The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-11-20

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 canons, where no animal but the mountain
 sheep could go to obtain it. After resting
 the animals for day, we started to make
 detour to a high pine range which we dis
 cerned to the southwest, expecting surely,
 to find plenty of water there. It was night
 when we reached the pines we made dli- gent search for water, but failed to find as much as drop. Next morning, we travelled
 on some five miles, when some Indians, call
 ing themselves Cosninos, came to us and told
 us that little farther on we would find wa
 ter After travelling on all day, we did find
 water (about two bucketfuls), down some four hundred feet in canon. This small
 quantity of water was divided among the
 men, and, of course, our tired and thirsty an
 finals did not get drop. The country ahead
 looked, as far as the eye could reach, dry and
 desolate, but by no means destitute of yege-
 tation. It was covered with heavy growth
 of pinon pine and cedar, which we knew from experience, was no certain omen that it con
 tained water. A consultation was held, the
 result of which was that we determined upon
 returning to Sheep Tanks, and, after resting
 an hour, we started on our return. The high
 range trayersed by us is cut through by the
 Little Colorado, and, on the highest part of
 the range, our trail led us to the verge of
 mighty preeipice. Never, to the last day of
 my existence, shall 1 forget the sublimity of
 the scene opened to our vision To stand
 upon the brink and cast ones eyes down.
 down, to where all looked dark as chaos. one
 long look, and the view is photographed for
 ever on the scroll of memory. Have you ever,
 m your sleep, experienced a terrible night
 mare, or imagined yourself falling from some
 lofty height, thinking that terrible death
 awaited you at the bottom, ready to clash
 you m its cold embrace, and when you awoke
 foand yourself safe Such was my sensation. after stepping back to more secure ground
 and shutting from our view this terrible scene. Oh, what scene would that have been for one of the old martyrs to have spread upon his canvass Huge pinacles of old red sand stone, standing hundreds of feet in height, their feet enveloped in darkness, whilst other huge masses lootned up from the depths be- low, square shaped and fiat topped, with here and there slll, slender spires and round | towers adding symmetry to their structure. | The setting sun bathing their points in golden tlnts and deep vermillion, the blending of the sunlight with the darkness below, the dark form of the raven winging his flight to hls nightly shelter, high up among the crars. with no other living thing to add life to the scene, deep gorges putting in from either side. huge rocks Jutting out in bold relief, showing in the evenings sunlight, their scared and nven sides, with here and there, patches of vegetation clinging to them for support. while over all these rested the stiffness of death. All combined to form picture worthy to be called a semblance of "Dante's Inferno.n
 We had no correct way of measuring the iepth of this great canyon, but according to our estimation, it was not less than four thou sand feet deep. Evidently, at some period. iges past, this mountain range formed during Inc process of upheaval, damned the waters Towing down from the northern slopes of the slogollone and San Francisco mountain rang
 x; And aii immense water shed fr..... .h. ....- .hern side of the Little Colorado formed lake 'f more than one hundred miles in length md sixty miles in width, and the waters eeklng an outlet therefrom, gradually cut heir way through this great mass of rock. ,t 'eins soft friable sandstone. At present ms section is evidently dry during eight or , 'ine.months in the year The rapids formed y the flowing out of the waters from the 'asin must have made cataract grander han that of Niagara
 After travelling something over sixty hours. , without water, we arrived at Sheep Tanks. Feary in mind and body, as our prospects of uccess looked barren indeed. After rest;n, day we concluded to return to inc San / francisco Mountain and try another route i, rest, as we were determined to reach our lace oi destination if possible. We reached c lear Camp on the 7th of October, being ab- Ii 'nt from Prescott about one month. Atthis a lace, NIT. Miller and five more of the party . 'ncluded to return home, so we elected MT. ol Iussey leader, and on the morning of the gth f, lde adieu to our homeward bound compan. h ms and bore off in sOuth-westerly dircc- c on, aiming to strike Gen. Pamer's survey gar Antelope Springs, a distance of some fir. f, en miles We arrived at the springs about e 'e o'clock p. m. All day long, we travelled ., rough the finest timbered and grassed coun- 4, y ever witnessed Large. omen clados og n