The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-19
Trip to Cataract Creek.

Lett Cerbat with four men and two Indi ans as guides, traveled in s north east dircc ton for seventy miles, thence through dense forest of yellow pine for fifty miles, thence across very higi mesa, covered with grass, but destitute of water, to a box canyon with fall: 5000 feet high, almost perpendicular, with about S,ppO inches of water flowing through It, 1t IS impossible to proceed further in this direction without a detour of many miles. This we supposed to be Cataract creek, the creek Is succession of falls every 200 or 300 feet, the falls from SO to 200 feet high. Where we struck it, it is thirty miles from the main Colorado, Is from the Little Colorado and 20 miles due north of the San francisco mountains, and about two days travel (as We were informed by the Indians. |. from where the Mormons are settling on the Little Colorado. The country is cut up with box canyons which it is almost impossible to cross. Led my mule down the Indian trail from the mesa to Cataract creek. The horses could not follow. Met l2O warriors each armed with Hawkins rife, some had six shooters, had very few women and chil- dren. They are reneeades from the Moouis Navajos and Wallapais. They say they never go out, but, from the quantity of horse shoe. l saw, am in little doubt about it. and think they indulge in a little horse flesh at Uncle Sans expense Alter reaching the bed Of the escreek, we found a most delightful country-l000O acres of areable Iand-6OO or IOO acres under cultivation by the Indians who raise corn, beans, melons, pumpkins, etc. besides having large orchard of peach trees, also some grapes. The peach trees are so loaded with fruit that they have to be propped up. They also have a ditch eight miles long that affords 600 or TOO inches of water. The laad is regularly laid of. and each family has it's share of water. Irriga- ton is performed by throwing up leyees IS feet square and flooding them with water.
 The Indians were very friendly, and told us to come again. They have some very fine Navajo blankets; do not understand a word oi English, and large portion of them say they never saw white man before. The country IS sandstone, capped with limestone. struck large mine of carbonate of lead, many hundred tons on the surface, average assay $oo Tn silver, with 68 per cent. lead. Ih!s mine IS situated within 300 yards of a 1O feet fall on Cataract creek.
 On returning, saw two American mules. with shoes on, among the Indians-one | mouse color and the other . bay, think they had just stolen them; tried to buy them. but as they did not know the value of money could not purchase. Since my return here, am sure the mules belong to Jake Miller.
 From what could learn from Indian guides and interpreters, think these are the boys that got away with the herd of sheep from Williamson valley, some two years since The squaws wear many old watch works for ornament.
 Will make another trip when the weather IS cooler. We suffered much, going out, for want of water but on returning, had plenty, can now go in l6o miles from Ccrbat.
 l intended sending you some mining items rom cedar, VIII, however, content myself with this for this week. Dnd More!snd says the Hibernia is the richest mine in Arizona the Tiger not excepted. Mind, I don't say this lest some local "Vox Pop.n should get alter me, but Dud will swear to it.
 GREAT.