
outcrop in numerous plajzes, both north and south.

The Athens Mine, the first south extension of the
Silver King, is owned by Charles Brown & Co., from
which some very rich ore has been mined.

The Pike, Hard Cash, Redeemer, Silver Brick, and
Surprise mines, in the vicinity, are all promising loca-
tions. The Surprise Mine is owned by Messi-s. Rich-
mond and Welch. It is now being worked and has
yielded a considerable iimouut of ore which assays
$900 per ton.

There is a want of water in the Silver King dis-
trict, hut wood of a good quality is conveniently near,
and sufficient for many years.

There is no better opening for mining capital any-
where than in the Pinal Mountains, and the whole of

122 ARIZONA.

the eastern portion of Pinal County seems to be a
mass of mineral, including gold, silver, copper, lead,
and iron. It may be remarked that iron prevails
all over the Territory, and when the demand arises,
and railroads, the great civilizers of the age, traverse
the country, great iron manufactories will spring up
to supply the demand for mills, machinery, farm ip^
plements, etc., etc.

Pima County, which embraces the whole of South-
ern Arizona, is traversed by mineral veins over most
of its surface in all dii*ections.

In the Quajate ^ Mountains, south of the Gila
River, there are some rich lodes of gold, silver, and
copper, which have been opened the past two years,
and which give promise of becoming valuable min-
ing properties. Water being very scarce in these
mountains, the work of development has been very
slow, but this is now being remedied by the discovery
of water at no great depth, and in a few months it
is to be hoped that these valuable mines will be suc-
cessfully worked.

In the southern spurs of these mountains, in the
Silver Mountain district, are vast deposits of copper.
This district is about fifty miles west of Tucson.

The principal operators in these copper mined are
Messrs. Chas. Brown, E. M. Pearce, and Mr. Barnes.
The firm of TuUy, Ochoa, & Co., of Tucson, own some
valuable locations in this copper belt.

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COPPER MINES. 123

Messrs. Brown, Pearce, & Co. own the Young
America, and other mines in and around the copper
peaks, some bold mountain spurs so fully impregnated
with copper as to be distinguishable a distance of
fifteen miles. The principal locations bj' these gen-
tlemen are known as the Young America, Boston,
Lafayette, Brown, and No Name, mines. These sev
eral locations have all been thoroughly prospected
and worked, and large quantities of ore shipped to
Baltimore, Maryland, San Francisco, and other
places. Although the cost of ti-ansportation is great,
they have realized fair profits on their shipments.

The ores are black and red oxides, gray sulphurets,
pyrites of copper, and rich sulphurets, or salts 'of
copper. The main body of ore, at a depth of fifty
feet, is the gray sulphurets.

The ore shipped has averaged from sixty to eighty-
five per cent, copper. The amount of the ore bodies
seems to be virtually inexhaustible.

The formation is granite, and the mountain sides
for miles around are streaked with rich though small
and thread-like veins of silver ore, which has been
dug out in trench-like excavations for long distances
by some unknown people in the distant past. The
supposition is that it was done by Indian labor under
the directions of the old Jesuit Fathers, as there is in
other parts of the Territory similar mining which is
directly traceable to them.

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ARIZONA.

Four miles west of the Copper Peaks, are aom
minee owned by Messrs. Tully, Oelioa, & Co., vrhos
locations are also very rich in copper. Tliey hart
taken out considerable quantities of ore, some <
which they have bad smelted in a common Mexics
furnace with good results.

When the Texas Pacific, or Thirty-second ParalM
Railro-od is completed, alt of these rich mines will I
come very valnable. Good water for drinking pun
poses is found near them, and a fiiir supply of woo^;1

The Picftcho Mine, a very rich silver lode, is aboi^
seventy-five miles west from Tucson, and was discoViiS
ered in 1860. It was worked successfully for seven
years, and produced a large amount of bullianiil
Work was reUuquisbed when the water line '
reached, as at the time there was no means by wbicbfl
pumpa or other machinery could be obtained toeM
working it. This mine was worked by Mexican laboViS^
and for months before work was stopped, the wate
that entered the shafts and drifts was packed out fa
the Mexicans in rawhide buckets. The ore
worked by the Pateo process. It is known that tw
hundred and forty thousand ounces of silver
taken from this mine, and a large amount was suW
posed to have beeu carried away by the Mw
workmen which was never accounted for. The v
is from two to six feet wide, and paid by the Pat
process from 9^00 to $1,500 per ton. There are se^J

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125

era! lateral veins, or feeders, which enter the inaiu
lode, all of which are very rich. One of these liiteral
a is rich in gold, as well lis in silver.

This valuable mine is now the property of Don L.
J. F. Jaeger of Yuma, who has lately offered it for
sale at a low figure.

Tlie Trench Mine ia in the Patagonia Mountains,
about seventy miles east of south from Tucson. Tlie
owners are Messrs. Archibald, Gardiner, & Hop-
kins of Tucson. It is an immense vein of low
grade argentiferous galena ore, excellent for smelts
ing, and easily mined. The lode is from fonr to
ten feet wide and carries from $30 to §1100 per ton
of silver. Selected specimens assay as high as $600
per ton. The ore yields from thirty to eighty per
cent. lead. Parallel veins of nearly equal width
are within a short distance of the maiu lode. This
is one of the few proraineut mines in the Territory
which have an east and west trend. Most others run
north and south with alight variations. There is per-
haps no better mine in the Territory of like charac-
ter.

The lode has beeu traced and located a distance of
over twenty thousand feet.

The Trench Mine, being the original discovery on
this great lode, is now being worked successfully, and
fifty men are in the employ of the company. Four
smelting furnaces are in successful operation.

126 ARIZONA.

The work on the mine includes several shafts from
forty to one hundred and twenty feet, and two tun-
nels of two hundred and three hundred feet each.
Wood and water are abundant and of good quality.
Iron ore is abundant and of the right quality to form
a proper flux in smelting.

The old Mowry Mine, now owned by Fish, Bennet,
& Co., has quite a history. It is in the southern spurs
of the Patagonia Mountains, five miles south of the
Trench Mine, seventy-five miles from Tucson, and
tluee or four mil^s north of the Sonora line. It car-
ries a splendid quality of argentiferous galena and
carbonate ores, in a formation of limestone, ironstone,
and manganese inclosed in a granitic primary for-
mation.

It was discovered in 1857 by a Mexican herder,
who sold it to Captain Ewell, afterwards General
Ewell of the Confederate army, and Messrs. Bre-
voort, Douglass, and Johnson, who gave the Mexican
a pony and some other traps for the location. In
1859, Colonel Titus and Brevoort became the own-
ers by purchase, and in 1860 they sold it to Lieuten-
ant Sylvester Mowry for $25,000. Lieutenant Mowry
associated other parties with him, erected buildings,
furnaces, machinery, etc., and worked it successfully
until 1862, when he was arrested by order of General
Carleton, who was then in command of the Union
forces in the Territory, was taken to San Francisco,

THE MO WRY MINE. 127

but was never tried on the charges of disloyalty pre-
ferred by General Carleton. There was much in^
dignation aii^png the people of the Territory against
General Carleton for the arrest of Lieutenant Movvry,
and it was then charged, and is yet, that the arrest
was without cause, and was made on account of pre-
vious jealousies and ill feelings between Carleton and
Mo wry, when they were in the service in former
j^ears. Be this so or not, the result of the arrest of
Mo wry was the ruin of all his hopes of fortune and
affluence. After his release he went to London for
the purpose of selling his mine, was taken sick and
died in poverty.

After the death of Mowry, his heirs, who reside in
Connecticut, being either fgnorant of the mining laws,
or too poor to fulfill the requirements, neglected to
maintain their title, and on the first day of January,
1875, Messrs. Fish & Bennet of Tucson relocated it
and now hold possession. A patent has been applied
for and soon the occupants will become the owners in
fee simple.

The present location includes three thousand feet
in length by six hundred feet in width, or over forty
acres of land.

The workings now include several shafts, the deep-
est of which is two hundred and sixty feet, and nu-
merous tunnels and drifts.

There are several lateral veins running into the

128 ABIZONA.

main lodis, aome of which are splendid carbonate ores. 1
The lode, like the Treufh mine, has an east and wert, j
trend, and several exteuaiona have been»located on ii
to the eiist.

The argentiferous ores work from $60 to $I40(K|
per tun in silver, and the carbonate ores from SSQV
to $60 per ton. Both kinds carry from thirty tv
sixty per cent, of lead. Much of the ore is found in
great pockets, or caves, which present the appear-
ance of having been filled by injections of the mineral
from billow, some oE these pockets or caves being
sixty feet across, all filled with mineral. A few of
the caves near the surface are only partially filled
with the minei'al, and in them are found beautiful |
Btalactites. The altitude at the surface of the mine ii
six thousand feet.

After the arrest of Lieutenant Mowry, Mexicans '1
from Sonora carried away much of his valuable ma>» J
chinery, and also gouged out and took away a larg
amount of valuable ore, and seriously injured ■
mine, requiring a large expenditure of money to tim
ber up and make it secure for working.

There are many other good mines in the PatagoniaJ
Momitains, consisting of gold, silver, and ]
some paying gold placers.

AnotJier rich mineral range of mountains ia
Santa Ritas, west of the Patagonia Range, and t
vided from them by the rich and beautiful '

THE SANTA RITA MINES, 129

Valley. The Santa Ritas are twenty miles long
north and south, with a width of three to six miles,
and they seem to be filled with lodes of gold, silver,
and lead, in its whole extent.

The district embraced in the old Santa Rita min-
ing district, is in the southern declivity of the moun-
tains, twelve miles east from the old Tumacacari
mission* church, and sixty-five miles south from Tuc-
son.

Some of the mines in this district give evidence of
having been worked a century or more since, and
from traditions now current, much silver was mined
here by the old Jesuit Fathers, who employed large
numbers of Mexicans and Indians in the work.
From 1856 to 1861, the mines here were worked by
an eastern company, but owing to the continued and
determined hostility of the Indians, who killed many
of the employees. Superintendent Wrightson and
others, with other causes combined, work was wholly
discontinued. Messrs. Wrightson, Grosvenor, and
Hopkins, all leading men in the enterprise, were
murdered by the Apaches between 1858 and 1861.
In January, 1875, the mines were relocated under the
superintendence of Col. William G. Boyle, one of
the best informed mining men on the Pacific Coast.
Considerable work has been done since their reloca-
tion, but until suitable machinery is erected for prop-
erly working them, and mills erected for treating the

130 ARIZONA.

ores, but little can be done towards their proper d^^
Telopment. There is no doubt that with the prop^ i
expenditure of money and labor, these mines will
become very productive.

In the northeastern spurs of the Santa Ritas there
are numerous loiles of gold, silver, and lead, i
valuable placer mines, the latter having abeadj]
been described. Wood and water are both quite *
abundant in the Santa Ritas, but there are no lai^e
streauis of water sufficient to work phicers with great
success.

Twenty miles west of the Santa Ritas, and forty* J
five miles southwest from Tucson, ia the formerly"!
noted Cerro Colorado Mine, which was worked ;
former years by an eaetern company who expended ]
large sums of money in machinery, and for other pur-
poses. The lode is extremely rich, and much of the
oi-e assays as high as $5, 000. and $10,000 per ton in
silver.

Like many of the early mining operations in AriJ
zonii, owing to mismanagement, incompetency, ;
Indian hostilities, the operations completely failed.
Portions of the milling and other macliinery are scat-
tered at different places on the road between the mine
and the Rio Grande River, in New Mexico, for ft^
distance of hundreds of miles. Other portions of th((^
machinery have been appropriated by differeot j
tlea to their own use, and some yet remains, ecatten

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131

promiscuously around tlie mine in different direc-
tions.

The Cerro Colorado Company owned another mine,
the Frowita, fifteen miles south, and the two were
connected by a telegraph, the firat in operation in the
Territory.

The Cerro Colorado Mine has been relocated by
parties who are making arrangements to reopen and
work it by improved processes.

The Emma Mine ia a late discovery, being in the
same section of country, and on a lode called the Sea
Serpent. This mine ia about sixty-five miles to the
southwest from Tucson, and fifteen miles from the
Sonora Mine. The Sea Serpent Lode has been
traced and located a distance of twenty-one thousand
feet. It ia one of those immense lodes of mineral
seldom found in any country, being from ten to forty
feet wide. The oyo assays from $50 to $800 per ton
in silver.

The Emma Mine, which is the best developed of
any on the lode, ia owned by Thomas Ewing & Co.,
who are making arrangements for working it in a
. thorough and systematic manner. When fully de-
veloped, this mine, as well as the others on the lode,
will produce an enormous amount of bullion.

The Ostrich Lode and Mine is seventy-five miles
west of south from Tucson, and within six or eight
miles of the Sonora line. It is a large, well-defined

132 ARIZONA.

gold bearing vein, from three to twelve feet wide,
with nearly vertical and well-defined wall rocks. The
lode trends to the northwest and southeast, and is ap-
parently a continuation of the old Frowita Mine.
The Ostrich Mine is owned by Dr. J. C. Handy &
Co. who have erected a ten stamp quartz mill which
is in successful operation.

Wood and water is quite abundant. The capacity
of the mill is twenty tons per day of twenty-four
hours. . Wood delivered at the mill costs $3.50 per
cord. The company employ about fifty men at the
mine and mill, paying an average of $50 per month
and board for good men.

The formation is granite, with heavy dykes of slate
and quartzites. The mine is in the Cerro Blanco
Mountains, which extend south into the Mexican
state of Sonora.

Six miles south from the Ostrich Mine is the so
called Old Mine, so named from its having been
worked long since bj'^ the old Jesuit Fathers.

• This mine was discovered and relocated over one
year since, and gives promise of becoming a most
valuable property. Two well known gentlemen, eu-
phoneously known as Hank and Yank, formerly large
freighters and packers in the Territory, are its princi-
pal owners, and are developing it with much energy.
Eminent success awaits them.

To the south of the Old Mine are the wonderful

MINERAL LODES IN THE MOUNTAINS. 133
Flanclios de Pliita, befoi-e described. Tbese are in
Sonora, a few milt^ii south of the Arizona liuu.

The iTiiiiea already mentioned are but few of the
hundreds in Pima County. There is hardly a moun-
tain spur or picaeho pfiak in the county, but has its
lodes of mineral, either of gold, silver, copper, or lead,
and iron exists in Urge quantities. Scoi-es of mineral
lodes are within sight of Tucson.

North of Tncson, in the Santa Catarina Mountains,
are many fine lodes of gold and silver.

Extending through the Santa Teresa, Mount Turn-
bull, Mount Graham, and other mountain chains, and
thence Boiilb through the Dos Cabasas, and Chirica-
hua Mountains, are nuiuerous rich lodes of mineral,
both gold, silver, copper, and lead. Near the head of
Aravaipa CaHon are many locations made by Dr.
Atkinson, Mr. Buck, and others, which have been
but partially prospected, but give evidence of being
very rich in silver and copper. Wood and water are
both abundant in this region of country, and in time,
when circumstances are more favorable, many pros-
perous mining camps will spring up through the
whole range of country named.

In the Cbiricahua Mountains, in the southeastern
part of Pima County ami of the Territory, there
has been kno\vn for a long time the existence of
wonderfully rich and extensive lodes of gold and
silver; but until quite recently no prospecting at

134 ARIZONA.

miDing waa permitted there, as it xraa included in
ibe Cbiricahuiv Indian Eeservation. This i-eaervatioB
having been lately vacated, prospecting parties vviU
BOon explore the mountains, and make known its
bidden sources of mineral wealth.

A valuable gold mine was opened a few years since'
in Apache Pjiss, by Colonel Stone and others, a qnartSi
mill erected, and the mine and mill were being
thoroughly and sncceasfuUy worked, when Colonel
Stone and others were brutally murdered by the
Apaches, which put an end to opei'ations at the mine
and mill, since which time no effort has been made
to reopen and work it.

The foregoing brief description of a few only dE
the thousands of mines located and recorded in Ari^
^ona, will give the reader some faint idea of tHfti
enormous mineral wealth of the Territory. A fewl
only have been selected from each of the many min-
ing districts in the Territory. The number might
have been swelled indefinitely, as the author visited
and examined ciirefnlly nearly all of the thousands
of mines loci\ted. Tlie descriptions are literally tru(
and the yield of bullion, though in amount almi
beyond belief, has been carefully collected from
books, certificates, and returns given from the mineS'
mentioned, and carefully copied.

The number of mines located and I'ecorded in
Territory, which was obtained from the county

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MINING, PRESENT AND FUTURE. 135
isters of each county, excepting the County of Mo-
have, which is given much below the actual number,
was, on the first day of October, 1876, aa fol-
lows ; —

Yavapai County . 7,298

Pima County 975

Maricopa County SOO

Yuma County SSO

f inni Canpty SSa

Mohava Cuonty 2,000

Total 11,60S

It IB safe to assert that the Territory is not at
the present time one half prospected, as, until the
two past years, but little thorough prospecting could
be done, on account of the hostility of the Indians.
Vast areas in the Territory are as yet almost wholly
unknown, and many sections of the countiy have
never been trod by white men. What will be ac-
complished in the coming years is, of course, a matter
of conjecture only, but judging from what has been
done the past two years from the actual results ob-
tained, and from a careful examination of the niinea
now being opened, no one can doubt that a bright
and golden futui-e awaits those who now have, or
may hereafter have mining interests in the Territory.
What is now necessai-y to open up this great mineral
wealth is, first, railroads ; second, capital ; and third,
more men of energy, will, and perseverance, to open

136 ARIZONA.

and develop its inexhaustible mineral resources, and
to hasten forward the day when Arizona, and its
wealth of precious metals, shall be known to the
uttermost parts of the earth.

CHAPTER XL

PRINCIPAL MINERAL BELTS OF ARIZONA. — RE-
MARKS AND SUGGESTIONS.

A THOROUGH examination of Arizona demon-
-^-^ strates the existence of several great mineral
belts, which extend for hundreds of miles through
the Territory.

The main belts have lateral branches running in
different directions, some parallel with the main ones,
and others at different angles from them.

One of the main belts commences near the south-
western part of the Territory, in the Colorado River
range of mountains, twenty miles east of Yuma, and
extending thence a northerly course through the
county of Yuma, and far north, nearly, or quite
through the county of Mohave.

This great belt, which is three hundred miles in
length, includes the Castle Dome Mines, and many
others through the river range to the east of Ehren-
burg. La Paz, and the Planet, Johnson, and other
mines south of Bill Williams Fork.

In Mohave County it includes the mines of the

138 ARIZONA.

McCi-acken district, the Sandy, and those of th^l

Hualapai, Cerbat, and Peacock, and other mountaiQ j

ranges.

Another of the great mineral belts commences neaci
the aouthern line of the Territory, seventy-five miles f
south fi:om Tucson, uud includes the mines in the '
SanCii Rita and Patagonia mountains, with a break
between the Santa Ritaa and the Santa Catarina j
mountains, and from the latter continuing uorthJ
through the Santa Cattiriua, Pinal, Apache, Brad-T
shaw. Walker, and Black Hill mountains, sixty miles
north of Prescott, a total distance of over three hun-
dred miles. This belt includes the Mowry, Trench,
ftnd Santa Bita mines, in the south, the CaQada de
Oro, Silver King, Globe District, and other mines in'
the centre, and the Bhick CaSon, Tiger, Peck, Silver ,
Prince, Senator, and other mines mentioned in tlw
nortliern portion of the belt. This mining belt variei
in width fi'om ten to fifty miles, and it is almost si
to say that there is hardly one mile square in I
whole belt which is destitute of mineral.

Another mineral belt, smaller than the two alreadyfl
mentioned, but equally rich, commences in the Cerr(i|
Blanco Mountains, near the Sonora line, eighty-f
miles west of south from Tucson, and includes tha.
Old Mine, the Ostrich, Sea Serpent Lode, Cerro Ci^a
orado, Picacho, Young America, Quajate, and othei
mines for a distance of about one hundred miles i
length north from the Ostrich and Old mines.

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Another mining belt commencea in the extreme
Boutheasterii corner of tlie Territory, and includes
the Chiricahua, Dob Cabasas, Graham, Cordilleraa de
Gila, and Steina Peak Mountains, and the Clifton
Copper Mines on the north. The whole length of
this mineral belt is nearly or quite two hundred
miles. The lateral branches of these great mineral
belts will not be specified, though many of them are
equally rich in mineral as the main ones.

There is one other mineral belt, distinctively of
copper, which crosses most of the others. The main
ones described all have a north and south course.

The copper belt mentioned commences near the
Colorado River, at the Caalle Dome Copper Minesj
and runs thence east for a distance of over six hun-
dred miles, and nearly to the Rio Grande in New
Mexico. This copper belt outcrops at intervals in
enormous lodes, sometimes really mountains of cop-
per, and inclades prominently the Castle Dome Mines,
the Young America, and others in the Silver Moun-
tain district, the Globe Mine and others in the Pinal
Mountains, and the Clifton Copper Mines in Arizona,
and the Santa, Rita and other copper mines in New
Mexico.

The belt ia from ten to fifty miles wide through ita
whole course.

From the foregoing brief description of the prin-
^pal mineral belta of the Territory, the intelligent

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ami thoughtful reader can form some faint idea

the extent of the mineral formation of the country.!

But no one can fully realize the vast probabilities^
of what the future has in store for tlie country, with-
ont making a personal and thorough examination,,
embracing its geological character, its topt^raphy,
soil, climate, and the many peculiarities and condi-
tions which must ever be looked for by those di^siroua
of studying thoroughly all pertaining to new and un-
developed countries.

After more than two years' constant and continued
exploration and examination of Arizona, the author
feels justified in the opinion that in mines and min-
ing, the salubrity of climate, etc., Arizona ia the
coming eountrtf of our continent, and that capital can
there be invested with more certainty of long con-
tinued and profitable results, than iu any other min-
ing section of our country.

