The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-08-06

4 formed gentlemen in the Medical Department, and we are confident be deserves it, for there IS no subject science upon which he Is not wel posted. He passed seven years or his niiitary , fife in New Mexico, and would have renamed there longer but for the fear, which took posses sion of him, that he was fast becoming "galvan- ized." He loves to relate tales ot old mountain men and Indian iighters-with most ot whom ne ---s had GSn intimate acquauttnce-and mas prom lsed to give US the history of Bill Williams: Dr. Wirtz has crossed the Continent more than a dozen times been shipwrecked on the ocean, twice; escaped death repeatedly, and to crown all, served at Fort Yuma a couple of years.
 COL. c. W. FosTEs
 Entered the Army a scorepr more years ago, and js of course confirmed old soldier. He Is, we believe from "away down In Maine" He has served in Florida, Mexico, Alaska, and several other places During the late war, he had charge | of a Bureau in the War Department, at Washing l ton, and gave good satisfaction. He Is honest, conscientious, honorable, and of course, stands well at Washington, and with the people who know him.
 Having thus accounted for" our military oO1pognons dt royags, we propose to give short pen and ink sketches of the civilians of the party, and will commence with
 GOV. A. P. K. SANFORD,
 Who was "born when quite young" in the State | of Illinois, and is now in the prime Of lie. Tn stature the Governor Is shorty but his arch | uecture is such as to enable him to get around | quite lively under heavy burdens, and to present | n taking appearance, although he has never been ! known to take anything, not belonging to him | He is eminently, man of action-ful Of life, | hope and energy. His head Is round on Indian
 and other affairs and his great desire Is to see the
 people of this Territory happy and prosperous ! He came to this coast shortly after gold was dis
 covered and has "roughed" it in California, Ne | vada and here, ever since. He is good-natured, gen,lemanly, possesses goodly stock of hard
 sense, and is a iavorite with our people.
 JOHN wAssoS,
 Our new Surveyor General i. a mld good -natured individual, and a scribe of good repute. He is,
 we believe. a native of Ohio. He has helped edit
 papers in Idaho Nevada and California He Is
 enrapturcd with Arizona, and leaves no means un.
 tried 70 acquaint himself with her rich and varied
 resources and his letters to California papers go
 to show that he Is capable of writing them up.
 HERBERT BOWERS
 Is known to most citizens of the Territory. He
 first saw the light of day in the old Granite State
 started for California in 1S49 arrived ln Arizona
 in 1863, and with his brother Nathan, has, since
 that time, been engaged in business here. He
 has, probably, done as much as any other citizen of the Territory for the Territory, and we hope that his efforts to develop the country will b, | crowned with success, and meet with merited re ward.
 THE OBJECT OF THE OFFICERS,
 Civil and military, in making the trip, to talk,
 a view of the country; it's resources anC learn it's wants. Right we'll did they perform thu task, as will hereafter be seen.
 THE START
 s Was made from Fort Whipple, about one o'clock - on the afternoon of the lGth ult. Previous C starting all partook of No. repast, which wa D served up at headquarters. Thus fortified, n' : time was lost in getting into the vehicles, an' | away we rattled, down Granite Creek between l. the green hills that skirt it on either side. w n took the upper, or hilly road, and were not lon ' in reaching the head of Wooisey Valley, wher q we met with kind reception from Mir. and MT d Brsnaman, with whom we conversed until tn e, drivers had watered the animals, when word wa ,f given to proceed. Up to this point,
 ! l THE COUNTRY
 d passed over, was hIlly, and few farms had bee ', seen, but now the green valley with it's large field h of corn, lay spread before, behind and on ever ,r side of us, inviting rapid motion, and bringin ,e forth applause from those who had not preyious r beheld fl, To the south, high above us-la n stretched out in all it's pristine grandeur the is erra Prieta range of mountalns-clad in greer
 ornamented with noble trees, crowned with Ion ye peaks and pierced with veins of silver, gold an e copper, whose great wealth will one day astonis IT the world and make Arizonn rich and powerf al State. We could scarce keep our eyes of tn nt mountain range, in which are centered the hop ev of our people; and in which many of them ha n toiled and suffered. To the North not far off Il i Black Hills raised their heads aud shut out fro as view the lofty peaks known as the Bill William - and San Francisco. Westward-behind us ,r stretched an immense vallcy-(Chino), over oI mi hundred miles in length, and from ten so twen rg in width, with here and there on either side of pe short ranges of mountains, from which high peal be ascended and pierced the blue sky. To the Ea' ,o' the view was equally magnificent, but of a mo ae. irregular nature-the country being somewh m. broken and ragged-looking. The ride dov an Woolsey Valley was pleasant one, the road he ing hard, level, and fringed with vast fields
 corn. The distance from Pinon Ranch, to | as Agua Frio, about four miles-was made in abo aII thirty minutes. Upon arriving, John Reese [ 1n- worthy major dona, busied himself in looking nu ter the wants of the party, some of whom retr ,in to sequestered shades the rivers banks, dive ar ed themselves of their clothing, and bahed in ed cool, clear waters. Alter supper-which by [ te way, was a first-rate one a half hour spent wp viewing matters and things around this fine rant ,en and noticed that the strangers within its gal inc were astonished at seeing thousands of doll; he worth of improved machinery, implements, et mn which were snugy housed in an immense col re- crib It being too late in the day to visit the o ,fe ing mill, mile or so below the ranch, all ban lea took seats in the hall of Mir Bowers' farm-hou ow and, while the cool, healthy breezes from the nd erra Preta played with locks of every shade-m , ters were discussed and stories told, with gr
 gusto, until the clock struck ten, and all retif In to rest and sleep. "The ranch" was up nt n.y. morning, at peep O day; breakfast was serI rr- and work commenced. Our escort of caval -od which was commanded by Lieutenant Her his Ayers Third Cavalry, took up their line of mal cry for the foothills where they rested and grai la the animals until our ambulanees hove Is sig idl- Lieutenant F H. Dibblee, Twelfth Infantry, W lln- twelve fourteen enlisted men and two guide kes Messrs. Rice and Dickson, had reached the raI
 the evening before, from Whipple, their V
 to Camp McDOwell, to look out good route md a wagonroad, which we hope they have, ere u Ue found and located. Bidding them and our frieI mi of the ranch goodbye, we bounded over the gr , n sy plain at a fair rate Of speed, and were SC an. climbing the low, rounded hills north or we nom Creek, beautiful stream which rises in the Bli on Hills, aund murmuringly floats southward unti