The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-04

Ty Railroad record OF Dec g. gives tho report OF IN
agent ~ the sonora Exploring Company, from which
take tht'hN owing exirscts;--
Afer wut,ng several days Doctor AXE stsrsed with
me from .snt Th0rne for the purpose OF visiting ths
Apaches unaer bts charge sn the Mmbre anliAt tn,
copper minex We we're anlsous 10 visit the copper
mines, aud 10 yet tee Doctors favorable ntroduca-n
the Ind charge bre tie principal Object Of
the visit was to ihd Indians WHO nad brought the
%n,oi n,n" Two large pless OF pure svsr taken from
gel them TO show ret.e mine The I1daus uafoy.
tunatey absent gathering aoorns and hsd postpone
me txpedron until tho Doctor ooncc over to Tucson,
the history OF this mine similar to thousands-ihe
Spaniards working were all killed. ankthe fodaus are
yet living who klIed er,' snd can sho " TO mlne
You may well imagine soat after rapid rlnc OF sixty
mes without stopping We were delighted TO- come ia
moved here some days previously and We founa It
rounded by great many In ians--she princ.ou OF
the na,ion-as had told them thor q white fA
the. -. woud out They treated the Doctor with the
utmost respect and affection, ana no hsve great
private diiculuss he has induced them to cuv~.s 200
AcIes in corn on the Ahnbre and the crop pro-
msex well
After resting day, and driuking of and bathagin ,ho
delicious writer's OF tho Mmbre, we prepared fcr
visit to tho copper mine. The camp was ordered on 10
Oo de Vaca, and. taking Mr. Beuackow and te " men,
with the Doctor and large Indian escort set for
the celebrated COPPER mines.
Mr.. Brunckow thinks the copper here vii. ytod
an average OF about so per and 10 entirely .no5-
haustble he followed the about eight miles north
ward snd found no indications of Its going under He
also found vein OF silver to the east running psreAct
with the copper, and perhaps mixed with It. There In
also lead and iron u abundance probably enough iron
TO build railroad from the Rio Grande to the Colorado,
The gold wsshngs here well Known. end
10 the rainy season are worked in q primitive
rule ur der the msnasemen. of Mcknight here to alcw
the hands Saturday for the purpose. The stores
always open on Sunday, and OF course the money
all taken In.
The old triangular fort, built here by the spaniards
has been repaired and is in pretty good CT
preservation that had good quarters aud q safe
departure the Doctor killed fine fat deer. the In
dAns lent willing hand to build blazing fire. and here,
in this old deserted fort we had big oaI" and feast
ed where the brave old spanards feasted hundred
The land on which this ines!msble combination OF
mineral wealth Ia situated has been obtA ned from the
Mexican government many years ago. by parties n chi
huahra by grant con aiming three leagues
bad lately been reading ridiculous article read by
DR.. ADtsell PARKS Ge0ogis) before the Academy OF
wished t1e genteu In my pscs guard get some
practca ideas on the subject Ia the morning the
shone bright the sheets OF water had disappeared aud
the Arroyo was dry. The rain had "gone UNDER ano
in two hours blankets, &C., had dried, and moved
We had moi the same facilities for measuring
falls As the euyDed Professor, but know that there
six inches OF rain water in camp kettle. 1t
he takes the rain falls A Fort Yuma Fort Fillmore
Seria S pr The s Intervening oSSn.y No.. you are
Of mountain. sad .ss many valleys, producing @
ridiculous TO take tails OF these isolat ed spots
where In fact II seldom rains, criterion for the inter-
In Two days to the eastern SLOPE OF the
dividing ridge Of the con,ineBthe spur of the Sierra
hadre-which sscended without difficulty, and, pass
Ing "La Puersa" were actually rundng down the ~est
ern slope without lock brace without kr owing that
had actually passed the dividing ridge OF the continent
and were now approaching the waters OF the Pacihcihe
Rio sAno Domingo yle rins In the sunlight relieved by
m beautiful green border Of Willows and pastures
am no Jehu, but would have hesitation ierta
King to drive coach and our through La Puer,a" Of
full galop The view opeaed tse VALLEY do ssuz, sod
in the distance the white metallic looking grand OF
the Chrchihui mountains.
la Puerta," the door, is we'll named tue
spontaneous exclamation OF Grays srriero. aud
old spanish explorers dying the degenerate veins
Ct mnle,eer. II our mining enterprise succeeds viii
subscribe 81 ,o0n sc ards having orch thrown
LA Puer N" and sei 40 ot Get Stay ,lsd
dividing ridge OF the continent polaaas tue way TO Eo
rope aud Asa eotbat succeeding agea shall under
mis- feet and DO homage to n genus s talents aud his
ipdomtabe energy.
This Valley de ssuz Is the great psth Of the Apa.
ches into Sonora Cninushua Alter short here
We moved on to get camp before dark, and the
menced ascending the easern slope oi Chrichihui
isns by the pass Of puera del Dsdo And found very
aborious undertaking, occupyiog the whole day 10 &C
complish the ascent, and suoce sdior vnh much aim
cool springs OF water called by euisrants the Apache
SprrSs; be. op Parks map, either from ignorance
inatten'ion, but few localities named.
II Ia Impossible, In my opinion for railroad 20 be
constructed through this pass II In extremely difficult
Tor wagons and then what the OF locating road
through this pass when therc is only fe miles
souih prest ntipg obstrucons, and lecng into rich
valleys Of excellent pasurage aud good land. II Gray
hal. crossed with wagons. so TO leave the wheel
track, his route would be universally followed; but,
nnorg the trail After leaving Gray's road We nad
thing but ronble and suffering