In regard to the selection of mines, and the man-
agement of mining operations, a word of caution and
a few suggestions seem to be eminently proper in this
connection. Capitalists should never purchase mininj
property without first making a most tlj(
araination of the mine and all its surroundings, eithet*
in person, or through a competent and trustworthy!
agent. It is not safe, however, as can be testified iftl
numerous instances, to rely implicitly on a mere bool
worm, either as to the value or worthlessnesa of

REMARKS AND SUGGESTIONS. 141

ing property, no matter how high his position, or his
many sounding titles conferred by colleges and uni-
versities. Scientific knowledge is all well as far as it
goes, but there are a thousand things, more or less,
connected with mines and mining that the mere book-
worm can know nothing of but by actual experience.

The numerous instances, well known to the author,
where eminent professors have at great expense ex-
amined and reported on mines, their reports costing
thousands of dollars, have led to deplorable results,
and ruined those who have put faith in them. The
opinion of a well informed practical miner, with but
a modicum of book knowledge, is more to be relied
on as to the value, quality, and probable perma-
nency of mines, than the opinion of the mere student
of books without practical knowledge.

The perfection of mining is that of science and
practicality combined, and this should ever be
borne in mind by capitalists, and others, when look-
ing for permanent and profitable investments, or for
profits from mining labor.

Another most important matter connected with
large mining operations is the selection of proper
and suitable men as superintendents, financial agents,
secretaries, assayers, foremen, etc. The practice of
sending somebody's son, nephew, cousin, or friend, to
fill any of these stations, merely to get rid of their
presence at home, or to draw large salaries, is a most

142 ARIZONA.

foolish and unwise course, unless such persons have a
thorough and practical knowledge of the important
duties necessary for them to perform. Hundreds
of mining enterprises have failed from this course of
action, which, if conducted by practical and honest
men, who understood their duties, would have been
eminently successful, and fortunes would have been
made, where bankruptcy and financial ruin was the
natural and inevitable result.

If these suggestions should be heeded, the reports
of mining failures would seldom be chronicled, mining
operations would be reduced to a greater certainty,
and the business would be fully legitimatized.

CHAPTER XII.

COUNTIES AND TOWNS. — POPULATION, BTO.

A RIZONA is divided into six countieB, to wit:
■^-^ Yuma, Mohave, Yavapai, Maiicopa, Pinal, and
Pima.

Yuma County is in the southwestern part of the
Territory, and has a popuhvtion of 2,212, The pop-
ulations given of tlie towns and counties is taken
from the Tevfitofial census of July, 1876.

Tho county town of Yuma County ia Ynma, which
was formerly known as Ai-izona City. Its popular-
tion is about 1,500. Yuma is situated on the east oc
left bank of the Colorado River, at its junction with
the Gila River. It is one hundred and seventy-fiva
miles above the head of the Gulf of CaUfornia, eight
miles above the line of Lower California, and twenty
miles above the Sonora line.

Yuma is the principal shipping and commercial
town of the Territory, being the point where a large
portion of the goods and merchandise entering the
Douutry is unloaded from the steamers of the Colorado
Steam Navigation Company. From Yuma they are

144 ARIZONA.

shipped by wagon to Phoenix, Florence, Tucson, and
the many mining camps in Central and Southern
Arizona. That taken to the northern part of the
Territory is taken by river steamers to Castle Dome,
Ehrenburg, Aubrey, Camp Mohave, and Hardyville,
and thence to Prescott, Wickenburg, and other inte-
rior towns, and elsewhere as required.

At Yuma is the Territorial Prison, which is now
partly completed, and when fully finished according
to the plans and specifications, will be a model of
strength, utility, and architectural beauty. Among
the other important buildings are the county court-
house, jail, public school-house. Catholic school-house,
two hotels, printing-office, and a large number of fine
stores, saloons, and private dwellings. The "Senti-
nel," a wide awake newspaper, is well established at
Yuma, and thoroughly devoted to the interests of the
county and territory. It is now under the manage-
ment of George E. Tyng, Esq., an independent and
thorough journalist. For several years it was under
the management and control of Judge Wm. M.
Berry, who was an able editor and a most genial gen-
tleman.

The Southern Pacific Railroad of California will, it
is expected, be finished in a few months to Yuma,
when the town will receive a new and fresh impetus.

The Texas Pacific Railroad will also cross the river
at Yuma, which ^vill add much to the prosperity of

TOWNS, COUNTIES, AND POPULATION. 145
the place, connecting it with San Diego on the Pa-
cific, and with all the great cities of the Mississippi
and Atlantic St:itL-s.

Castle Dome Landing is thirty miles above Yuma,
at which an active little town ia springing np, and
from which point the Castle Dome Minea, fifteen
miles distant, are supplied. A store and poat-office is
kept here by Wm. P. Miller, who has also a smL'lting
furnace in succcBsfuI operation. Large quantities of
ai^eiitiferous galena, and copper ores, are shipped
from Castle Dome Lauding to San Francisco. Pop-
ulation about 50.

Ehrenburg is a brisk town one hundred and thirty
miles above Yniua, and next to Yuma the largest
shipping town on the Colorado River, The popula-
tion is about 300. Most of the freight for Prescott,
Wickenburg, and the country east is transshipped
at this town. There is a public school. Catholic
church, general stage offices of the California and
Arizona Stage Company. Several fine stores and pri-
vate dwellings may be found here.

Ehrenbut^ is the present crossing of the Colorado
River of the California and Arizona Stage Line, from
the terminus of the Southern Pacific Railroad to Pres-
cott, and other points in the interior. The annual
sales of the merchants of Ehrenburg aggregate about
3i20O,OO0. The principal firms are J. M. Barney, J.
Goldwater & Brother, J. M Castenat]o,and Juan Noli,

X46 ARIZONA.

Mohave County is in the northwestern part of the
Territory, and north of the Bill Williams Fork, that
stream being the dividing line between Mohave and
Yuma counties. The county town is Cerbat, a small
town in the southwestern spurs of the Cerbat Moun-
tains, and about thirty-five miles from Hardyville on
the Colorado River. The population of Mohave
County is put by the census at 822, but it is believed
that it much exceeds that number. The population
of Cerbat, the county town, is about 100. There is
a good county court house at Cerbat, a post-office, a
few stores, saloons, private dwellings, etc.

Mineral Park, the largest town in the county, is
six miles north from Cerbat, with a population of
about 200. Mineral Park has a five stamp quartz
mill, a public school-house, post-office, several stores,
saloons, and private dwellings, and is the centre of a
rich and extensive mining countiy. By act of Legis-
lature of 1877 it is now the county town of the county.

Hackberryis a new and prospering mining town in
the Peacock Mountains, thirty miles east of Mineral
Park. The celebrated Hackberry Mine is the cause
and foundation of its prosperity. Population about
100.

Greenwood is a fine little hamlet village on the
Sandy Creek, in the southern part of the county,
twelve miles east from the celebrated McCracken
Mine, and the location of its quartz mill, the working

TOWNS, COUNTIES, AND POPULATION 147

of which has built up a town of 100 inhabitants.
Hackberry and Greenwood have each a few stores,
restaurants, and saloons, and several private dwellings,
blacksmith shops, etc.

At McCracken Hill and Mine there are about 100
inhabitants, and at Planet, twenty miles west, about a
score. Aubrey Landing is two hundred and thirty
five miles above Yuma, and the landing for goods,
merchandise, and miners' supplies, for the McCracken
and Sandy districts.

Hardyville is the present upper terminus of the
river navigation, and the great crossing point for im-
migrants from California. It is three hundred and
thirty-seven miles above Yuma, and five hundred and
thirteen miles above the head of the Gulf of Califor-
nia. It is quite an important place, being the point
of transshipment of freight for Cerbat, Mineral Park,
Hackberry, and other points in the interior. A fine
store is kept here by William M. Hardy, Esq., a post-
office, and an excellent ferry.

Yavapai County embraces the whole of central and
northeastern Arizona, an immense extent of terri-
tory embrachig an area of country larger than the
States of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey,
and Maryland, or about fifty-five thousand squ^,re
miles. The population is 13,738, nearly one half of
that of the whole Territory. It is fast increasing in

148 ARIZONA.

popnlatton, and the immigrants are oE the better
class, consisting to a great degree of fumilies who
come to stay and to build up homes,

Prescott, tlie county town, and by an act of the
Territorial Legislature, J:inuiiry, 1877, ouee more
made the capital of the Territory, is as beautiful a
niountaiu town as can be found on the Paeillc slope.
It hns a papulation o£ 3,800, consisting almost wholly
of white people of the better class. It is surrounded
by mountains on all sides, which are covered with
forests of pine and other timber. The town is well
laid out on the eastevn side of Granite Creek, one of
the tributaries of the Verde River.

An iiddition has been laid out by Judge Fieury, on
tb« western side of Granite Creek, which adds much
to the beauty and growth of the town.

The Judge is an old and respected resident, and
came to the Territory in 1863 with Governor Goodwin
and suite, took part in the organization of the Terri-
tory, and has been identified with Arizona and its
interests, and especially with Yavapai County, ever
since. A beautiful plaza adds ranch to the beauty of
the town, being in its centre, and surrounded on all
sides with fine business blocks, residences, etc.

There are fourteen mercantile houses in town,
three jewelers, three nteat markets, four livery star
bles, three breweries, eight carpenter shops, eight
blacksmith shops, seven wt^n shops, five hotels and

PRESCOTT. 149

restaurants, five boot and shoe stores, fourteen sa-
loons, two tin shops, two barbers, seven attoi-neys,
four physicians, one drug store, four milliners, one
dentist, one harness shop, one photographic gallery,
three assay offices, one extensive sash, door, and
blind fttctoiy, one church edifice, Methodist, with the
Rev. Mr. Wi'ight as Pastor, one Congregational
Church organization, Rev. Mr. Merrill, Pastor, and
one Methodist Episcopal Church South org-.inization,
Rev. Mr. Head, Pastor. Tliere is also a comfortable
county court-house and jail, and good county ol&ces,
and an excellent new brick school-house, erected at
a cost of $12,000, and capable of accommodating three
hundred pupils, with Professor Sherman, Principal,
and a good corps of assistants.

Prescott has many fine business blocks built of
brick, which would do credit to a large city, the
principal ones being those of C. P. Head & Co., L.
Bushtord & Co., J. G. Campbell, Wni. M. Buffum,
and others.

Prescott has two newspapers, the "Miner," the
leading paper in Arizona, owned and conducted by
Messre. Marion & Beach,' independent in politics,
having a large circulation, and great influence. The
"Miner" is daily and weekly, being the only daily
in the TeiTitory.

The "Enterprise," published by Mr, Mitchell, is a
wide awake Democratic paper, having a good circiila-

150 ARIZONA.

tion, well edited and well supported. John W. Leon-
ard, Esq., is associate editor, and adds much to the
life and character of the paper.

Wickenburg is a small town in the southwestern
part of the Territory, on the Hassayampa, and the
general transfer station of the California and Arizona
Stage Company. Passengers, mails, and express,
are here transferred from the main line via Ehren-
burg to Prescott, and intermediate stations north,
and to Phoenix, Florence, and other stations south.
Population 300.

Brisk little hamlet towns are springing up in all
parts of the county, among which may be mentioned
Walnut Grove, Williamson Valley, Walnut Creek,
Peck Mine, or Alexandra, Chino, Verde, etc.

Several others are becoming quite important points
on and near the Chiquito Colorado River, two of
which are at the new Mormon settlements, where
these industrious people are making good improve-
ments.

There has been a large increase in the population
of Yavapai County the past two years, and its increase
in wealth and productiveness has kept pace with the
increase in population.

During the past year Prescott exported over five
hundred thousand dollars of gold and silver bullion,
three hundred and fifty thousand pounds of wool, and
a large amount of lumber and other products. Messrs.

MARICOPA COUNTY. 151

Curtis and Noyes have each large saw mills near to
Prescott, and both are doing a large and remunera-
tive business.

The largest mining town in Yavapai County is at
the Clifton Copper Mines, in the southeastern part
of the county, which has a population on an average

of 3oa

/^ Maricopa County is south of Yavapai, and has a
population of 3,702. It is the great agricultural
county of the Territory, and the larger part of its
population are directly connected with agricultural
pursuits. The great and rich valley of Salt River is
wholly in Maricopa County.

The county town is Phoenix, with a population of
500. It is pleasantly situated in the valley of Salt
River, two miles north of Salt River, well laid out,
with a fine growth of shade trees along its principal
streets, rendering it pleasant, attractive, and beauti-
ful. In summer the thermometer ranges here from
80° to 110°, and in winter from 40° to 80°.

There are three fine flouring mills in and close to
Phoenix, which furnish the larger portion of flour
for Maricopa and Yavapai counties. A court-house,
jail, school-house, hotel, restaurant, and several good
stores, pleasant residences, etc., make up the town.
The population is about one half each, white and
Mexicans.

At Hayden's Mills, eight miles east of Phoenix, is

152 ARIZONA.

BL small town witli two stores, and a population of
about 100.

Maricopa Wells is a notetl station near the sot.th-
western part of the county, and a pnncipal atatiou on
th© great overland Southern Pacific Mail Line o£
Messrs. Kerens & Mitchell,

James A. Moore, Esq., one of the old pioneers of
the Territory, a most estimable man, and superin-
tendent of the line between Yuma and Tucson, re-
sides at Maricopa Wells, with his estimable and
respected family.

In the Salt River Valley, for many miles in and
around Plicenix, are many interesting and wonderful
ruins, the work of a long forgotten race, which will
be fully described in a future chapter. >

Pinal County is south of Maricopa and north of
Pima, having a population of 1,600. In the eastern
part of Pinal County are some of the most valuable
mines ever yet discovered, embracing most of the
Globe district, the Silver King, and other rich mines.
The central iitid western part of the county, along the
Gila River, is a rich agricultural country. In this
valley are the Pima villages, on the Gila River Res-
ervation, which embraces a large tract of valuable
farming land, where the Pimas and Maricopa Indiana
raise lai^ crops of wheat, pumpkins, melons, etc.

Florence, the county scat of the county, is on the
them bank of the Gila River, some fifteen milea

TUCSON.

158

below where it emerges from the mountains. It baa
a populiitioii of 500 ; four stores, a good school-
house, Catholic church, two hotels and restaurauts,
one brewery, a smelting furnace, three flouring mills in
or near town, and some fine residences. Shade trees, *
aa at Phcenix, are freely put out along its streets,

Adamsville is four milea west of Florence, the loca-
tion of the Bichard Mill, tlie first flouring mill erected
in the Territory. A large mining town is being built ,
up in the Globe mining district, and an active one
in the Silver King mining district.

Pinia County is in the southern part of the Terri-
tory, and until within a few years was the most pop-
ulous county in the Territory. It now has a popu-
lation of 8,117,

Tucson is the county town of Pima County, and
since 1867 lias been the capital of the Territory, until
Januaiy, 1877, when tlie seat of government was re-
moved, by an act of the Territoria,! Legislature, to
Pi-escott.

Tucson was settled, as claimed, somewhere about
the year 1560, by an expedition fitted out by the
Spanish authorities in Mexico, with whom came some
of the Jesuit Fathers, who thus early commenced the
work of Christianizing the Indians. It is in the
beautiful valley of Santa Cruz, three hundred miles
east from Yuma, one hundred and twenty-five milea
west from Apache Pass, and seventy-five miles north

154 ARIZONA.

from the Sonora line. It has a population of about
4,000, one third being whites and two thirds Mexi-
cans. The Santa Cruz River waters the valley of
the Santa Cruz, south of Tucson. This valley has a

* very rich soil, and portions of it have been cultivated
for one or two centuries, and produce equally as
well now, as when first known to our people. The
town of Tucson is built up almost wholly of adobe

. (sun-burned brick), and to one unaccustomed to that
kind of material, it presents a quaint and curious
appearance. Buildings erected of this material are
extremely cool and comfortable in the hot and dry
climate of the country.

Tucson has two hotels, a county court-house and
jail, fifteen general stores, a branch United States
depository, two bi*eweries, six attorneys, five phy-
sicians, one news depot, ten saloons, two milliners,
two flouring mills, three barbers, four boot and shoe
stores, four feed and livery stables, a public school-
house and about three hundred pupils, a Catholic
school under the charge of the Sisters of St. Joseph,
with about two hundred pupils, one photographic gal-
lery, two jewelers, several small establishments, and
one newspaper, the *' Citizen," edited and published
by John Wasson, Esq. It has the second largest
circulation in the Territory, and has done much to
build up the Territory, more especially the southern
part.

TUCSON. 155

The business of Tucson is quite large, amounting
annually to over $1,500,000. A good proportion
of this business and trade is with Sonora, the mer-
chants exchanging dress and fancy goods, boots and
shoes, groceries, notions, etc., for flour, oranges, lem-
ons, tobacco, cigars, and silver coin, of which large
sums are annually brought from Sonora, where there
are two coinage mints, one at Hermosilla, and one at
Alamos, both of which coin from $50,000 to $200,000
per month. Tucson has ever been, and must con-
tinue to be for a long time to come, the central point
for business of Southern Arizona. In summer the
climate is quite hot for many months, but not un-
bearably so, and in winter mild and pleasant. Gen-
eral good feeling exists between the white and Mexi-
can population, and a large number of white men
have married Mexican women, who make kind, pleas-
ant, and aflfectionate wives.

Many of the wealthiest and most successful busir
ness men of the Territory reside at Tucson, where
they have accumulated handsome fortunes, in trade,
government contracts, arid general business enter-
prises.

CHAPTER Xra.

INDIAN TRIBES: LOCALITY, NUMBERS, AND GEN-
ERAL OBSERVATIONS.

rpiHE Indians of Arizona may be classified as river.
"^ and mountain Indians ; as pueblo, or village, and
roving Indians ; as self-supporting, and non-self-sup-
porting Indians ; or as reservation and non-reserva-
tion Indians. They will be described in the order of
their locality, commencing with the Colorado River
Indians on the southwest.

The Colorado River Indians are the Co-co-pahs,
Yu-nias, Mo-ha-ves, and the Chim-ue-hue-vas, all of
whom are a large, powerful, and well formed race.
They are now generally quiet and peaceable, and are
easily taught the simpler forms of agriculture.

The Cocopahs inhabit the country bordering the
Colorado River below Yuma, both in Arizona, Cali-
fornia, Sonora, and Lower California. They are
quiet and quite industrious, raise considerable quan-
tities of wheat, corn, pumpkins, and melons, and cut
and prepare much wood for the use of the Colorado
Steam Navigation Company's river steamers, below

THE INDIANS.

157

Yuma, for wUich they are paid from two dollnra and
a, half to three dollara per cord.

They should not be eonfoumied with the mountain
Cocopahs, who inhH,bit the Cocopah Mountains in
Lower CaUfornia. The mountain Cocopahs are a
wild, savage, and blood-thirsty race. The river Cn-
copiihs number about 500.

The Yamaa live ou the Colorado River at and
above Yuma, and number about 600. They culti-
vate some wheat, corn, pumpliina, and melons, do
some work about the landing at Yuma, and cut and
prepare some wood for the river steamers at Yuma,
and for a distance above.

Tlie chief of the Yumaa is Pas-qual, an old and
quite intelligent Indian, and a firm friend of the
wliites, whose manners and customs he often com-
nieiida to his people, and urges them to adopt.

The Yuraas, like most Indians, love fire-water,
which, with diseases introduced among them, is mak-
ing sad havoc in the tribe. They are now peaceable
and quiet, uidess when under the inSuence of bad
whiskey, and great provocation.

The Mohaves are farther up the Colorado River,
and range principally between Ehrenbui^ and Hardy-
ville, a tlistaHce of two hundred miles. They number
nbout 1,500. Of this number, 900 are collected on
the Colorado River Reservation, eighty-fi?e niilea
ibove Ehrenburg, and 600 are on the river above

158 ARIZONA,

the Reservation, in the vicinity of Hardy villa and
Camp Mohave. The Colorado River Reservation is
two hundred and ten miles above Yuma, and was es-
tablished by act of Congress, March 3, 1865. The
boundaries of the Reservation were extended by an
executive order of the President, November 16, 1874,
and it now contains 250,000 acres of land, a large
proportion of which is first quality farming land.
The Reservation is now in charge of Col. William
E. Morford, a gentleman well qualified for the posi-
tion, and who succeeded Dr. Tonner as agent, Jan-
uary 1, 1876. Lieutenants Fudge and Dodt, and Mr.
Lehigh, had formerly had charge of the Reservation,
and Mr. Lehigh was brutally murdered by his own
Indians at Bell's Canon, when returning from a visit
to Prescott. Colonel Morford seems to be the right
man in the right place, and it is to be hoped that he
will succeed in his efforts to make the Mohaves self
supporting, which has never yet been done, although
large sums of money have ostensibly been expended
for that purpose. It is believed by many that the
money so expended has been worse than thrown
away.

The Chief of the Mohaves on the Reservation is
Hook-a-row, who succeeded the celebrated Chief and
friend of the whites, Ar-i-ta-ba, who died some two
years since.^ Hookarow is a large, well-formed Indian,
peaceable and industrious.

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The Mohaves on the Reservation receive a portion
Df supplies from the Government, and raise some
wheat, corn, pumpkins, and melons, and gather and
use large quantities of the mesquit bean, which
greatly assists in supplying them with food. Ari-
taba, the former chief, was far in advance of his
tribe in intelligence, and was once taken to New
York, Washington, etc. His wonderful report, on
his return to his Indians, of what he saw, of the
thousand things connected with the white men, —
their great cities, their great canoes, and long lines
of wagons drawn with the speed of the wind by the
steam horse, and the many other things he told them
of, were so incompi'ehensible to their simple minds,
they could not credit the stories, and lost confidence
in him, saying the white men had bewitched the
great chief.

Sic-a-hoot is the chief of the other portion of the
tribe. This portion are self-supporting, and cultivate
considerable wheat, corn, pumpkins, and melons ;
collect large quantities of mesquit beans, and per-
form considerable labor about the landings at Camp
Mohave and Hardyville.

The Chim-ue-hue-vas are an off-shoot of the Pah
Utes, and live on and about the Colorado River, and
'.ntermix, to a considerable extent, with the Mohaves.
rhey number about 500.

All the river Indians mentioned are fond of fish,

160 ARIZONA,

which they take in great quantities from the Colo-
rado River.

