Chapter III: Part 3
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_To_ |_Miles._|_Miles._| _Description._
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Smith’s Ranch | 61 | 61 |Water and grass; mesquite wood.
Los Nogales | 5 | 66 | ” ”
Agua Zarca | 15 | 81 | ” ”
La Casita | 14 | 96 | ” ”
Los Alisos | 8 | 104 | ” ”
Imuris | 11 | 115 | ” ”
La Magdalena | 11 | 127 | ” ”
Santa Ana | 12 | 139 | ” ”
Bajorito | 16 | 155 |Wells and grass; mesquite wood.
Rancho Querobabi | 23 | 178 |Tanks and grass; mesquite wood.
Rancho Tabique | 28 | 206 | ” ”
Hacienda de Torreon | 26 | 232 |Water; grass scarce; mesquite
| | | wood.
Hacienda de La Labor | 2 | 234 | ” ” ”
Hacienda del Alamito | 9 | 243 |Water; grass plenty; mesquite
| | | wood.
Hermosillo | 12 | 255 |Water; no grass; mesquite wood.
Rancho de la Parza | 16 | 271 | ” ” ”
Rancho de la Palma | 16 | 288 |Tank; grass scarce; mesquite
| | | wood.
Rancho del Posito | 8 | 296 | ” ” ”
Rancho de lo Cienequito | 15 | 312 | ” ” ”
Rancho de la Mucho Buéno| 19 | 331 |No water; grass plenty;
| | | mesquite wood.
Rancho de la Caballo | 9 | 340 |Tank; grass plenty; mesquite
| | | wood.
Guaymas | 11 | 351 |
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The road from Tucson to Guaymas, except 15 miles south of Calabasas, where it is heavy in wet weather, is one of the finest on the Pacific coast. =Tucson, A. T., to Port La Libertad, Mexico.=
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_To_ |Miles.|Miles.|_Description._
| | |
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San Xavier del Bac | 8 | 8 |Settlement of Papago Indians.
La Punta de Agua | 2 | 11 |Ranch.
Sahuarito, (Columbus) | 8 | 19 |Water, grass and wood. Good road.
Roade’s Ranch | 8 | 28 | ” ”
Los Taraises | 2 | 31 | ” ”
Reventon (Kitchen’s Ranch)| 2 | 34 | ” ”
Soporio Rancho | 5 | 39 | ” ”
Mina Colorado | 11 | 51 | ” ”
Arivaca | 7 | 58 | ” ”
Los Alamos (Old Arivaca) | 1 | 59 | ” ”
Covodepe Cuesta (Mexico) | 6 | 65 | ” ”
Spring in bed of Arroyo | 5 | 70 |Water scarce; wood. Good road.
Z’Azabe | 8 | 79 |Water, grass and wood. Good road.
Charco de los Mesquites | 6 | 86 |No water.
Tecalote Trail | | 86 |
Charco | 4 | 90 |Water, grass and wood.
Rancheria | 2 | 92 |Good grass.
Forks of Road | 1 | 93 |
Forks of Road | | 93 |
Ascent to Mesa | 1 | 94 |
Tinaja, (Charco) | 6 | 101 |Water, grass and wood.
Los Paredones | 15 | 116 |Water, grass and wood. Good r’d.
Jesus Maria | 14 | 130 |Water and wood; grass scarce.
| | | Good road.
Altar | 8 | 139 |Water and wood; grass scarce.
| | | Good road.
Dry Arroyo | 4 | 143 |Good road.
Road to Zepedas Ranch | 6 | 149 |Good road.
Foot of Hill | 2 | 151 |Good hard road.
Summit of Hill | 1 | 152 |
Pitiquito | 1 | 153 |Water, grass and wood. Good hard
| | | road.
Cienega & Caborca Ro’d | 7 | 161 |Good hard road.
Laguna Mosca | 5 | 166 |No water in dry season; good
| | | grass, good hard road.
Bajia de Aquituna | 6 | 172 |Wood and grass; no water. Good
| | | level road.
El Zanjon (dry arroyo) | 2 | 175 |Wood and grass. Good road.
Tinaje del Viejo | 7 | 182 |Water.
Angostura Pass | 7 | 190 |Water, grass and wood. Good hard
| | | road.
Picu | 11 | 201 |Water, grass and wood. Good hard
| | | road.
Pozo de los Cristolas | | 201 |
Charco de los Papagos | 1 | 202 |
Tinaja del Tule | 4 | 206 |Very little water or grass.
Derisadero Prieto | 4 | 211 |Wood; no grass. Good hard road.
Point where Gulf is first | | |
seen | 1 | 212 |
Port of la Libertad | 13 | 226 |Bad road.
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Heavy blankets are a necessity in Arizona; the nights are always cool, even in the height of the “heated term.” Woolen undergarments are desirable at all times.
Fort Wingate, N. M., to Prescott, A. T., via Camp Verde, A. T.
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| M | Y || M | Y | Description.
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Ft. Wingate, | | || | |
Spring Cr’k | | || | |Crossed by bridge, water plenty,
Crossing | 2 |1010|| 2 |1010| wood on hills.
Spring | 7 | 738|| 9 |1748|Spring close to road on south
| | || | | side, at base rocky bluff,
| | || | | water bad, wood plenty, and
| | || | | good grazing, road sandy for
| | || | | short distance.
Bridge over | | || | |Bridge across Rio Puerco of the
Defiance road | 3 | 496|| 13 | 484| West; water good and grass
| | || | | plenty.
Camp on Rio Puerco | 3 | 525|| 16 |1009|Water muddy, plenty wood, good
| | || | | grass.
Quirina Cañon | 19 | 323|| 35 |1332|Rio Puerco almost washing away
| | || | | the road. Bluffs on left bank
| | || | | very steep and abrupt.
Camp on Rio Puerco | 5 | 442|| 41 | 14|Camp a short distance off road.
Crossing of Rio | 12 | 659|| 53 | 673|Half a mile east of the crossing,
Puerco | | || | | a road leads off to the left,
| | || | | bed of river, quicksand,
| | || | | crossing fair, road good.
2d Crossing of | 1 | 540|| 54 |1213|Here we were unable to effect a
Rio Puerco | | || | | crossing, owing to recent
| | || | | freshet washing away the banks,
| | || | | leaving them 20 feet high and
| | || | | abrupt; left road and crossed
| | || | | country keeping from one to
| | || | | two miles from right bank of
| | || | | river. Road between crossings
| | || | | is sandy. The route on north
| | || | | side of Puerco is shortest.
| | || | | Distance to Carrizo Creek about
| | || | | 11 miles. Water in Rio Puerco,
| | || | | between those points, not
| | || | | permanent.
Camp on Rio Puerco | 7 |1345|| 62 | 798|Heavy traveling, water muddy,
| | || | | grass ordinarily good,
| | || | | greasewood abundant.
Road | 13| 834|| 75|1632|Traveling a little heavy;
| | || | | crossed some sandy Arroyos
| | || | | before getting on road, water
| | || | | in Rio Puerco.
