Arizona citizen., 1873-12-13
EASTERN ARIZONA.
Mines-.Timber--G and Ag- ricuItural Lands--ScenerY -- Ac- tual Work Golng on and in Con- temptation.

The Albuquerque Review of November
 29, says Dr. T. c. Stallo left it's town Au- gust I6 and returned November p, during which time he and a few others explored
 considerable of New Mexico and the east ern part of Arizona, and The Review gives a lengthy account of the Doctors observa- tions. Following are portions of them as given in The Review, and are well worth perusal by all interested in knowing what Arizona contains and what is now being done in a newly settled portion of it.: On the first day of September, the party at that time consisting of Col. George Way, J. $. Hutchinson, J. B. Clifford, David A. Beard, - Johnson, Mexican boy Juan, Antonio, the captive and pr. StallO, left Tulerosa and travelling in northeast early direction struck the road leading to Camp Apache, and followed It about thirty miles; thence leaving the road took a course nearly nOrthWeSter.y through the mountains for about twenty miles: thence southWesterly until the waters of the FrescO river were reached; thence follow ing the course or the FreScO to Clifton, AT1- Zona, which is situated on the right bank of the stream, about fifteen miles rom US mouth on the Gila. The country passed over just before Teaching the FrescO, showed some mineral indication, and has great advantages in the way of good springs, fine timber and an abundance Of grass. Many desirable locations were seen for cattle and stock ranches, and the Doc tor considers it one of the best if not the best part of New Mexico for stock purpoS- eSAFNear the point where the party reach ed the FreScO they struck clear stream coming in from northwest and followed It 10 it's confluence with the former stream. From the confluence of these two rlVerS for distance of thirty miles down the Fresco, the country is described as one not surpassed in California, for its rich Soll, luXuriant grasses and variety and value Ol it's timber; there are black walnut, Syca- more, pine, ash, cedar, pinOn, cottonwood, juniper, oak and many other varieties: The stream bears abundance of fish, and the woods abound in bear, deer and tur- ke T.. After passing that part of the Fresco just referred to, our prOSpectOrS entered box caflOn end passed along it still follow ing the course Of the FreScO which winds through it, for a distance of about ninety miles. The scenery in this canon is grand, beautiful, sublime, and the walls tower thousands of feet in height on either side, while the lofty pines and plumed cactus point still higher into the very clouds. The river, during the journey through this caflon, had to be crossed by the party, as many as thirty times a day. Numerous bear and deer and fOcks Of wild turkeys were encOuntered.f So far the party met 
 kind, but about five miles above Clifton reached a camp of seven men who were prospecting a raYine leading into the mountains, on the right side of the stream. contemplating taking out a ditch and talking of forming a company for that purpose. Our informant states thatEthe gold is high up the mountain side, is limit ed to a small extent of country, and water cannot be gotten to it in less than fifteen miles; and even then, owing the broken and loose nature of the country, iron pipes would have to be used, costing say $lO0,0O0. Even then it would not pay, as the gold is what is known as shot gold, and will not average as far as our informant was able to judge, over half a cent to the buckees, Ee saw some pieces however that were worth from fifty to seVenty-flve cents.
 t CliftOn, on the FreScO, is about seven miles from the "Eagle's Nest," or the great Longtellow copper lode, owned and worked by the Gila Copper Mining Com pany, consisting or Eugene $. Goulding, R. B. Metcalf, H. LeSinsky, Louis Cardis and D. Abrahams, and is the depository and shipping point for their OreSN, The gentleman first named has at Clifton good stock of general merchandise. The company are the prOprietOrS of live good lOdes, but when the Doctor was there they were only working the Longfellow; taking out ore averaging seventy-five per cent. of copper. When working full handed, they can take out from eight to ten tons per day. They employ at the mine and furn- ace, twenty-SiX men, and pack the ore from the mine to the furnace at Clifton, on donkeys. In the small cupOla furnace, the blast of which is run by man power, they produce from 600 to 800 lbs. of copper per day. The company began work in opening their lodes and building roads on the 1st day of April, 1873. Everything had to be transported from Silver City by wag- onS; distance by the road of l50 miles. They have shipped to Baltimore from that time up to November l, with miners and others not accustomed to the work, eighty five tons of ore and forty tons of copper. During this period the furnace was idle three months. The company have now on the road from the east a large turbine wheel, blower and other modern improve mentS, and will erect at once large fur- mace and crusher to be run by water pow CT, and expect to be able to turn out two tons and upwards of copper per day. They had large quantity of fifty and sixty per cent. ore on the dump. There are many other lodes equal to the LongfellOw, among them the Metcalf-a monster, the Montezuma and the Magruder. A com pany from Detroit, Michigan, had also purchased copper mining property in the same locality. The Doctor says that the copper in the locality mentioned cannot be surpassed, is ineXhaustible in quantity, and that the most beautiful cabinet speci- mems can be secured there, such as red and black oxides, blue and green carbon ates; copper in crystals; wire and pure Vlr- gin copper.
 At the copper mines the party was in
 creased by the addition of Messrs. Shan non, Clay, Polk and one other. Leaving Clifton the party crossed the divide, be- tween the Rio BonitO or Eagle Creek and the Fresco, sixteen miles. To approach the Bonito it was necessary to make very steep descent of about one and half