The Maricopas are a branch of the Yumas, which
fcribe they left some sixty years since on account of a
difficulty with others of the tribe. They now live
with the Pima Indians, on the Gila River Reser-
vation, and will be described in connection with
them.

The Mohaves, Yumas, and Maricopas speak the
Mohave language, which seems to be the most per-
fect and original of all the Indian dialects of Arizona.
That of the Cocopahs and Chimuehuevas assimilates
with the Mohave.

The Hualapais ^ are a distinct and separate tribe
from all others in the Territory, and now live in the
mountains of Mohave County. They number 600,
and maintain a miserable existence by hunting, gath-
ering nuts, roots, and berries, and by begging and
stealing. They are a small, dark race, naturally given
to war and plunder. Their chief, She-rum, is a bold,
bad Indian, and in former times planned and com-
mitted numerous murders among the early prospec-
tors, miners, and immigrants. He ought long since
to have been hung for his cringes.

The Pima Indians live on the Gila River Reserva-
tion, about midway between Yuma and Tucson, and
with the Maricopas, who live on the Reservation

1 Wal-la-pais.

THE PIMA INDIANS. 161

with them in the most perfect harmony, niiiiiber
4,326. They have from time immemorial been quite
Biiccessful agricalturists, and now raise considerable
quantities of wheat, pumjjkius, melons, etc. In 1876
they sold nearly two million pounds of wliedt at
about three cents per pound. They prepare their
wheat for market in a manner that would be cred-
itable to the best eastern fanners. Not a parlicle of
anything but the pure full formed wheat is sold by
them.

The Pimas are medium sized, well formed, peace-
able, and quiet, but great thieves, stealing with im-
punity every article left in their reach. It is laugha-
ble, 33 well as provoking, to have a swarm of Pimas
gather around one's camp fire, and note with what
patience and peraevei'ance they will steal, or try to
steal, any small article, such as a knife, spoon, fork,
or other article left on the ground. The foremost
in the circle will put his naked foot on the article,
and when he deems himself unnoticed, will give it a
throw back with his toes to an Indian in the rear,
who in like manner pats his foot on the article, and
thus it is passed ivom one to another until they think
it safe to pick it up and hide it in the fold of their
blankets. If caught at the game, they will laugh iu
one's face with impunity, as though it was a good
joke.

An hour or more will often be passed by a score

162 ARIZONA.

or more in stealing in this way some slight articlet
of the value of a few cents.

The Pimas have several villages, extending along
the Gila River for many miles, and have a reservation
of about seventy-five thousand acres, most of which
is excellent agricultural land.

The Papagoes number 6,000, and live on a reservar
tion south of Tucson which contains seventy thousand
four hundred acres of land. Their villages are near
the old and noted mission church of San Xavier,
twelve miles south from Tucson, and in the Santa
Cruz Valley. They are nominally Catholics, and
have been under the care of the Roman Catholic
priesthood most of the time for nearly or quite three
centuries. They are self-supporting, and have been
so, as far back as their history is known ; have a good
supply of horses, mules, and cattle, and raise consid-
erable produce of various kinds.

Like the Pimas, they have been friendly to our
people ever since the United States acquired their
country, and both have ever been ready to assist in
fighting the Apaches, and at times have done good
service. For reasons unknown to the author, they
have lately been taken from the charge of Bishop
Salpointe and attached to the Pima Agency.

Under the care and charge of the Catholics, the
Papagoes have been kept free from most of the many
vices which prevail among all Indian tribes soon

INDIANS AT SAN CARLOS. 163

jifter they become acquainted with white people, and
familiarized to their manners and practices.

Why the Papagoes should under these circum-
stances be transferred to another agency, and no
doubt be eventually habilitated with them, and where
they will as a natural consequence contract the same
loathsome diseases so common among the Pimas, is a
matter of serious consideration, and should be care-
fully inquired into.

At the San Carlos Indian Agency, which is on the
White Mountain Indian Reservation, are gathered
most of the Apache bands of Indians. This agency
is on the Gila River, near its junction with the San
Carlos River. It is about one hundred and seventy-
five miles northeast from Tucson.

The Indians gathered at the San Carlos Agency
are the Coy-o-ter-os, Pi-nals, Ar-a-vai-pas, Ton-tos,
Apache Yu-mas, Apache Mo-ha-ves, and the Chir-i-
ca-huans, which include the Co-chise Indians.

The Coyoteros, Pinals, Aravaipas, Tontos, and
Chiricahuans, are Apaches ; and the Apacha Yumas
and Apache Mohaves are a mixture of Apaches and
of the Colorado River Indians. The total number at
San Carlos is 4,459. Of this number 1,051 are
Pinals and Aravaipas, under the chief Es-kim-in-zin ;
629 Tontos, under the chief Char-le-pan ; 1,512 Coyo-
teros, under the chief Bab-by-du-clono ; 297 Chirica-
huans, under the chief Ta-za; 352 Apache Yumas,

164 ARIZONA.

under the chief Snooks; and 618 Apache Mohaves,
under the chief Charley. M. A. Sweeney was at
last accounts acting agent at San Carlos, and under
his management the Indians are being taught habits
of industry, and it is to be hoped that they will in
time, at least partially, if not wholly, become self-sup-
porting.

. From Mr. Sweeney the following Indian statistics
for the year 1876 were obtained : —

Total number of acres of land cultivated 549

Brought under cultivation in 1876 221

Number of tons of hay cut by the Indians 350

Number of horses owned by the Indians 537

Number of mules 22

Number of burros 18

Number of sheep 5^000

Number of cows 125

Number of bulls 6

Number of cords of wood cut by the Indians in 1876 , . 500

Number of pounds of wheat raised 10,000

Number of pounds of corn 200,000

Number of pounds of barley 28,000

Number of pounds of beans 13,000

Number of melons 6,000

Number of pumpkins and squashes 4,000

Number of pounds of mescal gathered and roasted for food 75,000

Number of Indians under medical treatment in 1876 . . 3,237

Number of births in 1876 86

Number of deaths in 1876 20

Number killed in 1876 1

The war chief of the Apache Mohaves, named
Mi-ra-ha, left the Reservation July 26, 1876, with-

THE NAVAJOES AND ZUNIS. 16b

out leave, and was killed by Captain Porter near the
Verde River, far from the Reservation.

The White Mountain Reservation embraces a largo
extent of country, containing two and a half millions
of acres or more. Most of this vast section of coun-
try is totally useless to the Indians and can never be
utilized for their civilization, and should be opened
to the use of white men.

The Navajoes ^ are also an Apache band, and oc-
cupy a reservation in the northeastern part of Ari-
zona, and northwestern part of New Mexico, compris-
ing 3,328,000 acres of land. They number 9,114.
They are a bold, active, warlike people ; sharp, keen,
and shrewd ; naturally inclined to rob, murder, and
steal, and before their subjugation lived by war and
plunder. They would often go hundreds of miles to
raid on other bands of Indians, and on Mexicans, and
at times would drive back from their forays thou-
sands of horses, cattle, and sheep. They now have
large bands of stock. They are very ingenious and
make the most beautiful and costly blankets of any
of the Indian tribes, the best of which are woven in
bright and gaudy colors and many devices, and worth
a horse each.

South of the Navajo Reservation, both in Arizona
and New Mexico, is the country of the Zunis, one of
the most interesting tribes on the continent. The

1 Nay-a-hoes.

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ARIZONA.

ZuHis oru worthy of special mention, and a
work could be written of them, their traditions, 1
its, cuatoma, manners, religion, etc., etc

The ZuHia number <i trifle over 3,000, and i
live in a, large and well built town, eleven miles frc
the eastern line of Arizona. Their town ia built U
a slightly elevated hill, on the north side of the Zil|
River, and on the Zufli arroya or plain, which ru)
a northeast and southwest conrse in Arizona and N^
Mexico. This great plain ia eighty miles long, !
from three to ten miles wide. The ZuBi River is, in
the diy season, but a small and insigniticant brooklet.
The houses are mostly built of adobe, many of them
having well laid stone floors, and plastered and vi
washed inside. The town covers about ten acres J
land. The houses are erected one on the top of f
other, to the height of seven Btoriea,

The Zuilia are an exceedingly peaceable and :
dnstrious people, are self-supporting, have lai^e flo(
of sheep and goats, many horses, mules, cattle, hoj
and poultiy, raise large qnantities of wheat, coi
pumpkins, melons, chili pepper, etc., etc., manufacture
qnantities of blankets, many of which they sell and
trade with other Indiana, and with the whites, ani
at times supply emigrants passing through with (
and mutton, and other articles.

Their government ia patriarchal in form,
vested in thirteen wise men, or caciques, who m^

THE ZUNI INDIANS. 167

all the laws, rules, and regulations, for their govern-
ment, appoint the governor for the town, and war,
hunting, and other captains, for every general or
specific purpose or enterprise.

They are a medium sized race, the men averaging
about five feet four inches in height, and the women
about five feet, by actual measurement of Bix.ty or
more of each sex. They are quite stout, more espe-
cially the women, are well formed, and do not have
the high cheek bones so prevalent among the common
Nortli American Indians. Their language is differ-
ent also from all other tribes, and their voices low
and musical, quite different from the guttural of the
common Indian. They are generous and hospitable
to strangers, but keen and sharp in trade. Tlieir tra^
ditions reach far back into the piist for hundreds of
years. One of tlieir traditions is, that many hundreds
of years since, they lived far to the southwest, evi-
dently by their description on the great plains and
valleys bordering the Gila and Salt rivei-s, where
there are many old and interesting mins of a long for-
gotten race, which will be partially described in a
future chapter.

Their present town was built about one hundred
and fifty years since, and near its centre is an old and
venerable Catholic church, erected about that dis-
tance of time, as determined by inscriptions now leg-
ible. They had, prior to the building of the present

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ARIZONA.

towii| seven large towns, the ruins of which yet exii
and are supposed to be the seven wonderful cities

Sibola, the location of which was long searched for
by the early Spanish explorers, and which were sup-
posed to be ricli in silver and gold, so eagerly sought
for by the early discoverers and explorers of tli« new
continent. The old church is now closed most of thi
time, and the Zunis report that formerly Cathol
priests lived with tlieni, but have not been pen
ted to do BO for about sixty years piist. The
church is in size 115 by 75 feet, with massive adobe
walls, having a choir gallery, and embellished with
a number of old paintings, now badly defaced by
time.

The Moqui Indians occupy a section of country
Northern Arizona, some eighty miles north of wf
from the Zufli village. They number about 2,0<
and live in seven pueblos, or villiiges, which
high and abrupt table-land. They are in some re-
spects similar to the ZiiHis, smaller in size, not near
as cleanly in habits, generjilly quiet and
but will steal. The table-lands where the Moquis
are from two hundred to live hundred feet high,
can easily be defended against the attacks of t
enemies. One of tliese table-land plateaus is
miles long, and half a mile wide, on which are four
their villages. Tliree other quite small jnes, ha'
each one village. They are ae IE-supporting,

holi<^H

THE INDIANS.

n com and other produce in limited quantities on tlie
plains suiTounding the tiible-land plateaus.

I The word moqui means death, and was applied to

them by other tribes at a time long since, when the

I small-pox killed off largo numbers of the tribe.

I Their original name was Ha-pe-ka.

I, III addition to the Indians already named, there

II are several small bands who live tar down in the great
I caSons of the main and Cliiqiiito Colorado rivers, who
I number in all perhaps 500. Among the number are

the Agua Supais, and a few others whose names are
unknown. But little is known of them, as but few
I whites have ever ventured into their almost inacces-

sible retreats. They raise some com and other prod-
uce, and, like the ZuBis, raise excellent peaches from
peach pits brought into the country, us is supjmsed,
by the old Jesuit priests.

There are a few refugees who haunt the Chirica-
hua, Dragoon, and other mountains in the southoasfr-
ern parts of the Territory, and perhaps a few more
in the great Tonto basin, between Prescott and Camp
Apache,

Of the Indians mentioned, the Zafiis and Navajoes,
live Ixith in Arizona and New Mexico ; the Cocopahs
in Arizona. Sonora, California, and Lower Califor-
nia; the Chimnehnevas in Arizona, California, and
I Nevada, and these tribes cannot all be enumerated as
I belonging wholly in Arizona. The other tribes men-

170 ARIZONA.

tioned make their home in Arizona, except at times
the Yumas pass some time in California on the west
side of the Colorado River. The actual namber of
Indians now belonging to and living in Arizona is,
as near as can be ascertained, as follows : —

Of the Cocopahs 200

Of the Cbimuehueyas 300

Onehalf oftheZufiid 1,500

One half of the Navajoes 4,557

The Yumas 500

The Mohaves 1,500

The Hualapais 600

The Pima? and Maricopas 4,326

Tlie Papagoes 6,000

At the San Carlos Agencj 4,459

The Moquis 2,000

Small bands 500 *

A total of 26,442

Add refugees and stragglers 200

26,642

The Indian reservations in Arizona cover a large
extent of country, including many thousand acres of
the best farming lands there, also large tracts of min-
eral and timber lands. But a small proportion of the
lands set apart for reservations can ever be utilized
by the Indians, or made to assist in making them
self-supporting. The extent of the several I'eserva-
tions is as follows : —

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Colorado River Reservation . . » . . 250,000 acres.

Gila River Reservation . 75,000

Papago River Reservation 70,400

Chiricahua River Reservation 2,736,000

White Mountain Reservation 2,528,000

Navajo (one half) Reservation .... 1,664,000

Ziini (one half) claimed 1,000,000

Moquis claimed 1,000,000

A total of 9,323,400

In round numbers this would be 14,568 square
miles, a tract large enough to make a good sized
state, if densely settled.

Of the Reservations above mentioned, those of the
Colorado, Gila, Papago, Chiricahua, White Moun-
tain, and Navajo, are recognized by the Government.
The Chiricahua Reservation, from which the Indians '
were removed the past summer, has been, or prob-
ably soon will be, opened up for the use and occu-
pancy of the whites.

The claims of the Zuflis and Moquis to reserva-
tions is founded on a claim of long occupancy and
tillage for hundreds of years, and by treaties made
long since with Spanish and Mexican authorities, but
no official action has been taken towards a recog-
nition of their rights by our Government. Their
claims have been silently recognized by the Govern-
ment, and they have never been interfered with, and
most probably will not be, unless they should be re-
moved to some more suitable locality.

172 ARIZONA.

The author does not desire to tread on forbidden
ground, but nevertheless deems it a duty which he
owes the genei-al public, and especially the people
of Arizona, to express his strong disapprobation of
the present Indian policy, or more properly the want
of any well-defined and permanent policy, beneficial
either to Indians or the whites. The practice of set-
ting ofE a large extent of country fifty or one hun-
dred miles square, for an Indian Reservation, over
which they can roam at will, encourages them in
their roving, nomadic habits, and gives them oppor-
tunities for committing depredations, for plundering
and theft, which they are ever ready to take advan-
tage of.

The practice of issuing rations of beef, flour, cof-
fee, sugar, beans, salt, blankets, and other articles,
without requiring any return in labor in consider-
ation for the same, only tends to confirm them in
habits of laziness and idleness. Under this system,
one half or more of the men are constantly lying
around idle, basking in the sun, and living on the
bounty of the Government from taxation imposed
directly or indirectly on the white labor of the na-
tion.

The idle, the shiftless, the unemployed, of all
races, both Indian ard white, are sure to pass most
of their time in immoral practices, — in gambling
^nd all the low- vices, becoming contaminated with

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE INDIANS. 173
foul diseases, and creating cesspools of filth, corrup-
tion, aud degradation, instead of being raised to a
higher civilization aud to habits of industry, enter-
prise, and thriftinesa. The recognition and encour-
agement given to tribes and tribal relations, the
keeping up of distinct organizations of petty and
insignificant nations within a great nation like ours,
is an anomaly in the science of government produc-
tive of no good, aud much harm. Under the present
treatment, the Indians become neither civilized nor
Christianized, but on the contrary, contract all the
bad habits of the whites, filthy diseases, become im-
pudent, and more and more improvident, having no
care or thought for their own support, knowing that
Government will supply all their wants of food aud
clothing.

A better and wiser policy would seem to be first,
to give them reservations only large enough to be
utilized, to break np their tribal relations as fast as
possible, to teach them that they have the same
rights as the whites, and no more ; that it is for their
own good that each head of a family locate eighty,
or oue hundred and sisty acres of land, with the
same right of ownership aa the whites have, that they
are subject to the same laws, amenable the same
ns whites for crimes committed, and equally protected
by those laws. Then teach and impress them with
the fact, that after a given number of years the issu-

174 ARIZONA.

ing of rations will be wholly stopped, and that in the
mean time they will be taught the rudiments of an
agricultural and pastoral life.

It will no doubt take years to accomplish all this,
but it can and should be done, or some other policy,
equally as good or better, should be inaugurated, and
then the Indians will become self-supporting, which
will never be done under the present system, and our
government and people be relieved from the burdens
of taxation to the extent of millions annually. The
present no Indian policy has never made a tribe self-
supporting, and perhaps never will ; has never bene-
fited either Indians or whites, excepting, always, an
army of Indian agents, Indian traders, contractors,
and the like, who fatten on the spoils and stealings
both from the Indians and the Government.

When under tribal relations, gathered on reserva-
tions, and supported by Government, no Indian should
be allowed to leave the Reservation unless accompa-
nied by a proper guard, and then he should not be
permitted to carry arms. The present system of
giving permits to scores of Indians to leave the diflEer-
ent reservations for days and weeks at a time, at the
same time prohibiting white men from entering or
crossing the reservations, without first reporting to
the agent his business, or the necessity for so doing,
gives great offense to the whites, and opens an oppor-
tunity for plunder and stealing by the Indians which

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE INDIANS. 175
they ai'B ever ready to take advantage of whenever
an oppoi'tiinity offers.

Neither the Government nor its ageuts should ever
make promises to Indians unless they are right and
just, and when made they should ever be fulfilled.
Indians are not fools, and in many things they have
aa correct an opiuion of right and wrong as the
whitea. As a general thing they are truthful, and
consider that a> promise once made is to be kept and
fulfilled faithfully. Many of the wars, murders, and
depredations committed by them, have been caused
by broken promises, cheating, and fraudg, on the part
of the whites. Many instances could be given in
Arizona, and elsewhere, to substantiate this assertion.

One instance will be given that occurred in Ari-
zona, which was feared would lead to an Indian war,
but which was fortuuately avoided by the presence
of a large body of troops. While in command of the
department of Arizona, General Crook, who is un-
excelled in a knowledge oE Indian character, mode of
warfare, and the proper way and manner to subdue
hostile tribes, had succeeded in the complete subjuga-
tion of the Tontos, Apache Mohaves, and Apache
Yumas, and had gathered them on a Reservation on
the Verde River, promising them that the Reservation
should be their home so loug as they remaiued good
Indians. Placing implicit confidenca in the promise
of the General, they remained on the Reservation

176 ARIZONA.

peaceable and quiet, made good improvements, dug
irrigating ditches, and were becoming partially self-
supporting, when in some unknown and unaccount-
able manner, an order was issued from the Interior
Department at Washington, to remove these Indians,
in the dead of winter, to the San Carlos Reservation,
a distance of nearly two hundred miles; a special
agent was sent out to accomplish the work, and the
military under General Crook were commanded to
assist in doing what the General had promised the
Indians should not be done. The General, like a
true soldier, obeyed the orders of his superiors, though
it must have been extremely humiliating to him to
do so, when he and all others knew that these In-
dians had faithfully fulfilled their promise to be good
Indians. The result was, the Indians lost confidence
in General Crook, and he, chagrined and mortified,
soon after was fortunately transferred to the depart*
ment of the Platte, where he now is.

It is to be earnestly hoped, that our wise men in
Washington will soon see the necessity of inaugura-
ting and adopting a settled and permanent Indian
policy, which will be just to the Indians, and just to
our government and people ; which will tend to make
good citizens of them instead of vassals, beggars, and
robbers ; which will release the white race from un-
necessary and unjust taxation, and which will tend
to elevate, instead of degrading the aboriginal race of
our country.

CHAPTER XIV.

PEEHISTORIO flUINS OF ARIZONA

/^NE of the most interesting features connected
^^ with an exploration of Arizona is the examina-
tion of the ruins of a prehistoric race, who were evi-
dently well advanced in civilization, and possessing
many of the comforts and. conveniences of civilized
life. These ruins consist of towns and cities, of ir-
rigating canals, of stone implements, pottery ware,
etc., and of rude hieroglyphics and pictures of men,
animals, birds, reptiles, and other objects, animate
and inanimate, painted on, or cut deep into rocks in
different sections of the Territory.

A thorough study and examination of all the many
wonderful ruins, and of matters connected with them,
would take a lifetime.

In the great valleys and plains bordering the Gila
and Salt rivers, the buildings were constructed almost
wholly of concrete, while those in the mountains were
mostly of stone. The aceiques, or irrigating canals,
were of great length and size, and conducted the
water from the great rivers, far over great tracts of

178 ARIZONA.

country now incapable of cultivation for want of
water, and which must at that time liaye been well
supplied and cultivated by that old and numerous
nice. The stone implements consist of stone axes,
stone hammers, stone rings, stone metats for grinding
grain, etc. ; and the broken pottery consisted of many
patterns and kinds, sizes and forms, painted and un-
painted, glazed and unghized ; some of which were of
beautiful color and finish, the painting and glazing
being apparently as fresh and perfect as when com-
pleted, hundreds if not thousands of years since.

The stone implements and pottery are found in
large quantities in and around the old ruins, along
the irrigating canals, and scattered here and there to
some extent over a large portion of the territory.

A brief description of a few only of the old ruins
will be given, sufficient, it is to be hoped, to awaken
attention to tliem, and to induce some society or or-
ganization, the General Government, or some wealthy
and generous individual, to take measures for a thor-
ough exploration of them.

In traveling up the great Gila Valley, from Yuma
to Tucson, many of the old ruins will be found at but
little distance from the stage road. At Gila Bend,
one hundred and twenty-five miles east from Yuma,
and eight miles from where the Oatman family were
murdered by the Tonto Indians, in 1851, are some
extensive hieroglyphics, called the Painted Rocks.

