The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-07-15
LETTER FROM BRADSHAW.

BRADSHAW, A. T, July 3, 1871. To tk Editors of us< Arizona Miner:
 In accordance with the provision of reso- lution, which will be found at the close of this article, pen you the following for pub licaton in your paper
 It has long been the opinion of many, and the certain knowledge of a few, that rich placers exist in the eastern districts of Cen tral Arizona; and one Thomas Miner, recently from Nevada, belongs to the latter few. In the year 1861. Mr. Miner was one of com pany of miners who went on | prospecting expcdition-under the leadership of one Stephens-into that hitherto uncxplored re- gion and they found placers which, in MT. Miners opinion, viii yield rum S2U 10 Sl5U per day, to the man, by sluicing, and extend ing over an area of country sufficient for 5OOO miners, or more, with timber and water in abundance They were permitted to remain in tue mining district only some two months, on account of the Indians. Since that time Mir Miner has made several unsuccessful at tempts to raise a company to get back, but has never had promise of success till now. Last April we left Hamilton, Nevada, with an organization called the Mogolon Mining Co., 10 70 into this much coveted region, but realizing that our company was too small for the undertaking, we came by the way of this place for recruits. We have had a meeting here and added 30 names to the roll and We hope before starting to number from eighty to one hundred strong. We now number | forty-eight.
 Itwas decided at our last meeting to start ! fiom this place on the lst of August next, and go by way of Adamsville and Fort Grant, .l. sk. | ing to go with this company can do 50 by re- | porting themselves at Bradshaw on the day above named, with the proper outfit of arms | and pack animals. Great saving in packing ! can be made by purchasing provisions tt the Salt River settlements, especially -four.
 It will be the dawn of glorious day to the sons of Arizona when this company shall have planted its standard on the rock-ribbed hills of the Mogollon, where now exists no mark of civilization except the debris of walled cities, whose relics attest the residence of tho proud Aztec, long since laid waste by th, ruthless hand of the savage Apache. Thou sands Of hardy frontiersmen will pour in iron Nevada and California, and the days of tht Apache will be numbered, and those lofty peaks which have for ages psst echoed only the yells of the mnrderous savage, will hence Il forth send back the sounds of civilization
 and those sunny villages and amaranthin, plains which have 50 long been made hdeou by the war dance, will soon become seats O luxnry and opulence.
 The following in the principal bushes transacted in the last company meeting. Mi
 Shiyely, Mr. Maxwell and Mir. Price wer
 appointed committee to see that all mem
 bers, on starting, were properly outftced, 0
 had the means to become so.
 Mir. Miner was then called upon to give short account of his former expedition, whic he did, in substance, as set forth in the frs part of this article. A resolution, instructin the secretary to write a communication fo
 publication in the MINER. setting forth th
 general features, the time of starting etc, wS . then adopted. OLIVER STEWART, . Sec'y Mogollon Mining Co.