Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-09-09
A PLEASANT TRIP.
Reverend Mr. Halsey Enjoys An
 Overland Trip.
Visits the Mines and Camps in The
 Big Bug Country

One pleasant evening in August W g eft Phoenix for she gold mining dis - 5ricb in Big Bug, behind one of th strong handsome csrrage teams fc
 which the Salt River valleyis noted. w
 stopped until moon rise sb the hospit } able home of Mr. Schultz on tbs olC Boyle Fsnch near she Arizona Canal P Here under the charge of Mr. Shultz
 Mayor Adams hes an extensive poultry
 farm, ex pecting to furnish his hote
 table with broilsrs of his own raising
 As it is said thab the Adams hotel chei
 sometimes heads sig dozen young fowls
 for single dinner, ib Is easy to i'm
 agiue that the task of supplying the
 demand for bFoiIers is by no means en
 easy one.
 Atthe Adams ranch thers were ct the
 slime of our visit nine hundred and sev-
 enby-four old fowls with two hundred
 lissle chickens week OF two old, and five hundred and twenty in process of lncubs tion. Two incubesoFs are used,
 wibh several patent breeders for the 1 handsome and strorg little chickens
 whic- had learned already to know the l keepers voies and to follow him when l allowed to leave their yards, az sheep follow shepherd. The ranch includes | 16O scres, set out in part to sp-icots l and grapes The little chicken are fed on the tsst day after being hstohed with bread soaked in milk, then with l oas il 4ks and later with wheat cracked l ia mill.
 Soon after midnight we began our journey through she esert,Itwice we got off the road on account of the darkness and changes in the location of the road, but after pleasant ride of twenty five miles we reGched Nav Rivsr station in the morning. Hers we remsined dur ing the heat of the day, enioyiuR 8 chat with Professors Crsgger and Brown snd their families who rested here for a short time on their journey homswGrd from the Grand Canon.
 In the course of fifteen mile ride to
 Alkire's, situated in pleasant valley.
 At GoddaTa's 's we found shelter in the
 corral not far from horses bat he'd not
 been hsrnsssed for year and were full
 of life and good spirits.
 The next day, not wishing to buy the horses, we drove ten miles to Bumble-
 bes, where we gave the team a long rest, then on to Cordes', where, sur- rounded by a cordon Of freighters with their heavily loaded wagons, we had good nights rest in the open air. On she desert and between these stage stations of which we have spoken there are DO dwellings, Travellers must keep as which snsy can inquire the way.
 Taking an early start naxb morning 1 we stopped foF breskfast in Hsok berry Fiat, gathering sticks aud dried shrubs | to boil our coffee. then stopping for a few minutes ss Joe Mayors we drove at | swinging tros to Bjg Bug, seven miles further on, and nearly ninety milss from Phoenix. Here for more than q week | we found pleasent. home-like stopping | place with Mr T. W. Boggs, one Of the early settlers of Arizona, snd an honor ed citizen of Yevapej county.
 ca our journey across the desert and up ths Black canyon we SEW a large 1 fst5lesnske, praFie dog, several coyotes and numerous quail, squirrels. rabbits aud cottonssi!s. Dead horees and cab- sle were often seen along the trail, and in hhe mounteine, mining camps were We were not fortunate 4nough to catch A glimpse of any taT ll T l oipee. Odos ca she mountains we stopped to admire tue cacsi, with which she mesa WAS dotted. and counted eight different varieties.
 One morning, under the direction of Mir. Bogzs, accompanied by friend with & camera, we visited some noted pre- historic ruins, near which. OF the -ooke, ass sons well-preserved hiero- IL ade up for the most part of ihe reprssep tRtions of men and eni- nals
 There are many proepsctors and min ,rs on the mountain roads, the little ,iil egas sce t.king on new life aod the prospects gre pleasing to the mine ,woers.
 Among the iasdinR mines in the Big Bag dis sric5 IS the Loatie, ownsd by Kent & Taft, vith it's tunnel 300 fset ( n to the Glonntaiu, it's shaft nearly 300 i ( ae5 dsep with stopsage of some 500 eat aud drifts 200 feet each way The C little Jessie is 800 feet deep with stopes ' md wiuzss too numerous to mention ( Another leading mine is the McCebe, Vbioh is extensively worked. employs f oms thirty men and supports a com nunity of 200 people.
 Ths onyx nine, near Joe Mayors sta ion, of wn.co S4nator Fowler, of Nav ! erssy, i4 ops of the owners, is being de- 2 elopsd rapidly. and tbs fcremss, for s | ong tins E. wo kmgn jn m .rb'e v uavry in Vermont, is we'll pleased with i ha product of bhe mine. Q
 new road is building trom God c ards station to the Squaw Creek s hines, and va mab score or more Of 1 c 1exicars who were on their way to V york Soms of them who had walked | { Ielt way across The desert, were thank T ul for part of onr sapply of water. It s unfoFtc ate that the half f-wsy house l t q ehapdcnaA r. ia raa6ad f0r tba TO- f