ANCIENT RUINS. 1T9

This mass o£ rock rises from the Burface of the
plain to a height of perhaps fifty feet, the uppermost
being a broken ledge, from wliicli musses have fallen
ofE, and the whole covering leas than an acre of land.
On the standing leilge, imd on the broken masses at
its base, are carved deep in the surface I'ude repre-
seutittions of men, animals, birds, and reptiles, and
of numerous objects real or imaginary, some of which
represent checker-boards, some camels and dromeda-
ries, insects, snakes, turtles, etc., etc.; and on the
broken rocks at the base of the ledge are found on
all sides like sculptui'ed figures, some of which are
deeply imbedded in the sand. These pictured rocks
present much of interest- to the thinking mind, and
when examined by some one versed in hierogljphical
reading, may be fonnd to give some clue to the time
of making and the people who made them.

Farther np the Gila Valley, for a distance of one
hundred and fifty miles, the whole valley is covered
in places, for miles in extent, with the ruins of irrigar-
ting canals, houses, towns, and cities, on both sides of
the river.

In places are found the outlines of reservoirs, em-
bankments, raised plateaus, etc., and the houses and
towns seem to have been laid out with due regard to
the points of the compass, as though the builders had
some knowledge of astronomy, or at least of the north
star.

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The best pi-eserved building in the viilley of thi
Gila has been designated the " Caaa Grande,"
Great House — though in size it is much inferior
to many others, but being better presei-ved is bo
called. The Casa Grande ruin is forty-five feet ,
^vide, and sixty-three feet long, and the walla novfl
etauding are nearly forty feet high, or, four and %M
half stories. The walls are of concrete, over five feet 1
thick at the base, and the tiers of concrete are thirty ]
inches each in heiglit. 1

The early Jesuit Fathers who. explored this conn- 1
try in the latter part of the sixteenth and during the 1
seventeenth centuries, described the old ruins very J
minutely, mentioning also the great irrigating canals^
the stone implements, and the broken pottery wantn
scattered profusely over the plain. Their descriptioafl
would veil answer a description at the present timttifl
The old Fathers could obtain no information from.fl
the then existing Indians as to who built the towiwJ
and cities then in ruius, any more than can now be ■%
obtained of the Pima Indians, and in answer to qn%* J
tions asked by them, they received the same answeta
as was given the author by the Pima Indians, whtt^'jl
was Moc-te-zu-ma. J

No other answer or information could be obtaine4l
from them, and they CTidently knew no more abonn
the builders than ourselves. I

The great irrigating canal, which is near the GasB. |

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181

Grande ruiD, is almost entirely obliterated where the
soil is of & rich sedimentary character, and can there
only be traced by the bi'oken pottery, as the canal ie
entirely filled by the rains and storms of past ages;
but where it was cut through hard, cemented, and
stony ground, it is easily traced and in places open
for himdreds of yards to a depth of five to ten feet,
having a width of fully twenty-five feet.

The Casa Grande ruin is on the south side of the
Gila River, and nearly foar miles distant from it, sur-
rounded by a great plain from twenty to fifty miles
in extent. It is about twelve miles below Florence,
the county seat of Pinal County. The great irriga-
ting canal commences some fifteen miles above Flor-
ence, where the water was takeii from the river, and
can be traced far down the \alley tow.irds Maricopa
Welb, a distance of nearly fifty miles.

It is evident that this, and numerous other canals
of like character, were excavated by a numerous and
industrious people, and that they carried out the
earth in vessels of pottery ware on their heads, the
same as the Chinese are said to do now.

No implements of Iran have ever been found in or
around the old ruins, nor the bones of any large do-
mestic animal, such as the horse or ox.

They were evidently constructed in an era of time
corresponding to the Stone Age of Europe,

The vegiis, or beams, which supported the upper

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floors of the houses, were no doubt cut by them witifc
stone axes, as the ends reuiiiining in the concret
walU present that appenraiice.

These vegas, as well as the other wood-work i
the interior of the Cash Grande, and other building)
examined, were burned out as though destroyed l^ ■
an enemy, whieh was pei'haps the case. On tha.1
iioi-th side of the Gila River, and ex^tendiug a dia- ■
tance of many miles below Florence, are many other J
old ruins, some of the buildings being over one hun-
dred feet in length, with a corresponding width.

About two miles west of Fliirence, on the nortli I
side of the river, between the homes of Mr. Stiles ]
and Mr. Long, is a stretch of hard, stony land,
through whioli another of the lai^e iri-igiiting canals j
was cut, and where, for several hundred yards, one |
can ride on horseback in the canal, which is yet 8oj
deep one cannot look over its banks on either side^ J
when sitting on his horse.

Four miles to the west, on the line of the canaltJ
are the ruins of another old town, the outlines i^J
some of the buildings being easily traced. One c^t
them is one hundred and twenty feet long, and^
eighty feet wide. It was surrounded by a wall of
concrete and stone, portions of which now remain ;
and this w;ill was one hundred and thirty feet long
on two sides of the building, and two hundre
twenty-five feet long on the other two sides, J

id red an^^^l
., forrain^^^l

I a kind

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a kind of court-yard inclosing the building. Tbis
!ourt-yard was filled in on the south and east sides
with earth to a depth of four feet,

The soil in thu valley of the Gila ia very rich, and
with the lai-ge snpply of water furnished by these
great in-igating canals, the valley must have been
very productive, and capable of supporting a nu-
merous population.

Sixty miles to the north of Florence, in the great
valley of Salt River, at different distances from the
town of PhuDuix, the county town of Maricopa
County, are other old ruins, more extensive than
those in the Gila Valley.

In the Salt Elver Valley, within a radius of thirty
miles, are the ruina of several large towns, some of
which are over three miles in extent.

Six uiilea east from PLoBuix, and two miles from
the Hellings Mill, now owned by Major C. H, Vail,
are the ruius of a large town, near the centre of
which is one very large building, two hundred aud
seventy-five feet long, and one hundred and thirty
feet wide. The debris of this building foi-ms a
mound which rises thirty feet above the surrounding
plain. The walla of thia building are standing about
teu feet in height, and are fully six feet thick. There
seem to have been several cross walls, and the whole
waa suri'ounded by an outer wall, which on the south
Btde was thirty feet from the main wall ; on the east,

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L-

eixty feet ; od the nortli, one hundred feet ; and oaB
the west aide, sixty feet.

On the north, and at the northwest comer, were
two wings, perhaps guartl or watch houses. On thff]
south of the outer wall was a moat, that could heM
flooded with water from a large reservoir fifty yards^ '|
to the south. Several other large reservoirs are fA'\
different points in and around the main town, whioh
was over two miles iu extent,

A large irrigating canal runs to the soutli of the
lai^e building, which was from twenty-five to fifty-
feet wide. This canal took the water from Salt
River eight miles above, and can be easily traced for
twenty rail.'S or more below.

The jieople who excavated these canals must h«TB'|
had a knowledge of engineering, as they are cnt o
true and perfect grade. Seyerul engineers who have {
surveyed canals for irrigation along the line of the t
old ones, acknowledge that they cannot improve the'j
grade, or gain an inch of grade to the mile.

The largest of the old irrigating canals, visited aad.'l
examined by the author, is soma twenty-five milosi,'!
above Phoenix, on the south side of Salt River, i
the point whei-e the river emerges from the moua ■
tains. This one, for eight miles after leaving the'l
', is fully fifty feet wide. For this distance i&fJ
runs in a southwest course through bard, stonyJI
ground) and enters on a vast stretch of mesa or tablft>4

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185

land, which extends south and southwest from thirty
to sixty miles, Imying an elevation above the river of
nearly one hundred feet.

At about eight miles from where this great canal
leaves the river, it is divided into three branches-
each twenty-five feet wide, one of wliich runs an east
of south course, one nearly south, and the third south-
west, the three probably carrying water sufficient to
irrigate the whole of the immense plateau of table
land before mentioned. Two miles west of where the
maid canal branches are the rains of a large town
which extends along the mesa for inanj miles.

Near the centre of this town are the ruins of the
largest building yet discovered. Its ground measure-
ment is 350 feet by 150 feet, vnth outer walls, moats,
embankments, and resenoira, outside tlie main walls,
and ruins of smaller buildings in all directions.

The presumption is, from a careful consideration of
all the circumstances connected with the old ruins,
that the large building, one of which is found in
every town, was a temple, perhaps for sun wor-
ship, as there are many evidences that they were
sun worshippers.

On the line of the branch canals, distant many
miles from this one, are other ruins of towns similar
to the others described. Below the great canal and
the large ruins described, extending through what is
called the Tempe Settlement, are other irrigating

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canals of nearly equal size to the others, and whii
were taken out of the river many miles below thi
lai^ one mentioned, and along these are also the
rains of great houses and towns.

In the Pueblo Viejo, or upper Gila Valley, are tho
ruins of some ten or more old towns, with irrigati
canals, etc., of the same character as those in th<
great valleys of the Gila and Salt rivers.

Some of the ruins in the Pneblo Viejo Valley are
near mountain spurs where rock is abnndaut, and
these were built of stone instead of concrete. This
beautiful valley is one hnndi-ed and fifty miles north-
east from Tucson, and contains about one hundred
thousand acres of choice farming land, which waa
evidently all cultivated by the old prehistoric race.
, "Well towards the upper end of the valley, on a
piece of table land, elevated above the river some
fifty feet, are the ruins of a considerable town, lai^
reservoirs, some round and some square, connected
by canals. One of these reservoirs is two hundred
feet square, and walled up on the inside ten feet in
height.

The inhabitants of these old prehistoric toi
were evidently cremationista, as from time to
few burial urns of pottery ware have been foni
filled with ashes and smiill pieces of partially burofli
human bones. These cremation or burial urns wi
quite small, about the size of a lai^ coffee cup,

the

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aliiiped, and generally inclosed in two or three larger
ones, the largest of till being from twenty to thirty
inches in diameter, iind turned bottom side up over
the smaller ones, thus shielding and protecting them
and their contents.

The ruinB of this ancient race are found over a
wide extent of country, from the great valleys men-
tioned, for a width of fifty to one hundred and fifty
miles and for four hundred or more miles in lengtli,
far to the northeast, to the country of the ZnriiB.

Through thia whole section of country, in almost
every little valley among the mountains, are ruins of
houses, towns, irrig-iiting canals, and other evidences
of their work, the buildings being almost wholly of
stone. On the summits of the highest mountains,
along this whole distance, are the ruins of what are
supposed to have been their temples of sun worship,
and perhaps also a place for refuge in time of danger.
A few only of the hundreds examined will be de-
Bcribed.

Some twenty miles south from Prescott, and two
miles uorth from Walnut Grove, in sight of Captain
IJartlett's house, is a mountain top with a walled in-
dosure of about two acres. The wall surrounding
this inclosure is in places ten feet thick, and ten to
fifteen feet in height. Inside this wall are the ruins
Df fourteen old stone houses.

Six miles southeast from Captain Bartlett's, on the

188 ARIZONA.

east side of Milk Ci'eek, is another moantaia tcpj
three tbuusand feet above the little valley below, and
on this Biimmit there is also a nailed incloaure, i
taining about five acrea. The wall is very heavy aiu
high, and inaide it are the ruins of twentj'-foi
stone buildings from twenty to thirty feet square^
The ruins of a stone causeway, leading from a soutfc
spur of the mountain to the main summit, can be
traced for fifty yards. It is twelve feet wide, bnilt
up on the sides with bowlders of a ton in weight, be-
tween which were filled in smaller stones and earth.

From this summit, a grand phuioramic view can b« I
had of the surrounding country for a long distance, i
embnicing mountains, valleys, and plains.

Several miles up the Hassayampa Creek from
Walnut Grove, and some eight or ten miles south j
from Preacott, are many ruins of stone houses, some*'
on the high hilla bordering the HasaavampH) and i
some in the valleys near the creek ; some of those i
the valleys near the creek are surrounded by larg
pine forests, and inside the walls of one of the ruinri
were three large pine trees of hundreds of yes
growth.

There are many ruins around Prescott, and t
series is in the village just west of Gninite Greek, o
Judge Fleury's land. This series is on an elevate
plateau, some two hundred feet above the creek, a
'ihey were originally fenced in by a large stone wal

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most of whicli has been taken away for use in the
town.

For a distance of sixty or seventy milea weat there
ia a continuation of riiiua of stonn houses, fortifica-
tions, temples, etc., without numbiT. Tbey extend
into tlie eastern part of Mohave County.

Tbti rnins are plentiful around Williamson's Val-
ley, Walnut Creek, Camp Hualapai, Mount Hope,
and otber places. The most prominent are on tbe
Bummits of high mountains.

In Obino Valley, twenty milea north from Pres-
cott, are some interesting ruins, well worthy a visit
and thorough examination. Chino Valley is rich
and fertile, contains a few fine farms, and was no
doubt formerly a favorite locality tor the ancient race,
now unknown. The ruins extend for a long dis-
tance, in and aroiuid the valley, there being a series
of nearly a score in sight from almost any point in
the valley. The springs which water the valley were
long since used for irrigation, there being yet evi-
dences of them to be seen.

Within less than one hundred feet of Mr. Bang-
hai't's residence are a series of mins of stone bouses,
five in number, surrounded by a stone wall. The
eat'tb has accumulated around tbe wall and houses to
a depth of several feet since their destruction, which
was evidently tbe work of an enemy.

Mr. Banghart lias pirtially excavated one of tbeae

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ARIZONA.

buildings to a depth of five feet below the aiirfa(
The inner walls of the room were plastered, and t
walla were partly oE concrete and partly of stoii&fl
On the west side he found a number of large ollaa'"!
filled with what was evidently burned or charre^fl
beans and corn. Near the southeast coiTier he found'
portioiiB of three skeletons, one of a laige man, o
apparently of a woman, and the other of a child, a
near them a water olla. Tbey were evidently kill
iiisLile their' bniliiing while defending it. Mr. B. a
found nearly a dozen stone axes and hammers in e
cavating this room. The stone of which the \
and buildings were made was trachyte, and miial
have been brought from a volcanic mesa, about ouoj
mile to the west, where they are abundant.

One mile north of Mr. Banghart's is a very Iarge.1
stone building ou the summit of a hill, which was I
probably a temple or a fortress, also built of stone). I
an i the stone were square dressed.

In a canon yet a little further north are a teetfM
small cave dwellings of considerable interest, boK]
difficult of approach. In this canon the Verde I
takes its name, though there are some small tribatHn]
riea many miles to the southwest and west, and alo
the Verde, in its winding coui-ae of nearly one 1
dred and fifty miles, are continued evidences of t
work of the ancient people of the country.
^ A luge eoitlien vessel, pronoanced 0-fa.

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191

Four miles below Mr, Bjiiigh art's, and two iiiilea to
the north of tlie Hon. John H. Marion's sheep ranch,
is a Iiigli hill overlooking the Verde River, and a series
o£ ruins of stone houses, inclosed by a stone wall on
the south side, whieli in places is twenty feet high,
and twelve feet wide. The other aides of the hill are
abrupt and precipitous, and two to three hundred
feet perpendicular.

Three miles further to the east is one of the liigh-
est mountain peaks of the country, and its summit is
inclosed by three tiers of stone wall, a few hundred
feet apart. Old atone ruins of an extensive character
crown its summit, and here perhaps was a great tem-
ple for sun worship for many long years.

To the east of Prescott eighteen miles, in the'Agna
Fiio Valley, on the site of the present residence of
Mr. Nathan Bowers, there was a very large ruin of a-
stone building, which was one hundred and sixty feet
square. From the debris of this building, a Xat^q
double stone house, one smaller one, and much stone
wall have been erected, and there yet remains on one
side, a pile of debris four or five feet in height.

On the hills around are many other old stone ruins,
as well as on the summits of high mountains iu every
direction, and for long distances.

In the Verde Valley, forty miles east from Pi-escott,
dind extending up aud down that valley for long dis-
tances, are scores of stone ruins flimilar to those here-

192 ARIZONA.

tofore clesciibeil. They are fdund also in all the

tiguouit \alley8 of Beaver, Oak, and otber creeke,

the hills and the mountain auniinits, as elsewhere.

Opposite Camp Verde, a elioit half mile on th©'
eastern side of the river, ai'e many large stone ruins .1
on the bluffs overlooking the river, the walls of wbieb,
are etamling twenty to thirty feet high, and immense
quantities of broken pottery are strewn freely ovar
the ground. Two miles down the river, and a half
mile east of it, on a stretuh of table land elevated
above the river bottom one hundred feet or more, is
what was, as is supposed, an ancient burial ground.
It covers nearly one hundred acres of ground. The
graves were inclosed by stones placed in an obloDf
circular form, from two to six feet in diameter.

Beaver Creek enters the Verde River a half mil
above Camp Verde, coming in from the Dorthoastri
This eection of country is a limestone region, in wlu(A'
are some of the most interesting cave dwellings to be
found in Arizona. Beaver Creek is hemmed in much
of the distance for many miles, by abrupt, perpendic-
ular bluffs of limestone, in which are many interesl
ing old eave dwellings. They are mostly walled n
in front, and at a distance look like the natural ston;
bluffs. ,

In two of these caHons, some six miles up the creel
on the north side, are several caves some twenty
above the creek, iu two of which are perfect oiatei

CAVE DWELLINGS.

193

made of ceraent, and almost as bard as marble, and
as perfect as when made. On one of them are prints
of the hands of their makers, indented in the cement
while in a plastic state, and also the print of the tiny
hands of a small child, no doubt made by the little
one in childish glee and play. Though both man and
child have long aince passed away, and have been for-
gotten for unknown ages, the imprint of their hands
remain yet to tell a long forgotten story of the un-
known past. How long ago these imprints of the
little hand were made, none can teli, bnt there they
are full and fresh as when first made. The changes
of time, the warring of the elements, and tlie up-
heavals and commotions of mother earth, have failed
to impair or obliterate those hand pictures, and there
they will probably remain for ages to come, telling
their silent story of the long, long past.

Three miles below these caves are numerous others
in a high bluff on the north side of the creek. This
bluff is nearly or quite four hundred feet high, and is
almost perpendicular.

Tlie lai^est of the caves is ninety feet across in
front, walled up to its very top, a distance of over
fifty feet, and diflScult and dangerous to enter, as the
opening ia nearly one hundred feet above the base of
the cliff. The debris from the cave is piled up
against the foot of the perpendicular wall rock for
nearly one hundred feet-, from which point explorers

194 ARIZONA.

must climb the face of tlie vertical wall rock nearly
the same distance to reach the opening to the cave.
This must be done by clinging to poles and jutting
points of rock, and occasionally obtaining an inse-
cure foot-bold but a few inches wide.

When once in the c:ive, it ia found to be divided
into many rooms. The extreme height is fifty to
seventy-five feet, as Dear as one can judge. The wsH
iu front is laid in mortar, or cement, and near its up*^
permost part are two port holes, from whence
dwellers within eaald obtain a view of the country
for a great distance around. But few whites have
ever succeeded in exploring this cave, and it took ua
several hours to accomplish the feat in safety. Whi
first explored tliere were found in it a few atone axi
metiits, and other stone implements.

Continuing on to the northeast from Prescott, for
two hundred miles, there are scores and hundreds of
other ruins, and hieroglyph ical paintings, extendii^_j
to the Zufli Village heretofore described.

From what has been written descriptive of a E&w''
of the many hundreds of ruins found in Arizona,
intelligent reader will readily concur in the opiuit
that sometime in the long distant past, a nnmerooB
race of a semi-civilized people lived and occupied
most of Arizona, a race far antedating the present
Indians, and far superior to them in industry and in-
telligence, and possessed of a good degree of patient

for
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Alt C IE NT RUINS, 195

»
resolve, and of untiring perseverance. They must

have been tillers of the soil, and peaceable and quiet
in their habits. Their implements of stone were vsrell
formed, and must have required great patience and
long continued toil in their manufacture, as most of
them were of volcanic and other hard rock. BuJb few
insignificant implements of the war and chase have
ever been discovered in or around their ruins, from
which fact the inference is drawn that they were a
peaceable and quiet race, more inclined to the pur-
suits of peace than of war.

To the present time, not one of the old ruins has
been fully excavated or explored. This is to be re-
gretted, as much of an interesting and instructive
character might be discovered, which perhaps might
lead to some definite knowledge of the builders, as
to what race they belonged, the time when they oc-
cupied the country, and their probable fate.

It is to be hoped that an official or private explora-
tion will soon be made of these most interesting ruins,
which might result in the obtaining of some such
definite information respecting the ruins and their
makers, — of the interesting people who once tilled
the rich soil of Arizona, and roamed through its
mountains.

CHAPTER XV.

SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION.

TT will be interesting and important for those de-
siring to locate in Arizona to know that the Leg-
islature of the Territoi-y has enacted a good school,
law, patterned after the best of the States east and
west. This law is intended to give to every child in
the Territory a thorough common-school education.

The Hon. A. P. K. Safford, and other leading
gentlemen of the Territory, have worked long and
faithfully to inaugurate a good common-school system
on a broad and permanent basis, equal in all respects
to that of the older States and Territories. The sys-
tem is now well established, and with a few neces-
sary amendments will no doubt be eminently success-
ful. Schools have been successfully established in
most of the towns in the Territory, and good and
competent teachers employed who are having excel-
lent success.

Several Catholic schools are also firmly established
at different localities.

In Yuma County there are two public schools, one

SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION.

197

at Yuma and one at Ebrenburg, and also one Catho-
lic Buhoo! at Yuma, under the charge of the Sisters
of St. Joseph, which is quite successful. The Yuma
public school employs two good teiichei-s, and has an
attendance of over one hundred schulars. That at
Elireubui^ has but one teacher, and some twenty
scholars.

In Mohave County there is one school at Mineral
Park, with one teacher and twenty scholars.

At Cerbat there is a small school a portion of the
time, and at Greenwood and HackbeiTy some ar-
i-angements are being made for schools.

