The Phoenix herald. (Phoenix, Maricopa County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1879-1882, 1880-10-15
TIE EXCLUSION NINE.

age thickness OF the vein is about
four feet, and while the average va
lue of ali the ore is fully $50 per ton
that.found on the hanging-wau will
yield $50 per ton. all free milling
| gold rock. The 70 OF wall has about Is
inches Of casing, and the country
rock is a granite formation An
abundance Ct wood, water ard tim
Der in the immediate vicinity renders
the successful working of the mine
a certainty, and the judge has now
let contract for sinking fifty feet
deeper and making the necessary
arrangements for further develop
ment and reduction of orc. Mr..
Treadwell, whose large experience
in mines makes his opinion specially
valuable, speaks>very warmly of the
prospects and certain;ies of
the excursion and of that dis
trict, which, he feels sure, will soon
become an important mineral pro
ducer. Among other excellen, pros
Dccts examined by him, he visited
TIE GOLDEN WONDER MINE,
Owned and worked by Mr.. Nash. on
which a shaft has been sunk 43 feet
deep. Every pound of rock extracted
IS worked in an ara ira and gives re
turns of 1862 per ton in gold.
During their stay, the attention of
these gentleman was directed to a
new discovery of natural curiosity
Of extraordinary interest, and which
must soon become an object of great
importance to the scientist andnutur
alist. About - miles northwest of
the Excursion mine, and eight miles
from the new gold mines on the
Verde river, called the American
and the "Gowen," whose owners are
taking out wafer for arastraing pur-
poses,
4 BEAUTIFUL MASSIVE BRIDGE
Spans Pine creek Leaving their
their teams at Burch's ranch, in
Green Valley, the Judge and Mr..
Treadwell were Joined by Peter
Burcll, D D. Gowen and VIM. Sic
Donald, and, taking saddle, were
soon on their way to examine this
beautiful structure hewn out by ma
lures own unaided hand. Their
rOY7fa from, 4l,a XT.,.1- 1.,....=, a. -
through fine groves of cedar, juniper
and pine, and IN abundance OF luxu-
RANT grass. BY means of a coed
Aneroid barometer, Mr.. Treadweil
learned the elevation,-at Burch's
ranch--to be 4, 800 feet above sea
leYel. Reaching the east fork of the
Verde he found an elevation Of $3.50 |
feet, after which they passed a
crest 300 feet high, and then over a
stretch of rolling hills, until they
stood on a steep bank of Pine creek, |
and saw this newly found master
piece of the great architect lying 2jO |
feet below. They pitched camp in a
large grove Of black walnut and OAK
trees on a nearly level bench Of lime
stone forming the great bank of |
Pine creek and constituting one side |
of a grand box canon 200 feet deep,
whose almost perpendicular sides
overhang the stream below.
AT their feet stretched the massive |
and graceful arches of
bridge more than 800 feet
wide and 600 feet Ioug, rising to an
elevation of 1850 feet above sea level
The rainbow arch supporting the
bridge rises to height of 10 feet
at its lowest point of elevation; and
near the south end of the bridge 1t
fades away in graceful outline until
it reaches within two feet of the sur
face, and about two hundred feet
from the water flowing below. The
arches are decorated with numberless
whose dripping limestone
waters have formed everything layers
Of stalagnites far below, pre-
sen'ing an appearance scarcely infe-
rior to the great Niagara in its win
-er-raiment The width of the arch
is something more than $50 feet and
in its perfect symmetry, 1t presents a
most impressive and grand apear-
ance, whether viewed from the bank
above above or from the bed of the
stream below. On the west side of
The arch, and about go feet from the
bed of the stree q large balcony
projects boldly from the side and
beneath the arch. 1t is of perfectly
graceful shape and is large enough
% accommodate 100 persons. 1t has
been appropriately named
THE MUSIC STAND.
The huge abutments of the bridge
est on a formation of red porphyry
'ock, forming the bed of the creek
md on its west side the bridge butts
Up against an immense dixie of trap
.ock, $50 feet high and nearly per
The general course of
his wonderful bridge is nearly east
md west and the course of Pine
Creek, which it covers, is nearly