The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-06-05
Northern Arizona. as Seen by a New
 conner.
From Correspondence San Francisco Bulletin
wrokESBuno AND raE vutrURt MINE.


 mining town, situated the Hassay arnpa liver The Vulture Mining Company, the of the discovery has been runuing conpuously fr over two yean The company sort of close cOrporaonorganiLsd n New Yort and the manager. keep their own counsel The mine k situated about l5 miles south of the and said by those who have visited it b be something wonder full The fact that the vulture Company have hauled and crushed % O0 tonsa taken frcm feet oi the ledge and the most of from above the level of the surrounding plain, is wonderful They have paid s20 000 for hauling There is besides the Yultufe Companys % stamp mill l0-stanp mill running on from extension claim.
 FROM wIcKESBUR0 TO PRESCOTT
 From wickenburg to Prescott, fl about co mile. by trail and go by the wagon road The mail and most 0f the pss4engcrs go by this road At Date Creek % miles from wiekenburg Is two-company military post From this point towards Prescott the county improves fertility and beauty, until when the vicinyf Prescott, reached seems ike terrestrial paradise noun,ains and valleys clothed with verdure clear sparkling brooks and dense forests Of pne-a most agreeable contrast to what you leave behind.
 PEgscoTT-FoRr wnirrtS
 Prescott is beautifully located Granite Greek partly n pine forest and partly n an opening extending east and has all the appearance of northern There two or ihee brick buildngs few log hou.ss bu, the and some of them neatly painted. fort Whipple atwo-company cavalry post, Is one mile of the The view looking northeast towards San Francisco Mountain with its sbowcspped summit b mag nhcent MINING AFFAigs-rHE STERLING. My first days work visit the Sterling mine sit usied Granite Creek abou; four miles from The ride along the creek and nearly the whole distance through pine forest Arrived the mill found every one busy prcp~ng for the 10 stamp battery shortly expected The old mill had only aye s.anps Several hundred tons of have been worked old battery some Of t yielded high ss2 per B free gJd the grea; bulk Of gold being len in ihe saphureis to work which chlornaon works have been erected mine about osehalf mile fom tbs mill found every one 30 busy that had to make observations unaiaed Al inc dump large plo Of mostly of that class o salphgre,s said Q ee very rich Descending the shaii about I5 feet followed along tho drf running ia tho ven, 30 feet Tbe drih along the foot wa which smooth regular and covered with greasy talcose the width of the vein to be l7 feet tu the .oc: hanging wal over fee; of which showed of bril- liant sulpharet said to be very rich Irregularities side Of he oeet dfn show the of Al end of this drh woTs continuing the drn and yer ai "ok fannng 10 drh ou ts yain n an opposite direcsion the surAce winze being erected Ei the mill aud mihs looked Ike business There is great abundance of tsuoagh aDnd be taken sup ply % siamp miD and f there k DO hitch n the erra1 hoe oi tae gold predict io as mine brilliant saece IL s owl ned In San Francisco 60 pounds of aphure's ffOu this mine worked yoar city ha, yielded ts f on Assays recently made here so over 500 PCT l tuo--ore taken from the end of the dria
 IKDGEs. Prom small vein raaaing h under the Sterling mill around here are lsdges which ess work has h@en done snd nearly all cf sksch =ks saess=; ss= ;s warrsp' erPorag them further With such dshghiai climate such agricultural rssourees and such album d,ce Of wood and water mining ought bc rarriea here alaae~i as ohsapy in calfuiA and eAespy
 THE BreBue Dnrnc1
 In company with several gentleraen. i waited ;As Big. Bug nniag district twelve miles seaheas' of Pres by Ranch On Bs Bug sress ~acs raa . hroar T Ssiisy o the sane nAmene of the most bauiful huis vaileg ever sa~--I ioGnd splendid iosaAmp mill. complete and in perfect working order. The mil keeper, sho living here alone informed tha, msl bait by two parties engaged in business al Prescott aud 7C ,0us of ose crushed To h when tr n sbu down He sad that the orushed--sone 300 sOos trom ibe GaienA l2 tons from the chaPaA aaa he balance from the Divaesd iDdeT~ndeet aad othsn - yielding iA free gold from els to so per toz-
 EuoESIE MINE
 One half mile above the saill and ou inc creek we vssiied the Eagene fains opeued 6y tannsl dv tae vein ls0 feet Al The dump lay from i2oo Co Sto tons of ore The vein through hill 5oo feea above ihe level of the creek, and crops the h g over mile 10 some Tscos o feel vide The exred ouutaas gold bearing quaTEx mKe Wiih sapurcSs five tons worked h the milan average of The the daHssayva s5a PCT tsn, aud yielded ia free gold
 THE nIG.BCs.
