Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-07
Arizona News.


The annexed items are clipped
from the Yuma Sentinel of Aug.
ust 81:
II is reported that John Pedrick,
one of the oldest white settlers on
the Colorado river, was last week
found dead in his house, about 20
miles below Yuma. He was nearly
eighty years old. We have no par
ticulars of his death.
There must be some exceedingly
rich gold bearing quartz ledges
along the Sonora boundary. We
this week saw, at Fitzgerald &
Co.'s sixteen ounces of gold that
had simply been hammered out of
its quartz, and showed for itself
that it must have come from very
rich "specimen" streak. 1t came
from San Antonio, near the boun-
Diary of Sonoita, and southeast of
the Ajo copper mine.
The mines of Silver District,
above Eureka, continue to hold out
big promise. G. G. Norton has
such favorable reports from those
he is interested in that he has Civ
en- up his position as Engineer at
the Qurtermaster's Depot, and goes
up OH to-day's steamboat to look
after his interests himself. In
sinking the first fifteen feet, on one
ledge, there were over 5000 worth,
by assay, of metal taken out. Nor
ton proposes to ship twenty tons Of
lead ore this month.
Thursday's train did not arrive
until about two O'clock p. II. The
delay was caused by washouts,
during the heavy rain of Wednes.
day night, of the track between
Yuma aud Pilot Knob, and near
Oglesby. Some delay was also
caused on the California desert by
heavy winds, which blew so much
sand on the track that the cars had
TO be uncoupled and drawn over
the drifts by u rope. Even the
tender had to be u1coupled, in
places, and drawn over the sand in
the same way.
An exciting shooting scrape oc-
Cured last Saturday about mid
night. Some drunken Indians
made demonstration with knives
against some citizens, who re-
sponded with firearms. The next
morning one Indian lay dead on
Main street, nearly opposite the
harness shop, and a bloody trail
showed that another had gone off
toward the mesa wounded. So
many conflicting stories are told
about the affair that any detailed
statement must be mere guess
work. No judicial Investigation
has been had.
Considerable gold has been re-
ceived from the new placers above
Aubrey and reports that come in
are very favorable. Francisco ST.
erras, who worked so many years
forI. T.. West, went over there and
is said to have made as high as $12
per day. Finkler took up another
tanning machine from the Indian
Reserve. The sensational story
about Americans being driven out
by Mexicans appears to have had
little foundation, and was probably
set ahoat by miners to keep more
men from going in there. A saloon
has been started at the river, near
the mines, aad we may soon look
for the homicides that usually fol-
low placer diggings and whisky.
The mysterious disappearance is
rumored of Fl. Warren, of the Chat
ticup mine, Eel Dorado cafion. He
passed through Yuma June 25th
with $4,000 in silver bullion, the
thirty days product of the Ell Do
RADIO quartz mill. He very partic-
ularly desired that the Sentinel
should make no mention of the
bullion. He also begged that his
name should not be written upon
his sleeping-car ticket to San
Francisco. He was last heard from
at Lathrop. Rumors are afioat
that his connection with that bull
lion has not been satisfactory to
other parties interested in it; but
we get no positive statements from
persons who alone must know the
facts.