Camp on Carrizo | | || | |
Creek | 5 | 31|| 80 |1663|Water obtained by digging, wood
| | || | | scarce, road and grass good.
Lithodendron Creek | 13 |1666|| 94 |1569|A wide sandy bed, no water,
| | || | | crossing in dry weather good,
| | || | | but very difficult when there
| | || | | is water, quicksands, road
| | || | | good, a steep hill on east
| | || | | side. South of the crossing,
| | || | | the Rio Puerco becomes a wide,
| | || | | dry, sandy bed.
Camp on Little | 16 |1216||111 |1025|Water and grass abundant and
Colorado River | | || | | good, plenty of wood, road
| | || | | good. About five miles up the
| | || | | Puerco, water was found in
| | || | | holes.
Camp on Little | 19 |1020||131 | 285|Half a mile from road to river,
Colorado River | | || | | plenty wood and water, grass
| | || | | good, road good.
Camp at Sunset | 14 | 493||145 | 778|Plenty wood and water, no grass
Crossing Little | | || | | near crossing, road good to
Colorado River | | || | | Cottonwood Fork, which empties
| | || | | into the Little Colorado, near
| | || | | Sunset Crossing. Cottonwood
| | || | | Fork has a delta, and in time
| | || | | of freshet overflows the
| | || | | valley for several miles,
| | || | | rendering it impassable.
| | || | | Sunset Crossing is not passable
| | || | | in time of melting snows
| | || | | without the aid of a raft.
Camp at Sunset Pass,| 18 | 669||163 |1447|Road gradually up grade, but good
on Big Dry Fork | | || | | traveling, permanent water in
| | || | | tanks in bed of creek for about
| | || | | four miles, in cañon plenty
| | || | | wood, water, and grass.
Camp on a lake of | 21 | 42||184 |1489|Four miles from Camp on Big Dry
snow water | | || | | Fork, the road runs through
| | || | | thick cedar to Jarvis Pass,
| | || | | which is 14 miles from Sunset
| | || | | Pass. Road good to Jarvis Pass,
| | || | | thence stony; plenty of cedar
| | || | | on lake.
Simpkins’ Spring | 7|1681||192 | 411|Spring 100 yards north of road,
| | || | | (trees blazed) good water, grass
| | || | | ordinarily good, thick heavy
| | || | | pine, road stony and up grade.
Stoneman’s Lake | 10 | 859||203 | 510|Is about 4½ miles in
| | || | | circumference, circular, an
| | || | | abundance of permanent water.
| | || | | Lake inclosed by bluffs about
| | || | | 400 feet high, thick heavy
| | || | | pine, good grass, very
| | || | | difficult to get water. The
| | || | | road leads through the Mogollon
| | || | | Mountains from Simpkins’ Spring
| | || | | to Stoneman’s Lake. In the
| | || | | spring of the year, the road
| | || | | through the mountains is
| | || | | perfectly saturated with water,
| | || | | very miry, and impassable for
| | || | | heavy-loaded wagons. Pine
| | || | | timber is thick and heavy on
| | || | | mountains.
Bartlet’s Tank | 7 |666 ||210 |1173|Tank 400 yards north of road.
| | || | | Four miles from Stoneman’s Lake,
| | || | | the road leads through thick
| | || | | cedar, and becomes very rocky.
| | || | | Two and a half miles southwest
| | || | | of lake are two small creeks
| | || | | with wood and grass, but no
| | || | | permanent water.
Beaver Creek | 11 |272 ||221 |1445|The descent to the creek is very
Crossing | | || | | steep and abrupt. At base of
| | || | | hill, a trail leads southward to
| | || | | Camp Verde, which cuts off about
| | || | | 9 miles. Road up to this point
| | || | | leads through thick cedar, and
| | || | | is very rocky, thence good.
| | || | | Beaver Creek is a large stream
| | || | | of permanent water, rocky bed,
| | || | | banks low, crossing good, grass
| | || | | fair, plenty wood.
Rio Verde. | 12 |1121||234 | 806|Road good for 10 miles, thence
| | || | | hilly to crossing. Rio Verde 80
| | || | | feet wide, gravel bed, good
| | || | | water, banks low, crossing good,
| | || | | scattered cottonwood on banks. A
| | || | | road leads up the left bank to
| | || | | the Indian Reservation. On right
| | || | | bank, a right-hand road direct
| | || | | to Prescott.
Camp Verde | 6 |1673||241 | 719|Road good.
Wild Cherry Creek | 12 |1412||254 | 371|Returned on road 4 miles, thence
| | || | | over foothills of Verde
| | || | | Mountains for 5 miles, thence
| | || | | ascend and descend mountains to
| | || | | Wild Cherry Creek. The ascent is
| | || | | very steep, but gradual; the
| | || | | descent is more abrupt; road in
| | || | | good order. Wild Cherry Creek is
| | || | | a running stream of permanent
| | || | | water. Timber and grass
| | || | | abundant.
Gayetty’s Ranch | 3 | ||257 | 371|Ranch and station on left of
| | || | | road.
Ash Creek | 6 | 233||263 | 604|Permanent water in holes south of
| | || | | crossing, banks low, rocky bed,
| | || | | crossing good, plenty wood and
| | || | | grass, road a little hilly.
| | || | | Three miles east is the junction
| | || | | of Grief Hill Road.
1st Crossing of Lynx| 7 |1345||271 | 189|Ranch at crossing, creek dry,
Creek | | || | | water in well, good grass, wood
| | || | | at ranch.
2d Crossing of Lynx| 8 |1002||279 |1191|Permanent water, ranch on west
Creek | | || | | bank, scattered cottonwood, good
| | || | | grass, low banks, rocky bed,
| | || | | good crossing. Steep hill on
| | || | | either side.
Ft. Whipple | 6 | 155||285 |1346|On right bank of Granite Creek,
| | || | | road hilly.
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Roads and Distances from the Colorado River (en route from Utah) South to Prescott.
No. 1. From Colorado Crossing, via Truxton Springs.
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| |Total |Alti- |
_To_ |Miles.|Miles.|tude. | _Description._
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Tinnahkah Springs | 21 | 21 |4080.0|Small springs; bunch-grass;
Attoovah (or Cañon) | | | | wood.
Springs | 14 | 35 | |Spring in cañon; bunch-grass;
| | | | cedar trees.
New Creek of Ives, or| | | |Good camping-grounds; plenty
Pahroach Springs | 14 | 49 | | wood, water and grass.
Truxton Springs | 16 | 65 |3885.5|Bunch-grass through sagebrush;
| | | | water and wood.
Old Camp Willow Grove| 25 | 90 | |Wood, water and grass;
Fort Rock | 15 | 105 | |Good water; no grass; little
| | | | wood.
Oaks and Willows | 27 | 132 | |Water, wood and grass.
Old Camp Hualapais | 9 | 141 |5321.9|Good water and grass; plenty
| | | | wood.
Toll-gate in | 16 | 157 | |Water and wood; little grass.
