Arizona ghost trailsHinton, Richard J. (Richard Josiah)
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Arizona ghost trails
Hinton, Richard J. (Richard Josiah)
Arizona -- Guidebooks; Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona
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_To_ |_Miles._|_Miles._| _Description._
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[1]Forks of Road | 6 | 6 |Water usually: good grass.
| | | Left fork to Tank, half
| | | mile distant.
Water Holes | 30 | 36 |Water usually; good grass,
| | | near forks, on right side
| | | of road.
First Camp on Gila River. | 27 | 63 |Water; grass scarce.
Second Camp on Gila River | 11 | 74 |Water; grass scarce.
Camp Goodwin | 14 | 88 |
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[1] The Tank always contains water. The road from the Tank to the Gila
is over a grassy plain with no water in dry season, excepting at Water
Holes, near the Junction with the old road along the Rio de Sauz. There
water is usually found on the right-hand side of the road.
There is another road to Camp Goodwin, via San Simon, (seventeen and a
half miles) and thence down the Rio de Sauz, joining the above road at
Water Holes, (thirty-one miles) making the distance about eleven miles
longer.
Tucson, A. T., to Guaymas, Mexico.
[ESTIMATED.]
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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
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