The Arizona champion., 1890-05-03
TIFF GRAND CANYON.
Interesting Letter From Our Special
 Correspondents.
Editor CHAMPION:

 and better roads from points along the line of the A. & P. railroad to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado,
 1 had occasion recently to visit not
 only the one point at the canyon
 that tourists usually go to to wit
 ness the magnificent scenery, but
 that which would be embraced in
 a 20 mile travel along the rim from
 the Hance trail west and can hon.
 estly say that the grandeSt scenery
 to be witnessed in the canyon lays
 closer to Flagstaff than the point
 that has heretofore been made the
 destination of tourists and pleasure
 seekers by at least fifteen mi eS
 travel, and as for roads, 1 know oi
 no more natural road or one better
 supplied with water and good graz
 ing than the ore leading from
 Flagstaff, via. Fort Rlckerson.
 Mesa Butte and Red Horse Tanks,
 thence over the old Nj qul trall to
 point of destination, which can be reached easily in fifty five miles travel. The scenery all along the
 route ss varied and picturesque ana
 but prepares the tourist for what s
 in store when he reaches the can-
 yon. To begin to describe the
 canyon Is simply impossible. It
 must be seen to be appreciated,
 and the general verdict rendered
 by those fortunate enough to ha' e
 seen the greatest wonder ot nature,
 is simply q cannot describe IL.
 You must see 1t yourself" :" You
 may take any one point or peak in the canyon and look al it for hours and from a dozen different posi-
 tions and you will form dozen different impressions of It. It Is one vast panorama ot nature and varies continually as the clouds raise and fall about the various peaks.
 The Bright Angel, as named by | Major Powell, with Its clear stream emptying in;o the Big Colorado river, IS really alone worth trip to see. Then tbere are so many of the cliff dwellings so much spoken of in Arlznna, that are h splendid state of preservation and worth a visit; also old ruins, In dian gardens, irrigating ditches and other interesting sights that occupy the mind so fully that day IS gone before person realizes it. Therefore, to see 1t thorough ly four or five months would be required, and then l doubt If the observer would be satisfied. The river contains plenty Of fish and the hills game, particularly mou. taln sheep. The mesas are covered with flowers and when you Conslder that you can get any altitude you wish, as high as 5000 feet, there no question to answer re- specting a resort for the health seeker. Adjacent to the Bright Angel there las been many loca tions made on mineral lands and a number of assays received cn the respective finds run from $ Go to SI7o.oo per ton, but up 70 the present time there has been no de yeiOpment work done. There are a number of prospectorS steadily at work, principly on the north side ot the river and locations are b=lng made daily, and l see many prospectors outflttlng themselves for from three to SIX months for the canyon, but 1t seems to be the general impression of all that the tall and winter seasons are inc more desirable for working there on account of the excessive heAt Tn summer and the high water Tn the river and it's tributary streams, and from a prospector'S standpoint there is so mucn ConntIy to go over that, admitting that nature has performed vast amount ct work toword developing the mineral deposits, thousand men can prospect for the coming ten years and not get one-haf way over the ground. The lodges ex' posed and located run from fifty 10 400 feet m.Ie aud AOUut } 5oc feet perpendicular.
 On d broad ievel mesa above the present locations and where d good easy trail can reach 1t from the rlln, has been surveyed and plated the town of AshurSt, which will undoubtedly be lively camp when the owners of the various locations surrounding II begin their work. Good clear spring water Is abundant and for miles around 1t IS the most beauti- ial scenery h the canyon. As d health and pleasure resort it will nave no superior in the world. Good boating on the rIver, fishing, hunting and plenty of out door exercise climbing over and ~Io4uu bluffs to points of interests.
 Speaking of Arlzond as dry country. l think this statement has been exaggerated, because ill the canyon country the ralIi Ll is very great on the south side of the rim. 1 noticed several very fine farms which last year yle.dea largely in potatoes, corn. pump kins, waternelOnS and garden l notice this year the owners are turning thelI attention