Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-01-23
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA.

PRESCOTT, ARIZONA.
A correspondent Of the San Diego
Union. writing under date Of Prescott,
December 10Th, gives an interesting des.
cription Of the surrounding country
which, OF no distant day will attract quite
as much attention as other more favored
sections in that respect. The citizens Of
Arizona have made hard fight, and now
that the Indians have been cleaned out.
the tide of emigration begins TO set that
way. Within the pas: year the popula-
ton OF Prescott has about doubled and
the outlying country has been settled up
in like proportion. The mex. point Of
attraction in Arizona which as yet has
failed 10 securing that attention from
capital that its merits, deserve. is that of
the famous McCrakin. BY those COM
petent OF judging ofits merits. it has been,
without dissesting voice. pronounced not
inferior to any vein yet discovered out
side the Comstock. But since the back
set received through the Panamint fiz-
zle, this property has remained COM
paratively idle. The capital that was
thrown away in Panamint would have
been productive Of good results on the
McCrackin. Situated as il is but short
distance inland far below the head OF
navigation on the Colorado, but few
mines offer greater attractions for the
investment Of capital. We have seen
specimens Of green horn silver from this
claim, which is something rarely found
in silver mines elsewhere. Good results
are expected from that section soon.
The Unions correspondent says:
Prescott is very near the geographical
center Of the Territory, and in many
respects the most attractive town or vii.
lago therein. having a population of
over 2, 900 almost entirely white people.
The town has nearly or quite doubled
10 population the present year. and the
Nouhtiy uAOuhu bCcmb W 10 CQuhily
prosperous. New and exceedingly rich
mines are being discovered almost daily.
The Bradshaw" mountains some 80
miles south are perhaps as rich min.
eral country OF like extent as can be
found on the continent. The new and
exceedingly rich "Peck Mining District"
is in the north end Of the Bradshaw
range, and by careful and exhaustive
examination in the district feel COM
PEELED to say that it is not inferior to
any now known. The ores are mostly
silver, though at some points different
lodes have been worked for gold, but
in almost all when work is carried to
any depth silver takes the place OF
gold. The silver ores show we'll in
ruby and in horn silver. with rich car
Donates, and In some sufficient galena to
make them good furnace ores. The
noted Peck mine" which on the sur
face showed but few inches in width,
now at about fifty feet deep shows
two feet and over in width, and
the whole body assays far up into
the thousands of dollars per ton. Some
weeks since ten tons of this ore was sold
for $13. 600, which was no doubt far be-
low its real value. Thirteen thousand
pounds Of the ore is now on the way to
San Francisco, and have no doubt it
will stir up San Francisco capitalists very
much.
The great want here is transportation
and capital. The latter will soon begin to
follow the former, and if the present
Congress should assist in the building OF
the Texas-Pacific great prosperity would
follow to the whole country. Not only
Arizona and Now Mexico would be bene-
fitted, but the East and West would re-
ceive a new impetus which nothing else
could give. There is much good farm
ing country around Prescott sufficiently
near to town for all practical purposes.
The Aqua Fria Valley is twelve miles
east, good corn, hay and vegetable val.
ley. and the rich and extensive valley OF
the Verde forty miles east is fast
settling up by emigrants from the East
and California. The important mil
itary post OF Camp Verde is in the
Verde valley. where four companies OF
white soldiers are now stationed, and
one company Of Indian scouts. The
post of Camp Whipple, one mile north.
east Of Prescott, is tho Department
Headquarters Of Arizona. General Kautz
commanding. Walnut Grove, on the
Hassayampa, is prosperous settlement
some twenty-five miles south. Kirkland
valley. Skull valley and Pueblo valley
are southwe on the road to Wicken-
berg. All OF these valleys are we'll set
tied up and in good cultivation. Chino
is twenty miles north and contains sew
eral fine farms and several diaries where
excellent butter is made. William valley
is a southwest arm OF the Chino valley
and the best hay-growing section yet de-
veloped In the Territory. producing this
year over 1000 tons OF hay and 200 tons
OF corn. l 90 soon to Mohave county,
bu. shall return here for the purpose of
making more thorough examination OF
the mines, and hope to be able to write
you fully of them at some future time.