Arizona citizen., 1871-10-14


 med their sacks of ore and choice specimens and listened to the ale of their prolonged struggles to open that section. Here we were at the southern end of Cerbat range of mountains, and around us on the mountain sides were mines that Messrs. Davis 6 Luke had located and worked upon four or five years ago and been forced by the Indians, like many others, to abandon temporarily. Now those same Wallapai Indians bring wood and water and herd the stock for the miners. This point is about. 40 miles from Prescott in a northwesterly di- rectiOn.
 Wednesday, 13th.- Leaving Mrs. Luke to rest at the camp, the rest of Us took to the mountains with Wm. Fee as guide and made long da. of 1t, and were amply paid for climbing and going through brush and over rough hillsides by the sight of the huge veins of argentiferous galena which we visited. The Woodworth, Franklin, Union, Mohave Chief, Van derbilt and Champion, were the larg- est we saw, and all have been worked on sufficiently to show that they are valuable. The Vanderbilt is a gold mine of milling ore and assays up to $4O0 per ton the others are galena and assays from the Union have reached "ve- Sf.Ht ton. The Champion vas the last Us saw that day. and while admlring the vein and the ore and the splendid facilities for wor king the llIne, we were W,ar1at. I,yr Mr Fec thar the sun was declining and we must move on. Hesaid be would Ga Ike IS over the ridge, 9 sh0ft cut bac to Jerbat, and ve followed. IIu ca1led the ridge "Marion's Benefit" and neither of the party who climbed it will forget 1t soon; twas a tough pull at the end of a hard days tramp for legs not in good clim ping condition, but the view from the top where we rested was fine and the breeze cool, and the descent to camp where supper awaited rfs easy, and the nights sleep refreshing. Next morning we left Cerbat we'll satisfied.
 Thursday, 14th.-We reached Min eral Park, beautiful basin in the mountains, at noon. 'Tis distant across the mountains from Cerbat 5 or miles-around the wagon road about s miles. Here five stamp mill is be- ing built town Is laid out; whisky shops are in full blast; some 200 men are building houses, grading lots, working mines and bristhng about in all the various ways incident to new mlning camp. Here we all found old acquaintances, and Mrs. Luke found 8 new one. We felt quite at home, and the way we were hustled round from noon till dark, from one mine to an- other, was a sight to See. The Key stone. Lone Star, May Flower, Sev- enty-one, Macedonia, and host of others we saw that will be famous in days soon to come. Most of them carry milling ores, chlorides, horn silver, ruby silver, and free white shining silver we found in abundance. Many of the lodges are large-from 5 to 12 and b feet in width. The boys are working with will, too. Sev- eral shafts are down 50 to 70 feet on veins that were discovered only a few weeks ago. Some of the smaller veins are very rich and the lucky owners sack up every pound of the ore as fast as 1t comes out of the vein for shipment to San Francisco. Freight from the mines to San FranciscOis TOW only $40 per ton, and a little compe- tition of teamsters on the land freight over the 30 miles between the mines and the Colorado river will