Yavapai Countyis quite well supplied with schools
at all points where there are a dozen or more scholars.
Frescott has the model school-huuse and school of the
Territory. A new brick school-house was erected the
past year at a cost of twelve thousand dollai-s, hav-
ing all the modern improvements. It is capable of
accommodating three hundred pupils, and nearly
that number now attend. Professor M. H. Sher-
man, an accomplished teacher, formerly from Wash-
ington County, New York, is principal, and is as-
sisted by a good corps of teachers.

At Williamson Valley, twenty miles west of Prea-
cott, they have a school of thirty scholars and a com-
Detcnt teacher.

At Walnut Creek is another good seliool with
some twenty acholars, forty miles west of Presoott.

At the Verde Settlement, forty miles east :
Prescott, is a good school of twenty scholars.

At Walnut Grove, ou the Hassayampa, thirtyl
miles south from Prescott, a school diatrict has heeaj
organized with some thirty Bcholars.

At Chino Valley, Kirkland Valley, and Peeple'ft ]
Valley, schools are already, or soon will be, estabr J
lished. Also at Wickenbnrg, in the extreme fioutb- J
west part of the county.

On the Chiqiiito Colorado there are several aettle-l
ments where arrangements are l>eing made to estabiii I
lish schools, which will ere long be in successful opeiv 1
ation.

In Maricopa Connty there is a good school at Ph(8«l
nix, of over forty scholars, and arrangements are bek^.l
ing made to organize several others in Salt Valley tut |
convenient points.

At Phoenix, in Pinal Comity, they have a school of I
some thirty scholars, and a competent teacher ; also a 1
comfortable school-hotise lately put in good repair.

There is a firat class public school at Tucson, ia i
Pima County, with several excellent teachers and an j
attendance of two hundred scholars. A good school- ]
house has been erected at Tucson, mainly through
the efforts of ladies of the town, to whom much *
credit is due. There is a large and well attended ,
Catholic school here with an attendance of nearly
two hundred, under the chaise of the Sisters of St.

SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION. 199

Joseph, who are having good success. They are
doing much to advance the cause of education within
the church.

At Tres Alimos, on the San Pedro River, fifty
miles east from Tucson, and at Saflford, in the Pueblo
Viejo Valley, one hundred and fifty miles northeast of
Tucson, schools have already been organized, or soon
will be. At each of these places there are twenty or
more scholars.

Some effort has been made at various times to
establish schools at the different Indian agencies.
While the Papago Indians were under the charge
of Bishop Salpointe, a school was started there by
four of the Sisters of St. Joseph, and quite a number
of the Papago children attended, and were making
good progress, especially in writing and dmwing, for
which they seemed to have a natural taste. The
school is now closed.

At the San Carlos agency, arrangements were made,
a year or more since, to establish a school, but with
what success is unknown.

At the Gila River Reservation a school was estab-
lished for the Pima and Maricopa children, and
several favorable reports have been made of suc-
cess.

TT ia admitted by all, that rai!roa:ds are tlie great
civilizera of the nineteenth century. This being
the case, it is important to know what the prospi
are for railroads in and through Arizona. One i
the principal objections to iminigmtion to Arizoni
and one that Lii3 for yeai's retarded its progress, baj
been its isolation, and a want of cheap and rapiq
communication through its borders, and with
outside world. Though there are several excellent
stiige lines, which have been of great benefit to tlie
Territory, and accomplished all that the beat of s
lines could do, they have not filled the want, whte
can only be supplied by railroads. The subject I
railroad building ia therefore of vital intei-est \
the people of the Territory, as well as to the peopi
of the whole Union, for when Arizona's wondroiii
mineral wealth is developed, all will be benefited.

There are two great trans-continental line
road projected and surveyed through Arizona. Om
■ of them is on the thirty-second parallel, and cont

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201

monly known as the Texas Pacific Railroad route.
This railroad would enter Arizona from the east,
either north or south of the Steins Peak range of
mountains, near the eastern line of the San Simon
Valley, follow down the Gila River, or make a detour
to the south via Tucson, and thence down the valley
of the Gila from Florence to Yuma, and thence west
to San Diego on the Pacific Ocean, where there ia
one of the finest bays on tlie Pacific coast ; a bay
easy of entrance and perfectly secure at all times.
The eastern connections of the Texas Pacific would
be with the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas RaiU'oad ; the
International and Great Northern Railroad ; the St,
Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad ; and with numer-
ous other lines to all parts of the Mississippi Valley,
the Atlantic sea-board, and the Gulf of Mexico. The
Texas Pacific is now completed to Foit Worth, Texas,
and work ia prt^easing at Yuma, San Diego, and
other points along the line of route. The history of
this railroad route is well known to the public and
need not be repeated. As to its necessity, none can
doubt. When completed, it will open up Arizona,
New Mexico, and Western Texas ; will be free from
snow blockades, and will shorten the distance and
time across the continent, and become a popular and
favorite national railroad.

Another trans-continental railroad route, is the
Atlantic and Pacific, or thirty-fifth parallel route.

202 ARIZONA.

This railroad wohIiI enter Arizona at or
Zuni ViUiige, nearly west from Santa F^,
the north of Prescott, the Colorado River at or near
the Needles belowCamp Mohave, intersect the South-
ern Pacific Railroad at or near Indian Wells on tha
Colorado desert, and thence be run on the Sonthei
Pacific Railroad track, or on a route of its own,
Los Angelea, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, and otli(
cities on the Pacific coast. Tliis railroad would raabs'
connections at St. Lonia with all railroads from thi^'
point, north, east, and south.

Both of these great trans-continontal routes would
open and develop a wide extent of coiintry through
which they pass, could be worked at all times of the
year, wonld shorten the time and distance across tha
continent, would cheapen the cost of travel and trans-
portation, and would add much to the production cf
mining, agriculture, and grazing wealth.

The Southern Pacific Railroad of California, which
is destined to be of immense benefit to Arizona,
has been completed to Indian Wells for some months,
a distance of less than 150 miles from the Colorado
River, and, work being prosecuted with vigor, will be
completed to Yuma before July of the present year.
Owing to railroad complications at Washington, the
public are not informed as to the route the road wlU
take from Yuma, nor other cirGumstances connected
with it. It will soon become the great connect]]

or near th4^^|

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link between Arizona and San Francisco. This rail-
road lias been pushed forward with the same energy
and skill that made the Central and Union Pacific
railroads memorable, is deserving of, and will surely
attain success.

Several other railroads are projected in Hie Terri-
tory, one of which will be a most important one. and
articles of incorporation have been filed in the office
of the Secretary of the Territory. This is the Pres-
cott, Phcenix, Tneson, and Soiiora Railroad. It is
intended to connect with a niilrnad from Guaymaa on
* the Gulf of California through Sonora to the sontliem
line of Arizona, for which a concession has been ob-
talni?d from the Mexican Government, and the state
of Sonora.

The Utah Southern Railroatl is of much interest
to Arizona, and is now completed from Salt Lake
City to Nephi, 120 miles south of Salt Lake. From
Nepbi to Prescott, Arizona, is less than .500 miles,
and when completed to Prescott, will make direct
connections with the Central and Union Pacific Rail-
roads at Ogden, and give Northern Arizona a direct
outlet in that direction.

The Atchison, Topeka. and Santa F^ Railroad is
being pushed forward with commendable energy, and
in a few years will open another railroad outlet for
Prescott and Northern Arizona.

Two great stage lines have been hi operation in

204 ARIZONA.

Arizona for many years, and several minor o

Lorseback post routes.

The Southern Pacific Mail Line, owned by Messrs.
Kevens & Mitchell, extends from San Diego, oq the
Pacific Ocean, to Mesilla, New Mexico, on the Rio
Grande Kiver, a distance of 850 miles, at wMch point
it makes eonnections with other lines running to dif-
ferent cities and railroads east.

This great stage line enters Arizona on the west, at
Tnma, and on the east at the Steins Peak Moun-
tains, fifteen miles east from Apache Pass. It is a
tri-weekly route, and is made in eight days from San
Diego to Mesilla. The line is well stocked with
horses, Concord coaches, and closed buckboard car-
riages. Good Concord coaches are run over most of
the 1-0 ute.

The coaches are run promptly on the schedule
time prescribed by the Government. The proprie-
tors, superintendents, and employees, on the route,
are well informed, affable, and attentive to every
duty, and, as a consequence, travel and transportation
over the route has much increased the past two years.
It is a very popular route, and well patronized.

TheCalifornia and Arizona Stjige Line is the other
great stage line of Arizona. The line now connects
with the Southern Pacific Railroad at Indian Wells,
runs thence to Ehrenburg on the Colorado River,
thence to Wickenburg, from whence the main line

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205

runs to Prescott and intermediate stations, and a
branch line to Phosnix and Florence, where it inter-
secta the Sonthern Pacific Mail line before mentioned.
Both the main and branch lines are tri-weekly. An
effort is now being made to make the main line from
Prescott to the railroad a daily route, with prospects
of success.

Another route, run by the California and Arizona
Stage Company, is a weekly, from Prescott via Min-
eral Park and Cerbnt to Hardyville, on the Colorado
River. Petitions have been forwarded to increase this
to a trt-weekly route. Tlie officei-s of the California
and Arizona Stage Company are Mr. James Stewart,
President, and Dr. .T. H. Pierson, Secretary. Messrs.
Thomas and Nichols, Superintendents, are both good
men, and employ none but first class drivers.

The two stage companies above mentioned have,
for many years, kept up their several lines under the
greatest difficulties imnginable, and with hardly a
day's interruption. During the long years of the
Indian wars, their coaches were often attacked by
the savage foe, coaches rifled and burned, stock killed
or driven off, employees murdered, and great pecu-
niarj' damage sustained in addition to loss of life, yet,
through all these difficulties and dangers, they, with
indomitable will and courage, fulfilled their obliga-
tions to the government and people, kept np their
several lines, and are deserving the thanks and grati-
tude of all in Arizona.

206 ARIZONA.

Tlieee two atage companies employ four hundn
' horses, one hundrect men, und fifty coaches.

There is a weekly stage line from Tucson, runninf
Bouth into the Mexican state of Sonora,, and thei
to Guayraas on the Gulf of CaUfornia.

A tri-weekly stage line runs from Phosnix to Gam
McDowell, thirty-five miles. Another one runs f
Phteiiix to Maricopa Wells, connecting the two 1
described main lines — the distance is thirty i

A weekly stage line runs from Prescott, via t
Cliiquito Colorado and Camp Wingate, to i
in New Mexico. This will soon be made a tri-weel
route.

A horseback mail route is run fi'om Camp Granj
via old Camp Goodwin and Safford, to the Clifte
Copper Minea. At Camp Goodwin it is intersects
by a military post rider, who takes the mail via i
Carlos to Camp Apache. From Camp Apache,
military post route runs north to the Chiqiiito (
orado, connecting with the line from Prescott (
Santa F^.

Another horseback mail route runs from Yum
via Castle Dome, Ehrenburg, Colorado River Rese
vation, Aubrey, and Camp Mohave, to Hardyville.

Another one runs from Cerbat and Mineral 1
via Stone's Ferry of the Colorado River, to Pioc
Nevada.

Another route has lately been established whi

POST ROUTES. 207

supplies Greenwood, McCracken, the settlements on
the Sandy Creek, and a few other places.

Another horseback route is from Prescott, via the
Peck Mine, Bradshaw, and Walnut Grove, to Wick-
enburg.

The great increase in population, the springing up
of niunerous and successful mining towns and camps,
demand increased mail facilities in different parts of
the Territory, which requires constant attention on
the part of the present efficient Delegate in Congress,
and which he is ever willing to give.

CHAPTER XVIL

COLOBADO STEAM NAVIGATIOK COMPANY,

rpmS is the only line of steamers running to Ari-
zona. It is intimately connected with the his-
tory and prosperity of the country, has done much
to build it up, for many long years supplied most of
the wants of both the citizens and the military, and
is justly deserving of a longer and more extended
notice than can be given in these pages.

In 1852 Captains George A. Johnson, B. M.
Hartshorne, and A. H. Wilcox organized a company
under the firm name of George A. Johnson & Co.,

for the purpose of transporting passengers and freight
to and from San Francisco, Cal., and the Colorado
River in Arizona, stopping at the Mexican ports of
La Paz, Mazatlan, and Guaymas. They first em-
ployed sail vessels on the ocean, and in July, 1871,
they put on their first ocean steamer, which was soon
after increased to two. Some years subsequent to
its first organization, the company was incorporated
under the laws of California, under the name it now
bears.

COLORADO STEAM NAVIGATION CO. 209

One of the ocean steamers leaves San Francisco
every twenty days, running to the head of the Gulf
of California, a distance from San Francisco of nine-
teen hundred miles. At the head of the gulf the
passengers and freight are transshipped to four river
steamers, and taken thence up the Colorado River to
Yuma, one hundred and seventy-five miles, and
thence portions are taken up the river to their sev-
eral destinations, The river steamers make regular
trips to Hardyville, three hundred and thirty-seven
miles above Yuma, and five hundred and thirteen
miles above the mouth of the river.

The Company have now four river steamers of four
hundred tons each, and four barges of eight hundred
tons.

The river steamers are the Mohave^ Gila^ Cocopah^
and Colorado. Captains : J. A. Mellen, William
Poole, S. Thorn, and A. D. Johnson. The ocean
steamers were the Newlern^ Capt. William Metzger,
and the Montana^ Capt. George M. Douglass. The
Newlern was burned at sea in December last, the
only serious calamity that has happened to the Com-
pany since its organization. The Newhern will be
replaced with a new boat.

The officers of the Company are as follows : —

President, B. M. Hartshorne, San Francisco.
General Agent, John Birmingham, San Francisco
Superintendent, Isaac Polhemus, Jr., Yuma.

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Tiimn Agent, A. J. Finlay.

Elirenbut^ Agent, P. M, Fisher.

Mazatlan Agent, Seiior Kelton.

La Phz Agent, Sunor Viosco.

Guaymas Ageat, St'ilor Willard.

General office, 10 Market St., San Francisco, California, I
This Company have occupied a position, in sup-
plying the neceasities of the Territory, which could
not have been filled in any other manner. For many
years the citizens and military o£ Arizona have re-
ceived almost all their supplies of provisions, goods,
machinery, arms, etc., etc., through the medinm of
this Company, and could have obtained them in no
other way.

The amount of freight brought to Yuma, In the

y§ar 1875, was over four thousand five hundred tons.

The amount of freight shipped from Yuma was ; —

Minernl Ores I,(

Wuol

Gencrnl Merchnndi^c 60 tons.

No. orHidaa 6,170

No. of Pelts 1,400

Way Freight 1,440 toas.

Also a large amnimt of bullion and other articl
The amount received and shipped during the j
1876 is not yet repoi-ted.

The Company have a good ship-yard on the SonOj
side of the Gulf of Ciilifornia, where their
steamers were constructed, and where their rep
are made.

CHAPTEE xym.

NEWSPAPERS,

rpHERE are four newspapers in Arizona, one of
which is daily and weekly ; the others are
weekly. They are the " Miner," daily and weekly;
the " Citizen," " Sentinel," and " Enterprise."

The " Miner " was first issued March 9, 1864, by
the Hon. John H. Marion, one of its present owners
and editors. Mr. Marion published it until March,
1875, when he sold it to T. J. Butler, Esq., who re-
sold it to Messrs. Marion & Beach, the present
proprietors and editors, in December, 1876. The
" Miner " has the largest circulation of any paper in
the Territory, has ever been ably edited, and haa
done much to build up the interests of the Territory,
and especially of the northern part. It is published
daily and weekly at Prescott.

The " Citizen," a weekly, is edited and published by
John Wasson, Esq., at Tucson. Mr. Wasson started
the " Citizen" some six years since, and through its
columns has done much for Southern Arizona. The

" Citi;

second in circulation,
supplied with interesting Voca.^

) well edited and

212 ARIZONA.

The " Enterprise," a weekly, is published at Pres-
cott, by C. F. Mitchell, Esq., a printer of much ex-
perience, and is edited by Messrs. J. W. Leonard and
C. F. Mitchell. It is a neat, spicy sheet, and bound
to succeed under the present able management.

The ** Sentinel " is located at Yuma. It has been
published for several years by Judge Wm. J. Berry,
an able editor, who lately sold it to George E. Tyng,
Esq., its present enterprising editor. It has a good
circulation, is the special shipping paper of the Ter-
ritory, and devoted to the interests and prosperity of
Yuma County.

Of the four papers, the " Miner " is independent in
politics, the "Enterprise" is Democratic, the "Citi-
zen " Republican, and the " Sentinel " independent.

Arrangements are being made to start a Demo-
cratic paper at Tucson. Phoenix and Florence are
both in hopes of having each a paper at no distant
day.

CHAPTER XIX.

TM.EGBAPHS.

rpHE present telegraphic lines have all been built
by the Military and Signal Service Depart-
ments.

The main line is from San Diego, California, to
Yuma, and thence to Maricopa Wells, Phoenix,
Florence, Tucson, Prescott, Wickenburg, Camps
Whipple, Verde, McDowell, Lowell, Grant, Apache,
Bowie, and other points.

From Camp Apache a line is now being con-
structed, via Camp Wingate, to Santa F^, New
Mexico.

These lines are all under the charge and superin-
tendency of Lieutenant Read, who is a most efficient
gentleman, and well qualified for his important posi-
tion.

The total length of the telegraph lines in the
Territory will approximate to one thousand miles.

The citizens, and particularly the military of the
country, have been greatly benefited by their con-
struction. The charges for transmission of news are

214 ARIZONA.

very moderate, less than the charges on the gi'eat
incorporated telegraph lines of the States east. This
fact, together with their good management, the care,
promptness, and order, with which they are con-
ducted, gives eminent satisfaction to all classes of
people.

CHAPTER XX.

MHJTABX, AND MILITAKY POSTS.

rriHERE are ten military posts belonging to the
Department of Arizona, commanded by Colonel
August V. Kautz, Colonel of tbe Eighth U. S. Infan-
try, Brevet Major-genenil, U. S. A.

Fort Whipple, Department Headquarters, ia one
mile north from Preseott, in latitude 34° 30' north,
and longitude 35° 80^ west from Washington.

Fort Whipple was first located at Chiiio Valley,
twenty-two miles north from Preseott, in 1863, and
removed to its present site in 1866. Capacity of the
fort, two companies of cavalry, and one of infantry.
Altitude six thousand feet. Commandant of Post,
Lieutenant-colonel J. D. Wilkins of the Eighth In-
fantry.

Camp Verde is in the Verde Valley, forty-two
miles nearly east from Prencott. Camp established in
1864. Altitude 3,500 feet. Latitude 34° 34' north,
longitude 35" west from Washington. Capacity four
companies. Commandant, Capbtin George M. Bray-
ton, Eighth Infantry. Company B of Indian Scouts,

and scout, is^H

216 AniZONA.

forty strong, with Al. Seiber, guide i
attached to Camp Verde.

Camp McDowell is thirty-five miles east from
Phi£iHx, n two company post, situated in latitude
33° 40' north, longitude 34° 40' west from Wiishing-
ton. Commandant, Captain Augustus W. Corliss, d
Eighth Infantry,

Camp Mohave is on the Colorado River, 325 miles
above Ynnia, and ten below Hardyville, in latitude
35° 24' north, longitude 37° 35' west from Washing-
ton. Established in 1858. Capacity, three com-
panies. It is a pleasant and agreeable post, on a
high bank overlooking the Colorado River, and about
one hundred and ninety miles nearly west from Preil- ■
cott. Commandant, Major Henry R. Mizner.

Camp Lowell ia on the Rillito ' Creek, six milec
east from Tucson. Capacity, four companies.
tude 32" 12' north, longitude 33° 52' west. Altitud(
2,200 feet. Commandant, Captain John N. An-^
drews. Eighth Infantry.

Camp Bowie was established in 1863, and i
many years it was one of the most important poBfaj^jl
in the Territory, being surrounded by hostile Indiai)B>^
It is in the noted Apache P;is3, one hundred mil««fl
east from Tucson. Latitude 32° 41' north, longitudt
82° 25' 80" west. Capacity, three companies. Com^^-fl
mandant, Captain Curwen B. McLellan of the Sixth.'B
Cavalry.

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MILITARY POSTS. 217

Camp Apacba ia in the White Mountain country,
well towards the eoat line of the Territory, an isolated
post, but one of the most pleasant on the continent.
It is on the south bank of White River, which is well
stocked with mountain trout, and in a section of
country abounding in bear, deer, and wild turkeys.
Altitude about 6,000 feet. Commandant, Captiun
Frederick D. Ogilby of the Eighth Infantry. Car
pacity four companies.

Camp Grant, headquarters and band of the Sixth
Cavalry, is located at the base of Mount Graham,
in latitude S2° 48' north, longitude 32° SS' west. Ca-
pacity three companies. Commandant, Major Charles
E. Compton, Sixth Cavalry.

Fort Yuma is on the California side of the Colo-
rado River, opposite Yuma, It is on a bluff one
hundred feet above the river, having an altitude of
260 feet. Latitude 32° 23' north, longitude 37° 36'
west. Capacity three companies. Commandant, Ma-
jor Thomas S. Dunn of the Eighth Infantry.

Camp Thomas is a new post, on the Gila Kiver,
near old Camp Goodwin. One company is stationed
here uuder the command of Captain C. M. Baily,
Eighth Infantry.

Company A, Indian Scouts, is posted at Camp
Apache, and Company C at Camp Bowie.

In addition to the regular posts, there ai'e four
supply depots belonging to the Department of Ari-
zona, as follows : — i

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San Diego, California, Ordnance Stores, under tin
charge of Sergeant Michael Donovan.

Whipple Depot, in charge of Ciiptaln John Simp
son, A. Q. M., AsBiBtant Depot Quartermaster.

Yuma Depot, in cliarge of Captain George WJ
Bradley, Depot Quartermaster.

ESivenbui^ Depot, in charge of Second Lieutenaui
A. G. Tasain, A. A. Q. M. and A. C. S.

The officers of the Military Department of Arizom
are good and true men, and will compare favorably*
with those in any other department. The character
of most of them ia above reproach, and in this respect
the Commandant of the Department sets an example
to liis inferioi-s worthy of imitation.

