Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-23
AVER CAMP.
A Beautiful Spot in the Chiricahlas Wood. Water and Wealth Combine5- Mines or RI- ceeding Richness-Ths Indians.

Judge Charles c. Clute, of Aver Camp
 in the Chiricahuas, came in by last
 Tuesdays trainto receive surgical assis-
 tance for a dislocated shoulder, received
 by being thrown from a stumbling horse
 at his Camp. His injuries were not very
 severe, and he shows but little
 manifestation Of care or pain, and win ! return to his camp to-Inorrow.
 Aver Camp is located in the noun
 tains, about miles from the oll Chiri-
 caLua reservation, where Capt JefTorda
 was formerly Indian agent; # s p miles
 east ofnorth from Camp RGrk .; F milea | from Bowie b. trail aI 2i by wagon road. Ii is at \ rth PineIy canyon, and belt of heavy pine, oak and juniper timber extends from the c1mp south ward along the mountain range to the Sonora line. 4 splendid spring of weter sends a huge volume of the sparkling | liquid through the camp, furnishing an abundance of water for g. score of fur naces or mills, while the supply of wood is practically inexhaustible.
 Messrs. Geo. M Aver < Co, the senior members of which reside in Chicago and are represented at Aver Camp by Judge Clute, own group of eight mines near ! the camp, upon a portion of which they l are prosecuting developments in a thor oughly substantial and systematic man.
 ner. Cpon one ledge a level has been
 run at a depth of 100 feet, showing three | feet of ore, the lowest assay at the com pany's laboratory upon the grounds gave SS1 in silver and 70 per cent. lead. Work | is now being done upon another claim, which at a depth of S6 feet was crosscut for a distance of 40 feet to the main ledge When Judge Clute left the mine
 the vein had been penetrated 3ls feet and was still in ore. The average assay of this rich strike is Sl30 in silver and S2 per cent. lead. Still another claim belonging to the company appears like a mountain of iron, on
 which there are tunnels and croscuts. from which all ore taken out will aver aye S28 in silver per ton. This is an im-
 mense deposit, and from what is in sight it is calculated that from 60 to loo tons Of ore per day for many years could be easily extracted with a limited crew of men without exhausting it.
 The men at the camp have al been armed in anticipation of Indian raids. and should the Apaches attack the camp they will meet with very warm recep- ton. Judge Clute does not think the Indian troubles are over, but that oth- CTS, encouraged by the success of the Chiricahuas, will leave the agency for Sonora, and then return in predatory bands. The mountains are full of game and the valleys afford good feed for their stock, and there IS no danger but they will fatten in the everlasting hills
 Camp Rucker, although gone nearly to ruin, is to be occupied as a military post, and five companies Of soldiers will be retained there. Many of the officers look upon this isolation as a terrible afflic- tiou, and mourn for the luxuries that even the small towns of Arizona afford Still there are officers among them who accept the circumstances by which they are surrounded with good grace
 Judge Cute, although the passing years have left the traces of care upon his brow, and the frosts of sge upon his hair, is a hale and hearty specimen of physical manhood. and apparently has many years of life before him in which tp t4llN. Ailt hAu p4t loIluut At ls HOW Qt- veloping in his mines. He has lived many years on the frontier, and during the war wore the gray in Texas regi- ment. He is an intelligent man of broad views and generous impulses-one upon whom a man could safely rely as q friend under all circumstances. He was formerly a telegraph operator, and still enjoys intimate personal relations with some of the distinguished telegraph off cials of the country.