The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-09-30

gu,,ed almost all who ever met him, and has left no friend behind Co grieye over hls de- parture. He may he good military officer, but we rather think Nature intended him to be Quaker Indian agent or captain of slaycr
 Owing to the rain, which poured down in torrents, we were forced to lay over at lual- pal one day.
 The morning of the 9th opened clear and beautiful, and we crawled slowly, through the pass of the Juniper range of mou1tains. and cncampcd m the evening, below Anvil Rock, on the Muddy, having made journey of - miles. over one of the most delightful ant inviting mountain sections of Arizona, m which the eye rests satisfied upon tall pines, wide-.preading oaks, cedars, iunipers, sot, maple. cherry and black walnut trees. Anvil Rock. so called from its resemblance ! Co a b'ack,mith', anvil, wa, pointed out 10 us, as it lay in the bed of the Muddy. It Is a huge volcanic rock, closely resembling its ! iron namesake.
 About midway on the days journey, we ] passed "Oal<s and Willows ,' but found very ! little water in the creek The ruin, of houses. which Indian, had burned. were still visible, and recalled the many murders and robberie7 i the sayages had there committed. l All day long Mt Hope was in sight to the 1 southwark and grand, solitary old pile II is ] Next day, (the lUth). took us to Willow 1 Grove, where we found fine farm and many 1 industrious workers. Corn, potatoes, etc. were looking well. and the melons and milk ! furnished us by the settlers were taken 0n ! board" with right good will. This -crtlon 1 Is very well watered, and there IS an abuud i ance of good land.
 Near by are fine quarr'es, from which good building stone IS quarrief; also, immense slabs. which are susceptible of being polished down very smoothly. One of these quar- ries produces a very white sandstone; the ! other, dark brown rock, much harder than the former
 Not far from the house occupied by the settlers Is the house. fnow leyelei tO the ground). where Mir Buckman, of Prescott, his son. P McAteer. ot Kirkland Valley, and a soldier fought large band of Indians, for 1everal hours in which fight tue soldier was killed. and every one Of the citizens wounded. It was, we believe. the brsve,t, most unequal fight ever made by a small party of whites against large force of reds. The place Is distant mile- from Anvil Rock.
 Willow Grove.
 Having nooned" to our satisfaction. we hitrhed up and travelled through q fine coun- try, past Willow Grove, and the runs of a large military post, al which there were once stationed three companies of troops. 4 fine, large creek passes lIttle to the south of the post the water m which we found excellent. Distance miles
 Cottonwood
 On we travelled to Cottonwood Creek 2 miles farther-oyer granite mountain, from different points of which Indians had dealt death and destruction to many white man
 soldier and citizen. But the Indians of thi.
 region (Wallapais) are now said to be peace able, and, although we did not trust them
 we yet felt more secure than we had in th, Apache country, east of Fort Rock.
 The Tanks.
 drive of about miles brought us to th, tanks, which are in some rocks, little 10 th, south of the road. We found water scare, In them, and drove or, l3 miles, 10 Waliapai Springs. These springs are in the Wulapai mountains and furnish considerable water The mountain : Is iimbered with pine, and contains quart odes
 IL being carly in the afternoon, we started drove about miles and made dry camp, II Wallspai Valley.
 Beale Springs. Got an early start next morning. and soor arrived at Bealc SpTings wbere we found [ small 'tent fort garrisoned by Capt. Byrne
 Lieut.. Fleming and Company r. l2th lnfan try. The Springs send forth good water il | sufficient volume to run the largest quart mill, and the proximity of this water 10 ricl g mines leads us to believe that it will, er
 .ong, he employed for this purpose.
 From Prescott Co this point. the scener' !. would please the mos; iastidious mountaineer ! but now il mad a desert air, and, for the frs f time, the hills wore more cactus than gras
 for coverings.
 , MT. Bowers, having stock of goods q
 the place, in charge of Mr Moore. sioppe - at his store, when the remainder of the part put out for
 C Wailapai Mining District
 Wbich some of us prospected "with on D eyes for the greater portion of two days s and which we pronounce one of the bes !, mining districts now known. l Having spent all the time at our dsposa 1, viewing this great metallic field, we bal e goodbye to the many kind friends who haC - in various ways, placed Us under obligation ] 10 them, and made drive of about lj mile 2 across the Sacramento Valley to Union Pass Station. I Tn the first eastern range of mountains ove
 looking the Great Colorado of the West. This station is kept by '. E. DOolittle, a
 old California volunteer, who proved to [ f that he knew how 10 entertain his friend % It is well supplied with good water, and M D. furnishes almost everything needful to th ! traveller and his animals. |, The Colorado.
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