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
Good hard
| | | road.
Cienega & Caborca Ro’d | 7 | 161 |Good hard road.
Laguna Mosca | 5 | 166 |No water in dry season; good
| | | grass, good hard road.
Bajia de Aquituna | 6 | 172 |Wood and grass; no water. Good
| | | level road.
El Zanjon (dry arroyo) | 2 | 175 |Wood and grass. Good road.
Tinaje del Viejo | 7 | 182 |Water.
Angostura Pass | 7 | 190 |Water, grass and wood. Good hard
| | | road.
Picu | 11 | 201 |Water, grass and wood. Good hard
| | | road.
Pozo de los Cristolas | | 201 |
Charco de los Papagos | 1 | 202 |
Tinaja del Tule | 4 | 206 |Very little water or grass.
Derisadero Prieto | 4 | 211 |Wood; no grass. Good hard road.
Point where Gulf is first | | |
seen | 1 | 212 |
Port of la Libertad | 13 | 226 |Bad road.
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Heavy blankets are a necessity in Arizona; the nights are always cool,
even in the height of the “heated term.” Woolen undergarments are
desirable at all times.
Fort Wingate, N. M., to Prescott, A. T., via Camp Verde, A. T.
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| M | Y || M | Y | Description.
| i | a || i | a |
| l | r || l | r |
| e | d || e | d |
| s. | s. || s. | s. |
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Ft. Wingate, | | || | |
Spring Cr’k | | || | |Crossed by bridge, water plenty,
Crossing | 2 |1010|| 2 |1010| wood on hills.
Spring | 7 | 738|| 9 |1748|Spring close to road on south
| | || | | side, at base rocky bluff,
| | || | | water bad, wood plenty, and
| | || | | good grazing, road sandy for
| | || | | short distance.
Bridge over | | || | |Bridge across Rio Puerco of the
Defiance road | 3 | 496|| 13 | 484| West; water good and grass
| | || | | plenty.
Camp on Rio Puerco | 3 | 525|| 16 |1009|Water muddy, plenty wood, good
| | || | | grass.
Quirina Cañon | 19 | 323|| 35 |1332|Rio Puerco almost washing away
| | || | | the road. Bluffs on left bank
| | || | | very steep and abrupt.
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