Arizona weekly miner., 1874-02-27
|ptal < Misfsllansens.
,Frm Saiuf,isy's Daiiy.I

N p,s Dt,rRrcr.-While wslkirg srouhd
 ys,terday afternoon, prospecting for
 n' ~. met Messrs c. E. Hitchcock and 1,r poyer., two ancient ecquain4nces, Il ;a.t arrived from Big Bug mining
 .,x,een miles from Prescott, and
 eJ from them, that twenty-five men
 ., work in the district, some wash
 uo, % ,I,cer gold; others working in quartz
 inc remainder doing various other
 These men occupy seven cabins,
 ur. H. snd his accomplished and inter.
 !, family live in the house, at inc Dig
 eompany's tcn-stanp mill.
 . accounts told by Mir. II. of his trip | I,,J from 'Ncw York, in the dead of .e, ,re interesting, the journey of him.
 r,E and children, through deep snow,
 s mountains of New Mexico and Ari-
 .metimes in wagons, and, again, on :. hack. prove that city bred people as \ are they were not afraid to encounter l.bit- to get to this land of promise, in h we hope their best expectations will be
 iEed.
 &r. II. will feel his way, slow but sure, Sneeting lodges of gold and silver rock, I he sees enough, in sight, to make sue. 1 certain. when be will start the mill and
 other works as may, in his judgment, b.cessary to work the ores of the district,
 ch. he thinks, win pay we'll when proper. \ korked. eitEer by process of chlorinstion EYiyiation. He will, as soon as possible, {e the old shaft in the Big Bug mine Der and, then, perhaps, drive tunnel in &famous bill of that name, which is thought kontain great quantities of the precious
 as
 J press of matter upon our columns, yes iy, prevented us from giving the follow
 particulars, concerning the drowning of
 soldier, Timothy, at Fort whipple;
 E. arrived here Thursday, with the mail
 s Camp Verde, and was seen in town Igt Ii o'clock p. m., after which, the pre- gtion i., he started to return to camp, Bas. on account of tEe muddy condition ftb. main road, the trail across the hills. , fading himself near the reservoir, sought sy, in the building, from she cold. The
 xlnee of the body in the morning, plain $estlsel tO the terrible struggle made by poor man for his life. The depth of wa l in th, reservoir, at this time, not being -ient ts drown . man, he must have ex- tsted hmself in vain efforts to climb the kp and sts pery side of the tank, before bumbng to the water. The knees and vere very badly b,uised, and clothing kaed Tks reservoir is, us already stated bur colum0s, about 2O0 feet higher than post, so tkst whatever cries the poor lov uttered, were unAvailing. The body buried with ssihtsry hOnocs to-day. llr. Dan O'L.Sy, well known citizen oi } county, Hnved here, yesterday, from |~ Mexico and Eastern Arizona, Uid Camps |sche and Verde He reports deep snow the san frpGsoo and Mogoilon noun fs, but says that the pass north of the Francisco rsRgs is free from snow. Dan boxing well, sites his long and lonesome P through so useh wild country, where, two hundred uules ke neither sAw lndi- or white man.
 }. c. Miller srrire4 here yesterday, having some of his feigit-tsams near Camp Fde, working tbeir ssy from Salt River Hey with supplies for Camp Verde and Indian reservataon-
 lls started back again this morning. Goidwater Bros freight tr.is kss worked gay to Kirkland valley, where, at last re- rt, 1t was mired do~u The ~sgoa-mas- bss written Mir. A GoldwXier that he 'uld endeavor to make this point soon, th some, if not sli ef his freight iieat Thomas aaa Bishop sud the mer their command, who left Fort Whipple, stsrday, on a scout after Indians, must Ts suffered great deal, last night iron 5 eItgeme cold.
 toLD.-A high, cold wind from the north night and today, has hardened the grounc made outdoor esercse very disagree Re.