Arizona citizen., 1871-07-22

SOuCn, or d lluUIe west or SOuUn, UrdVel-
 ing in the direction of the Baboqui-
 vari or Fresnal Peak. We had but a dim wagon track to follow, which
 was kept with some difficulty after night came on, but arrived in good season at camping place called Pena
 Blanca. Then we had repast- Lord, what a meal that was! Think of tender squabs nicely cooked, and chicken, and-and-but I despair of doing it justice. This is sufficient intimation, supply the rest from your imagination; add to all these delica- cies, the sauce of a ravenous appetite and you will have faint idea of our enjoyment of that meal. There was rain, during the night, and a brilliant play of lightning accompanied by heavy peals of thunder. Arising bright and early, we had view of the country around us. To the south and west lay the Sierritas;;" to the north, in the distance, could be seen the Picacho del Tucson, and the Santa Catarina Mountains while in every direction, isolated peaks and spurs shot up from the surface and for miles and miles, stretched plains covered with the most nutritious grasses; white and black grant pre- vailing, with more or less curly mes quite grass, and other varieties not so valuable. These grass plains are destined, sometime, to be covered with herds of cattle and sheep. It is true, there is scarcity of water; but many of the ravines of the mountains skirt ing these plains have springs in them, the water of which might in many instances, be led out considerable dis tances; and by digging it could no doubt be obtained in the plains them selves, and the wind furnishes cheap and ready means to raise it. The hills, and mountains, too, in this sec ton, are covered with grass to their very summits. Numerous deer and antelope range here. The camp we were at showed many evidences of It's being a stopping place for Indians, but we found none in occupation, which caused us no serious regret, as indeed we had not come out to look for Indians.
 From Fe1a Blanca, we travelled westerly, and in about twelve miles reached the Montezuma Mine; which 1t was our purpose, i'll coming out, to see. This mine Is situated on the northwest of the Sierritas; 1t trends to the northwest and south east; has a dip to the southwest seventy-fve to eighty degrees from the horizontal. The country rock" in its vicinity is a kind of trap, but the neighboring mountains are of granite formation. A shaft has been sunk on the ledge to a depth of fifteen feet, disclosing a vein of quartz five feet in width, heavily charged with metaliferous minerals. The quartz has very crys- taline structure, is quite friable, and the mechanical working of it, both in the mine and at the mill, will be easy. The prevailing mineral ill the quartz, bears much resemblance to what is called in central Nevada "Stetefel- dite,' but has a larger percentage of copper in 1t than that mineral I mo- ticed. too, black crumbling mineral, which looks very much like the "black silver ore" occurring in the Comstock mines. Associated with these are the sulphuret and blue and green corbon- ates of copper, with some red oxide of this metal There appears to be but little lead present. The ore, I am told, is almost identical i'll character I with that of the once famous Cababi mine. Assays have been made of the ore with satisfactory results to the ] owners; and several hundred pounds | have been sent to San Francisco to . have working test of it, and if the returns are as favorable as there is every reason to expect, 1t Is the inter- tion of the owners to push vigorously the work of development The loca- tion of the mine is quite accessible, particularly from the west. Water is found a short distance over low ridge to the east. There is very little tim Der in the immediate neighborhood of the mine. The Montezuma Is q recent location; its discoverer, I am in sormed, was Samuel Hughes; associated with him as locators are H. c. Hooker, Dr. Goodwin, Ramon Romano and others. . They have four men now at work ( sinking in the before mentioned shaft.
 Having examined the mine and | eaten hearty dinner, we directed our ;