Arizona miner. [volume], May 11, 1864, Image 1

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Tisdalb A. Hand,
" The Gold of that Land is good."
Publisher.
VOLUME I.
FORT WHIPPLE, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY MAY 11, 1864
NUMBER, 5.
1 HE ARIZONA WINER,
T. A. MAtfJD, Pa?llhr
SUIISCIUPTIOK t
Payable in advaaca, without exoeptUne
For one year ..........
For sis months - - - - ..- - . . .
For Skree mouth --'- -Biagle
ccptus
1,80
,10
ADVERTISING I
A square eonals ten lines of ibis letter. One
fBquare or less, one insertion, .2,00. Each subsequent
. f Al no r .... . I. ......
liigeriiou. i.w. uuc oquuru scanning ivr hiiw
months. 00. For six months. $10.00. For one
year $15,00 and at the same rates for larger quantities.
FOBT
HENRY W. FLKURY,
Notary Public,
W uifrLC Arizona.
O. n. MEYER,
Physician and Surgeon,
Tucson, Arizona.
WARNER & STEVENS,
Merchants,
Tuc&urJ, Arizona.
C. TRUMBULL HAYDEN,
Merchant, . ,
Tccsoy, . Anizo.sM.
WAUTZ 2KOUXTAIN JBINTKICT.
Lasts and Regulations for tub iiovKii.sMKNT
or Qua :itx Mucus, ik 44 QuAkTz Mountain
DISTRICT," ARJZOItA ADOPTED, I KG. 27tb,
1&62.
Awklie I. That tlite District fta?l b known,
and called, The Qnart Moaatafn Delict j '
ami timll ba bjQijcUsd im! dvtcribvd m follow,
viz : comnienciog at a bald mountain, known h
the north-west cornar of the Walker District,
running along the west line of said Walker Dis
trict to the south-west corner ; thence in a north
westerly course along the divide between tin
waters of the I lassayamtia. and Granite Creek, to
the Granite Mountain ; thence in a sliaight line
to the place of beginning.
Aht. 2 That this District shall have u Recorder,
who fdiall hold his office one year from the time
of his election, or until his fcueeeshoi be elected
and qualified ; and whose duty it shall he to
visit, examine, and measure, either himself or by
Deputy, the ground claimed in any notice pie
sented him for record, before recording tb
same, and fdiall be entitled to receiver one dollar
for each claim so recorded and examined.
Art. 3. A claim in any ledge or lode of mineral
rock, in this Dir-triet, hail not excevd three
hundred (300) teet. running with the main lode,
together with one hundred and fiftv (150 feel ot
ground on each tdde of iho main lode, with
' 11 .a"'v I)er8on or pera'M. holding the Nobuatlac tribes, and of their nredeceasore.
groiino ,o mining purposes in thin District the Toltecs as collected 1)7 Ulaviizero, Torque
perform, or cause to b performed thereon, the
amount of twelve dnys labor, at aoy limy mIW
tleflrat dy of Mty. 1864. lis or they, shall
tberitp Noooirt nntiwri utls therein, 'f'fin
conwi ; i-nmata, always, Umt tabur be perform
ed or reonl renwd, m provide in ArUcla tih
of thin cod6.
Aw. Q, A Minsn' Metfo may he falhnl al
any time, by posting notices in three conepicn
was placed in the District, ten days previous to
the t.me of holding the meeting, stjiting in hucli
notice the ohjVct for which the mating i.n calh'tl.
and place of holding the eutm ; nil nuch notices
Ui be signed by ten quartz miuers ol thm Dm
tnct
AVID V. WSfWKW,
Ha Yutk.,
contii'.isea tretn.
Aitr. 4. All peraom locating gronnd for nir
inir purpoi&fis on any metallic vein or ludt- oi
quartz or other rock, in this District, jdiui!
require! t post a notice in a conspicuous place
on the vein, indicating n nearly uh pxs?iblf. th?
direction, and letting forth thv number of fei't
eiaimed each way from Iho notice ; and th
Aut. 11 All persons owning ground mid r
eiding tn this District mav vote at iiiiy iiHiini!
properly callnl by qu.utz mim-M ; ail pon
non-residtut of tlm District mav vote bv proxy
provided they h.dd at the time of ncb meeting,
one claim in thi.- DiitricL
Aht. 12. Tim icorder fihall nrovide. at his
own expense, all books ece.-aiy lor tht record
mg of claims, .IeeL? of transfer, A'c, jertainiii to
hi office; wl k-ep the Kimo op.w to the 'in
tpectiun of th jMibfic, nnl turn theui over to hit
tfftcceswor in ofijtv fn ut charge.