Williamson’s Valley | | | |
Prescott | 23 | 180 |5318.0|Water and grass.
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Roads and Distances from the Colorado River South to Prescott.
No. II. From Mouth of Rio Virgen, via Virgin and Beale’s Springs.
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| |Total |Alti- |
To |Miles.|Miles.|tude. | Description.
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Mountain Spring | 41 | 41 |5500.8|Water alkaline; little
| | | | bunch-grass; wood.
Chloride City | 14 | 55 | |Water brackish; little grass.
Mineral Park | 7 | 62 | |Water alkaline; wood and grass
| | | | at small distance from town.
Cerbat | 6 | 68 | |Water and wood; very little
| | | | grass.
Beale’s Springs | 9 | 77 | |Water and wood; grass some
| | | | distance from camp.
Hualapais Springs | 16 | 93 | |Good water, wood and grass.
Old Camp Willow Grove| | | |
(Cottonwood) | 20 | 113 |4170.0|Good water, wood and grass.
Fort Rock | 15 | 128 | |Good water; no grass; little
| | | | wood.
Camp Hualapais | 36 | 164 |5321.9|Good water, wood and grass.
Toll-gate | 16 | 180 | |Good water and wood; little
| | | | grass.
Prescott | 23 | 203 |5318.0|Good water and grass.
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No III. From Moqui-Pueblos Trail, via Mouth of Paria Creek.
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| Total |Alti- |
To |Miles.|Miles.|tude. | Description.
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Moen-copie Creek | 11 | 11 |4984.1|From map; distance probably too
| | | | small.
Colorado Chiquito | 12 | 23 | |From map; distance probably too
| | | | small.
Cascades | 58 | 81 | |From map; water alkaline; wood;
| | | | grass scarce on lava _débris_
| | | | a few miles south of river.
Wagon road | 11 | 92 | |Plenty of wood and grass.
Cosnino Tanks | 4 | 96 |6244.1|Wood and excellent grass; water
| | | | said to exist in tanks all the
| | | | year.
Antelope Springs | 24 | 120 |8065.1|Good grass and wood anywhere.
Volunteer Spring | 11 | 133 |7106.4|Good wood, water and grass.
Spring south of Bill| | | |
Williams’ Mountain | 27 | 160 |5526.6|Good wood, water and grass.
Rattlesnake Cañon | 15 | 175 |4600.0|Wood scarce; good water;
| | | | bunch-grass.
Postal’s Ranch | 14 | 189 | |Good water; wood and grass poor.
Prescott | 22 | 211 |5318.0|Plenty water and wood.
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Road from Virgin to Mountain Spring generally good.
From Moqui-Pueblos trail to Cascades and from Cosnino Tanks distances were taken from map, and for road distances (though correction was made) are probably too small.
The trail used from Cascades on Colorado Chiquito to wagon road is perfectly practicable for wagon; hence good mail-road to Prescott.
Good camping ground at crossing of Muddy Cañon, between Fort Rock and Oaks and Willows.
Road from Mineral Park good.
Road from Cerbat sandy.
Road from Beale’s Spring good; abandoned military post.
Road from Cottonwoods good. Mineral Park and Cerbat are both situated about one mile east of road from Chloride City to Beale’s Spring.
To Navajo Springs, good made road round springs; excellent to Limestone Pockets and beyond, till it passes divide, when it becomes sandy.
From Navajo Springs to Moqui-Pueblos trail, good road, following arroyo.
Camp Wallen, (abandoned) A. T., to Guaymas, Mexico.
[ESTIMATED.]
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Camp Wallen | | |Babocomori Ranch and Settlement.
Mescal Ranch | 9 | 9 |Water, grass and wood plenty.
San Rafael | 8 | 27 |Water and grass plenty; no wood.
Santa Cruz | 8 | 35 |Town; no wood.
San Lazaro | 9 | 41 |}
Spring of water | 12 | 56 |}Water, grass and wood plenty.
Cocospera | 2 | 58 |}
Mouth of Cañon | 6 | 64 |}
Babasaqui | 12 | 76 |Ranch.
Imeritz | 3 | 79 |Town.
Ternate | 6 | 85 |Flour mill. Water, grass and
| | | wood plenty.
La Magdalena | 9 | 94 |Town.
Guaymas | 223 | 317 |
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Tucson
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_To_ |_Miles._
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Yuma (W by N) | 300
Florence (N) | 63
Silver City (E) | 118
Globe City (N) | 138
San Carlos (N by E) | 175
Phœnix (N by W) | 125
Copper Mines, Young America, etc. (W) | 50
Maricopa Wells, (direct N by W) | 98
Tubac (S) | 46
Tumacacori (S) | 49
Sonora line (S) | 75
Cabasas (S) |
Arivaca (S by W) |
Hacienda del Santa Rita, Tyndall (S by E) | 59
Salero House, Santa Rita (S by E) | 60
Toltec C’mp, Aztec dist (S by E) | 65
Sonoita, mill-sites, (S by E) | 70
Oro Blanco, Ostrich mine, etc. (SW) | 85
Tres Alamos (E) | 50
Davidson Spring (SE) |
Old Camp Crittenden (SE) |
Babocomori Ranch, Camp Wallen (SE) |
Pategonia Mt’ns, Mowry Mine (SE) | 85
Camp Hauchachi, near Old Presido, San Pedro (SE) |
Pueblo Viejo (NE) | 150
San Carlos (NE) | 160
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Tucson to Camp Crittenden (east slope of Santa Rita Range) via Davidson’s.
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| | _Total_
|_Miles._|_Miles._
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Forks of Road (left fork to Bowie) | 14 |
Davidson’s Spring | 12 | 26
Mescal Ranch (left fork to Camp Wallen and Babocomori)| 13 | 39
Road to Cienega | 2 | 41
Camp Crittenden | 9 | 50
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The Same, via Tubac.
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| | _Total_
|_Miles._|_Miles._
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Tucson to San Xavier del Bac | |
(Papago Indian Reservation) | 9 |
La Punta de Aqua Ranch | 2 | 11
Saurita Ranch | 9 | 20
Canoé (no water in dry season, grass | |
and wood abundant) | 12 | 32
Tubac | 13 | 45
Calabasas | 13 | 58
Smith’s Ranch (main road to Sonora; | |
left fork to Crittenden)| | 3 | 61
Sonoita (Aztec and Tubac mill-sites, ranch, | |
and saw-mill) | 13 | 74
Camp Crittenden | 13 | 87
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Prescott
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_To_ | _Miles_.
