The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-09-30

Mr. IT, was building an adobe house, and appcared to be doing a thriving business, m more way, than one, he having acted upon 1 the principle, When in Rome do as the Ro- mans do" May Mir H's shadow never grow . less, and may his offspring grow up m the l way all good little persons should grow.
 Here we saw some machinery for the mill ! at Mineral Park
 EaIdyvile drive of three miles, down the river l, r7,,r. brought us to HAriyyie, cluster of large. fine adobe buildings which Wm H. ! ilorly ha- erected, at great expense. The |. main building is the largest ever seen by Us in the Territory, and very cool and hand- | some. \ portion of t is occupied by <. Told, ! who has the largest and bet stock Uf goods | seen by US on the trip, and who, all Arizo- ! nan, know, is a large heated, liberal trader, Another portion of the building is occupied by II F Hardy, who runs saloon and hotel, where creature comforts are very literally dispensed. The town l., of course. on the east bank of the Colorado, about POO feet above ocean level, and about 4j0 miles from | the mouth of tue river. Below it on the l river are tine thriving towns of Ehrcubcrg | and Arizona City; al+n, Fort Iuma (the lat ! ter uu the California sale of tue rivcrl Above ] it, i, CalivIllc ani other Mormon settlements, with all of which points it has an extensive ! trade The day before we arrived at Hardy l vile, one of th- Colorado Navigation Com pluy's steamboat, bad discharged large quan- titie, of provisions, mining tools, etc, re ! shipped several lot, oi ore, and started for the mouth uf tue river, thus cheating Us out of our proposed ,rip down thc Colorado | From the Callyllc region come beautiful rock salt; fruit grain and vegetables, and NIT Hardy Was ot the opinion that this sec ton of the Territory will yet receive its sup ply of salt from the mountain mines of the Rio Virgin. About eight mile. To the west ward, in California, are the rich mines of Tel low Pine and Clarke Districts, and further north, ia Nevada, are those of piochc, so that Ilardyvilie i~ about in the centre of vcry rich and extensive region.
 The Wheeler Expedition
 While at lIardyylilc, we had the pleasure of meeting Lieutenant Wheeler, of the Engi. neer-, wAo had just made a successful eXplora- tion uf Southeastern Nevada, and who was then Un hi, way up the river, To examine 1t and the country adjoining. Lieut. Wheeler and party were in boats, to row and tow which he had secured the services of several iusty booking Mobave Indians. Hc intended to ascend the Colol ado hundred miles or more, and then strike through the country for Prescott, examining mineral brlts ob serving water--hed-. etc He has established camps al various points in the Territory, and ls determined upon giving it a thorough ex- plOfatiOn. \ more intelligent, hard-N orkiug young officer IS not in the service of the country, and his assistants are not far behind him in knowledge, enterprise and earuestness
 When made hi, repOr; will open the eyes of the reading world, and cause them to look 10 thi> region with longing eyes. He ha! some trouble with Pah-U Ute Indians, and was fore ed to sUspenl two or three of them. Upon , his arrival at Prescott he will need the ser 5 vices of several guides
 Fort Mohave
 Was next visited. IL Is about : miles below , lIardyville, close to the Colorado river, and , hotter than the hinges of any preachers h-ll; yet, it Is a well built clean, ''comfurta-
 ble" post. and, we suppose. far preferable, AS
 a summer rcsIdencC, to h-ll or Fort Yuma,
 although its occupants claim that it i, hotter ' than either O, these places. Indeed. Major Pond, the genilemgnly commandant. assured us that be had frequently seen the mercury
 rise up to and stand at 1lSS in the shade , This, too, in the coolest place in the coolest house in the fort. The Major took Us through
 his company quarter>, and heater quarter, we
 bad never before seen. IL was Sunday, and D the men were enjoying themselves, some a reading. others sleeping. and sO on. All had {, neatly painted bed-sicads, and the arms. b furniture, etc, in the place, shone with a D briiiancy that not even the camp of single 2 ny marred.
 , Speaking of flies reminds us that the Col. e orado river is not good place for flies, in
 summer time. The heat kiiis them, or causes ? the abomuiahle little insects to fly to Pres . colt, where they manage 10 live and thrive [ from June to October.
 8 Company C, of the l2th Infantry. Carris.
 oned the post, and the Major assured us that { with guard duty, police duty, attending tn d stores, escortIng, etc, the company were y kept quite busy; in fact had to work harder
 than most laborers, and We believed him. fpr
 of all tbe abOminations one company post - is ahead
 The company owns an excellent library, in t which We discovered nothing but standard
 works.
 1. Lieutenant Eagan showed us through th, e commissary and quartermaster storebouses 1. and every one of our party praised him for .s the careful, buslnes--like way m which the i. various articles were stored away Owing
 to the great heat of the climate diferen,
 classes of stores such AS ham, butter, etc.
 were never, until after his arrival kept dur. r. ing ihe summer months, but, with an nge-
 nlousiy constructed cellar, he has succeeded h m Keeping all these things nice and cool 's We called on MT. Eagans wife and found E. her, like her husband, a very intelligent lady who has withstoOd the great heat of the past e summer without rnurmur They have two
 pretty httle girs-the only white children
 seen by us on the river. Mrs. Pond was in II, l California D1sSiu0 the sutntn.r Dr g,..ii,,