The officers not specially named as commandanttj

of the several military posts are as follows : —

Coloiiol AucjuBt V. Kautz, Eigttli Infantrj, Brevet Majot

general U. S. Army, Commanding the De[>artment.

Personal Staff",
First Lieutenant P. A. Wliitney, Eighlh Infantrj-, Aid-de-c:
First Lieutenant K. D. Thomas, Fifth Cavalry, Aid-de-cui

and En, OHice-r.
First Lieutenant G, S. Anderson, Sisth Cavalry, Aid-dM

Department Staff.
Major Jamea P. Martin, Assistant Adjutant-general, Prescol

A. T.
First Lieutenant Thomas Wilhulm, Adjutant Eighth Infanb:

Acting Assistant Adjutant-geneml, Frescott, A. T.

MILITARY. 219

Major James Biddle, Sixth Cavalry, Acting Assistant Inspec-
tor-general, Prescott, A. T.

Major C. A. Reynolds, Q. M., Chief Quartermaster, Prescott,
A. T.

Captain Thomas Wilson, Com. of Sub., Chief Commissary of
Sul)sistence, Prescott, A. T.

Surgeon James C. McKee, Medical Director, Prescott, A. T.

Major Rodney Smith, Paymaster U. S. A., Chief Paymaster,
Prescott, A. T.

Quart€iinaster*s Department.

Captain George W. Bradley, A. Q. M., Depot Quartermaster,
Yuma, A. T.

Captain G. C. Smith, A. Q. M., Post Quartermaster, Camp
Grant, A. T.

Captain James H. Lord, A. Q. M., Disbursing Officer, Tucson,
A. T.

Captain John Simpson, A. Q. M., Assistant Depot Quartermas-
ter, Whipple, A. T.

Medical Department.

Assistant Surgeon Henry M. Cronkhite, Post Surgeon, Camp

Verde, A. T.
Assistant Surgeon Leonard Y. Loring, Post Surgeon, Fort

Yuma, Cal.
Assistant Surgeon J. C. Worthington, Post Surgeon, Fort

Whipple, A. T.
Assistant Surgeon Walter Reed, Post Surgeon, Camp Lowell,

A. T.
Assistant Surgeon J. dc B. W. Gardiner, Post Surgeon, Camp

Apache, A. T.
Assistant Surgeon R. L. Rosson, Post Surgeon, Camp Grant,

A. T.

220 ARIZONA.

Assistant Surgeon H. 6. Burton, Post Surgeon, Gamp Bowie,
A. T.

Pay Department,

Major James R. Roche, Paymaster, Tucson, A. T.
Major AVilliam M. Maynadier, Paymaster, Yuma, A. T.

Post Chaplains,

Alexander Gilmore, Fort Whipple, A T.
Preston Nash, Camp Lowell, A. T.

CHAPTER XXI.

-WILD AKIUALS, BIRDS, FISH, ETO.

riiHE most common mid animals of Arizona are
the bear, elk, deer, antelope, wild goat, cougar
or California lion, wolf, fox, wild cat, prairlo dog,
hare, rabbit, skunk, squirrel, beaver, mink, muskrat,
etc., etc.

The difEerent varieties of bear are tbe cinnamon,
brown, black, and now and then a grizzly. The
first three kinds are very numerous in all the moun-
tainous parts of the country. The cinnamon bear ia
nearly as large as the grizzly bear, and a tough cus-
tomer for a solitary hunter to meet-
Elk are abundant in the region of the San Fran-
cisco, Bill Williams, and some portions of the White
Mountains. They are generiiUy lai'ge and in good
condition.

There are three kinds of deer, all of which are very
abundant in the mountains and foot hills. One kind
is the white-tailed deer, common to the Northwestern
States. A second kind is the common black-tailed
deer of the Rocky and Sierra Nevada mountains. A
third ia also a black-tailed deer, biit much larger, ap-

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ARIZONA.
i elk, and

commonly calle^^H

proximating in size to the
the buiTO deer.

Antelopes are very abundant in the valleys and
plains bordering the foot hills of the mountains.

The wild goat, or Rocky Mountain sheep, is quite
plentiful in some of the mountainous districts, but a
they are very timid at the approach of civilizatioi
will, in a few years, become exterminated.

Cougars, or California lions, are not very numerout
but are occasionally found in the rocky fastnesses t
the mountains.

The large gray wolf is occasionally found, but n
in large numbers. The common coyote wolf is fouiH
evei-j'where in great numbers. They ;
sneaking, ill-looking animal, without the bravery i
attack a man, unless in large packs, and in a starvi
condition, .

Foxes of different kinds are found only in sma]
numbers.

Several varieties of the wild cat are found,
among the number, a curious and interesting i
somewhat resembling the civet cat of India.

Prairie dogs are not numerous, and are found i
the largest numbers in the northern part of the S
phur Springs Valley, both north anil south froril
Camp Grant.

Hares and rabbits are numerous over the whol^j
of the Territory.

ANIMALS AND BIRDS.

223

The skunk and squirrels of different kinds are
found in limited numbers in all sections.

Beaver, miuk, and a few other fur-bearing animals
.ire found to some extent in most of the rivers and
mountain streams. Their furs are not as valuable aa
further north.

Other kinds of animals of rare species are occa-
sionally found, but not in lai^e numbers.

The most common of the birds of Arizona are •
eagles, wild turkeys, grouse, quail, mocking birds,
pelicans, herons, sand-hill cranes, wild geese, brant,
wild ducks, wild pigeons, turtle doves, robins, blue
jays, larks, and a great variety of smaller birds, and
numerous quantities of vultures, hawks, crows, rav-
ens, etc., etc.

Eagles are found in the higher mountains. Wild
turkeys are found in mountainous districts, but more
abundantly in the northern and ejistern portions of
tlie Territory, Many of them are of great size,
often weighing forty or more pounds. They are al-
ways ill good condition.

Grouse are only found in a few mountainous dis-
tricts, and then in small numbers.

There are three varieties of quail, some of which
are very numeTous. One variety is similar to the
Bob White qnail of the eastern slope, and the two
others are similar to the top-knot quail of California,
out one is much lai'ger.

224 ARIZONA.

The mocking-bird^ is quite numerous in most parts
of the Territory. Its notes, both in the wild and
tame state, rival those of all others of the feathered
songsters.

Pelicans, herons of different kinds, sand-hill cranes
(called in Arizona the Colorado turkey), wild geese,
brant, and ducks, are found in large numbers along the
great rivers, and geese and ducks elsewhere in lakes,
ponds, and mountain streams.

Most of the other birds, large and small, are found
generally throughout the Territoiy.

The chaparral cock, or California road runner, is
found generally through the Territory. It is a tall,
slender bird, weighing about one pound, is a fast
runner, and does not fly to any distance. Wonderful
stories are told of its fights with the rattlesnake,
which it is said to surround with branches of cactus
to prevent its getting away, and then kill it by con-
tinued and persistent attacks.

There is also a small bird, no larger than the wren,
which is called the rattlesnake-killer, and which it is
asserted pursues the same tactics as the road runner
in the destruction of the rattlesnake.

Many fine specimens of the birds of Arizona, with
a description of their habits, etc., can be seen in the
Smithsonian Institute at Washington.

The varieties of fish in Arizona are not numerous,
although the streams are well stocked.

1 Turdvu^ poli/glottus ot Lmnseus.

FISH. 225

In the Colorado and Gila rivers are large quanti-
ties of what are called the Colorado and Gila River
salmon, an excellent fish, but quiie different from the
salmon of California and Oregon, more resembling
the cod of the Atlantic Coast. Varieties of the bass
and perch are also abundant. The mountain streams
have smaller fish, but similar to those of the large
rivers, and in the upper branches of Salt River, the
White and Black rivers and their tributaries, are
large quantities of the mountain trout, where the ad-
mirers of Isaak Walton can find rare sport and en-
joyment seldom surpassed.

CHAPTER XXIL

REPTILES, VENOMOUS INSECTS, BTO.

"DEPTILES and venomous insects are not as nu-
^^ merous in the Territory as has been generally
reported, and instances of serious results from bites
or stings are very rare.

There are three varieties of the rattlesnake, one
being the large black rattlesnake usually found in the
rocky gorges of the mountains. Another kind is the
large yellow rattlesnake found in lowlands, and on
the sandy plains. These two kinds are from three to
five feet in length. Another kind, called the side
wiper, from its peculiar habit of locomotion sideways,
instead of ahead, is found through most of the valleys
and plains, and is from two to three feet in length.
It is quite spiteful, active, and venomous.

There are many varieties of the saurian lizard
species, resembling those found on the continent else-
where. There is one variety, however, peculiar to
Arizona, found principally in the Gila River valley,
and locally known as the Gila monster.

It is from fifteen to thirty inches long, a dull,

VENOMOUS INSECTS, ETC, 227

filthy looking reptile, with black mouth and tongue,
seemingly harmless and inoffensive. The Indians,
however, say that its breath will cause one to die, but
this is perhaps apocryphal.

The tarantula, which is a large black spider, the
Lycosa tarantula^ is found in moderate numbers in
all the warmer portions of the Territory. Its bite is
not as dangerous as generally supposed, though it is
quite poisonous and painful.

The centipede, of the genus Scolopendra, is found in
the tropical valleys of the Territory, where they often
are four to six inches long. When they crawl over
the flesh of a person, it causes a stinging, smarting
sensation, quite painful, and in sensitive parts of the
body would be somewhat dangerous.

The scorpion is found in limited quantities, and its
sting is painful but not necessarily dangerous.

Turtles are found along the Colorado and Gila
rivers of considerable size, sometimes twenty inches
across. Their flesh is quite palatable.

The tarantula bug is about the size of a humming-
bird, and is so named from its tenacity in the destruc-
tion of the tarantula and its nest and eggs.

The common house-fly, MuBca domestica^ is numer-
ous in all {)arts of the Territory, and a great nui-
sance.

For about two months before the summer rainy
season, some of the mountain districts swarm with

228 ARIZONA.

large, venomous flies, which are extremely irritating
to horses and cattle.

There are many kinds of bugs, insects, etc., much
too numerous to mention, and of no particular inter-
est to the common reader.

CHAPTER XXm.

NATUEAL OUBIOSITIES. — GRAHD SCENBaY, ETO.

\ MINUTE and full description of the grand
-^^ Bcenei'j, and wonderful natural curiosities of
Arizona, would fill volumes, and would be of exceed-
ing interest to all who love to read descriptions of
nature's works, or who delight in nature's wonderful
doaiain. But few of these can be described in this
work, and tbey in a brief manner only.

There are numerous caiiona in the Territory, of
great depth and extent. These arc deep gorges,
worn out by the erosion of running water, during the
countless ages of the unknown past. They are grand
and sublime to the liigheat degree. They are often
many miles long, with abrupt and i>recipitoua wall
rw;ks on either side, thousands of feet in height.

The Grand Canon of the Colorado, which is in
Northern Arizona, is three hundred miles in length,
and there are but few places in the whole distance
where men can enter or emerge from its wonderful
depths. This cailou has been worn through the bard
granite, limestone, slate, trachyte, and other baid

>e explored l^^^|
:l)erii Ut^li, iB'^l

rocka, to a gi-eat depth. It Ciio only be e
cnteriAg it from its upper end, Id Soiitlierii 1
boats prepared for the purpose, as did Major Powell
and party in 1860, and tlieQ it is a most dangerous
iinderhiking, fraught \rith a thousand dangers to life
and limb. This grand canon has no equal in the
world, and when once seen can never be forgotten.
For grandeur and sublimity, it has never been ck-
celled by nature in her wildest moods. The deaci-ip-
tion given of it by Major Powell, of the many scenes
and incidents which occuiTed during the passage
through its wonderful recesses, of the dangers to be
overcome, as day by day tiiey floated down with the
rapid current of the Colorado, the falls and whirlpo(
met with, and overcome by almost superhuman t
ergy and determination, the narrow escapes
death, and the many dangers encountered, — it is a
oC the most thrilling character. For a full descriptiel
the reader is referred to Powell's reports to the I
partment at Washington. Entering the Gra
CaRon at many different points, are lateral caBo;
equal height as tlie main one, some of which are
narrow, it would seem that one could leap from s
to side across the chasm. That of the Chiquito (
orado is the largest of the lateral onea.

In passing down the Colorado, after emer^
from the Grand Canon, several others are met v
of from £ve to twenty miles in length, and of gw
interest to the explorer.

GRAND SCENERY.

231

From Stone's Ferry of the Colorado River, wbich
is G40 miles above its entrance to tbe Grulf of Califor-
nia, explorers can go down tbe Colorado in a strong
open boat in comparative safety ; and from Hardy-
villa down, a distance of 51S miles, the river steam-
ers of the Colorado Steam Navigation Company
make regular trips. A trip up and down tbe river
DD one of these steamers is of exceeding interest,
and tbe explorer and traveler, wbo visits that far off
coimtry, should by all means make the journey,
which will occupy but one or two weeks. Three
caHona are passed on tbe way, one of which is the
Black CaRou of the Needles, thirty miles below
Camp Mohave. It is nearly twenty miles long, and
as the staunch steamer rushes witli tbe speed of the
race horse through the rushing, roaring whirlpool of
watera, turning now to the right, and now to the
left, under tbe guidance of Captain Mellen and tbe
pilot, one looks on with bated breath, catcliing
here and there visions of almost every conceivable
object in the worn and eroded rocks on either hand,
sometimes a minaret, tower, or steeple, and anon the
image of some giant Titan, as if carved by tbe hand
of man. After piissing this caBon tbe steamer en-
ters tbe beautiful Chimuehueva Valley, which opens
up to the view a scene of quiet beauty, where all
nature seems quiet and serene. The ra^ng waters of
ehe cailon above are now still and smoothly flowing,

232 ARIZONA.

preaeiiting a contrast to the wildnesa and grandeu]
above, quieting to tbe nerves, and soothing one ialig
silent meditation, and peaceful thought.

The Bill Williams CaBon below Aubrey, and tlu
Picacho CaHon above Ciistle Dome, are similar i
character to the Black CaHon, though not so exceec
ingly wild, grand, or picturesque.

There are scores of other caSons in the Territory a
almost every point in the mountains, and the mounrl
tain plateaus. Some of them are found where no pep*n
manent streams now exist, but where evidently there
were in ancient times rivers of some magnitude.
Others are found in the mountain plateaus where, at
a distance, the smooth surface is apparently level an4.
unbroken, and where the course of the explorer i
suddenly checked by one of these great ca&oni
which it is impossible to pass without making a d
tour o£ many miles; others again are found whei
a tiny trickling stream of water runs through its
length for many miles, a stream hardly deep enough
to cover a lady's shoe.

One of the most interesting of these is the Ara
vaipa CaHon, one hundred and twenty miles fromJ
Tucson. It is eighteen miles long, and the wall r
rises in places from one thousand to three thousaiMll
feet perpendicular. A tiny brooklet, the Aravaipi
Greet, runs through its whole distance, with deep
pools in places, well stocked with fish. When once

CANONS. 233

in the caQon, it ia next to impossible to get out until
one goes to the extreme end, or retraces his way to
the point of enti-ance. It is in a few places one
hundreil yards wide, and again not over oue hundred
feet. A few lateral ciiHons enter it of equal depth,*
but only a few feet wide, from the depths of which,
in looking upwards, one can see what would be vul-
garly called a crack or hole in the sky, with a sight
above of stars at noonday.

Occasionally a large cinnamon bear will be met in
this cafion, which it would be well to avoid, also a
flock of wild turkeys, one of which would make a
choice meal, for a number of hungry men. A few
chaparral bushes and eottonwood trees grow in places
in the canon, and far up in the cliffs of the over-
hanging rocks, specimens of the giant cactus, the
Cereus giganteutf spread out their giant arms as if in
wonder at the scene below.

The mountainous parts of Arizona, which com-
prise nearly or quite two thirds of its area, are lit-
erally cut up and filled with these wonderful goi^s,
some of which have never yet been explored by white
men, and which would require years of time to fully
explore. Tlie formation is generally granitic, with
occasional heavy dykes of hard lime and sandstone,
slate, porphyry, and in places trachyte, through
whose hardened surfaces these chasms have been worn
in the lengthened ages of the past.

In additioD to the uailons, Arizona la filled wid
numerouB other natuml curiosities and scenery, 8u£B
cient to keep the explorer in a continued state <
wonder and surprise.

The southern portion of the Territory has numeiv 1
ous augar-loaf mountains, which rise abruptly from
the surface of the great plains and valleys to a height
of hundreds and thousands of feet, and are called -|
there picachos. Many of thera are entirely isolate
and have no connection with any mountain r

Their formation is a mystery, and a subject of
deep thought and study. They may have had orig-
inally a connection with other mountains, but the
degradation of the connection is so complete, 1
not a vestige now remains.

An interesting formation is that known as Castle '
Dome, thirty miles northeast from Ynma. On the
highest point of the Colorado River range of moun-
tains, about ten miles east of the river, is a rock ftow- |
mation hundreds of feet square, which, at a distance
looks Uke a great castle. This can he seen for a hm
dred railea or more in different directions, and i
noted landmark of the country.

Another noted landmark is the Four Peaks, whieb 1
sre four mountain peaks near Salt River, and but a
few miles from Camp McDowell. They rise to a
height of several thousivnd feet, and can be seen f or |
hundreds of miles.

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SAN FRANCISCO PEAK. 23&

Further up Salt River is an extensive salt forma-
tion thivjiigli wbiuh Salt River runs. It is some one
undi'ed miles or more above Plicenix. Tlie salt is
so extensive that the whole volume of water in the
liver is impregnated with it, rendering it so salt a
stranger can barely drink of it, thougli in other re-
spects it is clear and pure. To obtain a full idea of
this immense saline formation, one must bear in
mind the fact that the river, where it emerges from
the nionutains, has a width of two hundred feet and
a depth of nearly twenty inches, with a swift cur-
rent. For at least two hundred years there has been
no abatement in the saltnesa of the water of the
river, which was named the Rio Salido (River of
Salt) over two centuries since, by the early Spanish
and Jesuit explorers.

In different parts of the Territory are peculiar
mountain formations, resembling the thumb of a man,
which are called Thumb Buties. One of these is a
few miles west from Prescott, and is a conspicuous
objei-t in the mountain scenery of that region.

The grandest mountain in all Arizona is San Fran-
cisco Peak, eighty-five miles north of east from Pres-
cott. It rises to an altitude of over thirteen thousand
feet, and is plainly distinguishable at a distance of
oves two hundred miles. It rises to a height far above
the timber line, and its hoary head, " rock-ribbed and
ancient as the sun," is considered by the simple Zuil'

286 ARIZONA.

Indians to be one end of tlie earth. The ZuQis lii
nearly two hundred miles far to the northeast of t1
mountiitn, and it is no wonder that they should at-
tach much importance to this great mountain, whose
bald crown rises so high above all other mountains,
and whose rocky sides are covered with snow for
months in the year.

The great Tonto Basin is a natural depressioi
the mountains, midway between Preacott and d
Apache, where the great Tonto and other creeks rii
and flow south into Salt River, It is fifty miles or
more iicrosa, and surrounded most of the way by pre-
cipitous wall rocks, and almost unapproachable. For
many years it was the resort of hostile Apaches,
who fled to its recesses where they were in compara-
tive safety, A few renegades yet seek its fastnt
as a secure hiding place from their pursuers,
basin is as yet almost wholly unknown, except to
military, who from time to time have pursued the
hostile Indians into its wonderful caHons smd gorges.

The Zuni Lake is near the eastern line of Arizona,
some thirty miles from the Milligan Settlement, which
is on the upper waters of the Chiquito Colorado
River. It is in one of the most desolate regions
the continent, surrounded by bleak, Iwirren, deaolat
volcanic mountains, with no outlet, and is nearly«oi
mile across in its widest part. The water is in
place over Ave feet deep. In the southern part

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ThlM

THE ZUNI LAKE. 237

the lake la a volcanic cone about eighty feet above
the surface of the lake, and from this cone there issues
a stream of salt water, somewhat impregnated with
saltpetre, which flows continaally into the lake, keep-
ing up a uniform height. The heat of the sun evap-
orates the water and leaves the salt as a residuum iu
ft crystallized form.

The depth of the deposit of salt is unknown, but it
has been opened over five feet deep, and is found pure
at that depth. It is an excellent quality for preserv-
ing meat, and for table and other purposes. The
hollow cone from which the water issues is two feet
in diameter and of great depth. Ropes have been
sunk to a depth of nearly one hundred feet withont
touching bottom.

A load of this salt was brought to Prescott in July,
1876, which sold for five cents per pound. The dis-
tance from Prescott to the lake is over two hun-
dred miles. At one point a wagon can approach the
lake, and being driven into it, the salt is shoveled up
like BO much sand or gravel. There is a spring of
pure water four hundred yards to the south of the
lake, which is the only good drinking water for many
miles around.

From time immemorial, the ZuBi Indiana have ob-
'ained salt from the lake, and they hold it sacred,
going there for salt only at stated times and seasons.
They do not like to have other tribes or people go
there, but now permit the whites to do ao.

238

ARIZONA.

In the northern and northeaatem portions of Ari>
zona are a number of carious Hud interesting lakesi
or, as some of them are called, " wells," of pure freeb
water. One near the Navajoe Springs is called Jeu
cob's Well. Another is known as Stoneraan's Lake.
Several are found near Bill Williivms Mountain, and
one, which will be briefly described, is abont fifty-
five miles north of east from Prescott, and is called
Monteznma Well.

Tills well, or lake, is near Beaver Creek, twelva
miles northeiiat fi-om Camp Verde, on the Verde
River, and two miles east from Mr. Arnold's ranch or
farm. It is in a limestone formation, and on a piece
of tableland or mesa, elevated above the creek aboull'
one hundred feet. This mesa is level, and its surface
is tlie bare limestone rock, with no bush, tree, or ver-'
dure on it. The opening to the well is circular, and
as perfect as though made by the hand of man, an3
is about six hundred feet across. From the surface.
of the mesa to the water, is seventy feet. The watef
is clear and pure, and nearly or quite one hundred.
feet deep. The inner walls of the opening are per-
pendicular, and access to the water is almost impoa*'
sible, except on the southeast side, where the walla-'
are partially broken down, and where ladies can ap-,
proach the water with assistance.

