Arizona citizen., 1877-06-02
Southern Arizona.

] Southern Arizona.
 All the evidence now received points clearly to the steady development of this Territory as a safe and prosperous mining field. Our correspondence in dIcates this, though the writer wisely ! forbears from details until he has seen more and gathered larger mass of facts Colonel Hinton has visited the ] famous Santa Rita mountains, the for CT home of Cachise, the Apache Ma l pOleOa. These mountains were pene- trated by him and the party with
 winch he was travelling to a greater eX- l tent than any other body of white men have done for many years. The Santa
 Riias are south of Tucson, running from a point near the Mexican line, n3rtheastcrly for about forty-five mIles. j There are three parallel ranges in them with deep, transverse valleys. Tie south side is covered with heavy pine
 timber, and all over It, the open inter
 vals and lower sides of the ranges, are to be seen low, broad-brancheG oak trees, with an occasional mesquit. The entire range, with the exception of three peaks which form a prominent part thereof, and which overlook the
 broad mesa and valley of the Santa Cruz betTeen it and the Tubac noun tains on the west, is covered with grass, which, as is characteristic every
 where of the American mountain pla- 'telu, cures itself on the ground. Cat tie can thrive on the feed which may ! be found on tue mountain smnmits. - The general appearance is not unlike
 the Colorado park system, except that one misses tine towering snowy ranges
 The Santa Ritas have been as jealously guarded from white intrusion and set ! clement by the Apaches as the Black 2 Hills have heretofore been by the
 Sioux and Blackfeet. It may be, as Colonel Hinton suggests, for the same reason, because Cf traditions connect ed with the undoubtedly rich develop
 ments of minerals contained therein. i Our editorial correspondent writes
 that the discoveries made are very great, and the surface ores and l0des in sight promise such rich results that to state them, is the practical miners ] did with whom he travelled, would be
 to render his statements liable 10 the charge of gross eXaggeration. The ia nous Salero mine, now part of the l Tyndall District, owned Tn London by Lord Claude Hamilton, one of the l IGladSiones, MT Blake. the governor of the Bank of England, and others, is on the west slope of the Santa RItas. The Apaches have murdered three su- periniendcnts of this mine-Wright- son, Hopkins and GrosvenOr-during the last sixteen years. This region is now 10 be developed, as the English company have determined on large ] operations, All through southern Ar izona the mineral developments are of the most important character. The Is slijableneSs of that section for graz ing fine cattle and sheep, as well as the fertility of the valleys and lower mesas when irrigated, winch can be readily done, points 10 the certainty that at no distant day it will be the home of large population and the ! seat of great mining enterprises. There is a good field for careful invest men, and steady development. The working of the Tyndall District, with ! its prospectively large force, will alone make secure the whole region.
 The Apaches are, in fact, no longer formidable. They have degenerated, what few there are who raid, from fighters to horscthieves, and no longer kill when they can steal stock without
 that necessity. According 10 the la- test advices there are not over forty renegade Apaches disturbing the peace and security of southern Ari- zona. Whenever they can steal stock they run 1t of into New MeXIco or Chihuahua. \ small detachment Of cavalry or. better still, Indian scouts, stationed in the Sonoila valley, would relieve that section from a recurrence of the fear that has prevailed. Gener
 al kautz owes it to the people, and 10 the capital now going into Arizona, to see to this at once-S F. Post.