Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1864-09-21

district, It's tOdeS, etc. silver creek twelve
miles from the river, is in the centre of the dis
trict which is in the first range of mountains
from the river The mountains are not lofty
and are less rugged than most others in this
country; they are not abundantly supplied with
wood water and grass yet Of the two irst there
is enough for domestic use and as shallow shafts
have found water, it is thought that deep tunnels
will furnish sufficient for mills But it is probable
that mills will be erected on the river as good
roads for hauling the rock over can be made
with slight expense The Odes are for the most
part mixture of quartz and spar, large and well
defined, some OF them ten to twenty feet wide,
and walliug up twenty to thirty feet above the
surface The Moss lode for long time enjoyed
the undivided repution of being rich in gold, but
last winter upon inspection, several lodes were
found we'll stored with the precious metals. The
Leland, Mitchell and Dayton deserve especial
mention, as the first two are very large, and all
are exceedingly rich in gold. Quite recently
rich silver rock has been found few feet below
the surtace-of the horn silver character-on the
Dayton loGe.
| Nearly all the lodes give traces of silver 10
the groupings. None have as yet been vel.
prospected, but most hattering promises have
been obtained from the shallow shafts sunk.
| What we want is capital. There is no room for
doubt about the value OF the mines. should
have remarked that the lodes run southeast and
northwest and have not much dip. The bed
rock or formation 10 which the lodes lie is sort
Of soft, reddish coored trap rock. In places it
! is Of granite, and occasional slate belts show
| themselves. s4.1
learn by some gentlemen who came down
the river last Friday in a small boat, that not
much is being done in the way of prospecting at
FL Dorado Canon. They have examined their
claims sufficient TO show that they have ore rich
in silver, and they are now patiently waiting the
slow moving capital to bring forward mills. The
mill Of Wolfe * Vineyard has no apparatus for
saving silver, and consequently gets but little
rock to work, as nearly all the lodes contain
more or less Of that metal, The superintendent
has gone to San Francisco for amalgamating
pans. Mr.. Lewis, a considerable owner in the
lFechatticup, Queen City, and other noted claims,
/ has also left, promising to have mill out in
short time. My informants were on their way
down to meet the Mnna Pilden small steamer
that lett San Francisco for the Colorado a Few
weeks since. They are expecting to meet her
I Williams Fork
| Lieut. Pomesoy and a number Of discharged
soldiers from Et Nipple passed by here feE
days ago en- roate for California. They seemed
lin inc health and spirits.
| behave the election OF Col. Poston gi'es
Iis felt thai he viii exert his best influences in the
Interests of orr Territory at large, and not for
IaDy particular section
/ Our population here is slowly increasing by
fresh arrivals of people from the settlements.
II few weeks NEST Of cur old prospectors
Twill be back again when you may surely count
on long list of subscribers to the MINER, as the
Interest it takes in this section warmly COM
mends il to the generous patronage OF our citi-
zeps. IS 3, yt.i,.,4 s.t h ,sg
| The Intelligence contained in the MINER OF
August 10th relating to route having been es-
tablished from Albuquerque to Fort Mohave,
was as cheering and welcome as it was new.
hope soon to hear of service being put ON the
whole route, more especially from here to the
capital 1t would be most gratifying result to
every one interested in the advancement Of the
Territory. There can now be no doubt but that
the Nohaye route is far the best, and indeed the
lonly really practicable route from Los Angeles TO
Prescott. ..6 "a ,.iY~e4l ~ bstn
/ Mr. Hardy started the first of this month from
Hardyville with two Zone eight and one ten mule)
teams, loaded with seven thousand pounds most
Ily provisions, for your town. VIA
Messrs Walters and Tuttle, our representa-
Etves, viii leave here for the capital about the
18th instant A. Z. D.
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