On the northwest side are three or four cave dw(
ings, about midway between the water and the s

MONTEZUMA WELL. 239

face of the mesa. These dwellings are from twelve
to twenty feet across in front, and about the same
depth, and are walled up in front. They were evi-
dently inhabited by the old prehistoric people de-
scribed in another chapter. The eastern and south-
eastern borders of the well approach Beaver Creek
within thirty to one hundred feet, and it is separated
from the creek by a rim of the inclosing limestone
rock. This rim of rock was built up with stone
buildings its whole width, and about one hundred
feet in length. The walls of these old buildings are
yet standing to a height of twenty feet in places.

On the southeast side of the well is another old
cave dwelling, which can be explored fully one hun-
dred feet. It is near the surface of the water of the
well, which runs off under the cave and discharges
the water into the creek some two hundred feet to
the south, in a pretty cascade of about one hundred
inches of water.

This stream is continuous the whole year. The
whole surface surrounding the well is strewn with
broken pottery ware of various sizes, forms, and pat-
terns. In walking around the rim of the well, the
limestone rock gives forth a ringing metallic sound,
as though it had been subjected at some former time
to extreme heat. Below the well, on the creek flat,
are two or three dykes of volcanic lava. From all the
surroundings, it is quite evident that the well was at

240 ARIZONA.

one time, in the tar distant past, the crater of a long
dince extinct volcano. Mr. Arnold, who Uvea two
miles below, baa a small row boat on the lake or well,
iu which one can ride aci'oss its smooth and glassy
surface, which is ever quiet and unruffled by wind
OP storm,

Tliia is a pleasant resort for picnic and other
ties from Prescott, Camp Verde, and elsewhere,
find it exceedingly interesting. Both male and female
visitors can enter tbe large cave, where, seated on the
limestone slabs of rock, they can enjoy ita coolness,
drink of the crystal water, and lunch in the most ap-
proved romantic style.

Some lai^ open-mouthed bottles have been placed
on the shelving rock of the gi-eat cave, where visitors
leave their cards with such inscriptions as seem ap-
propriate to the time and place.

Though evidently, as before stated, the crater of
an extinct volcano, future critical examinations by
wise men and savants may determine otherwise.
Whatever the final decision may be, the well is one
of tbe moat interesting of the many natural curiosi-
ties of this or any other country, and is worth a trip
across the continent to see.

There are but few thermal springs in Anzona com-
pared to tbe numbers found in California, and of
these but little is yet satisfactorily known as to their
cbemical constitnents or curative qualities. Some of

THERMAL SPRINGS. 241

them have been found beneficial in rheumatic and
kindred complaints. They may in the future be-
come noted resorts for invalids.

One of the best known is that of the Agua Cali-
ente, near Stanwix Station, ninety-five miles east
from Yuma, owned by the Hon. King S. Woolsey.

A series of hot sulphur springs are in the Sulphur
Spring Valley, seventy miles east from Tucson. There
are others in the Santa Catarina Moimtains, and in
the Pueblo Viejo Valley, as well as in other localities
in the Territory. Future examination, and an analysis
of these waters, is necessary to determine as to their
value as curative agents.

The foregoing is but a faint and imperfect descrip-
tion of a few of the many natural curiosities found
in Arizona, a country so filled with objects of interest,
of an all absorbing character, one can never tire in
his explorations, and can feast on new and wonder-
ful formations from day to day, and year to year.

CHAPTER XXIV-

THE FLORA OP ARIZONA.

npHE flora of Arizona approximates in character
to that of ti'opical climates. It would require
much time and study, and long continued research, to
write up a full description of the flora of the Terri-
tory. A brief description was given in a precedii^
chapter, of timber forests, and the most common "wood
of the country. Brief mention will now be made of
a few only of the numerous floral productions, and
of some of their qualities and uses.

A very large proportion of the trees, shrubbery,
plants, and flowers of the Territory are literally cov-
ered with thorns ; so general is this, some wag in a
former day in commenting on the Territory asserted,
among other objections to the country, that " every-
thing which grew there had a thorn."

Of the cactus family (order CactaceaB) there are

over one hundred varieties. They are of all forms

and sizes, from the tiny cross cactus, like two needle

points crossed, to the giant cactus tree (the Oereu9

ffiganteuBy^ which grows to the height of a forest

THE CACTUS. 243

tree. The Cereus giganteiis ie often fouDd Mxty
feet in height, with a diameter of three feet. It ia
supported by ribs of very great strength and tough-
ness. These riba are fi-om one to two incliea wide,
about the same distance apart, and extend from the
root of the plant to its apex. It is long lived, and
■when in a green state the interstices between the
riba and the interior part is filled with a dark green
substance, resembling a gi-eeu pumpkin. When the
tree dies the whole of it, except the ribs, dries np and
diaaolves into an impalpable powder, which is blown
away. The riba being atroug and elastic are used
for covering the adobe Iiouses, on which is put the
earth covering in place of shingles or boards. They
are also uaed for many other purposes where strength
and durability are reqnired. They often grow to a
height of sixty feet without a branch, sometimes hay-
ing a few which grow out laterally one or two fee t^
and then turn up like a crooked elbow, and run
up parallel witb the parent stem. On the apex of
both pai'ent stem and the limbs are beautiful clus-
ters of white flowers, which produce a delicious pear-
shaped fruit, the siKe of a common pear, which has
the combined flavor of the peach, strawberry, and fig.
It 18 gathered and eaten in great quantities by the
Indians, and ia highly prized by the whites.

Another variety of the cactus is the Ocotea, ao
called by the inhabitants of the country. It grows

irlet

244 ARIZO^fA.

like n cane to ft height of ten to twenty feet, in
bunches of twenty to fifty from one root. The
ocotea is sometimes cut and set out for hedges, mak-
ing !V fence impassable for anything larger than a
small bird. It produces a eluater of bright scarlet
flowers, but no fruit.

Of the Choya cactus there are many variel
They grow in bush form, with numerous hranch<
having long thorny prongs, and have a white flower,
but no fruit.

The common prickly pear cactus (^Cactus opuntid)
is distributed over the whole Territory. It produces
different colored flowers, and a peiir-sbaped edible
fruit, having an acid and pleasant taste. The author
counted on one bush, on the eastern declivities of the
Bradshaw Mountains, over one thousand of these
pears.

The barrel cactus reserablea the Cereus giganteus,
■ and grows to a» extreme height of ten feet, with a
diameter of nearly two feet. It produces no fruit,

The kind commonly called the ni^;er head is
round, of the size of a cabbage, and covered with
large, crooked, catlike thorns.

There are many other varieties worthy of descrip-
tion, and which would be interesting to the botanist
and florist.

The maguey plant, of the genus agave, known in
the Mexican States, Arizona, and New Mexico aa

USEFUL PLANTS. 245

the incBCiil plant, is one of the most useful and im-
portant o£ all the indigenous plants of the country.
It grows profusely at certain altitudes in all sections
of the Territory, It produces a bulbous like root,
partly in, and partly above the ground, which is
rich iu saccharine matter. These bulbs are from
the size of a cabbage to a bushel biiaket, and when
roasted are sweet and delicious. The Indians will
live on it for a long time. From the root thi-re
grows up large, long, thorny pointed leaves, and
from the centre a stalk rises to a height of ten or
more feet, having a few bi-auches and a flowering pod
which incloses the seed. The juice of the plant
when boiled down makes a good syrup. A liquor ia
made from the plant by distiUation, which has the
taste and flavor of old Scotch whiskey, and which is
the favorite strong drink of the Mexicans.

The fiber of the leaves is strong, aud from it ropes
are made and used quite extensively among the In-
dians aud Mexicans. A more useful plant would be
difficult to find. The Indians at tlie San Carlos
Agency gathered and roasted for use, in 1875, over
seventy five thousand pounds of the mescal, and all
the Indians of the Territory gather and use it quite
extensively.

Another plant, called there the amole, with leaves
similar to the mescal, has a bulbous root, which
is very valuable as a detergent. It grows to the

246 ARIZONA.

height of three feet or more. It is successfully used
for cleansing clothing, and makes a fine wash for the
hair, to which it imparts a soft and glossy appear-
ance.

It grows abundantly in the Territory, and offers
an opportunity for some wide awake, ingenious
Yankee, to make a fortune.

The mesquit tree, before mentioned, is probably a
yariety of the acacia, and like it, produces the gum
arable of commerce. There are two kinds of the
mesquit, both of which produce a beau which is
sweet and nutritious, and which the Indians gather in
large quantities to be eaten either in the green or
dried state. When dried they grind it into a kind
of flour, living on it for months at a time. The bean
is very fattening for all kinds of stock, and is well
liked by horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs. One kind has
a pod much like that of the large string-bean, and
the other, which is called the screw bean, resembles
a bunch of the alder tags and is screw shaped. The
wood of the tree is very hard, excellent for fire-
wood, and used to some extent for wagon felloes and
other work.

It is a very durable wood, and for railroad ties
would equal the lignum-vitaB of tropical climates.
Its botanical name is Algarohia glandulom.

There are many varieties of the pine found grow-
ling on the mountains and mountain plateaus of

TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 247

Arizona, whtdi are good for lumber and timber,
wbich in time will become very useful for building
purposes, and especially for timbering and working
the numerous mines of the country.

One kind, the common pifloa of the country (Pinu«
edulii) beai-3 a large quantity of fruit known as the
piiion nut, which is gathered and eaten in great
quantities by the natives. The nut is of the size
of the common hazel-nut, sweut and edible. Swine
fatten on it readily, and other stock eat it with avid-
ity.

There ai-e many 'herbs and shrubs indigenous to
the country possessed of rare medicinal qualities.
One kind is much used by the Mexicans for fevers,
with the best of results. Two kinds assimilate to
the tea plant, and the leaves gathered in a gieen
state make a pleasant and aromatic drink.

Edible berries are not very numerous, yet in the
mountains there are varieties of the barberry, whor-
tleberry, strawberry, and a few others.

A large variety of flowering plants grow profusely
throughout the Territory, and during each rainy sea-
son, there being two in the year, the mountains, hills,
valleys, and plains present a beautiful and gorgeous
sight.

The blossoming willow is very beautiful, the flower
resembling in form and size the honeysuckle. There
is a rich field in Arizona for the florist, and the hot-

248 ARIZONA.

anist, as yet almost wholly unknown, though several
parties have made partial examinations of the Terri-
tory, and gathered many choice specimens.

Long months and years could be passed in the
Territory, in the examination and classification of the
floral products of the country, and in thoroughly
studying their properties and uses.

CHAPTER XXY.

ROUTES OF TRAVEL TO ARIZONA.

rilO all desiring to go to Arizona, this is a necessary
iind iiDportiUit subject for consideration.
There are two routes by public conveyance from
San Francisco, one by steamer from San Francisco
to either San Pedro, Santi Monica, or San Diego.
If by Santa Monica or Sail Pedro, from both those
points the Southern Pacific Railroad will be taken at
Los Angeles, from fifteen to twenty miles from thoae
ports, and thence by that railroad either to Yuma, to
which point the raib-oad will be completed before the
first of July of the present year, or to the nearest point
on the Colorado to Ehi'cnburg, which will be lesa
than 100 miles, By the route to Yuma one can there
take the stage of the Southern Pacific Mail Line to
Maricopa Wells, Florence, Tucson, and all. points in
Southern Arizona, connecting at Maricopa Wells
with a stage route to Phoenix, and thence by the Cal-
ifornia and Arizona Stage Company to Wickenburg,
Prescott, and all points in the central and northern
parts of the Territory. Ou the Colorado Desert, at

250 ARIZONA.

tlie nearest poiut to Ebreabtirg, the Culifornia ant
Arizouft Stage Company connect with the railrc
semi-weekly, and will soon make daily connections,
crossing the Colorado River at Ehrenburg, and
thence running to Witrkenburg, Prescott, and all in--
terme<iiate points. At Wickeuburg a branch lii
runs to Plicenix and Florence, at the latter poii
connecting with the Southern Pacific Mail Line, ani
at Phcenix with stage lines to Camp McDowell eaat^
and with Maricopa Wells southwest.

Those desiring to visit the beautiful town and hai^
bor of San Diogo, go to that point by steamer from
San Friincisco, and thence by stage on the Southern
Faciiic Mail Line to Yuma, and thence by the saoHt'
line to other points as before designated.

The distance by stage from San Diego to Yuma
is 200 miles, from Yuma to Maricopa Wells 183, to
Florence 237, to Tucson 300, and to Apache Pass
425 iQiIes.

Emigrants going from Califoi'nia to Arizona will,
with teams and stock, follow nearly on the line ini
catcd from Los Angeles, and if on reaching the Co]
rado Desert, they desire to go to Mineral Park,
bat, Prescott, or elsewhere in the central or northei
parts of the Territory, they will, at or near Indi
Weils, tiike the northern route, crossing the Coli
River at Hardyville, where there is an excellent fei
kept by William M. Hardy, Esq., and thence go

ind

ROUTES OF TRAVEL. 251

any of the selected centra,! or northern portions of
the Territory.

TJie most expeditioua route from San Franciaco is
by tlie Southern Pacific Railroad, by which route one
can (by the first of July, 1877) enter Arizona at
Yuma in less than three days, and at Ehrenburg by
stage connectiou, as before stated, in the same time.

Several northern routes from Nevada and Eastern
California centre and cross the Colorado River at
Stone's Ferry, thence pursuing a southerly course
tor eighty miles to Mineral Park, and theuce to Prea-
cott and elsewhere as desirable. Many immigrants
with stock come in on this route, which is very favor-
able during the winter.

Those desinng to go to Arizona from the south-
western States, from any point between St. Lonis and
New Orleans, will take any one of the many routes
that pass through the Jndian Territory and Texas ;
and if desiring to go to the northern part of the Ter-
ritory, either to Prescott, the Chiquito Colorado Val-
ley, or elsewhere, will make their way to Santa F^,
or Albuquerque, from which points good emignmt
roads lead west to all poiuts,. If desiring to go to
Tucson, or Southern Arizona, they will intersect the
Southern Pacific Stage and Mail line at Mesilla, on
the Rio Grande River, fi-om which point by stage it
IB but 350 miles to Tucson. This is a good stage
route, as well as an excellent one for immigrants,
with teama and Btook,

252 ARIZOXA.

ImmlgraDts from nortli of SL LoniB, including all
Uie Dorthtrc^leni, northem, and eastern States, can
obt^ a good oatfit at Kansas City, Topeka, and
many other points to the west of those cities on the
line of the AtcJiison, Topeka, and Santa F^ Railroad,
or on the line of the Kansas Paci&c, or Denver and
Rio Grande railroads, and from any point selected,
find a good road with wood and water to Saiita ¥6--^
and Albuquerque, and thenee a good route via tb^
Chiquito Colorado to Frescott, and ail points :
Northern Arizona.

Those going from Utah, or from the east, who go«l
by railroad to Salt Lake City, can continue by raiU J
road to Nfpbi, which is less than 500 miles fromJ
Prescott. This road is being pushed forward witb J
vigor, and in a few years, at farthest, will reach Pre
cott, and thence, as supposed, be contiuued on to th|
Port of Guaymaa, on the Gulf of California.

There is a certainty now, that in a few years at
the farthest, Arizona will be traversed by railroads
in all directions, her rich mines be fully developed,
and a career of prosperity opened which has long
been earnestly looked for by her citizens. With the
completion of I'ailroads, and the development ai ■
mines, all other industries will prosper. Her rid
agricultural lands will be settled and tilled, her mit*!
lions of acres of grazing lands will be covered 1
aameroua flocks of sheep and herds of cattle;

ROUTES OF TRAVEL. 253

factories will be establiahecl, of milla and macliiuery
of all kinda, of woolen goods, of sugar refineries, of
hemp and cordage, and all other kinds needed ; brisk
and prosperous towns and cities will spring into ex-
istence, and in less than a decade of years, a pros-
perous, wide-awake, and energetic American popula-
tion will have centered in her borders, and she will
be knocking at the doors of Congress for admission
into the Union, where she will become a bright star
in the galaxy of free and independent States of the
great American Union.

This picture is not overdrawn, Arizona has not
only the possibilities, she has also the probabilities
which point unerringly to an early fulfillment of all,
and more than all, which has been said of her in
these pages; and when in the coming time her his-
tory shall he written, what has herein been said will
have been fulfilled.

CHAPTER XXVI.

DISTANCES FROM POINT TO POINT.

FBOM TUHA.

Mileg.

To San Diego, California, west 200

Castle Dome, on Colorado Kiver, north .... 35

Ehrenburg, on Colorado River, north . . . . 135

Colorado River Reservation, on Colorado River, north . . 220

Anbrey, on Colorado River, north .... 245

Needles, on Colorado River, north. ..... 285

Camp Mohave, on Colorado River, north . . . . 325

Hardy ville, on Colorado River, north 837

Colorado Cafion, on Colorado River, north . . . ^00

Callville, on Colorado River, north 460

Stone's Ferry, on Colorado River, north . . . . 510
Mouth of River, Colorado River, south . . . .175

Gila City, in Gila Valley, east 22

Oatman Flat, in Gila Valley, east 118

Maricopa Wells, in Gila Valley, east 191

Pima Village, in Gila Valley, east 203

Florence, in Gila Valley, east 237

Tucson, in Santa Cruz Valley, east 300

Tres Alimos, in San Pedro Valley, east .... 350

Apache Pass, Camp Bowie, east 425

Ralston, New Mexico, east 475

Silver City, New Mexico, east 525

Mesilla, New Mexico, east 645

DISTANCES. 2o5

From EHSENBusa.

MUes.
To conTicctions with Southern Pacific Railroad, west . .100

San Bernardino, California, west 230

Wickcnburg, Arizona, east . 140

Prescott, Arizona, northeast ....•• 220

From Miiteral Pjlsk.

To Hardy viHe, on Colorado River, southwest .... 35

Cerbat, south * 6

McCracken Mine, south 100.

Greenwood, east of south 100

Hackberrj Mine, east 35

Stone's Fcny of Colorado River, north .... 80

Hualapai Mountains, southeast 30

Cottonwood Station, east 51

Anvil Rock, east . ... . • • « .81

Oaks and Willows, east ..••••. 90

Camp Hualapai, east « . .103

Williamson's Valley, east . . . • • • . 121

Prescott, east « . . 141

From Prescott.

To Williamson's Valley, west • . , • . -. .20

Mineral Park, west « . . 141

Hackberry Mine, west • . 110

Chino Valley, north 22

Agua Frio Valley, east 15

Camp Verde, east 42

San Francisco Mountain, east of north . . « • . 85
Nephi, Utah Southern Railroad, northeast . • « 500

Black Canon, southeast 52

Peck Mine, southeast « • 30

Fredericks Mill, on Hassayampa, southeast . . • .10
Aztlan Mill, Peck Co., south ...... 6 '

256 ARIZONA,

MUes.

Walnut Grove on air line, south 15

Camp McDowell, east of south 92

Wickeuburg, south 82

Hardyville, on Colorado Biver, west 180

Ehrcnburg, on Colorado Kiver, southwest . • • . 220

Sunset Crossing, on Cliiquito Colorado, north of east • 132

Stoneman's Lake, north of east 75

Montezuma Well, north of east 55

Phoenix, south 142

Florence, south . 192

Silver King Mine, east of south • . . • . . 190

Tucson, south 267

Apacbo Pass, Camp Bowie, southeast 392

From WiCKBKBusa.

To Prcscott, north 82

Ehrenburg, west 140

Phoenix, south . . • • • • • • . - 60

Florence, south • • • • 110

Camp McDowell, southeast 95

Tucson, south 185

Mineral Park, northwest 225

Hardyville, northwest 260

Yuma, via Ehrenburg and Colorado Biver, southwest . 265

Yuma, via Phoenix and Maricopa Wells, southwest • 286

Fbom Ph(bniz.

To Wickenburg, north 60

Prescott, north 142

Camp McDowell, east 35

Florence, south 50

Tucson, south • • • • 125

Yuma, via Maricopa Wells, west • . . ' • • 226

Maricopa Wells, southwest 85

DISTANCES.

257

Fbom Florbnob.

HUes.

To Phoenix, north 50

Frescott, north 192

Wickenburg, north 110

Silver King Mine, northeast 35

Globe District, Final Mountains, northeast . ... 75

Sanford, west 6

Casa Grande, west 12

Fima Villages, west 34

Maricopa Wells, west 46

Yuma, west 237

San Diego, California, west 437

Tucson, houtheast . . • • • r • • 75

From Tucsoir.

To Florence, northwest • . • •

Yuma, west «

San Diego, California, west

Sonora line, south

Ostrich Mine, west of south . . •
Young America Copper Mines, west .

Santa Kita Mountains, south •

Trench Mine, south

Mowry Mine, south . . . •
Tres Alimos, on San Pedro, east • •
Apache Pass, Camp Bowie, east . •
Silver City, New Mexico, east . . •
Mesilla, on Bio Grande, New Mexico, east
Camp Grant, north of east
Pueblo Viejo, north of east .
San Carlos, Indian Agency, northeast
Camp Apache, White Mountains, northeast

300

500

125

225

345

110

150

160

225

258

ARIZONA.

The distance from Prescott and Tucson to St.
Louis, Missouri, is about fifteen hundred miles.

All other mining camps and settlements can be
easily reached from some of the places mentioned.

CHAPTER XXVIL

EBFBRBNCES AND GENERAL REMAllKS.

TT^OR the benefit and convenience of tliose desiring
-*- information respecting Arizona, its soil, climate,
productions, minerals, general business prospects, etc.,
etc., a list will be given below of some of the leading
business men and citizens of the principal towns, to
whom communications may be addressed, and whose
answers may be relied on for correct and reliable in-
formation.

Address at Yuma, A. T. : Col. James M. Barney ;
David Neahr ; Hon. J. M. Redondo ; Capt. I. Polhe-
mus, Jr. ; A. J. Finlay ; Judge Porter; C. H. Brinlay ;
Judge Alexander; Editor of "Sentinel. "

At Castle Dome, Yuma Co., A. T.: Wm. P.
Miller, Esq.

