Arizona citizen., 1873-03-29
Mining Explorations.

some old mines about forty-fve miles a little north of west from Tucson. From MT. B's account, which is general and somewhat in detail, the locality IS one or great interest both to the curiosity seeker and money maker. The party do not think they discovered the extent of the abandoned mines thereaway, but are sure of having seen about a hundred which had once been extensively worked, some of which showed excavations in cuts, shafts and tunnels, that to make nowadays would cost at least $100, ,000. At the mouths of some tunnels and shafts, the dump piles are immense to this day. The smooth walls which once encased veins of ore are exposed in many places. nrm ana perfect. The shafts and tunnels are so filled Tn With crumbling stone and earth, that 1t IS dlfh- cul, to determine the depth Of any; but 1t is certain that thousands of men have been employed there for many years. Appear ances indicate that the ore was generally taken elsewhere for reduction. What the component parts of the ore are or whether it was copper, or silver, or gold, or all com bined that induced the old work there, are now subjects of uno ertainty. Copper ore Is now seen in abundance and of almost pure quality. Hundreds of tons are in sight, of which nearly every pound shows the virgin ore, which seems to argue that silver or gold or both were the objects of ye miner there more than hun dred years ago. There is no evidence of the use of powder or other modern mining appliances at these mines but stone hammers lie about in abundance, and with them and shirp- ened iron or steel bars, the vast work must have been accomplished, showing that very small wages must have satisfied the workmen, else immense sums of money must have been made in the operations.
 MT. Brown and party were so favorably impressed with the value of the mines, that they made claim to number.
 PERsoNAL.-Dr. s. L. Orr formerly sta- toned at Camp Bowie, left for Washing ton via California by Tuesdays stage.
 Major c. II. Veil arrived by Mondays stage from Prescott.
 Alexander Mickey who has recently been to the San Carlos Indian agency has been in town for a week, and starts back to-day, intending to remain some time.
 J. E. McCaffry, Esq, left tor Yuma b. Thursdays stage, where, according to private advices, the court business is lively and interesting.
 George Taylor leaves very soon for Texas to seek employment in his capacity as railway engineer. He has since Jan uary l, beer draughtsman in the Surveyor Generals office of Arizona. Indoor work is not good for his health, and his service here was never intended to be but tenn porary He is a sober, industrious and capable man, and it will always be pleas ant to hear good tidings of him.
 First Lieutenant Thomas Garvey of NJ Troop, 1st Cavalry, at Camp Apache, got to Tucson on Tuesday, and is now on his way to Maricopa Wells with his family. where the latter will take the stage for San Dieg o en route to the States, and he will return to his station. It. Garvey says that Capt. Moses Harris of his Troop is soon to join it and also informs us that First Lieut.. Charles Bendire is promoted to be Captain of K Troop (lst Cavalry), now stationed in the department of the Columbia.
 Major c. F. Larrabee, the new Indian agent at San Carlos, was in town from last Saturday till Thursday, when he started back to his station. The Majors manner and speech are those of fiji man for the place. He was met at the agency with, we hope, the last of that baleful influence practiced by the debased Whitman and his strikers and perjurers; but he has faith in his power to overcome it and succeed, and in this direction, we trust his power may increase. In all his effor,s to do right, we pledge him our earnest support both pub licly and privately. We understand that he is desirous of working in harmony with Gen. Crook, a course of labor that can but work for good to all honestly concerned.
 PosTMAsTERs will never get rich on is- suing money orders in fact the pay is just about equivalent to nothing at all and certainly not worth the time required to keep the accounts. In the Tucson office, this order business requires about one fourth of the time of thorough business man, yet recent settlement with the De- partment shows an allowance for the work for three months recently past, to be just Sl6 S7. But the people at large are the gathers, which is way Uncle Sam has of treating them to a greater extent than is always appreciated.
 A REPORT was circulated last night that the Apacbes had stolen a large lot of cattle just beyond San Xaiver, belonging to the Elias brothers, but 8 o'clock this morning J. NJ. Elias was doubtful of its truth. He sent messenger out last night to get at the facts and as he had not returned nt