The herald., 1895-03-11
OVER THE. NEW ROAD
Graphic Description Of Journey From
! Pescott to Phoenix

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y The traveller over the S. f. z. e p.
Railway from Prescott south is at once
Impressed with the vast amount of grow
ling pine timber through which the road
Sipasses for the first ten miles-an almost
nnbroken forest of pines with occasional
Rgroves of Juniper showing a comparatively
fuel supply AT Iron Spring
gsstation on the summit OF the range, be-
tween Prescott and Skull Valley, the
railroad company have side track,
where the mining tmbers, logging and
wood for the Congress mine is loaded upon
cars for transportation to the mine. From
Iron Springs summit one gets an excel
lent panoramic view of the southwest por-
, ton OF Yavapai county or the north,
reaching for miles, lie Chino Valleys,
big and little, as level as floor, and con-
tanning thousands Of acres susceptible of
cultivation, only awaiting the storage of
!. the food waters Of Granite Creek and their
Z diversion upon its vast acreage. This en-
'terprise is entirely feasible and will some
day be accomplished. Upon the west lie
Williamson, Thompson and Ferguson Val
leys, which support vast herds of cattle and
annually turn off thousands of tons Of ma
tive grass hay, which is sold or held for
winter feed. To the southwest, in the
blue distance, one recognizes the sharp
and broken peaks of the Santa Maria
range of mountains, within which are
some of the richest and largest veins of
gold ore upon the Pacific slope. Also the
Date Creek mountains. which enclose the
world-fan1ous Congress mine. Looking
south from our point of observation we
see the Walnut Grove Valley and the site
I of the great Walnut Grove storage reser-
/. .voir, upon which work is to be commenced
within few weeks. Further to the south
looms up the Bradshaw range of noun
txiV, x.,it hi Vx,btn h lin. he Tiror
mine, worked for its silver contents until
the white metal deprecated in value to
where it became impracticable to work
anything but extremely high grade ores.
Three miles from the Tiger 10 the Luke
mine, with which our people are somewhat
high grade ore. The owners have closed
the mine awaiting the return of sill
yer to its proper value. The last carload
shipped from this mine showed value of
over 800 silver ounces per ton, but owing
to the deprecated value OF silver, the
Z pay SO per cent of the values for freight,
treatment and discounts One mile east
of the Lake mine is the Crown King
group, property that has perhaps turned
out as much money as any one mine in
the territory. The Crown King company
Their amalgamates ship about forty
thousand pounds per month in concen-
trates. Two miles north of the Crown
King group is the Old Del Pasco mine,
which was extensively worked in the
early seventies; it is now being reopened,
Aand shows every indication of resuming
Wits former prominence as bullion pro-
\ 'ducer.
n Just on the hill to the north of the Del
z PascO is the Old Reliable group of mines
owned by Miss W. C. Boshford and r. H.
Burmistcr Of Prescott This property
4 Shows pr badly the greatest amount Of
! development. OF any group of mines in the
% small four stamp mill, through which
sthey work their ores from time to time,
F@thus carrying their development work at
Ssmall actual outlay. Some of the largest
lodges in Yavapai county are embraced in
the Old Reliable group. The owners have
I properly opening up their various lodges
y until at present they have most mag
5 nificent showing of continuous ore with
no stopping or exhausting of the reserves.
:, One mile southeast of the Old Reliable
/, group, is the Gladiator mine upon the
IL War Eagle lode; some of the most energetic
prospecting has been done upon this
property by the prospective purchasers,
who are Denver capitalists. Within the
Tpast two years twenty stamp mill has
been erected upon the mine. Thousands of
feet OF timber and drifts had been driven
strated the great value of the property to
their satisfaction, the final payment
under the lease having been made some
time since. These people lately secured a
five years. lease upon the famous Peck
mine, which lies two miles east of the
Gladiator, and are now clearing it out.
The great body of water which has al
ways been such detriment to the profit
able workings of the Peck will be piped
to the Gladiator mill and used there in
reducing to bullion the large ore bodies
exposed by the development of the past
two years. Returning to our post of OBJ
servation at Iron Springs we descend an
easy grade and round numerous curves
n nom the summit to the station in Skull
Valley. Skirting the valley alongside
numerous ranches we soon pass Sentinel
Rock, Rudy's ranch and through
ssthe narrows to Morganville, at
; the head of the Kirkland Valley
from Morganville. the road winds around
!. the broken foothills on gradual ascent
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