Arizona republican., 1911-11-03

insure traffic for such a road long af- ter the numbering has ceased to be oi first importance.
 Particularly in the tremendously wild and rugged mountain region along the northern rim, where many canyons are still uneXplored mines of importance are sure to be developed in the future Indications of copper have been found in many places where lack of trans portatiOn facilities forbade develop ment, and what is probably the highest grade copper mine in Arizona, the Grand Gulch property in Mohave coun- ty 95 miles south of St. George, has been worked for many years and still has on its dumps all ore under thirty per cent, the distance to smelter being too great for profitable working of ore that elsewhere would contain for tune
 A good deal of placer gold mining has been done along the Colorado river and the great canyons and sand washes leading down into it. and future dis coveries of rich diggings seem req sonable expectation for prospecting has always been and still is difficult be- cause of the much broken character of the country and only better roads will make it really known.
 Miss Hall found it necessary to cross into Nevada and return to Arizona by way of the old Scanlon Ferry, other ferry locations on the river having been abandoned. Fairly good and safe eros Sif rR,frv hn 1aAa af gat almost any season with the eNpendi- ture of some money but at present the ferry is only used in low or medium stages of the river and consequently travel on this route, which is the best one from the farther side of Mohava county down to the Santa Fe railroad and the county seat, is light and irregu- lar.
 At this ferry, which is now owned and operated by an Englishman named Gregg. Miss Hall found date trees in bearing and fig trees of great size loaded with drying fruit Git being just past season). and fine, thrifty grape vines that had borne a heavy crop. AL falfa had yielded about as many crops as in the Salt River valley and vege- tables did we'll Though so remote there are many spots along the river where small communities will doubtless establish themselves in the future.
 Miss Hall found many interesting shrubs and flowers on the journey and sent down for the Capitol garden some specimens of cacti that if not unknown to cultivation are at least rare. The various geological expeditions have al so reported rare plants in this region. particularly along the canyons of the Virgin river.
 Miss Halls long journey. which in cluded about twelve weeks nine Of which were spent in wagon travel. yielded much historical data and added to the collection of objects for state museum which is also part of her work: but she expresses herself as even more deeply impressed with the busi- ness and home making possibilities of this big north western corner of our new state.
 Rather an interesting evidence of its present remoteness is the fact that af ter leaving Flagstaff, Miss Hall did not
  newspaper or periodical of any sort un- til she reached the town of Chloride some twenty miles north Of kingman. All the mail lines go in from some point in Utah or Nevada and the ser vice is So slow that she received mail but once in nine weeks. it being impos- sible to direct the forwarding of mail from Phoenix quickly enough to catch the few postoffices on the route.
 After reaching Chloride Miss Hall spent two weeks working in Mohave county north of the Santa Fe line and found it such rich field that the southern part had tO be left for later visit. She met many pioneers and gath cred much material from them as well as from the county records and the files of the early newspapers, which for tunately have escaped the fires that in other counties have destroyed many such aids to historical research.
 Miss Hall found Mohave county not only one of the richest fields in Ari- zona in romance and historical inter est. but one of the most prosperous mining and stock growing sections. The gold mines are turning out proceeds that remind one early days, to say nothing of the copper and silver and zinc and the turquoise and other gem mines.
 Miss Hall hopes to return to Mohave county as soon as possible to complete the work in the southern part and to take up some special work among the Wallapai Indians, some of them are very anxious to aid her in getting a full history of the tribe. One of her most valuable finds was the dictionary or the Wallapai language gathered by Henry P Ewing. who probably under stood the language better than any other white man.