Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-09-20
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 MAzATzAL NJ oUNTAINs, Sept. IS, 's3. EDITOR HERALD:-
 I have seen no lovelier little glen in Arizona than this, nor have ever tasted water purer or more refresh ing than that which lursts from the fern shaded and messy bank close al hand. Nesting far ur in narrow little cafion in the mountlin side, hemmed in by prccipitous rocks and shaded almost to darkness by dense overhanging foliage, it seems a fit place to be haunted, not by ghns's, but by fauns and fairies. The ground is soft and springy. and is black and rich with vegetable mold. The flowers and grasses which cloth it with soft Verdure are rank. and luxuriant in growth, and the spring gliding frcm beneath velveiy moss at the foot of graceful ferns which almost conceal it, spla> hes with il tiukling sound over smooth pebbles into transparent little pools which mirror the overhanging grasses and downward gazing flowers. seeming 10th to leave the sweet silent twi-
 light for the glare of the thirsty sun.
 For one who is tired of city life, and would lose few days or afew weeks in luxurious idleness, there is no filter place thsn this Here there are no flies to fight, no bores or bnsiaezs men to bother one, and no visitors save the tim id>eyed doe who comes at sun down to drink, and 'he solemn voiced owl who has a few important and interesting re- marks to make during the evening.
 As I write I hear only the clear call of Red bird, who glows like a coal of fire against the dark green leaves of an Alder, and the faint booming of a ruby.throaied Hum mIhg bird lowering over the cardinal flowers grouped along the brook side. There is no sound from the outside world, and nothing to res mind one of the dry. thirsty foo'- hills and ragged cations so near Ly.
 In this vicinity are the best hunt ing grounds for deer, and some Of the most picturesque and roman- tic views and vistas that are to b found near PhpniK The "fo ma tion' is chiefly porphyry and ineta- morphic slate, tarrying little or no mineral CT mineral bearing lodges. although an hours walk in either direction brings one to granite, carry ing leads and lodges of mineral stained qrar'z and malachite. In Deadman's cahon, a few miles 10 the north, there is an immense ledge following the course of the cafiOD some seven mules. 1t is deeply stained with copper, and assays on thc surface $500 a ton in gold. There are also rich copper lodges to the south, towards Saddle mountain and some veins which assay very high in silver. John Asher and Hall, Of the Verde, are two of the owners in that district, also our iownsman, Alex. Goodfeliow. I have visited that section several times and it would not at all surprise me if the richest copper mine in Arizona should be found in that district. The "formatie n is soft slate with here and there a parallel body of granite and syenite, capped over op the higher summits with lava.
 The Maza'zal range has never been thoroughly prospected for pre- cious metals, as numerous precipices and impossible gorges render travel very difficult, and until late years the Apaches infested these impene- irable strongkOlds, thus farming the tide of explorers in other directions. Now that the Indians have been driven out, they are inhabited only by the moan. ain lion, the bear and the wlld eat, though there are some mountain sheep on the higher peaks and deer are constantly coming and going from the foothills on either side.