The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-01-03
oovrnsorsnruosr.s REPORT.

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 We have received { copy of His Excel. lency Governor Fremont's Report, which, upon perusal, we find quite full, and con- tsining much valuable information bearing on Arizona. We would have lied very much to publish i: in full (snd may to Sd at some future timel, had it net been that our space was taken up l,y copy in the hands of the composit0rs aJ the li.s;e Of re- ceiying the Report. We, however, give several extracts from the document, waieh will be found interesting:
 Tine Little Colorado and Salt River re gioDs are reported to be the granaries of the Territory. Their valleys are becoming garden spots, and the bordering mountains great stock raEges, where the cattle are sometimes too fat to be dr.ven. Like Cali fbrnia, The country is favorable to animal
 life. In tie Salt River Valley there are probably 100000 acres under cultivation In the Gila Valley, between the Pima viii lascs snd ;he mouth of the canyon, about JoOOO. in the San.a Cruz Valley, about sj,- 900; and ej,0O0 more in all the southern district. h the Salt River Valley tine amount under cultivation is being rapidly augmented to tbe full extent of the water supply. On the San Pedro River the land Is sparsely occupied, and mostly for graz ing; and further to the eastward The cOun- uy Is better adapsed t0 grazidg than sgri- culture. Many years ago found on the San Pedro and neighboring country many aild cattle which had belonged to ranches now deserted, where the people had been killed or driven oG by Indians. So far as my present Knowledge goes, the grazing and farming lands comprehend an area about equal to that cf the State of New York.
 The Bradshaw district is said to be full of large, permanent veins, upon some of which mines have been opened that are producing ores of extraordinary value. mention these as aying come more partic- ulauy to nay knowledge since my arrival, but similar re"''"..s are c'..> igg in from other parts of the Territory, and more especially from the southgastern exfrsmiiy. where veins have been opened which give promise of greater nchnesS in gold and silver than any hitherto discovered. Iu the immediate neighborhood of Prescott are rich mines Want of transportation, and consequent want of population and money, together with the sense of insecurity sisll existing, have prevented full knowledge of these lodes. as well us a development of those already known.
 With the object of increasing he water supply, sugges: for your consideration the employment Of competent persons Co exam inc the structure of the country, and make occasional experiments with the view Q; indicating to the people the situations and depths at which water, whether by artesan or other means may be found. An expert for extraordinary skin in this science procured water for the city of Con stantine in Algeria, which is built on the summit of lofty, rock peninsula, 2,0O0 feet above the level of tine Mediterranean. aad is accessible on ono side only, being on lil others begirt by rsvine of sixty feet in breadth and of great depth, at the bottom of which flows the Rummel. This expert found water for the city just below one of he gates in the wall which surrounds it. l He was also employed by the French Gov-I -rnment 10 search for water in the plains ! If Chalons, where Napoleon III. desired to i form a large camp, and he succeeded in ! finding an abundant supply for the pro- i posed camp of G0,0G0 men. Such man night oonYcr, the deserts of Arizona into ! he rose fields of Bulgaria,