Arizona citizen., 1875-11-06
From Grant County Herald, October A. New Mexico and Arizona Boundary
 Survey.

survey.
 EDITOR HERALD:-For the benef
 of your many readers whom I suppos,
 will be interested therein, I herewith
 send you a brief description Of thC
 more prominent points on or near the
 boundary line between Arizona and
 New Mexico. l. seems to have been
 the general impression that the line
 was the lO9th degree Of longitude west
 of Greenwich such is not the case as
 tine law makes it the 32d degree oi longitude west of Washington which corresponds tu 109 deg min. 59 25 . sec. west from Greenwich, and which places the line a small fraction less
 than three miles farther west than would have been the case fit had been run as the l09;h degree of longitude west from Greenwich The starting point or corner of the Territories is
 placed at 8 point One-half mile south [. of the San Juan river and about four
 miles below the mouth of the Mancos. The line continuing south through the ', iNavaioe's Indian reservation, runs
 about two miles east of Fort Defiance. | Near the north side of the road from Fort Wingate to For; Defiance, the . rocks known as the "Haystacks" are
 about oneionrth ofa mile west of the line The pueblo of ZUni is eleven
 and one-foUrth miles east oi the line
 Deer spring on the west side of the
 Zufi ri rc. j.. about two miles west of
 the line The Cienega Amarillo on
 the south side of the Tularosa and Camp Apache road is about one fourth of a mile west of the line. The eastern
 end of the Escudilla peak, is about
 four miles west of the line. Then entering the mountains south of the
 Escudilla peak, the line runs over the
 top ofthe most prominent peak in the
 range, situated about ten miles south
 of the Escudilla Twenty six miles
 still further south are four peaks very 1 close togather and which are plainly visible from any direction; the line passes over the western one of the four.
 Afler passing the Four Peaks" we came in sight of what I supposed and what is laid down on my map as the. Francisco river, about six miles east of the line, and running very nearly south.
 Ny map having led me to suppose that il was the Francisco river, have made
 statement to that effect, which has been published, and which have since become convinced was erroneous. Tins river is the eastern branch Of the Francisco rircr proper; the Francisco river heads og ,he south side of the same mountain peak in the White mountains near which the Little Colo-I rado heads on the north the former river then flows in southerly direc ton and Is west of the line all the way. The line then crosses the Gila river about five miles west of the bridge and about one mile east of Lit.lc's ranch ! Il then passes directly over 5teiA's peak . and into the San simon valley between the Chiricahua and Pclonci,lo noun tains, passing about one-fourlh Ofa mile west of John Brisbins's ranch house. leaving most of the Cienega in New Mexico. IL then continues up the valley until ]; strikes the PelOncilio mountains where they turn westerly, 1, and passes through these mountains into the Guadalupe canon, the last monument being set OF the boundary between the United States and Mexico. about one mile south of the canon; the whole line being 390 60 miles long.
 Monuments have been placed at the crossing of all roads and prominent In the Navajoe reservation, we passed through a fine grazing country, in the Tuncha mountains, ] which are well watered by springs, and covered with pine timber inter- spersed with fine valleys. Between Fort Defiance and Escudilla mountains, the country is very dry and sandy, GOV J cred with scrub cedar and pinon The Escudilla mountains produce very fine grass with abundance of water and . timber, mostly pine, oak, spruce and ! some ash, maple and cottonwood in he cancns. Indications of copper were found in these mountains on the I inc near the 210th mile on a high, I 'ocky ridge between two valleys, each t containing plenty of running water. c There was also a narrow seam showing ' of silver, found in the main i anon running south to the eastern c lranch of the Francesca river, about : our miles north of the river and one | nile east of the 2j6th mile of the line. l The line enters the Escudilla noun | ains at the 207;h mile and crosses the Il yestern peak of the -Four Peaks at r he 24lst mile, and, the eastern branch n ,f the Francisco river at the 260th mile. a rom the Francisco to the Gila, is a
 ough, broken, barren country. The alley of the Gila is very good ? and and quite productive, producing .orn. wheat and all kinds ofvegetables
 ituated as it is, near the mining dis IT ricts of Clifton, Ralston and Silver .ity and heinz tLn nnlN anrlcultnral M