Aht, 13 An eleetiofi tdiyll w held on the
brat Monday m December, of each year, for the
purpose of choosing a Recorder ; a mtijnriiv of
the votf) cat. by ballot, to elr-cL The Ri-curder.
so elected, to commence his duties and
charge of the booUs on the 6t Mouduy of Jan
uaiy.jifter Im election.
Art. 14. In otae of Urn d ath or nsmnntinn
of the Recorder, an election tshall le ordMred a?
Fowarding - ,;
And Commission Merchants,
'XCV YORK CITY,
I
KA.XSAK CITY, 51 0
the
I Witt, make purchases, on orpkrs. in
Bt-8tern t 'itier. at the lowest market rates.
f Their knowledueof the central tiade awd mar
cet enables them to diepoe of coiifignue-nte to
the satiffactbm of theii (ratroiiti, and ensures
them quick sales and prompt return?.
Any information regarding th markets will
Be iriven promftly. wnd with plearfiire.
They wU recive and forward from Kansas
JJity. to their destination, any goods that may
bo consigued to their care.
New
Mexican. '
Wool, Hides, Pelts, &c.f &c,
tKCEIVKD, AKD SOLD AT I1TOHK8T M&ftKRT HATKS.
WUITING & OTERO.
New York City, 1
iUnsnf Oily. f,
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i
BELL .HOTEL,,
ivos Angeles, Cdifornl
Tfit? sabacribers hpving leased the above
named Hotel, wish to assure their friends -and
the travelling public, that they will endeavor to
jceep the Bella Union what it has always been
The Best Hotel
In Son thern California.
I Families can bo accommodated with large,
ry rooms, or suits of rooms, well furnished,
R Tliffl TJillw of Fttl-o
ijiull be inferior to none in the .State-. V
All titt Singe .,-
and from L03 Angele3 arrive at and depart
om this Hqte.l,
The Bar ovim Billiard Saloons
Sail receive mott etrhit attention, and tjia
t irona anau nnd tnut tlitB bonia will ba aarriod
t as & first-clws Hotel ought to b.
atrint from which ?A rbims snjfSKintif ki6i
an thi nie vei, hlmtt im wtM&ir&cl.
Aw 5. Ko p'fson simll bi?nti4kd Iwiid.Uy
iocMJoa, tnori tiwm onr rimui oti tn mm ; vwin.
except the discoverer, who chstff b vnutltrl x
two.
Art. 6. Any notice eluimrog irwtifnl fwf mtn
intf purposes on any metallic 'io or lode of
quartz, or other mineral rtKik, MMtei uccordmji
to th provision of Article 4th. of this code,
;dmll be deffned MifBcient to huld ?uch vl im. or
claims, for the trm f fiacty dayn frm the date
af wuch uotic ; but is afW tb .xpiration of
ixty day?, Ueh notice be not leund nniorded, or
fih'd for reet rd. with the Recortier ot tin Dia
trict, the ground o claimed fchali be deemed
abandoned, and tubj'ct to re-location.
Abt. 7. All noticed claiming ground for min
ing, on any metalic vein or lode of qmirtx. or
mineral rock, in this District, properly locau-d
accortlinj! to the provisions of Article 4th, of this
code, fchall be deemed feulficient to hold neh
ground until the firit day of May. one thou.-Hiid
eight hundred and fixty iour (IbW); but if any
claimant, or claimants, to any ground in ihu
District, located and held herein above d-scrilh-d.rhall
fH'rform or catii'e to w perfonmn.
the amount ot ix (fi) day l.bor to each claim,
on any part of hit or their ground, at any time
between the dat of the notice claiming such
ground, and the fir.t dny of Mav, 1864 ; the
wime shall be deemed aufficieut to give him or
in r......,.t lit Ilk ill....... r (.,MM .wl !
illUlil JICJ JJflU.JI VIVIV lliririu. 1 lUIIUUW, lllili. Ill
0m lb claimant, or claimants, are not wclnniiy
imaged in worteii the sa-yjekt tUf rrrrtfsttsi;
of tiro year from tk tittt a perpKitai tttl is
cqirKf , and sgriiftoiile to that efiot, imvivd H
the icroef. tbu claimant or oJainmtta. iftbnll
raow lh record, l the Rcordar'a b4Hk. pro
rided for that purpose ; othei wm tho claim to
We damed abandonad, and aoct to ro-aeatkn
I'll tiiumot of labor, lit all cie, o be axantiad
by the Recorder, who shall, on application, visit
and examine- tho ground ; and if. in his opinion,
the required amount of labor has been done
thereon, ho shall certify the act in a note to be
attached, or written beneath the notico recorded,
claiming such ground j and for such serviced he
shall be entitled to receive one dollar for each
claim so recorded.
