The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-09-23
Local Intelligence.
PREsCoTT, September %, ]
TRIP TO THE DAVIS MINE.


 On Sunday last we accompanied a party, con. slsiug Of General Crook, Leu,ennnu Burk and Ross, Col Cauey, of Sun Francisco, and Mr. Jack son, of Prescott, 10 the Davis Mine. The Daeis is about twelve miles from Prescott and situated In one of the most picturesque and beautiful spois 10 be found In Arizona. The route thther, with the exception Of about two miles lust before reaching the mine, lies through dense forest of pine timber intermIngled, In many places with beautiful groves Of oak. For distance Of about seven miles from Prescott, we proceeded by au excellent wagon road, To the old Government saw mill, and had begun to feel that the reports of rough trail 10 tue DavIs mine were all ~ stuff and nonsense "; and although the expcriancc oT another hour served, to certain extent, to shake this newly iouud confidence, yet it not SO ter rible that we should reel justified in pronouncng the trail an exceedingly rough one Beyond Inc fact that the advance" " succeeded in losing themselves several times, .by straylng from the trail, and were obliged tO exert their lungs uud cause th psC behind tO exert theirs n order to re. cover t, we encountered no obstacle worthy of special noticc-unless, indeed, that a couple Of large, gray squirrels may have had some siuister object Iu view for they abused most shame. fully, in tllclr own dialect, while they gnzed def sLtly irpm their lotty retreat among the branches of q pine. Thry soon became quite tractablc however, suffered themselves to be suspended from the skirts vf d saddle, head downward aud taken along
 Al halt past ten we reached the famous "Da yls.' The value oi this mine, insOmuch as the very superior class of it's ore l. concerned ls g! ready well established; aud as it is our object at present, 10 state only such particulars as are not generally well understood VIC Wil! c1nnnc our re- marks to ts siugulariy advantageous location. Alter emerging from tlc pine timber agd pro- Cceding by rocky and winding trail for dis. tance ol somewhat more than half mile we dis covered monument erected by some Of tho To- cators, at point where the ledge crops out some three feet above the surface. This spot Is upon tue crest oi ridge which runs at right n-l-s with the genera! direction ui the lode, Conuuu. iug our course southwurd We observed that tne lode, in distarrce of lees than ulilc s cut into three distinct sections ht iInWrnsc Tavincs which descend from tue higher mountains thIt lic % tLr west. On the summit of each of the several ridges which lie between these rayincs ihe mnU crops out boldly for several feet owe The surface aud may be traced adOwu the deCliflty either side, to the bottom oi the dividing guiches. To convey thc idea more clearly. The direction of thr ledge h north and souih that oi tue ravlucs and therefore of the intervening ridges east aud west Thus t will he that nature has already "opgu. cd up' this uuc more ciiectuAlly than the great est possible aIuognt c! labor aud capital could have done. Many tous oi rock. recently taken out, carefully piled 10 front of the several cx c1yalluns. Aftcr the lapse of m hour spent In examining tLe mine, We concluded that ts every feature had bcrE lmply scrutuzcd and accord inEly descended to tbe cabin oi the wOrkmrn to despatch Inc lunch which our very Ob.ng A. C. *, Lieutenant Rose had taken the prceaation to store away ia his capacious saddle-bags Here va. a ncg surprise; comfortable cabin furnished with every convenience necessary 70 The miners comfort. Besides cOOkinE utensils, kniyes, forks spoons etc. there wgry bottles of scid. and of quicksilver set around upon the walls, erowbars, picks and shoycls thrown into corners, elc, aud strange 10 say, all these remained undisturtcd notwithstanding the cabin is seven miles from tbe neares; human habitatiou. IL Is evidently either superstition or peculiar dread entertained by the Apaches for n work Of civilization that has len tLis cabin unmOlcstcd.
 Early in the Afternoon VIC looked "good bye ' aL ponderous cTow-bar, iR the ahsenc. of a land lord io whom 10 tender our acknowledgements. and after . ride Of some two hours reached tue Saw-aliil of Noyes & Curtis. A flying glance sai- ished us, eSsTythlng presented an appearance o; thrin and enterprise. The destructive monster was at rest-Obscrylng the Sabbath its huge, polished teeth shone forth in grin Of savage tri- umph as it gazcd through the open walls upon tue ruins Of a thousand pines. After a brief stay and flying hrewci 10 our genial friend G. w. Curtis, we resumed our homcwGrd journey. An hours ride brought us once more to town One oi the party. whom we have dclccsry about naming, has not yet quite recovered from tue sliheasg effects oi he ride, Sst having natural horror or anything in the shape of IA red-skin, and having failed to discover any signs" by the way be, with The balance of tho party, Is more than satisfied with Inc result of thc visit.