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Nephi, Utah, U. South’n R. R. (N) | 500
Fort Wingate, N. M. (E) | 286
Present Terminus of Denver & |
Rio Grande N. G. R. R. (E) | 540
Clifton, Longfellow Copper Mines, |
via Mogollon Plateau (E). Estimated | 320
Wickenburg (S) | 82
Phœnix (S by E) | 142
Florence (S by E) | 192
Tucson (S by E) | 267
Tubac (S by E) | 313
Camp Bowie (E by S) | 392
Ebrenberg (SW) | 213
Silver King (E of S) | 190
Chino Valley (N) | 22
Aqua Fria Valley (E) | 15
Camp Verde (E) | 42
Montezuma Wells (N of E) | 55
San Francisco Mt’n (NE) | 85
” ” Forest (NE) | 65
Black Cañon (SE) | 52
Alexandria, Peck Mill (S) | 7
Mill on the Hassayampa (S) | 10
Walnut Grove, mill, etc. (S) | 17
Colorado Chiquito, Sunset Crossing, |
(N of E) | 132
Moqui Pueblos (N of E). Est’d | 180
Stoneman’s Lake (N of E) | 73
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Wickenburg
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_To_ | _Miles._
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Vulture Mills (N) | 1
Smith’s (S) | 15
Vulture Mine (SE) | 11
Aqua Fria (S) | 43
Lambley’s (S) | 8
Cave Creek Mines (N by E) | 40
Camp McDowell (SE) | 95
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=From Tubac.=
(Principal point in the Santa Cruz Valley, Santa Rita mining region.)
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_To_ |_Miles._|_Total_
| |_Miles._
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Tucson | 46 |
Tumacacori Mission (King’s) | 3 | 3
Old Hacienda del Santa Rita | 9 | 12
Toltec Camp, Aztec District | 9 | 12
Sonoita, Aztec and Tubac Mill-sites | 5½ | 17½
” , via Smith’s Ranch | | 29
San Xavier del Bac | | 36
Reventon Ranch | | 6
Sopori | | 10
Arivaca | | 17
Calabasas | | 15
Cerro--Colorado District | | 22
Patagonia Mountains (Mowry Mines) | | 48
Fresnal | | 65
Ajo Copper Mines | | 135
Aliza Pass (Baboquivera Peak). Estimated | | 30
Canabi (Old Papago Country) ” | | 60
Papago Ranch (Sonora) | | 90
” ” (A. T.) by way of the Mexican Papago Ranch| | 113
Cayote Springs | | 45
Cuijota | | 72
Cholla | | 90
Saguarza | | 96
Santa Rosa | | 75
Pirigua | | 92
Sonoita (Sonora, by way of Old Papago Ranch) | | 160
St. Domingo (on Sonora line) | | 175
Camp Crittenden | | 42
” Wallen (Babocomori Ranch) | | 63
Camp Bowie (via Camp Crittenden) | | 139
Florence (via Tucson) | | 108
Yuma (via Tucson) | | 345
San Francisco (via Yuma, Stage & S. P. R. R.) | |1,065
Phœnix (via Florence) | | 157
Wickenburg (via Phœnix) | | 222
Ehrenberg (via Wickenburg) | | 349
El Paso, Texas, (via Tucson) | | 445
Mesilla, New Mexico, (via Tucson) | | 394
St. Louis (via N. M. Stage and Ks. R. Rds.) | |1,778
Austin, Texas, (via El Paso) | |1,095
Mexican towns (via Santa Cruz Valley): | |
Magdalena | | 51
Santa Cruz | | 54
Altar | | 95
Hermosillo | | 229
Lobos | | 309
Guaymas[1] | | 229
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[1] Ports in Sonora, on the Gulf of California.
=Ehrenberg to=
_Miles._
Wickenberg (E) 131
Prescott (E) 82
Mineral Park, Mojave County.
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_To_ | _Miles._
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Hardyville, Colorado River (S by W) | 35
Cerbat, village (S) | 6
McCracken Mine, Owen Dist. (S.) | 100
Greenwood, mills, village, etc. (E of S) | 100
Hackberry Mine (E) | 35
Haulapai Mt’ns (SE) | 80
” Camp (E) | 103
Williamson’s Valley (E) | 121
Prescott (S. E) | 141
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Phœnix
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_To_ | _Miles._
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Wickenburg (N) | 60
Florence (S) | 50
Maricopa Wells (SW) | 35
Camp McDowell (E) | 35
East Phœnix (E) | 4
Ruins, north of river (E) | 4
Hayden (E by S) | 9
Ruins, near La Tempe (E by S) | 16
House’s Well (S) | 20
Marysville (E) | 18
Mount McDowell (E by N) | 20
Placers, Superstition Mt’ns (E by S) | 40
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Florence
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_To_ | _Miles._
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Silver King, mine and mills, Pioneer Dist. (NE) | 35
Globe City (G. D.) Pinal Mt’ns (NE) | 75
Wheatfield, mines and furnaces (NE) | 87
Stonewall Jackson, McMillen’s Camp (NE) | 93
San Carlos (NE) | 115
Sanford (W) | 6
Casa Grande (SW) | 12
Adamsville (W) | 5
Pima Villages (W) | 34
Maricopa Villages (W by N) | 42
Maricopa Wells | 46
Tucson (SW) | 63
Phœnix (NW) | 50
Wickenburg (NW) | 110
Prescott (NW) | 192
Mineral Park (NW) | 333
Yuma (W) | 237
Tucson (S) | 163
Prescott (NW) | 192
Camp Grant (E) | 50
Silver City, N. M. (E) | 288
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Railroad and Stage to Prescott.
The cheaper route to Prescott is from San Francisco via Dos Palmas, (160 miles east of Los Angeles) and stage thence through or via Ehrenburg--Dos Palmas to Prescott being about 200 miles.
Express trains leave San Francisco daily at 4 P. M.--arrive at Dos Palmas 2:10 A. M. second night.
Third class trains leave San Francisco daily at 4:30 P. M.--arrive at Dos Palmas at 2:10 P. M. third night.
Stage leaves Dos Palmas immediately after arrival of the train, every other night.
There are two rates of fare to Prescott via Dos Palmas and Ehrenburg. First class, $78.10; third class, $67.10, coin.
The most comfortable, but more expensive route, is via rail to Yuma River steamer to Ehrenburg, and stage thence to Prescott. But this connection depends upon the running of the steamer up the river from Yuma, of which the departures are irregular. Trains leave San Francisco: first class, at 4 P. M.--arrive at Yuma second morning at 8:30 A. M.; third class, at 4:30 P. M.--arrive at Yuma third morning at 8:30 A. M.
Fare from San Francisco to Yuma: first class, $45; third class, $34.
Yuma to Ehrenburg: cabin, $15; deck, $10. Ehrenburg to Prescott, $33.
Through tickets are not issued by this route.
A daily stage connection is made from Yuma via Phœnix, by which route through tickets are sold from San Francisco to Prescott, at first class rates, $117; third class being $106.
=Miscellaneous Distances.= _Miles._
Colton (S. P. R. R.) Cal., to Fort Mojave, A. T. 135
San Francisco to Yuma (S. P. R. R.) 720
St. Louis to Prescott (estimated) 1,500
St. Louis to Tucson (estimated) 1,500
St. Louis to Florence (estimated) 1,500
Fort Defiance to Prescott (estimated) 240
=Papagoria Distances.=
[ESTIMATED.]