A rt. 8, Any person or persons holding ground
for mining purposes, in this District, on and after
tha Brat duy of May, 1864, shall bo required tn
perform, or cause to be performed thereon, the
amount of three day labor to each claim, in
every ninetv (90) days. And if nuy pprson, or
persons, shall comply with the above provision
for the period of one year, ho or they, shall there
by aeqniro perpetual titlo thareto ; the labor to
bu examined and certified to by the Recorder, a
provided in Article 7th; Pro vidiul. nlwayi. that
the labor be performed, or record raoMWOd,
according to Article 7th of thia iiode.
notice of tha dicovem.or tUeounuwiey. wr.ui-!lrov,'tl Article J Oth of thia code, for the
, Art, I H. h .hli b UtfJnty of the Racafer
w wusr on me 00.5? lor rKnita eUdm?.nm!
nmiu th otic. J lie mma f lite persoo who
m examined jcIj claims for remd.
Akt. 16. Ail k. or parw of Htw, Iwrutofore
U form hi xMit DieVict, pwi ukdug iu any var to
quartz mining, are hereby repeahai.
Aht 17 These law jdml! Im in forco from
and after the data ol their adoption.
IV above i? a true copy of the quartz mining
!awj, in Quartz Mountain Diatrict, aa alopted
nnd now in force.
. ' A- 0. XOYK5, Recorder.
W II. Jiiiooi, Deputy.
(Goodwin. Arisima, March 30.
1864
THE JLAXI or THE AZTECS,
Ku Paai. Texas. Mrt;li 24th. IfcfrL
E&itor or Arizona Mxkeb : The 0rsi .num
ber of your proitittffmr paper faaa been received.
nrd gave much Siitisfactton aa the Pioneer of the
Prwfrs, In a Territory destined to rank as the
Silver Statu of tho Union, and were I not on the
eve of starling to Arizona, without knowing au
what point 1 shall halt. 1 would forward voa the
subscription money, M-ith the sqceary direc
tions.
As much fiolicitade is manifested about the
location of the Capital of the new Territory. let;
me KUygesi the, importance of giving it an appro-
Itriate nod chtra'teritc mtm. wharevof It Js-hdl i
bs hKarit-d. uimi that uarae ia Arn.AK.
Tin valley of Ujp Hi- Vfdf. ab f.ae jonc-l
lion of Utt strta mth llhi .Halina; ia u wide!
attavial pioin. of great aifrjcukjorttl atpuMHtiaa.!
mrewy 0 Ute rte Iroitt ilUSSOO to Fort
VVhJpple, wavn tf raio of aoeqaiaa and n
OleOt t)utlditt(r exhibit cnHlfrable advaacv in
civilization, ly a numerouj people who occupied
tt.i ........... i . , . ...
Muumry in es paei. nins 01 an ox
tMieiv character al?o exist in the valley of the
Uilu.aud various other portions of the Turntorv
all going conelusively ui show thut the country
of. Arizona was the seat of ancient enmiru
1'hese ruins were in existence nearlv us thev now
are, when the country wus first explored by tle
early Spanish adventurers and the zealous mis
sionaries, and have been known and marked from
the expedition of Coronado to our own times
I hy are not the works of the present aborigi
nes who inhabit the country, but of a ruco that
lias parsed a way. W ho were they ?
When the conqueror, Ilernan Cortez. with
hh bold band of adventurers, first visited the
valley of Mexico, ha wai iwformed by Htiaiw.
um that the lolmhitanta of the ftitumrv wrt
8trnner in the hind, and had miaraied from a
count? tatlted A avian. tt the meih-wst f thai 4
capittd f Mxico. Tho history tf tba Aztocajdiui.
t
hi
mada, tiomura, H.errera. Sahagun, and other his
Uiriaug, all potata to tha mm origin. As tfujy
wre omnnU ostiosi. Speaking lh tame lao
guaao. ano' having mm vA'tyim fail)), th-?