 West nf ths mill aioan ana-hsifa mile vl.'ed e Biz Bag mine-the mins zher which the district vas named It rans along ihe h, RsdcFpI~ sat boldly for over milo. The discovery claa has been opeHsa y sha about 72 -et she containing gold vislbs so ihe naked eye Several tons wogked n arsiras yielded e ef ton. and % ons worked in the mi pad but boz much 'ny informant dA not know The bss, pr-f of te richness of his mine the tac Mexcans Do were Wcrk sinking the shah agred to do tine wok hH fe which they took out Maier h and fr some reason work stopped. IssEs 4sA Aissai = fsss c. water ia the shah % 1 could go down but pafty ? who has been down, told that al 70 feet the vea ,he width of tong handIea Aaes shovel svery inch oi which gsirnc with gold secured elogaa, ss,ec mems both fon ihs dump and from the croppnFs half mile ffom tho shAft
 TIE oAIESA MxR-TuE cHAPARRAl,-pfvDExp. About one mile farther up hin visited the Ga lena nine This mine has been developed a greairr extent than any other in this district Three shass have
 eeu sunk on this ls0 apart feet sg and io5 feet and drr the vein about sc feei shaf and drs lhe vein is yisbs and h The pay streak vaiies iTsil t~c er. to ss .e
 measured several places where the pay streak five feet and he in this mine, as in all the oahe mines which deconaposed cF honey -osahes fant rrh ifs t mixed with quartz The mill keeper told that ther OO tons ef dscomFssed snPhurets taken fruu this mise and crushed which yielded s7 per loo free gold \ few hundred yards toa the GAleaa visited th' ChaVarnai, which gOfd deal oi work has been done asd from which l1 tons of ore were taken and crushed a this yielded CTS per tn tree gold Two three hun dred of good lying at ths mine. st far l. ther on visited the Dividend, oened by iuaSel a in on vein and by shah sunk i O feet ffuu V the mouth of the tunnel each about 50 feet Prom hi uue of hauled is The mii which yied. in free gold s2o per Assays of the concentration of he si nrs of the mill show lhl 70 ali lhe ores wvk 70 from the leads 23 per cent of the gol obtained. The Chapara and Dividend are both ev a dently extensions of the GAlena
 .e OTTER usES
 visited another mine called the indepcbdcnos opese by about 2 .eet deep showing from the ouicfop dow g vein about hve wide rich Ia hHe gold visible ih | naked eve. During my tnp passed by and casual A examined innumsnble quartz leges slightly deseloF+' &. every of which showed good indioations In n u arp aluest innumerahe have only named the few th Id are developed sufficiently to be ksown
 ia GREAT RICHNESS OF TIRE COUNTRY
 What have seen thus far exceeds all ee California or Nevada and have visited most of the mu r on the Comstock Lode and p Grass Valley and Amnd'
 Compared ~i'h tss Eureka in Grass Valley the Gaie er and ore which my information is correct shows by
 test of 75 tons double the amount of gold per ton
 WHAT ARIZONA WANTS
 this country were opened up by tho 18th parallel
 road tho section immediately around Prescott would n a duce more bullion than Nevada produces today re am no, much Of an enhasias DO mlnss-hAve alsa