Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-25
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A TRIP TO T0LTE0.

Netss 4 Trip to the Toltee Minss--0bssrva-
tions By the Way = Yuma, Florence and
xucson- Dusty Travelling the Hines-A
Okssrlne Description Of the Tolteo Bonanxan.
ED1roR EXPRESS: Arizona, now
ooming to the front as the great
Dro6pective mining district Of the
United States, and being as yet q
land Of much mystery and great
instances, / have taken the liberty
10 trespens upon your columns with
: brief rehearsal of observations
made on my late trip to that Terri
tory.
Leaving Yuma on the goth July,
/ found the heat on the Colorado
Desert marked at 118 degrees in the
shade, with anywhere from 140 to
1o0 Ia the sun and sand. This de-
Hroo / found prevailed on that day
Tor some 90 or 20 miles up the Gila
river into Arizona. The heat was,
" SVuHocS CPPAGSoAvCp "Au Wou~
very soon prove fatal were the sys-
tenn not continually relieved by the
profuse Precipitation always experi-
enced there by healthy persons.
Tho ordeal 10 superior to any Turk
& ioh bath, because ills moderate, and
can be indefinitely continued by
furnishing the system good sup
< My Of water. This demand l found
Imperative throughout the journey
and in all parts Of Southern Arizo-
ma. The centeeH of water Is the in
dIopensable companion Of the trav.
eler. One may drink two or three
gallons Of water q day, with the
happy effect only of washing the
system by active perspiration, and
turning him out we'll cleansed and
renewed creature. Colds and bron.
chitis soon pass away under this
treatment.
0lLA vALLEY-A DUSTY ROAD.
The journey up the Gila valley tc
\ Tucson via Florence-300 mlles-is
at present made In a small cooped-
up two-horse jerkey. This con.
Joined with tine unmercifui heal
and the most penetrating and
abundant dust, tries the patience o
the traveller almost beyond endur.
onoe. Many times was I forced
to thrust my head out, gasping fol
breath and hunting for fresh air, &c
urgent was the feeling of suffoca'
tlon. The dust on the
.GilA is made up en-.
5 tirely Of sediment deposited
during ages of occasional overflows.
The numerous heavy freight wag.
0ns or desert schooners continually y
traversing this valley in transport
ing goods, machinery, etc., to the
interior towns render the roads
very difilcult for light wagons.
Tho 0ilA valley contains some
0ue farms--near FlOrence-and
through the Pima and Maricops
reservations. These Indians pro
ducs annually large quantities o.
wheat. Florence Is well shaded
and watered little town, but the
{ streets being unable to carry off the
. aceumulations of civilization pre-
sent = decidedly questionable sani.
tary condition. The road between
Florence and Tucson Is very fine,
end generally pleasantly cool.
TUCSON AND IT'S TRADE.
Tucson il somewhat buoyanI
with hope through the mining
prospects in her vicinity. This
town, venerable and unpretentious
h the center of trade for large
oommunity, and docs an Immense
business with Sonora snd the min.
& ing towns and communities in
Southeastern Arizona. The popu
lation, which is claimed to bt
about 5000, IL very largely Mex
lean and native, with q considera'
bic number Of wealthy and we'll to
do Americans. Southern Arizons
: IL Just now enjoying her Summer
rainy season, and As a consequence
Dame Nature is clothed In beauti.
s ful green. The Santa Cruz Valley
south from Tucson to Tnbac, IL
beautiful and delightful; the rivel
throug hout, except during high
water, runs through subterranear
channels, here and there coming Il
the surface in the form OF a spring
furnishing perpetual water, colt
and pure.
As IL was my purpose when leav'
iDg Los Angeles for Arizona tt
visit the Bushell and st. Louis sill
yer mines, south of Tucson, in tn,
Santa Rita Mountains, I availee
s1.uanlf nf tho uouarano II ind ,ooa n
John E. Magee, ESQ.,, Superintend
ent of the Toltec Syndicate o
Mines, at Tucson, who accompa
MED me to the mines. Passing III
the Santa Cruz Valley to Tubac
We take due east course some ter
miles to the old Hacienda del SAINT,
Rita, which is now the headquar
ters Of the 1oltec Syndicate. Thi
place Is rendered sacred in history
By the
MURDER OF COL. wRIGHTSoN,
Mining Superintendent, and others
many years ago, by tn,
bloody Apaches. 1t was once th,
scene of great activity in mining
I80uCttou VI oIcSJ ctci uuuer tDs
management of Prof. Raphae
Pumpelly, now Of Harvard. Tn,
location is beautiful and in thu
midst Of the Santa Rita valley
which gives landscape of unsur,
passed beauty. The mesas, hills
and mountain sides, are covered
with green fresh grass, presenting
the appearance at q short distance
Of . cultivated lawn, while every.
where on high and low land the
live oak is found in great abund
ance. Down through the gulches
on all hands, crystal mountain
streams ripple along on their cours,
to the Santa Cruz. The climat,
here 10 delightful, the altitude be
Ing sufficient to temper the heat tt
rnodiupn daUrao Euoh ;o tb.