Arizona miner., 1867-10-26
GROVE AND wlcKENBURG.

m company Wlth HNC of SIX tlhAtH0 "i '''' county and gentleman from Pima, started from Prescott, on visit to Walnut Grove and Wickenburg We took the trail to the ! s erling mill and mine. up Granite creek. Al | the Sterling we found Hon. R. W. Groom and | Nm Cole "all a'one by themselves" Bob | and Bill were employing their time in de- ! sulphurizing and prospecting the rich sulphur ret ores of the Sterling, and Cole showed us any amount of gold that he hGd horned out of said sulphurcts After grazing our ami nal- for an hour, during which time we par took of an excellent meal, cooked ny Mon sieur Cole in the " best style of the art, the pa-tv sadllcd their animals and started for the Gro.e. Seon reached the Hassayampa,
 wa.ered and kept on cur course towards the Montgomery mine. where we arrived about one hour before sunset. IL was late at night when We reached the end of our days jour ney, and the country over which we travelled was go rough, the rail so long, and ouP out iit of "gripc producer" large, we felt sorter "spongy," aud wcrc exceedingly gad when we reached inc house and ranch of John White and Gus Swain. Some of the party stopped at Whites ranch all night the bal- ance, including our humble self, were freed to proceed further down the valley to the ranch of Hon. Allen Culumber, member of the Fourth Legislature, who was returning home with us after serving his constituents well and faithfully. We partook of an ex- celent supper and retired for the night. In the morning We took stroll around the ranches and were well pleased with the i'm prnyements made by the industrious owners in the last few years. In spite of dull times and Indian raids, the citizens of Walnut Grove hare energc;ically and earnestly worked hard to build for themselves good hoIaes and cultivate the rich soil Of thoir valley. The large fields of corn, which busy workers were engaged in gathering, the stacks of fine wheat, some of which was al- ready threshed, tho numerous acres of pota- tatoes. cabbage, onions and other vegetables which we saw for distance of nearly 10 miles down the valley. made US feel proud of ! Central Arizona and her energetis citizens and we inyounlarily prayed that God might ] speed the day when man would be able te ! go loo yards from his house without the feaI of being shot and killed by murderous Indi- ans There are several rich quartz ledges
 near Walnut Grove, and we believe some o
 them will be worked this winter, proydet
 the Indians cease their villainous operations
 but of that we have little faith We stayec
 two nights st the Grove, lived on chickeT
 and other luxuries furnished by Messrs. Cul
 lrmber and Stephenson, and on "Wednesday
 morning WE were again in the sad lle an,
 started upon the new trail which runs som,
 six or seven miles south of Antelope Hill
 We have travelled over the Weaver trail tC
 Wickenburg, which every body who ha
 ever gone that way, knows to be one of th'
 roughest and worst trails in Arizona. W'
 found the new trail much shorter and better
 in every respect than the old one. We ar rived at Wickenburg at about four o'clock il the evening, tired and hungry, but after eat . ing good square meal and washing it dowI with som- of Peoples excellent lager beer ! we felt able to lick a reasonable number Q 4 Apaciies Ne feaf.d tAc Pima delegation at Wickenburg, resting themselves befor 3 starting on the desert that lay betwen ther and their homes Major Stickncy and Co Lexis were sick, but the remainder of tn
 delegation. including the member from P ? ma Y Yuma.n Mr Mickey, were enjoying goo : health, although they appeared to take the n regular |. medicine
 e The town of WickcDburg has improve { somewhat upon its ancient appearance. I'll r stores and saloons, of which there are abor ;. ten. are built of adobes. ilat-roofed and nice n plastered and whitewashed inside. We foun O great many old acquaintences in Wicker r. burg, all of whom are doing well, in a monel d making point of view. A. Barnett, C. 2 Rogers, Fred Henry, A. H. Peoples, - Jone r. S. J. Hensley, and others, who formerly r' r. sided in Prescott are engaged in business r, Wickenburg. A great many people we O down sick with the ague, in the town all IS upon the ranches below on the river, and c was tbe general belief that a large pond - water standing in MT. Henry Wickenburg # field was the cause of the sickness. Mir.
 tried last year to drain this pond, but W
 only partially successful. This year, as soc b. as bis crop is gathered, he intends 10 dra of 1t thoroughly It will cost money 10 do A. but Henry is not the man to stop for expen % when the thing to be accomplished will be rs eft himself and townsmen. We took a rit to down the river as far as the ranches of O