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

giving settlers all chance as they NAV co,..
to the country. "'
II becomes pertinent question TO ash ~,
the town was located here in this Ian NJ ~!
mountains. sofar away from any other place. 7,
10 the centre OF the great Territory of Arzon.
which is yet comparatively unknown, or gensraT.
considered barren strip of land on the son,i
side OF the ella.
OF the Territory at large he says:
The variety OF climate is so great that at Fo,,
luna, its southwestern corner, the mercnr,
ranges higher than any other military post in N.
United States, and at Fort Defiance, ia north
eastern corner, five soldiers on guard were frozen
to death few years ago. The present Territorv
10 composed of three great sections, each nae
cessibe to the other, and all of them to the bal
lance oil the world. The section south of ia
lila western, part desert central mining AMI
farming eastern mining, farming and grazing
the section of the Colorado reaching from nes,
the Gull OF California to the Great Utah Basin
commercial and mining. The section north Of
the ella, the Interior, cehtering around the capi.
tai, Is the finest Climate of all, the best coan,,
to live in-plenty OF grass considerable arabia
land and more mines than in any other part 0,
the Territory explored. 10 this section families
are coming IN with the great wave Of emigration
| from the Western States, and here will build
them houses as permanent as the grauite noun.
tains which surround them. They bring wagons
oxen, cows. horses. mules, dogs, cats, and owe,
and above all, women, the greatest refining insti
tuition ever in q mining country. The virginitJ
of the country, the exhilaration of the atmos.
iphere, and the bright hopes OF the future, seen
to peryade every soul. have not seen gloomy
lor unhappy man in that interior section.
The mines are not yet opened, and cannot b
properly developed for several years, from tbei
' remoteness from the centre of commerce and th
foundries of machinery, but the abiding conf
ldrnce 10 their richness and perrnanancy is won
derful. | have visited one hundred differeu
veins. They outcrop on the surface, and can b
: traced for miles, having every appearance OF RET
d ularity. IL will not be necessary TO name th
different mines, as it is not my business or put
Ipose TO present any OF them 10 the public moi
than Others.
: The placer mines worked up to this time oc
{ lcupy very small space. On Walkers gule
}, some few claims pap well, but on account OF tn
8 scarcity OF water at that place or some oth'
reason, but very little work is going on. At ID
head Of the gulch bad the pleasure of enjoyin
{ the hospitality of>u old San Francisco irien
! Gen George Coulter, who used 10 be IN the Sta
II Hospital. lie has good claim, and is consi
cred one Of the favored sons OF fortune. 4
Q the city sale he bid for lots as # he imagined
\ was back in Sau Francisco. The General I'M
: very properly be termed brick-a little ecceI
g trc, perhaps. He has friend messing with hi
who drinks coffee. while the General only i
dulges in the Chinese beverage. The friend W
n ALWAYS in advance 6! :be General in getting
J. coffee to boil before the Generals gentle bev,
age was ready, which finally so ncensed I
&c General that he took his tea pot out in the gull
i and smashed it with stones and jumped upon
and damned q teapot that would not boil
re quick as any mans coifee-pot.