Arizona miner., 1867-01-26
NOTES OF A TRIP THROUGH ABIZ0.
 NA IN THE SUMMER OF 1866.
PREseorr. Jan. q. IsG7.

. PREscoTr, Jan. 2I, 1867. EDITOR ARIZONA MINER In complianc, with a request long since made by yoursel and various members of the late Whit,
 Mountain Prospecting and Exploring Com
 pany," of which chancrd to be an humbl, member, now propose to give your readers
 in my poor way, fuller, if not a better his
 tory of what the party saw, did and expected
 to do, while "going it blind " for three month: through the mountain fastnesses of Apache
 dom, than any yet published. The party consisted of 39 men. Their names are as
 follows; Messrs. Morse, Billings, Strauss
 Maybe, Hutchinson, Kelley, Lyle, Jackson Garner Drennen, Stockton, Mace, Hartman l Riehdel, O'Neill, McGraw, Grammar. Swartz
 Bodcill, Marion, Hope, McWilliams, Jacobs, Brewington, Walker, Grant, Lee, Lubkin, | Myer, Alderman, Jones, Marte, Dicken, Far
 rell, Marchante, one Frenchman and one Ital- | ian, whose names do not know We had sixty four head of animals when we left the
 Verde
 July l3, 1866. This was the day fixed npon fer departure from our rendezvous.
 about two and half miles below Prescott.
 on Granite Greek, and the sun, as be sent
 his warm rays over hill and tree tops, into
 our camp, behld every man at his post some cooking, others attending to the wants
 of our quadruped fellow yoyageurs. and still
 others compgessing into smaller dimensions the huge packs to be borne by the animals. All were cheerful, happy, and every man
 expected to return a millionaire We were
 composed of representatives from nearly every
 State in the Union and every country in En-
 rope. We differed in religion, in poi tics and
 m great many other thing, yet each one vied with the other in making time pass pleas
 ant and keeping up the general good feeling Of the party. We had, the day previous.
 elected aCaptain, Nr. John Brewington. who.
 we thought, was just the man to lead us
 through the unknown region We propo-ed to
 visit. good mOuntaineer, an excellent
 packer, and brave man-these were his auaI-
 incatiuls, and, were 1t not for that bIighting
 curse oi able men--whliiet and brainless adyi
 sers-no doubt he would have proved equal
 10 our expectations. At length all were ready and we took u our line of march for Bige- lows camp on Lynx creek, distant about seven miles, wheie We soon arrived and encamped
 turned our animals out to feed upon the ex
 eeilent gramma with which the hills and val
 ieys were covered, built 0ar camp fires and set frying pans and coffee pots vigorously at
 work To cook the evening meal The new corners 10 the Territory started out to pros pect the digging, and were it not that they expected to ind ihe pre- iOus oro m huge pieces and thickIy strewn over the Sierra
 DidiIcA country-sOme of them would have went rSht to work at the business of gold dentistry on Lynx creek. Night soon came. our aniuais were driven up, tied te stakes and qua. placed over then to keep them from iaiiing into the hands of the omni present Apache. 4 meeting was called to decide upon which of the two routes that led to our destination the party preferred. and as majority were in favor of that by the ho verde, there was very little difficulty in choosing lt The advocates of the route c.a the San tranc.>eo mountains and the |. tile Coiorado found themselves out generated. as they nal allowed themselves to be led ont on the Verde road seven miles without object ing, and nov" the others argued, Ut would De craw tisnlng Co turn back" So Verde won.
 July IA. saddled and packed up bade soOu Dye to our hospltable friends and struck | TOT our next campon Ash creek, distant about lo miles, where We arrived in the afternoon. |
 Juiy lj. Travelled northeast about twelve miles, to a tienega, or valley, where we f,,Ind plenty oi wood, water and grass. During the altefLoon, rain feii in considerable quantity. ana those oi the party who brought tents "l,h them thanked their stars for SO doing.
 July 10. Travelled northeast twelve n,les Io the hio Verde, or as some call if. the Sa, fahclsco We descended to the river rhrouoi, copper canon, a narrow and somewhat ugly llghway, alter considerable trouble in kee,.- n9g the packs upon the backs of our animals W crossed the Verde without trouhle and 'ainped upon its east bank. As the oountr, 'etween Prescott and the Verde is pretay seiI known, | will content myself with inc olowlng brief description Most generaIIv ne formation Is micaceous and feldspathie 'ranise, with some slate-principally mica 'lid taicose. This formation, as every miner 'hows, contains veins of quartz, sometimes 'arfen, then, again, gold-bearing, and very iteh both, and this section of country is mo Aeeptlon to the general rule, as the huge cages and the immense amount of float quartz |, Yer winch We passed proves. The face ol i he country Is hilly covered with a luxuri r ht growth oi the nutritious gramma is tol- e faDIy well watcred, and is as fine a stock 'isiDg country as could be wished for. Along ii ie streains there are some beautiful valleys ii ith ash, oak and other timber. Game. also s' tolerable plenty. % a' Jaiy 2T To day VIC will not move camp N N