Santa Rosa to Cojéta 12
Cojéta to the Gila (Pima Villages) 50
Pirigua to the Gila (Cotterell’s Station) 55
Pirigua to the Sonora line 40
Pirigua to the Saucita (north) 25
Ajo Copper Mines to the Gila (Burke’s) 45
Ajo Copper Mines to the Gila (Mohawk Station) 50
Sonora line, via the Cabezo Prieta, to the Gila 70
Sonora line, via the Tinajaalta, to Yuma 110
=Local Distances in Yavapai County.=
Prescott to Chino Valley 20
” ” Agua Fria Valley 18
” ” Alexandra 40
” ” San Francisco Mountain 85
” ” Walnut Grove 25
” ” Tiger Lode and Mine 40
” ” Black Cañon 60
Azltan Mill to Black Cañon 75
Peck Mine to ” 100
Walnut Grove to Tiger Lode 20
” ” Peck Mine 30
Camp Verde to Beaver Creek 12
” ” Hassayampa 10
Clifton to Longfellow Copper Mine 7
” ” Silver City, N. M. 80
” ” Coronado, ” 10
=Local Distances in Mojave County.=
Summit Springs to Aubrey 50
Mineral Mine to The Needles 45
McCracken Mine to Aubrey (via Planet Mine) 30
McCracken Mine to Parker 50
Signal to McCracken Mine 8
Signal to Greenwood 4
=Colorado River Distances.=
_Miles._ _Total_
_Miles._
Point Isabel (Gulf of California) to Yuma 175
Yuma to Castle Dome Landing 35 210
” Ehrenberg 125 335
” William’s Fork 214 424
” Mojave Cañon 232 442
” Aubrey 220 395
” Chemchuevis Landing 240 405
” Mojave 300 465
” Hardyville 312 477
” Cottonwood Island 342 507
” Callville 402 567
” Stone’s Ferry 465 640
=Local Distances in Pinal County.=
Florence to Picket Post 25
Globe City to Pinal Creek 18
=Local Distances in Pima County.=
Tucson to Arivipa Cañon (N. E.) 120
Tucson to Picacho Mine (W.) 75
* * * * *
The famous Turquoise Mine is in New Mexico, near the Arizona line. It comprises two enormous open quarries, perhaps 200 feet in depth at the deepest point, and covering an area of several acres. They must have been produced with great labor, since there are no traces anywhere of the use of tools or gunpowder. Tradition refers these workings to a period of greater antiquity than the Spanish occupation, and declares them to have been executed by the Aztec inhabitants of the regions who preceded the present Indian races. Stone hammers have been found in these quarries, but no tools of any metal. The trachyte is seamed and fissured throughout, at small intervals, and in every direction; and there is no reason to doubt that hammers, wedges, and levers would be quite sufficient to remove the solid masses. The turquoise occurs fully in the fissures, in the form of narrow seams and plates, rarely or never exceeding the fraction of an inch in thickness. The majority of the seams now exposed show the impure green variety, which is worthless. The Pueblo Indians, like civilized people, value the light-blue turquoise only.
Stage arrives at Florence every morning at 7 A. M. from Tucson, and leaves half an hour later for Yuma; stage from Yuma arrives every evening at 6 P. M., and leaves for Tucson half an hour later. Stage to Globe City leaves every Tuesday at 8 A. M., and arrives at 8 P. M. Saturday. Phœnix and Prescott stages leave every other day at 7 A. M., and arrive alternate days at 12 midnight. Stage for Silver King leaves every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 A. M., and arrives every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4 P. M.
The military-geographical surveys, up to the fall of 1876, under Lieut. Wheeler, in central and western Arizona, have covered a total area of 17,954.6 square miles, or 11,490,944 acres. Of this total, it is estimated that 25 per cent., or 4,488 square miles, being 2,875,238 acres, are fit for agricultural purposes, mostly requiring irrigation. The timber is set down at 10 per cent., or 1,149,094 acres. For grazing, the estimate is 30 per cent., and as barren, 35 per cent. The total available land in the area surveyed is thus set down at 65 per cent., being 11,670.6 square miles, or 7,469,114 acres.
Temperatures and Rainfall.
A = Temperature.
B = Rainfall.
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| Camp || Fort || Camp || Camp ||
|Apache.|| Bowie. || Grant. || Lowell. ||
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| A || A | B || A | B || A | B ||
----------+-------||-------|-------||-------|-------||-------|-------||
| Deg. || Deg. | Inch. || Deg. | Inch. || Deg. | Inch. ||
| || | || | || | ||
July | 60-104|| 71-103| 0.50 || 58-109| 1.70 || 39-113| 0.08 ||
August | 66- 88|| 64- 97| 1.34 || 55-102| 5.20 || 46-104| 2.73 ||
September | 52- 92|| 67- 99| 0.01 || 53- 99| 2.50 || 52-103| 0.62 ||
October | 28- 92|| 42- 96| 0.03 || 35-100| 0.46 || 21-101| 0.00 ||
November | 25- 81|| 33- 85| 1.12 || 31- 81| 3.38 || 30- 91| 1.32 ||
December | 6- 62|| 20- 70| 2.02 || 21 82| 1.75 || 25- 78| 0.97 ||
January | 6- 68|| 21- 67| 2.33 || 20- 85| 1.58 || 19- 78| 1.76 ||
February | 10- 65|| 20- 67| 5.40 || 16- 80| 2.87 || 21- 75| 1.66 ||
March | 18- 72|| 32- 79| 1.50 || 28- 86| 2.45 || 30- 79| 1.19 ||
April | 31- 88|| 32- 82| 0.35 || 30- 93| 0.58 || 34- 97| 0.43 ||
May | 38- 94|| 48-100| 0.00 || 30-101| 0.07 || 42-103| 0.07 ||
June | 57-101|| 67-100| 0.00 || 54-105| 0.00 || 44-108| 0.00 ||
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| || | 14.60 || | 22.54 || | 10.83 ||
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--continued
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| Camp || Camp || Camp ||
| Mcdowell. || Mojave. || Verde. ||
| || || ||
----------+---------------||---------------||---------------||
| A | B || A | B || A | B ||
----------+-------|-------||-------|-------||-------|-------||
| Deg. | Inch. || Deg. | Inch. || Deg. | Inch. ||
| | || | || | ||
July | 72-113| 0.00 || 47-118| 0.00 || 48-113| 0.14 ||
August | 65-108| 0.56 || 52-116| 3.80 || 58-102| 2.52 ||
September | 54-110| 0.00 || 45-108| 0.00 || 41- 97| 0.26 ||
October | 33-108| 0.00 || 27-105| 0.00 || 21- 95| 0.00 ||
November | 33- 99| 0.21 || 36- 89| 0.50 || 20- 74| 0.74 ||
December | 27- 83| 4.70 || 29- 67| 2.80 || 6- 57| 3.26 ||
January | 24- 83| 3.10 || 27- 70| 0.19 || 5- 59| 2.65 ||
February | 18- 78| 2.86 || 29- 69| 5.00 || 12- 60| 2.05 ||
March | 31- 79| 1.06 || 39- 80| 0.20 || 19- 72| 1.05 ||
April | 43- 97| 1.30 || 54- 96| 0.10 || 27- 87| 1.48 ||
May | 43-105| 0.30 || 63-107| 0.90 || 34-102| 0.08 ||
June | 54-114| 0.00 || 75-111| 0.00 || 43-107| 0.00 ||
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| | 14.09 || | 13.40 || | 14.19 ||
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--continued
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| Fort || Fort |
| Whipple. || Yuma. |
| (Prescott). || (Yuma City). |
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| A | B || A | B |
----------+-------|-------||-------|-------|
| Deg. |Inch. || Deg. |Inch. |
| | || | |
July | 65- 91| 1.56 || 69-112| 0.00 |
August | 64- 85| 4.78 || 71-106| 1.60 |
September | 50- 82| 0.30 || 59-104| 0.00 |
October | 33- 81| 0.00 || 48-100| 0.00 |
November | 29- 72| 0.80 || 46- 86| 0.00 |
December | 10- 65| 2.55 || 39- 61| 0.64 |
January | 17- 67| 5.51 || 37- 72| 0.55 |
February | 10- 55| 5.68 || 35- 70| 0.85 |
March | 20- 65| 3.56 || 40- 82| 0.20 |
April | 34- 75| 1.70 || 45- 95| 0.00 |
May | 41- 82| 0.65 || 50-102| 0.00 |
June | 55- 88| 0.00 || 66-108| 0.00 |
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| |27.09 || | 3.84 |
==========|=======|=======||=======|=======|
At Florence, July, 1877, the thermometer stood at 100 to 115 deg.
