The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-03
Southern Arizona.

From the Arizona Citizen, of April 10th {:
 John F. Thomes, principal assistant engi-
 ncer on the Texas and Pacific R. R. survey,
 and party arrived in Tucson, April 1G He
 has just completed the survey of the line from
 Messilla to Pima Villages, striking the Gia
 river at the mouth of the san Simeon valley
 and at the head of the Pueblo Niejo valley on
 the Gia, and Followed the river thence down
 to the Puma Villages This makes four lines
 that have been surveyed, viz: tue one above
 described, one by the Ariyaipa canon, one by
 the San Pedro, striking said river pear the ! Tres Alamos settlement and one by Tucson, l thence following the course of the Santa Cruz
 to its intersection with tho Gla. The dis
 tanccs on the several routes from Fl Paso to 1 Pima Villages are found to be as follows By 1 the fist described routc 402 second. 3S9
 third, IA fourth, 40l miles. One more ! line will be examined, commencing at the in. terScctiUn of the Sonoita with the santa Cruz,
 and running thence east on the most practa-
 cable route to the Rio Grande. At the pres
 ent time it Is impossible to state which of
 the several lines will be selected. The re- ports will be forwarded to the chief engineer
 of the road, and the most advantageous line will be selected by him. Great care and pains
 have been taken in making thorough exam
 ination of the country. The GiIa canon above
 the mouth of the San Pedro, that has here
 toiore been considered impossible for man or
 beast, was passed through by engineer Thomes
 and party and did not interpose the nsur-
 mOuntabe obstacles that was anticipated.
 There is much anxiety of course to know ex- acty where the road will be located. and as it does not cost anything, we will venture the prediction that it will run along the banks of the Gila from point at least as high up as the mouth of the San Simeon.
 Major Larrabce, Indian agent at the San Carlos division of the White Mountain reser. vation, writes under date of April 9, "that the Indians were never more contentel or better disposed" and that they obey him in l everything. We are glad to hear SO encour- | aging reports from these Indians. UndOubt- | edly the severe chastisrnent General Crook | k giving the wrong doers has had a very sal | utary elect upon them, in fact we are inform. | ed that even Cachsc has much more respect for the soldiers than formerly. Major Lara. bee has gone to work with energy 10 endeay- CT to better their condition, he is digging ir- Hgating canals, opening farms and preparing 10 place them m self-sustaining position even the "untutored mind" cannot fail to see that he IS striving to benefit them. There is no reason why the Indians should not con- tnbnte their labor to their own support, ana the tirst efforts of the government should be to ald them in this direction. It is but just to the white taxpayers that they should be made selt-sustaning as soon as possible. and It IS only by industry and education that they will be saved from extermnation.
 Thomas ferkes, superintendent of the Pat agonla mines, came in on Thursday He has had charge of these mines but short time md reports having smelted and refined S2. 500 m silver; has on hand $500 pounds of lead hat carries from S40 to Sl00 to each ton in liyer; 25,0O0 pounds litharge, and has not team power to run but two small furnaces. put says he can keep thirty teams constantly mployed hauling lead and silver bullion to Yuma or Guaymas.
 Major Furey, Qrartermaster at Tucson De- 'ot, went up to old Camp Grant last Mon lay and gave the finishing stroke to the last reak up of the old post. The scene of its :. 1riner glory has gone. The San Pedro will ontinue to flow gently along and the tall ictss will stand sentry on the surroundjnp Ills, but the guns of the nation will never gam be turned upon her peaceable citizens mIshing for water, and no more paper mis- es will eminate from this fever hole to slan. | er and abuse our people. z The Sonora stage makes regular weekly |, IDS rom Tucson to Altar, in Sonora. At itar stage connections are made with all the Fihc'pal towns of Sonora. This line is A great 'nvenience to the people of Sonora and Ari- . ma, and We are pleased to learn from Mir a,t'co, tbe agent, that it pays reasonably