The Placer herald., 1865-09-02
FROM AN OCCASIONAL CoKRt sp,NDENT.1
From Presc ott to the Gila.


new :" me-. propose to give the readers of
the Herald such Of my itings by The way
as may seem amusing or interesting to
them. | left Prescott ON the 22L June, at
"'rl'rk, p. m, with a party If seven per.
sons, taking the trail over thu mountain
s"u'h~ard travelled 10y me in February last.
when en- route for Ii Paz
No incident worth noting occurred, and
winding our WAY down the narrow washes
Ivy the dull I,.hI of the stars. we made camp
III 10 o'clock. p. m, at skull VaIley-twenty
miles
The Indians have made themselves too
numerous III this valley s'ur- Travelled tins
way before, and the ranr nrherus we've forced tn
abandon lrInp"raril, their farms. The mail
MAS attacked. Que man killed, aud IT,. mai,
miait-r captured but at erwarls q portion
f il recovered We found a small u,,,,,d Of
I'.fan'ry siai'onrl here, and during the night
the mAl from la laz with another guard,
came IN aud raInl'-i.
We ~-re On our way next morning AT AN
Early hour aud in three miles lief. he ,i,-.,
road for la l'"z and bore s"nIh our ,lav-l
hrng through valleys aud grassy plains and
Il, deserted h"m->l-ad>, nl,ina'-iy passing
hr"ugh Gap. in the iang- "t mountains
running cas- an! west. anh down the south
slope hI A"t-.ui'e creek. The richest placer
mines III the Territory WAS found at this
point. Situated near The summit at Que Of the
'f fi-s PEAKS If the m"unla'n. The gold
was found ~ Ghnnk> al"ng s:III ot ground
some thee rods wide lv three humirrd
la'ds l"ng. aud MAS >-raia;ell t'' u, the -ar'h
l'y what ihry raIl "d'y washing" lew
l'~ls"ns mHde thousands of dollars in u rh"rl
lirIIe out OF II. We found arIa>lias running
on the 'ieek aud miners placer digging III
tie 'n"un'an; hui the glory IT ,lI- pInrr has
!-I a'i-d. Before my re'urn the Indians
>'"- 'h-ir animals, anl IN The edrav"r t"
'rake tl-m 'na! t., the name # johnson
"as k lied. W..n-l,ilr, i.r some ,i.n- \
'ni' Ing camp. >',n- life, IS Isl oyer "n he
~ I"s'i- side ,t the. ilrh un,ain. A'i.I n
f,Irndl, GOSSIP win II e miners. We ,tsn,ned
''nr way, and at rr 81 +, lyuny Ilde over u
pla'n. lhl''ug h VALLEY a,d can\"n. IN among
he hll $. Washes. and OVER n dust, T. aJ -,
WE'VE ~ nyh', We !isin"un,e.l AT Wicken
hnry- flf'l.'"" miles.
Ihi- lla.e Is ua'e near dn" south
a. IN Prescott, un the l,ai Is Il lac llMsSal am
i'' r.'r (whnh Uses III the m"nnlal,s u-aI
h- aI'-i '""h) aud some sr,-u nllle> above
h- final sink al lls RIVER. II has SOM ,u"
RIOTS pt"rlr. VIII" ae struggling III make
mon. "" alrasIrAlhg 'hr I'a\ln r". k tr' ~ the
Fu''u'r and I'rithl's nlh-. ird4rs III the VIZ in
ny. Al one time there WAS some thirty arras
ras lunn!ny. aud -,Yhl stamps. all operating
~ IN ilr power. The Indians slea! their slu. k
aud k'I The h-nIsln-n and pr"s!-rI"Is So ir-l
q""Dtl} 'haI pe"r- are hrr"ln'ny quite dis,
outraged. Whist | remained there, there
MAS man went out to lra'e ledge AMI
has never since been head from A sh.it
''ne previous 10 my arrival. part, If ln
d'ans Iun off som. stock, and we're pursued
T., s-y-n men, who the Indians ambus. a ted.
surprised. wounded one or two. and took ali
'h-lr riding animals aud some arms from
hem. Before | returned, however, some
Whites had been aliark-'I whilst going to the
edge With n couple f wagons. but tins time
"L", the I'""' l"'Ilan," lost HE battle.
As passed up, The rru>herS t"y four mills
had arrived there, and hope h-ain-l from
very fare. deem |, my duty to VAIN per
sons not I" visit Wi kenhury, ~nh any view
/" a l-ng'hen credit ON their hnar.i bill.
WAS sn''"g !" my room "ns day just before
leaving. WHEN the proprietor ot The only eat,
me house there, came hus'hny in, with h,s
hiile paper IN hand, aud says t" NE "VriI,
Sh"lg". d4 yr+k is uI; prngs A"u y,ur
n'iIe rll." "Ah," q'"'lh |, i" my lIan!e>l
v"ire, You must deIA hl,t; have Mt
The mou-l IN hand" "Oh. ly Cot. Shudg-.
| cant stand him; | must have der MONEYS:
lie week is up-l rus, not more AS n week.
F'"aIIy. W. COMPROMISED ON payment next
day. aud | got"
The "VnIIure" ledge is situated about
eighteen miles south west from the town.
aud twelve miles west from the stream - the
nearest ~a'eI. lI>cI"lI'l"gs are found upon
range ct hills innnlng east and vest. t"I -
distance "t ely ght Ilur"l,'d yards. Tins range
# hII'"k> arrra2e some twenty five t-el III
hlah', l.. t"rly feet at l'asr, nearly all "t
Winch is I'a,mg rock Ii has beet, wei krd
for ab'u, year, aud when | visited the
Yr"un,I, their operations had barely used az.
the loose float r"rk tom III. surface.
had c'asion /" inquir" 'nnu'-Iy int" the
value of this rock. anl found The average
pa, xrIusIye "t SILVER, # ~hicli ,he,e L.
believed I" lie a hands"rn- per r-nIa.e-l"
TIE seventy d"iIa,S /" the ton ut ore. As 81
farther -ynl-hre If lis uliu-,aI wealth. mo,
m-nli"n that tsulhl!as of it is now ~ I,,-
CATION. 1t WAS discovered arciI-n,aEv l.,
some prs,ert"rs in 1868. when ia sear'h Of
"a g'"d thing" Thus far only one we'll d..
fined wall ni true vein has been discovered
On the 9 Of july ~e took tho road fi
the Gila. Oar route lay dawn the sand,
bed of the ll,>sa> aMI'a. Seven Wllrs south
ot Wicke"h-'g Tins modest stream. in NAN
r"w, Mid canyon. bids farewell /" Tins vale
of tears, and ,erlIes forever from the rn ie
g"ze Of man. Three mics NOR a"d We
leave the sandy river bed, aud turn NJ shyhl,
~ east, push cur WY over "A long desert
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