10229. The Arizona Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory, May 28th, 1870. From Camp Date Creek. Our correspondent at this place...

The Arizona Miner Prescott, Arizona Territory May 28th r 1870 From Camp Date Creek. Our correspondent at this place, writing under date of the 23rd furnishes the following, for which he will please accept inst. , our thanks : Editor Arizona Miner : I have written you nothing for two weeks past, simply because there was nothing to write about, and although this is the quietest place in this portion of the Territory, I will try and glean a few items from passing events. First comes the weather , which for a week past has been making a retrograde movement, and carried us back to mid—winter ; but today summer is again asserting its power, and I presume that from this on, we will have no cause for complaint on the score of warm weather. The late frost did very little damage in this section, and agricultural interests are looking pretty fair . On last Friday, as two soldiers from the post were hunting in the about a mile from the post, they came suddenly upon mountains , three Indians sitting quietly in the rocks. A shot from one of the (which unfortunately failed to do its duty) , was the soldiers , first intimation the red rascals had of the presence of a white man, and the manner in which they "cut dirt" and got out of that was truly wonderful. On examining the spot where they had been sitting, the men found three earthen vessels, which John, in his great haste, left behind. These were taken possession of, and taken to camp. I presume the Indians were hunting for water, that article being pretty scarce at present in the mountains. Mining matters progress slowly, but favorably. Several new lodes have been located in the district. Parties are out every day prospecting and looking up new lodes. I would not be surprised if there were some rich placer diggings in this vicinity as several old miners say that the dirt, near several of the lodes, pays fifty cents, and over, to the pan.