In Gila Valley, near the mouth of San Pedro, August and September, 1876, 50 deg. at sunrise; 105 deg. at 2 P. M.; early in October, 30 deg. at sunrise--90 deg. at 2 P. M.; close of October, 15 deg. at sunrise--90 deg. at 2 P. M.
In Gila Valley, on the New Mexico and Arizona line, October 17th, 1876, at sunrise, 28 deg.--at base of mountain range, ten miles distant, 40 deg.; Oct. 18th, at sunrise, 14 deg.--4,500 feet altitude; Oct. 19th, at sunrise, 40 deg.--5,200 feet altitude.
At Mineral Peak, during June and July, 1877, the thermometer repeatedly reached 100 deg.
August 8th to 13th, 1877, 30 miles below Sunset Crossing, on the Colorado Chiquito, the thermometer stood, at sunrise, 62 to 64 deg.; at 2 P. M. 82 to 85 deg.; at sunset, 71 to 75 deg.--3,700 feet above sea level. Table of Altitudes--Principal Points in Arizona.
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| | |Altitudes|
| | |above |
PLACE. | Lat. | Long. |Sea Level| REMARKS.
-----------------+-----------+-----------+---------+---------------------
| ° ′ ″ | ° ′ ″ | |
Antelope Springs | ... | ... | 8,065.1 |
Apache Camp |33 48 18.70|32 52 | 5,000.9 |
Apache Mesa | ... | ... | 5,800.0 |
Art-too-hah | ... | | |
(Cañon Creek) |35 44 43.28| ... | ... |Bunch-grass, cedars.
Beaver Creek |34 44 02.52| ... | 3,671.4 |
Big Hills |33 23 07.70| ... | 5,702.5 |
Bill William Mt. | ... | ... | 8,000.0 |
Black Hills or | | | |
Tonto Plateau | ... | ... | 9,000.0 |Estimated.
Bonché’s Fork |34 33 08.54| ... | 5,820.1 |
Bowie Camp |32 10 16.02| ... | 4,871.6 |
Bradshaw City | ... | ... | 7,000.0 |
Cedar Creek |34 04 | ... | ... |
Chevelon’s Fork | ... | ... | 4,000.0 |Trib Col. Chiquito.
Chevelon’s Fork, | | | |
upper course | ... | ... | 5,200.0 |Estimated.
Chirricahua Mts. | ... | ... | 7,000.0 |Estimated.
Desert Station |32 30 08.80| ... | 2,135.2 |
Diamond Creek |35 45 19.11| ... | 1,350.4 |
Disaster Rapids |35 55 52.10| ... | ... |Colorado River.
Eureka Springs | ... | ... | 4,900.0 |
Florence |33 02 32.53| | ... |Town 1,000 inhabitants
| | | | in Gila Valley,
| | | | fertile.
Gila River near | | | |
Camp Goodwin | ... | ... | 2,517.0 |
Graham Peak, Mt. | | | |Nearly 6,000 feet
Graham | ... | ... |10,516.0 | above base.
Grant, Camp |32 25 |32 23 10 | 3,985.0 |Suyly.
(new) | | | 4,753.0 |Rothrowp.
| | | 4,833.0 |Wheeler Map.
| | | 5,400.0 |
Grant, Camp (old)|32 47 35.00|113 37 15 | 2,500.0 |Abandoned, Jan. 1873.
Green Springs |36 11 13.00| ... | 4,931.2 |Little wood & water,
| | | | wood in gulch.
Limestone Water | | | |Little wood, grass;
Pocket |36 32 18.40| ... | 5,405.4 | to right of road,
| | | | water in small gulch.
Lowell Camp | | | |
(Tucson) |32 12 | 33 49 | 2,530.0 |
McDowell Camp |33 40 |111 40 | 1,800.0 |
Mineral Park | ... | ... | 3,000.0 |Approximate.
Moen-copie Cañon |36 08 | ... | 4,984.1 |
Mogollon Mesa | ... | ... | 7,000.0 |
Mojave Camp |35 24 |114 34 40 | 600.0 |
Navajo Spring |36 46 19.10| ... | 4,410.02|Wood, grass, & water
| | | | scarce.
New Creek (Ives) |35 36 51.00| ... | ... |Pabroach Spring;
| | | | plenty of wood,
| | | |water, and grass.
Nelson’s Tanks |34 46 20.42| ... | 6,216.0 |Or Mogollon Mesa.
Oraybe |35 52 57.00| ... | 4,756.8 |Moqui Village and
| | | | tank near.
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Table of Altitudes--Continued.
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| | |Altitudes|
| | |above |
PLACE. | Lat. | Long. |Sea Level| REMARKS.
-----------------+-----------+-----------+---------+---------------------
| ° ′ ″ | ° ′ ″ | |
Pah-guhn Springs |36 24 51.83| ... | ... |
Pah-wash |35 36 51.00| ... | ... |New Creek of Ives.
