The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-08-31
LETTER FROM A ROWING CoRREsPoN-
 DENT.
PnmNN. Aug. %. 1877.

Pm@NiN, Aug. % 1877.
 EDITOR MINOR In the course Of re- cent trip down The llassayampa Creek (somewh hat noted in the mining annals of this Territory gathered a few note which are here set down for your bcneht-or amusement:
 TIRE PERRY
 Mine and tunnel were thc first encountered in desc nding the creek where Mir. Leigh ton Of the company. is at work all by him self. as joyous as lark, and with splendid prospects ahead of soon tapping the rich sur face vein al point where It i- supposed to be mas of pure silver
 Next, camp of placer minep was struck, hid away dcflly ia thc NilloNs. These horny handed prospect0rs returned from the mouth of Tongue river ln the Black Hills Of Wyoming Territory, and were not altogether sati-fied with S225 from 2s0 pans of dirt which was the yield the day l stopped with them. However, they took out. on inc bed rock. great slabs of pure lead, encTusied Milh whitish clay, and Hcre thinking of prospecting for the lead when l lett. The views in this canyon ate Niid and strange in the extreme; huge boulders olsiruct ihe pas age of what little water there Is in The creek, almost entirely, the lone pools A-e filled with dead snd dying wssps, frgs and reptiles: inc damp sands at their bnnks show hundreds of deer tracks; tcw birds mower over: the cottnnwoods are already to the seer and yellow leaf; while the grass has shrivelcd in the hoi, hot sun; save fe~ eluinps here and ,her, to be seen clinging Ia the shady sides of the rucks in ihc deepest parts of the canyon. Several deserted cabins are io be seen near the creek led with fumes weeping rcsinous iears, and old shoe-soles creaking a silent difgc to the de parted rs they blister in our genial Monte 2uman cline. A night in these wild envi- rons. with coyotes lone ki-yi for variety, and some quails chant an evening hymn in the chapparel near by. Next morning the [" Tanks and an old anasira were reached. .nd soon thereafter The yeriure at Columbcrs ranch, the first within the classic precincts of Walnut Grove Then there came a drenching rain. and l was soon housed Ai George lacksuns thriving place, where l was entertained most hospiiably. Thence nn through the soft slluvial soil to where the Ilassay ayampa canyons again opens, and where, under the widc-sprcading cotton woods. Gray. an aged anchoritc. prosPcctor, decr-huntcr has csmp-ou down Dy rip plirg water, shining sands, d tall green waving grass tn where the Hassayampa flows boldest, and where myriads Of fish a foot and less in length can bc seen darting from pool to pool on hearing the aggressive footsteps Then came long watery reaches of gTass-grown sands. fringcd with willows, coquetting with the iainiest of zephefs, and cool ggccn beds of wild water crosses lining the musical waters Then. a hot blank of upiorn rocks and blistering sands until Al yiso's horse e-hcrd was reached. subsequently, a cattle-herd, and finally rude we'll dug in the middle of the creek, and on one side
 AN ADOBE FURNACE
 and surrounding jacalitos There rested. in respose 10 Ihe kind invitation of Messrs. Ruibal and Roduguez, owners of the place. These gentlemen are engaged in extracting copper silver and gold from ore from MT. Ruibals
 SAN MIGUEL
 mine The furnace runs night and day. with Mexican labor, and yields satisfac- ierily. though there is a difficulty in getting the right kind of earth fora hearth" This metal, as extracted. is sold to Wickenburg merchant, for a price much lcss than il should | ring were not the rates on S F. k. k for freight so unreasonable, high Mr. Rodriguez is an old Mexican miner. while Senor Ruibal l. 8 fortv-niner cf Cali iornia, who has swung all around the circle ot cXcItements that impclled men io travel in th.sc days. and still does NIT. R. has another mine near the llassapampa, by name the
 SAN GUNARs, discovered in September "f last year, which shows free gold, and will no doubt prove valuable property. being foot vein on top. The Saa Miguel lode, above men, toned, goes $700 10 iheton $7440 of which is silver, with considerable percentage of copper.
 Thence 1 mounted a burro and passed three ranches, owned by Mexicans, on the now flowing waters of the HaSssvampa, passed the fine buildings and machinery of the Nulture mill, to where Wickenburg looms up, where the C. and A. Stage Co. nave a large yard full of handsome coaches. and where the suavc Pers ta fl n ys his banner and dispenses his aggregations .'por puro dmero, Se1or." At Peoples saloon they gathered-l guartette rare-J. NJ. Cn.tan. of Phrnix, Col. Ridley, an old Arisonan and oosmopolite, formerly of MaNimillian's Mexican regime, and another benevolent 1 looking parsonage whose dbst,iaiJ iJ,ls Elopemeats preciuded the possibility of an introduction, tor It might have been a dog training in the street and last, also least, tho dEiveling idiot who pens these Assyrian characters. 1 Mike, too, an abbreviated Gath with sclavo. l nic predelictions for der F.derlaad. There is lady in Wickenburg
 Then l interviewed stage proprietor, who deposited me in a saffron -co!ored ca lache, with driver who was just getting his place, and was, of course, so extremely | particular that he lost the road twice ! Then was duly kidnapped into a barouche !. phase of the mud wagon" which landed ! or stranded ne, rather, at smiths mill. . about which point shall write aga,n.
 BACON