?avtiiy i-mitf'-itni u m ta mnv cotittry. feed
that coootty th erarile of all the ctvibUtx
thf North .Aotere. -m aboriglnee poaitffWafi. TheiMJ
oatioral bn,itht, a,. r rade civttiyatioi) with (firm
f tii .alh-y of M,t.e. from th"raodent liprnw
wh ere abtrrs na I ci v dizt ti n 5 rat da nwA W fctrt
wm that country? The fuhletl riojwlhtn of the
Tolttfcs, and Aztlan ot tl4 Aztecs?
The Abbe C'luvigero. who wem? to be th5
most imparti.nl hetoriun of Mexico. and who hi$
evidently Jdken more (niing than all others to
arrive at correct conclusion, has examined this
ftubject with (t,njiderabtH care All the faets
produced by his imvtirtion place the ancient
h'm's of the interesting and myatriuus peo
ple in the limits of the I'eirjtorv of Arizona.
The different toppiAir points in the Aztec and
ohualuic emigration, so much resembling the
wanderings of the Hebrew from Egypt to Pales
tine, can bo traced with remarkable certainty,
fmm the valley of the Colorado, below the junc
tion of the Rio San Joan. southward by the Val
del Chino. the valley of the Rio Verde and Rio
tjila. the rasas (Jrattde, South of Lake Uuznrao
iu t'hihuahua, ('uliacan in Siimloa. Ohicomatra
in Z.icetecs. ty way of Uolima and the Sterol of
Malinaleo. to the ruins of the Toltec city of
Tula, and thence tn the valley of Mexico Their
route can be identified from Tula north westward,
and the only nitcertainty rests on the starting
point. Rut as no ruins of civilized man have
been found north of the valley of the i oiorado,
at the point indicated on the old Spanish map as
'oncenHon, we may reasonably conclnde that
;he balk of the auctnl population wa jflti.:'
him p'uiv. ib im vicmuy 01 tue great: . u?
4n4 m -wi fssi-fctk' valhsys.
'l'h rnios f rt n the Gila and V'-vi
pottery nod broken ax aijil nietateii, ut
cal ith ihtm f the Axtycs of th
Mexico. Th$ cmustn of iurning the c -u
preHrviitg the aahe. and lhrie in lt A
earthen jars. wa. character iaiic of th auutul
Asu-cs. Recent discoveries 10 the Ar.tec Fal
ly, or as it is (oiuetimes called, Mount Grahsum
Valley. 00 the Gila, have been made by a. por
tion of the California column. The officers nd
soldier, in marching through that wide, beautiful
and fertile valley, were ytrnck with the ruins of
buildings. acequiaH, and broken pottery scutUiVed
around, and surprised by Onding carthera lirs,
containing the asheii and twns oif the dead, in
a position where they had been washed bars hv
the action of a current during the rams. 1 ur
informed by Card. O A. Smith, of the Califor
nia Volunteers, that the party examined tfw rs.
and not having means to transport thetn, they
were returned to tueir places and left for some
future discorerer. This fact, characteristic of
the Toltees and Aztecs alone, and not pucWjed
fy vttiy ii her abDrigiitat tribes, spenki? volume ift
favor uf th idnlifictttion of the ruins alluded to,
as those left left behind by that people-on Uif
emicration. and the country of Arizona, a the
ancient Aztlan. Subsequent explofntiooa -a
discoveries will doubtless throw more iijfht ou
-i. ?.-ir .. .. ..
tue sunjrf x. anu 1 wauiu suggest to nu cxplomt.
prospectors, miners, and others, to eive oKico
through your columna, of any discoveries med. .
A Anjumu ha tha hhet cfainw to 4e rm,
ulerHi as ih original ( of tae 'M"
&$lfi e&pire. shscM 1 the ftpftei. f -s-
tecreu. oe tma AatiaaT t n tmtm it
etiuUooioaa and c'hutk wrtati ,ml lb
diiobt wouk$ be iJUe ummp-f.Xln
naiiM m ma awcttto mi I tn ltoryjwa
UbjncKtiOMtioo'w the oap mvm to it
scattered relics of th Aatee itWMk wb u d
Ueliind on the emigration of the main body t. th.
m in a future communication 1 will bring latt to
prove This last aboriginal name of the Territo
ry wa3 ' Arizuma." from Ari. a mnideo, aid
Ztuna, kinu'dom or country, meaning the k:nf m
of the maiden. or iiuulen Queen, having rirlmum
to a well known tradition of the Papal o md
Pimos l
An examination of the various rhn of
AriZtina, anc the central position of Ihi
of the Hio Verde. Ims convinced ak
theancienl capital of the country wits 'kii
there, and I w.uli re.-jiect fully aosgest
occupies at present the tame position in
so tue l eintory of Arizona.
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