At Ehrenburg, Yuma Co., A. T. : Chas. Vande-
vere, Agt. J. M. Barney ; J. Goldwater & Bro. ; J.
M. Castenado; E. O. Grant, Agt. C. & A. Stage
Co.

At Colorado River Reservation, Yuma Co., A. T. :
Col. Wm. E. Morford, Agt.

260 ARIZONA.

At McCracken Mine, Mohave Co., A. T. : A.
Bateman, Supt. ; D. B. Pierce, Asst. ; Joseph S.
Currie, Assay er.

At Greenwood, Mohave Co., A. T. : Joseph Mc-
Cracken ; Col. Buell ; A. Cady.

At Cerbat, Mohave Co., A. T. : Wm. Corey, P. M. ;
Sheriff Comstock.

At Mineral Park, Mohave Co., A. T. : Alder Ran-
dall, P.M.; Messrs. Breon & Spear; Hon. James
Bull; Capt. Welbourne ; T.J. Christie; Hon. Mr.
Wood.

At Hackberry Mine, Mohave Co., A. T, : Hon.
A. E. Davis; Judge Wm. Towle.

At Oaks and Willows, Yavapai Co., A. T. : G. S.
Smith, P. M.

At Williamson Valley, Yavapai Co., A. T. : Ste-
phen Breon.

At Prescott, Arizona Territory: Col. C. P. Head
& Co.; L. Bashford & Co.; Hon. John G. Campbell;
Hon. Geo. D. Kendall; Hon. John P. Rush; Hon.
Gideon Brooks; Hon. John H. Marion; Hon. C. C.
Bean; Messrs. Bowers & Richards; Wm. C. Foster,
Esq.; Hon. C. A. Luke; Hon. E. G. Peck; Dr.
McCandles; Judge H. H. Carter; Sheriff Bowers;
J. C. Behan, Esq.; Editors "Miner;" Editors
" Enterprise."

At Agua Frio P. O., Yavapai Co., A. T. : Post-
master; Nathan Bowers, Esq.

REFERENCES. 261

At Camp Verde, Yavapai Co., A. T. : Major Bray-
ton ; Hon. Wni, Head.

At Waliiut Grove, Yavapai Co., A. T. : Hon. E.
G. Peck; C. A. Morrison ; A. Culliimber, Esq. ;
Capt. S. Bartlett; Geo. Hogle, Assayer ; Geo. Jack-
sou, Esq. ; J. 0. Wood.

At Wickenbui^, Yavapai Co., A. T.: Dr. J. H.
Pierson; H. Wickenburg, Esq.; Dr. Jones; Wm.
Smitb.

At Phcanix, Maricopa Co., A. T.: Hon. John T.
Smith ; Hon. King S. AVoolaey ; Hon. Granville
Oury ; Major C. H. Vail; Wm. B. Hellinga.

At Maricopa Wells, A. T. : James A. Moore, Esq.

At Hayden'a Ferry, Maricopa Co., A. T. ; Hon.
Chas. T. Hayden.

At Florence, Pinal Co., A. T. : Messrs. Colliug-
wood & Hammerslag; Wm. Long; Judge Ruggles ;
Judge J. D. Walker; Hon. P. B. Brady; J. Clark,
Atty.

At Tucson, Arizona TeiTitory : Messrs. Tully,
Ocboa, & Co, ; Meserg. Lord & Williams ; Hon. Hiram
S. Stevens, Delegate in Congress ; Judge French, U.
S, Supreme Judge of A. T. ; Dr. J. C. Handy ; Gov.
A. P. K. SafEord; Hon. John Wasaon, Editor '■ Citi-
zen ; " J. H. Archibald ; Hon. John S. Wood ; Right
Rev. Bishop Salpointe ; Messrs. Zeckendorf & Co.;
M. L Jacobs & Co. ; S. Drachman & Co. ; T. Wel-
lisch ; E. N. Fish & Co. ; Hon. Mr. Bennett.

At Camp Bowie, Apache Pass, Pima Co., A. T.d
Hon. Mr. De Long ; Capt. C. B. McLellan; Capt. J.^
Jefferds.

At Tres Alimos, San Pedro River, Pima Co., A.
T. : H. C. Hooker, Esq.; Hon. Mr. Montgomery;
Mr. Dunbar.

At Camp Grant, A. T.: Major 0. E. ComptottJ
Commandant; Hon. Geo. A. Stevens.

At Safford P. O., Pueblo Viejo Valley, Pima C
A. T.: J. E. Bailey, P. M.; Isaac Clanton ; !
Kirliland.

At San Carlos Agency, Pima Co., A. T. : J. P,3j
Cliini, Agt. ; M. A. Sweeney, Clerk.

At Camp Apache, White Mts., Yavapai Co., A
T. : Capt. F. D. OgUby, Commandant ; Capt. Win
S. Worth ; Mr. James, Post Trader.

At Chiqiiito Colorado, Yavapai Co., A. T. : Chfu
Franklin, J. P. j S. & M. Barth ; Mr. Milligan.

At Silver King Mine, Pinal Co., A. T.; Judj
Anderson ; A, Mason, Siipt. ; H. Kearsing, i

At Globe District, Pinal Co., A. T. : Chaa. BtuwH j
E. M. Pearce ; Messrs Garrish & Co. ; Mr. William
son ; Mr. Newman.

All of the gentlemen named in the foregoing li
are good and reliable men. The number could h
been increased to an indefinite extent, but the nam
given are representative gentlemen in military, c
and pi'ivate life, and represent all parts of the 1

GENERAL REMARKS. 263

Of the hundreds and thoiisiinda in diSerent
parts of the Union ^ho are inaking inquiries respect-
ing Arizona and its climate, productions, etc., those
vfIio do not obtain that specific information desired,
in these piigea, are referred to the gentlemen named,
who will no doubt be pleased to answer all inquiries
respecting the country.

While the author has been earnest and untiring
in his endeavor to let the people of the United States,
and the world, know all about Arizona, and haa given
to the public during the past three years a series of
articles through tlie press, numbering in all over five
hundred, descriptive of its climate, soil, productions,
scenery, minerals, etc., etc., endeavoring in an honor-
able and truthful manner to draw attention to, and
assist in its permanent development, and while be-
lieving it to possess stores of mineral wealth, un-
equaled by any other country, he deems it his duty
to caution those desiring to emigrate there, against
being over sanguine. All new countries have their
dark sides, and many and serious difficulties the
emigrant will meet witli, which must be overcome
with will, energy, and perseverance.

Fortunes cannot be raftje in Arizona, or elsewhere,
without work, and hard work too. Mir^es of wonder-
ful wealth permeate and traverse all the mountain
ranges, but the hardy and untiring prospector must
undergo weeks, months, and sometimes years, of toil

3>4 ARIZOSA,

aai Lfcif^rafi. befsvr x c&cA^e locmdon will be found,
&=^i vTren iSsKoreredL i « will take geneially long, long
zaraics «i? dcT^ujip jjid nnooTef ii3 hidden treasores.
Dsrizi^ ^ ihSs tiziH-, ooe masK be ooofcent to live on
fc;fcii4 &;=ri $£3Lphie £a;ne^ mns: sleep most of the time on
modKT eATUu with bat a bLuiket Ux a coYeiing,
mass v^ jrk eaHy and latie« and at times soffer untold
liacdshi[»w

If the hopeful yonth, or matured man, can do all
this vidKxit losing coonge. and will keep clear from
drinking and gamblii^ saloons, and other yices, he
can in a few veais aeqoiie a compet^icy, perhaps
great wealth.

Arizona wants men of energy, of perseverance and
determination, men of muscle, men of brains, men
of wealth* to assist in developii^ her great resources.
All such will be welcomed to her borders by her
large hearted, wide-awake citizens, who are ready to
assist and advise those who may desire to make tiie
country their home. She throws wide open her doors
to immigrants from all parts of the world.

To the capitalist who desires to invest his money
in rich mines, which well managed will pay large
dividends for many years to come, she says come and
assist in her development. Untold millions are here
boarded up for your and your country's use.

To the young man, full of honest day's work, who
desires a new field for labor, and can resist temptation.

GENERAL REMARKS. 265

and maintain his manhood, and who has a laudable
ambition for the future, Arizona sends greeting, and
bids you a liearty welcome to her borders, where in a
few years by honest labor you can secure independ-
ence, and a fortune for old age.

To the broken down in health, whose every bi-eath
is drawn in agony iind pain, who have suffered a
thousand deaths during long years of suffering and
sickness, the balmy skies and pure atmosphere of Ar-
izona will greet you in winter to a mild and balmy
climate in her great plains and valleys, and in summer
the pure and rarefied atmosphere of her mountain
plateaus will be breathed with pleasure, and life will
again become a blessing to you, instead of a curse.

Stock raisers will here Snd an almost unlimited
range for sheep, cattle, and horses, where millions
can be kept and fattened on the rich grasses of the
Talleys, mountitins, and plains, with but little care,
and at a triBing expense.

To farmers, horticulturists, and pomologists, Ari-
zona presents a rich field for operations. Hundreds
and thousands of these classes could in a few years ac-
cumulate a competency in either of these branches of
business, and build up beautiful homes for old age.

Skilled mechanics and laborers of all kinds are
wanted. Towns and cities are to be built, mills and
manufactories are to be erected, and good workmen
must be had for the purpose, to whom good wages
*nd constant employment will be given.^

Hundreds of fauiiliea have emigrated to ArlzoKJ
the past two years, who are well pleased with tliSS
country and climiite, and thousands more are wanted
to assist in building up churches, schools, and good
society. The dangers of Indian warfare, of murders,
pillage, and robbery, are virtually over, and fathers
and mothers need have no fear for themselves or
their little ones. The domination of savage life has
ended, and that of civilization has usurped its place,
bringing in its tr.iin the blessings of peace, security,
and prosperity. Thei-efore we say to families, come
to Arizona, where the skies are ever bright, where
disease and sickness are almost unknown, whci
ure's bountiful gifts await you in a thousand variec
forms of beauty and grandeur.

Like all newly settled countries, there is a gre
disproportion between the different seses, the malfj
outnumbering the female, as five or ten to o

This fact alone calls for the emigration of laifl
numbers of females to the Territory, where constanfl
and remunerative employment would be given
good help. Cooks, chamber-maids, searastressefl
teachers, etc., are wanted, for which several i
ployments from thirty to fifty dollars and often c
hundred dollars a month are paid.

Recognizing the fact that no community, o
try, can ever enter upon its highest state of prospi
ity, refinement, or happiness without the aid and a

GENERAL REMARKS, 267

sistance of woman, Arizona and her citizens would
welcome the advent of large numbers of the true, the
pure, the good, of the superabundant females of
other portions of the Union, and would give them a
welcome such as goddesses might envy.

CHAPTER XXVin.

PRICES OF PRODUCE, PROVISIONS, LABOR, ETC.

REMARKS.

T3RICES are given in greenbacks, as that is the
-^ currency of the Territory, though on and near
the Colorado River a specie basis prevails to some
extent : —

Wheat, per ponnd $0.02j-

Barley, per pound 02j-

CoFD, per pound 02}

Flour, per 100 pounds • •
Bacon and ham, per pound
Pork, per pound
Beef, per ponnd ....
Venison, per pound .
Potatoes, sweet, per pound
Potatoes, Irish, per pound
Garden vegetables, per pound
Mutton, per pound . . •
Coffee, per pound • • •
Sugar, per pound • . •
Beans, per pound . . •
Board, per week . . •

Lumber, per M . . .
Daj laborers, per day

10.00
.30
.25
.15
.15
.10
.05
.05
.10
.40
JStO
.08
8.00

25.00
2.50

@$0.04
@ .04
@ .04
@ 12.00
@ .40
@ .30
@ .20
@ .20
@ .15
® .10
® .10

.15
.75
.30
.10

@ 10.00
@ 50.00
® 3.00

PRICES OF PRODUCE, LABOR, ETC, 269

• •

Blacksmiths, per day .

Carpenters, per daj • . •

Masons and Bricklayers, per day

Miners, per day ....

Farm hands, with board, per month

Herders, with board, per month •

Teamsters, with board, per month

Cooks, with board, per month .

Norses, with board, per day

Teachers, per month . .

House help, with board, per month

Skilled Machinists and Millwrights, per month

Apples, per pound . ...

Peaches, per pound

Grapes, per pound

Pears, per pound . • • .

Melons, each • . • • •

4.00

. 4.00

5.00

. 3.00

30.00

. 30.00

40.00

. 30.00

3.00

. 50.00

20.00

. 100.00

.05

.06

.10

.06

.25

@
@
@

6.00
6.00
8.00
5.00
50.00
40.00
50.00
60.00
5.00
@ 100.00
@ 40.00
@ 200.00
@ .10

@
@
@
@

.15

.10

1.00

With the present price of lumber and material for
building, it costs about thirty per cent, more to build
than in the States east of the Rocky Mountains.
Houses and stores can be rented at about the same
comparative rates as it would cost to build. Scores
of families on arriving in the Territory live for
months in tents or under wagon covers, until they
have time and opportunity to select a permanent
home and erect suitable buildings. The climate is
80 mild and pure they suffer no ills or danger from
sickness by so doing. Many who came to the Ter-
ritory in its early days lived for years in this way,
buoyed up by the hope that in a few years a home
and a competency would be obtained.

270 ARIZOXA.

In most instances that hope has been more than
fulfilled, and though harassed for years by roving
bands of the savage Apaches, stock driven off, and
crops destroyed, most of the early settlers are now
above want, and have homes, houses, and lands,
which will compare favorably with those of the
Northern and Eastern States.

The foregoing brief description of Arizona, of its
soil, climate, and productions; of its minerals and
mines ; of its prehistoric ruins and grand scenery, is
given to the public with the hope that it will attract
that attention which its importance demands, and
assist to some extent in hastening the time when
the Territory will be filled with a numerous and
happy people, and when Arizona will become what
nature has destined her to be, the coming country of
the continent.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

Accidental Mine, 104.

Adams ville, 153.

Agricul rural lands, 42-53.

Agua Frio P. O., 260.

Agua Supai Indians, 169.

Albany Mine, 83.

American Flag Mine, 74.

Amole plant, 245.

Animals, birds, fish, etc., 221-225.

Antelope, or Rich Hill, 64, 65.

Athens Mine, 121.

Arizona, general description of,

13-16.
Arizona flora, 242.
Arizona mines, total, 135.
Aubrey, 147.

Black Snake Mine, 85.
Black CaHon Mines, 110.
Black Warrior Mine, 100.
Blue Cap Mine, 117.
Blue Dick, and other mines, 84.
Bradshaw Basin, 97.
Brad^haw Mountains, 91, 94, 97.

CflDctns of Arizona, 242-244.
California and Arizona stage line,

204.
Camp Apache, 213, 217, 262.
Camp Bowie, 216, 262.
Camp Grant, 217, 262.
Camp Lowell, 216.
Camp McDowell, 216.
Camp Mohave, 216.
Camp Thomas, ^17.
Camp Verde, 215, 261.
CaSada de Oro, 66.
Casa Grande, 180-182.

Castle Dome, 145, 234, 259.

Castle Dome Mines, 67, 68.

Cerbat, 76, 146. 260.

Cerbat Mountain Mines, 75, 260>

Cereus giganteus, 242, 243.

Cerro Colorado Mine, 131.

Chi(|uiio Colorado, 39, 262.

Chiquito Colorado Valley, 44,

Chimuehneva Indians, 156.

Chloride Flat Mines, 81.

"Citizen,*' Tucson, 154.

Clifton Copper Mines, 112, 139,

Climate, etc., 27-31.

Coal, 109.

Cocopah Indians, 156.

Colorado River, 35.

Colorado River Indian Reserra*

tion, 259.
Colorado Steam Navigation Co.,

208-210.
Conner Mine, 85.
Counties and towns, 143-155.

Davis Mine, 102.

Dean Mine, 74.

Del Pasco Mine, 96.

Diana and Pink Eye Mines, 86.

Distances in Arizona, 254-258.

Ehrenburg, 63, 145, 255, 259.
Emma Mine, 131.
Empire Mine, 83.
"Enterprise," Prescott, 149.

Fawn Mine, 111.

First exploration and settlement

of Arizona, 17.
Florence, 152, 257, 261.

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ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

Fontenoy Mine, 76.
Fort Whipple, 215.
Fort Yuma, 217.
Four Teaks, 234.

George Mine, HI.

Gila Kiver, 37.

Gila Valley, 44.

Globe Copper Mine, 115.

Globe Mining District, 115-119,

262.
Grazing lands, 54-56.
Greenwood, 146, 255, 260*
Gretna Mine, 96.

Hackberry, 255, 260.
Hackl)erry Mine, 87, 90.
Hardy vilie, 147.
Hassayainpa Placers, 65.
Hayden's Kerry, 261.
Hayden's Mills, 151.
Health, 27, 31.
Helen Mine, 117.
Hiichcock Mines, 105.
Hualapai Indians, 160.
Hualapai Mountains, 48, 74, 75.
Hualapai Valley, 52.

Idlewild Mine, 96.
Independence Mines, 84.
Index Mine, 80.
Indian scouts, 215, 217.
Indian reservations, and remarks,

170-176.
Indian tribes, 156-166.
Indians, total in Arizona, 170.

Keystone Mine, 79.
Kit Carson Mine, 107.

Laporte Mine, 81.

Lone Star Mine, 79.

Lynx Creek, etc., placers, 65.

Majruey plant, 244.
Maricopa County, 114, 151, 152.
Maricopa County Mines, 114.
Maricopa Wells, 152, 261.
Marico|)a Indians, 160.
McCracken Hill, 147.

McCracken Mine, 70, 147, 260.
Mesquit tree, 59, 246.
Metallic Accident Mine, 80.
Military Department of Arizona,

215.
Mineral Park Mines, 75, 79.
Mineral Park, 146, 250, 255, 260.
" Miner," Prescott, 148.
Mines and Mining, 61-136.
Mines — placers, 62-67.
Mines — lodes, etc, 67-136.
Mines, total in Aiizona, 135.
Mineral belts — suggestions, etc.,

137-142.
Mocking-bird Mine, 77.
Mohave County, 48, 51, 69, 146.
Mohave County Mines, 69-91.
Mohave Indians, 156-160.
Montezuma Wei, 238.
Moqui Indians, 168.
Mormon settlements, 150.
Mountains of Arizona, 32-34.
Mowry Mine, 126.

Natural curiosities, 229-241.
Navajo Indians, 165.
Newspapers, 211.

Oaks and Willows, 260.
Old missions, 18, 21.
Old Mine, 132.
Oro Plata Mine, 78.
Oriental Mine, 84.
Ostrich Mine, 132.

Painted Uocks, 178.
Papago Indians, 162, 163.
Peacock Mountain Mines, 87, 90.
Peck Mine, 97, 99.
Pennsylvania Mine, 85.
Phcenix, 151, 152, 256, 261.
Picacho Mine, 124.
Pike, and other mines, 121.
Pima County, 153.
Pima County Mines, 122.
Pima Indians, 160.
Pima villages, 162.
Pinal County, 115, 152.
Pinal County Mines, 115-121.
Pinal Silver Mining Co., 94.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,

273

Placer Mines, 61-67.
Placeritas, 65.
Planchas de plata, 116.
Planet, 147.

Planet Copper Mine, 69.
Poland, and other mines, 105.
Population, etc., 143.
Pot-holes, etc., 63.
Prehistoric ruins, 177.
Prescott, 148, 149, 249, 255, 260.
Prices of provisions, labor, etc.,

268.
Pael)lo Viejo Valley, 45.

Quajate Mountains, 122.
Quaker Mine, 85.

Railroads nnd sta<re routes, 200.

References and remarks, 259.

Reptiles, etc., 226.

Rescue Mine, 117.

Rich Hill, 64.

Rivers of Arizona, 35.

Rose Bud and Porter Mines, 84.

Routes of travel to Arizona, 249.

Saftord, 262.

Salt formations, 235.

Salt River, 38, 43, 45.

Salvador Mine, 107.

San Carlos Agency, 163, 262.

San Francisco Mountains, 32, 33,

235.
San Pedro Valley, 47.
San Simon Valley, 50.
San Xavier del Bac Mission

Church, 19, 21.
Santa Cruz Valley, 46.
Santa Rita Mountains, 66, 128.
Santa Rita Placers, 66.
Schenectady Mine, 83.
Schools and education, 196.
Schuvlkill Mine, 83.
Sea Serpent Lode, 131.
Senator Mine, 101.
" Sentinel," Yuma, 144
She-rum Peak, 80, 86.
Sheep raising, 55, 56.
Silver Belt Mine, 106.
Silver Flake Mine, 107.

Silver King Mine, 119, 262.
Silver Mountain District, 122.
Silver Prince Mine, 99.
Sixty-three Mine, 76.
Southern Pacific Mail Line, 202.
St. Gertrude de Tabac, 18.
Stockton Hill Mines, 77.
Sulphur Springs Valley, 50.
Swilling JVline, 110.
Sunday school Mine, 84.
Surprise Mine, 121.

Telegraphs, 213.
Thurman Mine, 96.
Tijjer Mine and lode, 95.
Timber, 57.
Tip Top Mine, HI.
Tonto Basin, 109.
Trench Mine, 125.
Tres Alimos, 262.
Tucson, 18, 153-155, 257, 258,
261.

Virginia Mine, 85.
Vulture Mine, 92.

Wallace Mine, 1 00.
Walnut Grove, 261.
War Eagle Mine, 97.
War Eagle Mine No. 2, 97.
Weaver Gulch placers, 47-48, 64.
White Mountain Indian Reser-
vation, etc., 64.
Wickenburg, 93, 150, 249, 256, 261 .
Williamson Valley, 260.
Wood, 57.
Wool, etc., 55.

Yavapai County, 48, 64, 91, 147.
Yavapai County Mines, 92.
Young America Copper Mincft,

etc., 123.
Yuma, 143, 259.
Yuma County, 67, 143.
Yuma County Mines, 67.
Yuma, distances from, 254.
Yuma Indians, 157.

Zuni Indians, 166.
Zuni Lake, 236.

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