The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-05-25
FROM ARIZONA.
Notes ON che way from wtmncmucca to
eH Prescott.

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| Squire Meador, for many years res
ident of this county, who lately went
to Arizona, writes as follows. from
Prescott:
arrived here ON the 18th instant all
O. X. I have not been over the coun.
try much since my arrival and all
know in regard to the mines is from
heresay. The mines are highly spoken
| of and are said to be rich and perma-
nent. The Peck and Tiger mills are
shut down in consequence OF litigation,
but the difficulty will be settled soon,
and they will run to their full capacity,
( rs there is plenty of paying ore. |
learn that placer mining is being car
ried on pretty extensively in this vicin-
sty, most of it dry washing, and those
engaged in it make good wages,
The contrast between the deserts of
| Nevada and the Sacramento Valley, on
my way hither, was surprising. The
grain was headed out, and the whole
country, as far as the eye could reach,
between Sacramento and Benicia, was
covered with 1T. I remained in San
francisco two days and a half, and
met my old friend Governor Flanders
and his wife, both in good health. He
bears the misfortune OF losing his leg
philosophically. 1t was amputated in
such way that he cannot use an arti-
fetal one, SO he has to 60 around on
crutches. He is just the same as he
used to be when in Humboldt.
| | took the cars at San Francisco for
Lathrop, thence to Los Angeles, where
they were harvesting. There were
wagon loads of oranges for sale at the
cars at % cents per dozen. From Los
Angeles we crossed the great Colorado
desert to Maricopa. This desert pro-
duces many varieties of cactus and
| Mesquit brush. At Maricopa the
stage leaves for Prescott, 100 miles dis
tant, crossing the ella river, stream
in which there was not much more wa
ter than there was in the Humboldt last
| Summer. Four miles from the ella
| We crossed Salt river, broad and
shallow stream, something like the
| Platte below Laramie. There are splen-
did farms on the river, and plenty OF
water for irrigating purposes. The
| banks are so low it is not much trouble
| to get water on the land. The eli
mate is warm, and two crops OF grain
and four or five of alfalfa are usually
produced in year. Oranges, figs and
other semi-tropical fruits grow here to
perfection. There is little town
| called Phenix, of twelve or fifteen hun
dred inhabitants, in the valley. There
is any quantity of vacant land, both
above and below town, subject to EN-
try. From Phenix the road runs
| through desert country until reaching
Antelope mountain. Here gold mining
is carried on extensively by the dry
washing process, and the business is
| said to be profitable. AS we assembled
the mountain the air grew colder and
colder until it seemed as cold as it was
in Humboldt last Christmas, and blan-
kets and overcoats came in good place.
From the summit there is gradual de-
scent to Prescott. which is 500 feet
above the level of the sea. The eli
mate here is about the same as Winnie
mucca, but perhaps not quite so warm
in Summer. 1t is handsome town ot
three or four thousand inhabitants.
They complain Of duh times here, but
| it is uuch livelier and money plentier
than in Humboldt. shall start out
on prospecting tour soon, and hope
to see and learn something that might
interest your readers, and will report
accordingly.
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