Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-08-05
MOhaVe County.
From the Enterprise of July 21:

From the Enterprise of July 81;
In this number of the Enterprise
Hon. VIM. H. Hardy. OF Hardyvillt
announces himself as a candidate fo
Delegate to Congress.
5. NJ. b. Clemens persisted about tn
middle Of June, some seven miles ives
of the Union Pass Range, where tn
# Sacramento Valley Wash break
through the mountains, about sever
teen miles east of the Colorado rivel
The body was found after seven DAYS
search by Gilbert Sackrider and Gil
bert and buried on the spot. Decease,
was a native of Georgia and about fl
ty-five years old.
Alder Randall and w. Z. Ridenou
came in from blackberry last evening
They brought in with them three sil
yer bricks, valued as follows: On
: weighed 1,370.52 o., was $40 fine an,
valued at $1,64092; the second weigh
ed !, 33407 o., was 963 fine and valued
at 81 ,66l %; and the third was .224. Z:
or, 96l fine and valued at S1,521.71.
There are in MOhave county min,
distinct ranges of mountains, range
which differ from each other geologic
ally, internationally and topographic
ally.
Parallel to the Colorado river anC
extending from point opposite tho
Needles on the south, to the great bend
north of the Eldorado Canyon on the
\ north, for a distance of one hundred
and fifty miles, extends the range
known on the maps as the Black Noun
tains, TO the people here under the
/ names of the Union Pass Range, and
DoOlittle Range The great Sacra.
mentO or Long Valley extends from
the Colorado River on the south to the
Colorado on the north, separated from
the river for over one hundred and hf-
! ~ miles by this range of mountains.
/ In most places the mountains arc very
much broken and torn up. Every con
| ceivable formation known to geOlo-
gists will be found States, GRANTEES
and porphyrles are mixed with lavas
/ and sandstones.
There are very few mines now being
worked in this range, but years ago
| the southern end of the range was the
scene of many strange Developments.
There the celebrated Johnny Moss and
his companions struck the Moss Mine,
and sold out for large sum to a Phil
adelphia company, who expended an
almost fabulous amount in erecting Il
mill on the Colorado at Hardyville,
which did not pay, and in building a
town near the mine, erecting eXpen-
sive houses for the superintendent and
men, and then starting in to prospect
the mine; and such mining! The
mill has been sold for One-tcnth of its
yer City, the town at the mine is de
serted. But the mine is still there
ore is plenty and all it requires is sys-
tematic work 10 prove it to be one of
the best on the coast.
The Wallupai Mountains extend
along the eastern side of Sacramento
Valley running north and south for a
distance of about one hundred miles,
about fifteen miles distant from and
parallel to the Black or Union Pass
Range. This range extends from near
Greenwood on the south to Mount
Wallapai on the north, and is of an
average width, from the foothills on
one side to the foothills on the other,
of about twenty miles Within the
borders of this range, which cOmpris-
cS the highest peaks in the county and
some of the highest in the Territory,
are contained some of the best miningI
districts The geology too Of this
range IS more regular than that of
any other in the county, although
in places the country rock is granite,
in other places slate, and in others
porphyry, still there is no signs Of any
breaking up, so to speak, but all is reg
Ular. Water and wood in this range, !
and in the various districts in ii, areI
both more abundant than in any Otherl
districts in the county. The tops of
most Of the high peaks and ridges are
covered with large pine trees, while
the valleys and ravines are covered /
with u thick growth of scrub cedar, |
oak, species of birch, and alder.
Water is abundant in all the ravines, /
in many places in large springs, and
in other places running brooks. The
districts comprised within the bounds
of this. range are named as follows
Aubrey and part of Owen District, Ce-
dar Valley and Maynard The ores
from the various mines in the Walla-
PAL Mountains are of almost every con
kind, but sulphuret Of silver
is the most abundant Most of the
lodges at water level change from de
composed state into sulphuret and an
-imOnac combination
The deepest shaft in Cedar valley is
on the Magendie Mine, and is one hun
bred and twenty-seven feet The road
down the Big Sandy, from the tanks to
passes through one side of
the districts in this range and is con
nected with the various mines by trails,
and with Cedar Valley by a rather
poor wagon road. There is also a road
from Summit Springs, within four
miles of Cedar Valley to the Colorado
at Aubrey, distance about fifty miles
Maynard District runs the
Prescott and Mohave toll-road, and the
road from Frees Wash to the top of
Mount Wallapai. There is also a road
from within ten miles Of the Hiber-
man Mine to the Colorado at the Nee
dies.
\ HARVARD student, born with too