Paria River Cañon| | | |
(Great bend | | | |
Col.) |36 59 | ... | 3,873.5 |
Peach Orchard |35 46 42.40| ... | 6,297.5 |
Picacho Station |32 44 20.67| ... | 1,750.2 |
Picket Post |33 17 01.27| ... | 2,669.6 |
Pinal Camp |33 21 01.45| ... | ... |
Pinal Creek |33 32 | ... | 3,112.2 |
Pinal Mountains |33 23 10.24| ... | 3,925.5 |
Portage Rapids |35 48 35.90| ... | ... |
Prescott |34 29.06| 35 27 30 | 5,318.0 |
Prieto Crossing |33 33 47.30| ... | 5,332.8 |
Pueblo Colorado |35 42 10.40| ... | 6,400.9 |
Pueblo Viga |32 49 00.00| ... | 2,711.6 |
Puerto River | | | |
(mouth) |34 53 16.80| ... | 5,083.0 |
Rattlesnake Cañon|34 55 49.83| ... | 4,600.0 |
Relief Springs |35 08 34.28| ... | 5,526.6 |Near Lookwood’s.
San Francisco | | | |Forest and sheep
Mts. (Humphrey’s| | | | range. Extinct
Peak) | ... | ... |12,561.0 | crater.
| | | |
San Francisco | | | |
Mts. average | | | |
height | | | 7,000.0 |Volcanic.
San Pedro River |32 43 | ... | 5,874.5 |Grass, water, wood;
| | | | settlements.
Santa Rita Mts. | ... | ... | 8,000.0 |Water, grass, wood
| | | | plenty. Camp Toltec
| | | | near Tubac.
Sierra Blanca | ... | ... |11,388.0 |On Mexican line.
Sunset Camp |33 13 24.00| ... | 5,276.2 |Colorado Chiquito.
Sunset Crossing |33 59 41.70| ... | 4,891.5 |Colorado to Chiquito.
Truxton Springs |35 24 52.51| ... | 3,885.5 |Bunch-grass, sage
| | | | brush; water good.
Tucson | ... | ... | 2,500.0 |Town, 4,000
| | | | inhabitants.
Verde, Camp |34 33 | 34 57 | 3,500.0 |
Whipple, Fort |34 29 6 | 35 27 30 | |Near Prescott.
Willow Spring | ... | ... | 7,195.0 |
Wingate, Fort, | | | |
N. M. |35 20 | 31 22 | 6,822.0 |United States Post.
Wrightson, Mt. | | | |
(Santa Rita) | ... | ... |10,500.0 |Mining camps near.
Young’s Spring |35 32 04.28| ... | |
Yuma, Fort |32 23 3 | 37 33 9 | 267.0 |110 ft above river
| | | | bank on bluff. Yuma
| | | | city on east back of
| | | | Colorado.
Zuni Mts. (N. M.)| ... | ... | 9,000.0 |Estimated.
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The surveyors for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad have pressed work beyond Cimarron, New Mexico, and expect to extend their surveys as far as Tucson, Arizona, during the present winter. The building of the road, however, will depend largely upon the corporation’s ability in obtaining a land (or other) subsidy from Congress.
=List of all Mining Companies who have Filed their Articles of Incorporation in the Office of the Secretary of Territory to October 1st, 1877.=
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| Capital |No. of | | |Principal Place
NAME | Stock. |Shares.| District. | County. | of Business.
----------------+-----------+-------+-------------+---------+--------------
Arizona Chief |$10,000,000|100,000|San Francisco|Mohave. |San Francisco.
Arizona Con | 5,000,000|100,000|Peck |Yavapai. |Prescott.
Athens | 10,000,000|100,000|Pioneer |Pinal. |San Francisco.
Bonanza King | 10,000,000|100,000|Harcuoar? |Yuma. | ”
Bronknow Con. | | | | |
M. & M. | 1,800,000| 18,000| ... |Pima. | ”
Cedar Valley | 1,000,000| 10,000|Cedar Valley |Mohave. |Mohave.
Cedar Valley | | | | |
G’ld | 2,500,000| 25,000|Greenwood | ” |San Francisco.
Cerbat Con. | | | | |
G. & S. | 4,000,000| 40,000|Wallapai | ” | ”
Champion Con. | | | | |
G. & S. | 4,000,000| 40,000| ” | ” | ”
Colorado River | | | | |
Copper & Gold.| 5,000,000| 50,000| |Yuma | ”
Coronado | 60,000| 600|Arizona | and |New Mexico.
Cosmopolitan | 10,000| 100|At large | |Prescott.
Cupel & Tiger | 4,900,000| 49,000|Wallapai |Mohave. |San Francisco.
Daisy Deane | 3,000,000| 30,000|At large | | ”
Detroit Copper | 500,000| 20,000| ” | |Detroit, Mich.
Eureka Bonanza | 10,000,000|100,000|Eureka | |San Francisco.
Excelsior Silver| 10,000,000|100,000| |Pinal. | ”
Goodwin | 10,000,000|100,000|Turkey Creek |Yavapai. | ”
Greenwood Gold | 2,500,000| 25,000|Greenwood |Mohave. | ”
Haskin | 10,000,000|100,000|Globe |Pinal. | ”
Keystone, 1 & 2,| | | | |
G. & S. | 3,000,000| 30,000|Wallapai |Mohave. | ”
Lone Star | | | | |
G. & S. | 50,000| 5,000| ” | ” |Mohave Co.
Longfellow | | | | |
Copper | 50,000| 100|Arizona |and |New Mexico.
May Bean | 2,500,000|100,000|Peck |Yavapai. |Prescott.
McCrackin Con | 20,000,000|200,000| |Mohave. |San Francisco.
McMillen | 10,000,000|100,000|Globe |Pinal. |Santa Rosa, Cal.
Mina Madre | 300,000| 3,000|At large | |Tucson.
Mineral Park | | | | |
(mill) | 1,200,000| 12,000| ” | |San Francisco.
Montour | 96,000 | 96,000| ” | | ”
Northern M. & M.| 10,000,000|100,000|Pioneer |Pinal. | ”
Ostrich M. & M. | 300,000| 6,000| |Pima. |Tucson.
Peck | 10,000,000|100,000|Peck |Yavapai. |San Francisco.
Pima G. & S. | 10,000,000|100,000| |Pima. | ”
Pine Flat | 100,000| 5,000|Turkey Creek |Yavapai. |Prescott.
Silver King | | | | |
North | 10,000,000|100,000|Pioneer |Pinal. |San Francisco.
Silver King | | | | |
South | 10,000,000|100,000|Pioneer | ” | ”
Sixty-Three | | | | |
G. & S. | 4,000,000| 40,000|Wallapai |Mohave. | ”
Tiger Silver | 2,400,000| 24,000|Tiger |Yavapai. | ”
Tip Top | 480,000| 48,000| | ” | ”
Vulture | 5,000,000| 50,000|Wickenburg |Marico’a.|New York City.
Wallace | 5,000,000| 50,000|Peck |Yavapai. |Prescott.
Wheatfield | 2,400,000| 240|At large | |San Francisco.
Zalida | 2,500,000|100,000|Lynx Creek |Yavapai. |Prescott.
