The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-07-01

l,avc roud storc. well lllcd with goods ai ilis place Onl-rrs aud men were soon paid OIL some sf he men rerci, ed etwesn two and three thou sand dollars. back pay aud allowances. When we were tbcrp there we're two email companies at tlc pos'. Cap.ain MeinhOld's, ot the 30 Cavalry. and Col O'Brrnc's, of the 2iSi Infantry. The other officers were Licutenauts Ebsten and IAughcy. snd Dr. GWyther, Poet Surgeon. IL LaWauu vas absent at Drum Barracks inspecting horses, Of which Capt. Mcinhold's Company stood il grca; nCcd, it having but sixteen horse. capable Ut carrying nm. Here at thi> Isolated post, We met three excellent American ladies, Mrs Lawson, Mrs Ebsiein and Miss Smith. lt took us lU hOurs driving time to get froui Pres colt to Date Creek. We staycd one nigbt at the Post, and next morning, started back to Skull Valley, where We left the Prescott road, and toCk thai 10 Williamson Valley and Hunlpai, and good road wc found it, though rolling, bills and valleys, covered with nutritious grasscs, and now and then patches ot Juniper trees. Williamson yalicy-the only place in this section VIC had not previously ,i-ted-SoOH attracted our vision, aud pleased our flury. iJug tn thr tni,i-t Oi ti,u- bcred hills, well wateTed, aud large as it Is, h iul ly camc up lo the accounts we bad heard oi it Three years ago thcre was scarcely house ip it {; when we were there we saw over score, and theu didn't zee onr-hnf of them. IL k bysuii- fui place, aud contains several line ranches Capt Atcnison, an old pioneer, has a store iu the val | ley. C. C. Bean, oi this place is the Hercules that has built up this settlement, and the people [ respect bim for it Should this years crcps turn ! out well, Williamson valley will be hcarc irOm on the corn exchange.
 | Camp HuaIpai is distant ffeen miles, and ofi we start for it, over Mir. ilardy's road which, by the way. Is good one. This section of country l is heavily tnbered. mostly with cedar, and good [ grass grows everywhere. The scenery along 'tbe 1 route is pleasing 10 the eye and. at Camp Hual- pal, grand tn the extreme. The poe; is sltuat q in pass Of tbH Aztec mountains on lerel mesa, | overlooking Walnut crcck, very pretty strrsni. | containing plenty of cool, pure water. Colonel DuBois, Sd Cavalry, was in command. and there were two companies Of the regiment stationed | there Captain brent Lieutenant Johnson and | Drs. Malcolm and Ensign were stationed iherr. | Lieutenant Smgde had last received leave Of ab- ! seucc. Col Dubois appeared to be yery pleas ! ant, agreeable gcutleaan, who secmed Co think | tbat Apaches had rights which white men were | bound 10 respect. false idea he will get over
 should they ever make raid on him. Here, we | found Col. Roger Jones, InspectoF-General on G,n. SchoHeld's staff Ne had, Tor the .econd or | third tune, made the tour of the Territory and ] was lu tape Uigh our people on the Apache qaes- ! ton. Brave, discerning and true To his race and [ country, be could see DO good iu the accursed ! ApaUhes, and be bad seen q great many Of them ! Tue troops at this post appeared Co have fine | horses, ba. they had done very Niils scouting ! having bocu employed In building quarters ! which. we hope, are now finished Mir. Eesies | Post Trader, treated US very hospitahly, aA did
 
 tiemen.
 Bidding goodbye 10 ColoneIs Nelson, Jones | and all other frleDds, VIC started homewards, and
 arrived safely after pleasant ride over a country
 capable of feeding trns of thousands of sheep
 cnlile and horses. and which, were rains . Hlllt
 more frequent, would produce enough food fOi 1 one million of people. But, the tme is coming 1 when wells wlll be bored. aud artesian wMei found, and then goodbye 10 sirTilHy and waste 1 We had now made about li0 miles, but hac I scarcely rpsffd weak frame R r tecsfuf
 almost obligatory for to proceed 10 the Brad shaw mines r. Gsnahl, leading Californi, | lawyer, and Jovial gentleman; JOhn Boyd, an abl,
 mining expert. Chas. Meyers, good assayer
 Russ Carter, who formerly owned in ihe Ida El
 more nine. Idaho t. ]. Cook and D. MOrpiand
 owners in the Tiger. Gid. Cornell Philip Rich
 ardson. Jos R. Walker. B. A. Hussey and othe
 gentlemen were going, and begged us 10 go. too We went, aud will now say something ccaeernib,
 what ~e saw, much of which new, even tI us, wt0 tad ;Favslec through thc same countr, many trncs before. Leaving Prescott late in th l afternoon, tue party with which we trayecs plunged into the pine tmber. and with b1nche Of willows iR hand, commenced fighting thDs,
 fierce horse flies which visit our mountains ever June. Gainesville. Goodwin City, nov
 e Woodslas." waa the trSt point O. inttr oi tbe trip lt Is suburb of Prescott. and Is rr
 markable for pretty cottages, gardens, goats an, prehistoric iOg-houses Granite creek and t tributaries contained considerable water, for ih
 season of the year. In ibe canyon, near Noye, & Curtis' old saw-mili site, dam had been built
 and tne, deep pond ot pare monntain wale
 was thr result This water is there yet and thos
 of our citizens who do not pauonizc otio ough
 to paironize this pond The old saw-mlii garden looked well potatoes, cabbages, etc, were grow
 ing like sixty, and showed plainly. that indnsiri oEs hands had been attending to them. The hills
 and bedA Of the creeks showed great deal Q
 quartz, which reminded us of tue fact that prom isng ledges exist near Prescott. Indeed, some o the richest " float " ever seen here picked ul
 on the hills adjoining town, but the ledge iron which t came has never been found. The cree
 contains gold, and places la it have paid well, al of which leads us 10 plead with prospcciors |
 look pear home for something rich. On we gc over nrst class wagon-road, through piney hill
 sud Hats, with oak openings, green grass, an
 much isnd that will yet be cultivated Moves
 CUTts saw-rniii, about six miles south from Pre-,
 colt, was soon reached and passed. Then ih , turning point, where the road strikes southwea , towards tie Chase mill and mine Southeast ward we go, over steep hills, until the Hassa) ' ampa is reached, when we irrgate and procee up one of the prettest mountain valleys ir this c any other country Strawberry yires are sec on every hand, and, occasionally, a raspberry vim grass Is green and iuxHriaBi, and C. Davis potato , crop pun us In mind Of good, mealy murpbies. The heautifnl creek winds through passages Il ' the hills, and its waters are shaded by willow poplar, oak, red pine, fF, ialsam and maple tree Soon ths valley becomes rather marrow r=-tri up whose sides the serpentlne trall leads Tn b, wilderiBg manner. The summit is soon reached
 men and animals endeaYor to collect more bFeal
 10 nl tbe place .oi that they have exhausted , ascending; glAnees arc east backward and [. most gorgeous scenery imaginable feasiec upol
 until imagination and admiration are gorged vii , beauty. Such scenery Such blending Of colo
 is rarely seen-not even In tue sky at sunsg , l From iOwiy fern 10 iordy pine ali is griBd, bea 7 tiful and bewitching. Brt there are other sigh 10 be seen. Mount Union, the highest point central Arizona, and We think, next 10 the Sal I Franeisco mountain, the highest point in Kori