Year: 1869

1 the belief that these renegade wretches must , have kept ct @ safe distance and made their presence known only by their voices. lift had been possible for the Colonel to take them we think it entirely probable that he would have done so. The means by which they contrive to live thus must be evident to any person hay ing even the slightest knowledge of the Apache character. Their presence in such 8 position can well account for the plentiful snp ply of arms and ammunition which the Indians of this region are known to possess were it otherwise they would not be permitted to live a single day.

 MINING Latest accounts from the Apache Pass mine report everything going on vigOr- ously. Several mlners are constantly at work taking out rock. The lead, at its present stage of exposure, presents the same characteristic observed two weeks ago-that it becomes wid- CT and richer as it slopes into the earth. Ar. Arnold-connected with the McPherGon dis cOVery-examined some specimens of the rock brought from the Pass and pronounced them

 

 best mine ever opened in the Territory; which, when we consider the many mines that have been, or which are at present being worked, is saying much indeed. There can be very little doubt as to the justice of Mir. Arnolds opinion, in this respect; of this, all who have any knowledge of mines may convince themselves by calling upon Mir. Lyon who will be happy to submit several specimens to their examination.

 ARRIVAL Another arrival from Prescott. last week was the unperishable Brigham" Hsreports nothing doing in Prescott" He did not sse cent while there except in ono in- stance in which he caught passing glance at $2 greenback brought thither by himself he purchased some little thing and passed over his greenback to pay for it. according to the custom of Tucson; but judge ye of his discom- feiture upon receiving. instead of Uncle Sam's ''shin-plasters,' handful of scraps of leather, each bearing the imposing inscription Poets" which the obliging shop keeper informed him was his change In vain did the astonishsd Brigham remoaStrats, 50 putting his leather into bis pocket he took bee line to the near est whisky shop where he passed off his last bit of cultivated cow hide and then, stimulated by sharp appetite, with no prospects of fnd- ing anything to eat, struck out for the South

 TEE mining party who left this place last week, to search for the looming mine" return. ed a. the end of four days, their stock of pro- visions having given out. The caiion in which the mine is said to be located was reached and found to be flooded with water, from the recent heavy rains. The party had therefore no other alternative but to return, which they did with the utmost dispatch, arriving in town on Sunday. But let it not be supposed that they returned with the intention of giving up the project-that would be mistake. They re- cruited for two days, when, taking ten days provisions and few necessary tools and in- struments, they started forth again on Wednes- day morning, determined to find the nina even though they should be obliged to ford the torrents which rush down the canon at several points Unless, indeed, that the rain | continues to fall without intermission there 1 can be little doubt but that party so deter mined will meet with more or less success.

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