10230. Daily Alta California, San Francisco, California, May 30th, 1870. Letter From Arizona (From Our Own Correspondent.)

Daily Alta Calfornia San Francisco, California May 30th, 1870 LETTER FROM ARIZONA. ( FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ) CAMP DATE CREEK, May 16th, 1870. Camp Date Creek, though perhaps not a familiar military station to many readers of this epistle, is situated nearly half—way between Wickenburg and Prescott in central Arizona , and in its neighborhood the very worst of Apaches frequent. I reached here a few days ago, and accompanied by a small detachment as an escort, I was enabled to visit and thor— oughly inspect the "May—Flower , " "Martinez " and other locations made within the past two months r upon the first important gold vein discovered in a mineral belt as fine and promising as any I have seen during my ramble through this territory. The locations thus far made and what little work has been done upon them, prove beyond a doubt that this will ere long be a mining district of great importance- The vein is wide, crops out boldly for a great distance, carries little or no base metals , and free gold may be seen in nearly all the quartz mined. The road from Wickenburg to Prescott passes through this mineral belt and within two miles of the discovery, and the military post furnishes protection against the savages. Date and Martinez creeks are within a few miles of the mines, furnishing plenty of water, and wood is close in abundance. I am thankful to Col . O ' Beirne, the kind and gentlemanly commander of the Post for his kindness in assisting myself and friends to make a thorough inspection of this little known, though sure to be important mining district ; and when further explorations and discoveries shall have been made, I will revisit the district and give a full account of its importance and progress .