Arizona ghost trails

by Richard J. Hinton

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.

A copy of this table as an image can be found [here].

Table of Altitudes—Principal Points in Arizona.

PLACE.	Lat.			Long.			Altitudes above 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. Graham							10,516.0	Nearly 6,000 feet above base.
Grant, Camp (new)	32	25		32	23	10	3,985.0	Suyly.
							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 Pocket	36	32	18.40				5,405.4	Little wood, grass; 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.
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 Mts. (Humphrey’s Peak)							12,561.0	Forest and sheep range. Extinct 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	6.00	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	3.00	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.

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.

NAME	Capital Stock.	No. of Shares.	District.	County.	Principal Place 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.

Mining Districts in Yavapai County.

1. Aqua Fria.	8. Lynx Creek.	14. Tiger.
2. Black Cañon.	9. Mineral Point.	15. Verde.
3. Big Bug.	10. Mountain Spring.	16. Wickenburg.
4. Bradshaw.	11. Pine Grove.	17. Walnut Grove.
5. Goodwin.	12. Peck.	18. Walker.
6. Hassayampa.	13. Turkey Creek.	19. Weaver.
7. Hum Bug.

N. B.—A number of companies have also been incorporated in California and elsewhere, for the purpose of mining in Arizona.