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=Mining Districts in Yavapai County.=
1. Aqua Fria.
2. Black Cañon.
3. Big Bug.
4. Bradshaw.
5. Goodwin.
6. Hassayampa.
7. Hum Bug.
8. Lynx Creek.
9. Mineral Point.
10. Mountain Spring.
11. Pine Grove.
12. Peck.
13. Turkey Creek.
14. Tiger.
15. Verde.
16. Wickenburg.
17. Walnut Grove.
18. Walker.
19. Weaver.
N. B.--A number of companies have also been incorporated in California and elsewhere, for the purpose of mining in Arizona.
=Composition of Soils in Arizona.= (Accompanying Geological Report, Wheeler Expedition, 1875.)
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| | | |San |
| Moquis |Chevelon’s |Mogollon |Francisco |
|Villages. | Fork. | Mesa. |Mountains. |
----------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
Predominating rock |Sandstone. |Sandstone. |Sandstone. |Basalt. |
| | | | |
Sand | 72.04 | 53.10 | 42.20 | 15.95 |
Silt, with some clay | 27.96 | 43.55 | 37.98 | 62.97 |
Potassa | 0.072 | 0.092 | 0.115 | 0.130 |
Soda, | Traces. | 0.010 | Trace. | 0.017 |
Lime | 1.665 | 0.319 | 0.153 | 0.684 |
Magnesia | } | | 0.029 | Trace. |
Alumina | } 2.327 | 2.559 | } 2.013 | 9.729 |
Oxide of iron | } | | } | |
Phosphoric acid | 0.031 | 0.070 | 0.058 | 0.284 |
Sulphuric acid | Trace. | Trace. | Trace. | Trace. |
Hydroscopic water | 2.221 | 1.89 | 10.97 | 12.83 |
Chemically-bound | | | | |
water and | | | | |
organic matter | 1,529 | 1.46 | 8.84 | 8.25 |
Insoluble in | | | | |
hydrochloric acid | 94.60 | 93.55 | 77.81 | 71.09 |
----------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
----------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+
|Rio | | |
|San Pedro. |Camp |Rio Gila. |
| |Grant. | |
----------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+
Predominating rock |Granite and |Granite. |Basalt and |
|rhyolite. | |rhyolite. |
Sand | 14.00 | 61.20 | ... |
Silt, with some clay | 75.40 | 34.07 | 92.26 |
Potassa | 0.401 | 0.131 | 0.242 |
Soda, | 0.051 | 0.014 | 0.039 |
Lime | 4.356 | 1.998 | 1.798 |
Magnesia | 1.019 | 0.203 | 0.570 |
Alumina | 6.850 | 2.304 | 2.311 |
Oxide of iron | | | |
Phosphoric acid | 0.213 | 0.095 | 0.214 |
Sulphuric acid | Trace. | 0.010 | Traces. |
Hydroscopic water | 6.09 | 2.80 | 4.98 |
Chemically-bound | | | |
water and | | | |
organic matter | 4.51 | 1.93 | 2.76 |
Insoluble in | | | |
hydrochloric acid | 71.10 | 87.52 | 84.85 |
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Among the secondary precious stones that have been found in Arizona are black and green tourmalines, peridots, beautiful garnets of every tint, bloodstone, jaspers and agate of every character, while fire and white opals are found in certain localities. Zircona, in crystals, very minute, of the cube form, and in masses, has been discovered. Sufficient vein matter has not been found to determine any rich deposit of fine crystals.
=Tabular Statement of Indian Affairs in Arizona=,
Showing Population, Products, Stock, Education, etc., on the several Reservations, including the Navajo.
--------------+--------------+------------------+-----+-------------+
| | | |Percentage |
Names of | | Population. | Num-| of means |
Agency | |------------------| ber |of subsis- |
and | Tribes. | | | |foll-|tence from |
| | | | |owing+-------------|
Reservation.| | | | |civi-|civi-|Hunting|
| | | | |lized|lized|Fishing|
| | | Fe- | |pur- |pur- |& Gath-|
| |Males|males|Total.|suits|suits|ering. |
--------------|--------------+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-------+
Colorado River|Mojaves and } | 610| 530| 820| 424| | |
|Chemehuevis } | | | |Mo- | | |
|Hualapais[1] | | | 600|javes| | |
|Coahuilas[1] | | | 150| | | |
|Cocopahs[1] | | | 180| | | |
| | | | | | | |
Moquis Pueblos|Moquis | 850| 850| 1,700|1,700| 90 | 10 |
| | | | | | | |
Pimas and | | | | | | | |
Maricopas |Pimas[2] }|2,200|2,300| 4,100|} 800| 75 | 25 |
|Maricopas[2] }| | | 400|} | | |
| | | | | | | |
Papagoes |Papagoes[2] |2,900|3,000| 5,900| 950| 75 | 25 |
| | | | | | | |
White Mountain|Pinal & Arivi-| | | |} | | |
Reservation, | pais Apaches| | | 1,051|} | | |
San Carlos | | | | |} | | |
|Apaches: | | | |} | | |
| Chiricahua | | | 297|} | | |
| Mojave | | | 618|} 715| 6 | 6 |
| Yuma | | | 352|} | | |
| Tonto | | | 629|} | | |
| Coyetoro | | | 1,612|} | | |
| Southern[3] | 600 |1,000| 1,600| | | |
Not under an }|Yumas | | | 930| | | |
agent or at }|Mohaves | | | 700| | | |
reservation }|Mohaves | | | 700| | | |
Navajo | | | | | | | |
(Arizona and| | | | | | | |
New Mexico) |Navajoes[4] |5,852|6,016|11,868|3,500| 90 | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | +------+-----+ | |
| | | |33,847|8,089| | |
--------------+--------------+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+--------
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--------------+---------+------+-------------+------------+
| | | Produce | |
Names of | Area of | |raised during| |
Agency | Reser- | |fiscal year | |
and | vation. | | ending |Stock Owned.|
| | |June 30, ’77 | +
Reservation.|---------+Acres +------+------+------+-----+
| |Culti-|Bush. |Bush. |Horses|Cat- |
| Acres. |vated.|Wheat.|Corn. | and |tle. |
| | | | |Mules.| |
--------------|---------+------+------+------+------+-----+
Colorado River| 128,000| 470| | | 110| |
| | | | | | |
Moquis Pueblos|No reser-| 3,000| 200| 50| | |
| vation.| | | | | |
Pimas and | | | | | | |
Maricopas | 64,000| 7,300|40,000| 150| 1,812| 800|
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Papagoes | 70,400| 700| 2,100| 500| 4,500|2,500|
| | | | | | |
White Mountain| | | | | | |
Reservation, |2,528,000| 545| 2,333| 2,300| | |
San Carlos | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Not under an }| | | | | | |
agent or at }| | | | | | |
reservation }| | | | | | |
Navajo | | | | | | |
(Arizona and| | | | | | |
New Mexico) |3,328,000| 6,000| |51,400|15,200|1,000|
| | | | | | |
|---------+------+------+------+------+-----+
|6,118,400|18,015| |54,460|62,212|4,300|
--------------+---------+------+------+------+------+-----+
Table continued ...
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