Year: 1875

5-stamp mill, from which he IS now each week stamping out from $5,0OO to $8,OOO.

 The owners Of the Gen. Crook com menced with nothing but their hands short time ago, and are now erecting 5-stamp mill, and have fair prospect or winning golden future. But little is be- ing done in the Bradshaw district. The great Tiger lode with 700 tons of rich ore lying on the dump, with timber and wa ter in abundance at hand for use, is un- worked tor want of capital.

 The population of the county is con stantly increasing. Many families are sheep are being brought in. Of the latter it is estimated that 10000 are now on the road from California.

 Leaving Prescott for the Wallapai mines, the road passes through Williamson's val, ley, where the larger part of the hay used in Prescott is cut. The principal indus try of the people in this valley is cutting hay and raising stock, though the land is of good quality for agriculture. The next valley passed is Walnut creek, where old Camp Hualpai is located. A good many farmers are settled here, and seem to be doing well. From this point the road goes over a table land country, passing Anvil Rock, Fort Rock, the Willows, Beale Springs, and thence to Cerbat the county seat of

 MoHAvE COUNTY.

 Cerbat is located in a canyon running down from the Cerbat range, and contains

 

 Der of very promising mines near the town, but so many discoveries have been made in other portions of the country, that at present, attention has been away from them, and but little work is being done toward their development.

 Mineral Park is located six miles north of Cerbat, and is the center of q very rich mining section, but like CerDat, is suffer ing in consequence of so many rich dis coveries being made farther away. The hniI6jnO 6-gtQmn mill at their mine just above the town. They report having sunk on the mine lS0 feet, and are still at work, and the ore they are taking out is of excellent quality, but for some reason best known to themselves, no one except the workmen are admitted into the mlne. It may be because other great mines have adopted at times slm1- lar policy, and they desire to initiate their greatness, or It may be that the mine Is very good, and they covet the few remain ing shares yet left in the hands of the orig inal owners. Or it may be that the mine is worthless and they desire to shift the shares into the possession Of other hands for a consideration. Of course they have some reason for their action, and no one questions their right to do as they please, but any one who would purchase an inter est that is either so choice or so poor that it is not thought polite to exhibit it, will deserve no sympathy if he does get swim dled thereby. Five miles east of Mineral Park the Blackberry mine is located. It is remarkable for the regularity Of the vein, and the rich quality Of the ore. The own CTS have body of ore HOW developed that good judges estimate to be worth LOCO, that pays from S200 to Sl5 ,000 per ton.

 At Freeze Wash, between Mineral Park and Greenwood City, the Governor met Sherum, chief of the Hualpai Indians. who recently left the Colorado reservation without leave. Sherum said that he and his Indians wanted to live at peace with the whites. The Governor advised him 10 go and see Gen. KautZ and Dr. Tonner, and endeavor to amicably arrange mat terS. The chief said he could not leave his people, but desired the Governor to write for him 10 Gen. KautZ, which was done. Sherum said that they were slckly on the river, many of their people died, ana they had lost most of their horses; that they did not get enough to eat, and that they preferred to live In their own country, and that by hunting and working for the whites, they could make an honest living, and that he would be responsible for the good conduct of his Indians, and he also said he believed that if they behaved themselves, the whites would soon nave confidence Tn them, and the Indian and War Departments would soon forget that they had left the reserve. The people gen erally believe that they are in good faith, and will keep their promises.

 Referring to the mines again, the Hope district is located about fifty mil les south oi the Cerbat range. A large number of rich lodes have been discovered in this district, and as far as developed, many give prom ise of becoming excellent mines. Thirty miles further south the celebrated McCracken mine is located. The original discovery is d monster lode of ore, cutting square through the center of the noun tain. A shaft has been sunk on 1t near one hundred feet deep, and the ore as far as developed, is abundant and rich, and on either side of the lode the whole noun tain is threaded with veins carrying the same character of metal. There are a very large number of locations made for miles along the lode which prospects well. iAaCalifornia company have bonded the 'original at Sl5O,000, and have made one .pGy ment on the purchase. There are nam Der of men at work on the mine, and

 t about to commence the erection of

 ffating furnaces at Aubury City, on the

 1<fadO river. If the mine proves to be

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