The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-14

rich gold quartz which, m time, with proper
large Iron aleo exists In vast quantities. and
doubt ere long f0anary 70 manufacture iron wsre
VIII be profitable fuel can be found a hand Tue
want OF uel and timber NJ detrment 10 the mn'
ing interests. Many rich Of silver exist IN re-
sons where there neither wood nor water Of any con
PROBABLY never viii be discovered, IN u region
80 ana and void Of forests. The opening OF FORT
iobos and Gnaymas viii sho~ the shipment OF
millions of tons OF silver ore 10 the smelling WORKS IN
San Francisco, New York and even TO England, rs eau
go out as bsa, and for the vessels thai bring ma
shDery. goods supplies 1t will always pay Ia ship
10 either of the above localities yeds III Leaf aud
silver silver a0ne 500 per ton, aud any quantity OF
such ore may be oaua IN Arizona The copper from the
MINES on the Mmbres river, In Arizona, IS nov va
goned about eight hundred miles " Port asacA and ihen
shipped 10 New York-payiDg good pront HE Minhras
nearly pure. and the qaannty being inexhsusubie.
In the vicinity OF the works there ia consi
derabie pine timber and an aeandrncs OF fuol
In Organ mountains there exists enormous deposit
Of silver ore the form chiefly OF argeDhferons gaena,
easily mined and reduced The Fillmore Mining Company
have commenced large operations there, gu tho Old
Stevenson mne and other rich veins viii be worked IN
The spfing The best veins OF aTgentuerous sana
discovered situated IA the Santa Cruz mountains, very
The Sonora pe about twenty Ave miles from Fost
Buchanan. In this region silver and lead oxst In The
most prouse quantity v,h plenty OF fuel, and water
sufficient for uppg purposes Not far cIsant twenty
mites the Santa Rita mountains there are rich
Of hard ore silver with copper. THIS variety % ore com
monty yields larger per cent than the aseniiteroos
iaena, but not 40 easily mDed reduced Tue ore
nrst puverzed roasted and then amagansied eitheF by
the Mexican or German process tn Sonora Exploring
and Mining Company, whose mines situated =. oerr0
Coiora 10 thirty m,,es from Tubso have large au,aga.
nation works in operation, ami ~heu npe,e, with tae
two steam engines at work, viii turn 90. q, eas'
OF about 81 $50 per week. The Sopori Lana ana
Mining Company, aud the Arizona Land and Mining CON-
pany OF Providence, l., possess large trsst os land
m Arizona embracing the old Sopori and Bon
companies contemplate commencing active operations 10
the spring The Patagonia NINE the New York aad oom
padre mime, and thc Empire mine sl situated IN the santa
Cruz Mountains at work with excellent pros -scts
" course nearly all the companies IN their infancy aud
only lust getting 20 work after delays and trials
The 81 LOUIS nine, iocsed in the Cruz
taBs and only four nis from the river O, the
same Will put strong force the
tools and machinery, now beng wayonet across the
Plains, can reach the scene Of operations.
One year from tina time, we have protection and right
Of way 10 the Gulf. viii immense rise pIolic
opinion i'll reference 70 Arizona mines and
ISOLATION TO think that posiary viii no doubt do justice
those Who are now working, and for three or four
years have been working, 20 hfog the mineral wealth
Of Arizona into notice. II Is vexa,ous ana almost
couraginr that with the smell IL the salt in
nostrils, ana alnls the Of the breakers in
ears, shut out and barrcaded from
the cnsst nv petty Mexican State, always in anarchy
and revolution. The condition OF Sonora is indeed de
plornbje ravagcd by Indians distracted by political
revolutions ana torn by civil OF The mae bar5arous
character carried with cruelty ANA rapacity which
hook back ~ the dark ages for paralel-Sby in
heavens name when such state of things exists on
immediate frontier should Congress- hesitate 10 ratfy
treaty which will restore tranquility 10 a wretched,
down trodden people aud give to civilization
gateway to the beart Of the American Uoatinent
In reference TO the population of Arizona there much
diversity OF opinion-honesily, trust Far be it from
an only ANXIOUS that the true state Of things should be
Set before Congress and the country When the treaty
WAS made by which the United States into posses
sion OF the region known as the Gadsden there
were but few hundred Mexcans living the soi; and
as near az can be ascerained about twenty americans
traders and sporting men" Tucson contained accord
ing TO Rartett, about hundred people, ana tn
were a few Mexican families in the Mesil!a val
ley. Now, by the terms Of that treaty, all
MexicaIs who chose 10 remain after the territory passed
under American jurisdiction TO be considered Anne
rican citizens and quite share Of the Inhabitants, not
relhug ansier moved away SO that, acc ,rdng TO
the best Information have been aole 10 obtain there
we're not left over fifty or sixty Mexican families IN the
Purchase OF who have since emgrated from
Sonora other Mexican states aliens, and
titled to VOTE and the bulk Of the population OF thar
character, the total legal vote Is very small have
deavored 10 obtain accurate information relation to the
population both American and Mexican, from officers OF
the army, traders and men who well acquainted in
Arizona, which added % my observation, leads
to believe that the total male population, American aud
Mexican, IS about three thousand five hundred and the
actual number OF legal voters not over one thousand
Some OF my friends in Arizona put the legal vote eight
hundred, at thousand, and l consider one
thousand as the fair estimate BY legal voters
Americans and Mexcans who In the country ut the
time Of the purchase who have emlgred from tow1s
New Mexico being prey iousy bono de residents which
number is very small The Americans in Arizona proDa-
bly, number at this time about four hundred OF
Der the overland mail employs about eighty on
do not include the soldiers at forts Fillmore and Bach
they have right 10 be included (athough they have
been) IN the population and vote OF the Territory Dr.
Cooper T. s A. who has been stationed for the last four
years at Fort Fillmore, and Is acquainted with every
American in the hesla Valley, informed tina, there
but sixty eight seventy actual residents At Tue
son. IN June 1859, Rev David Tuthl sent out as a rni.
sopary by the Methodist Episcopal Conference, took the
Of every American in the village, and madc exactly
thirty seven and there arc now perhaps IS mauy more
living in the vicinity. On the ella and Colorado rivers
there sometimes quite a number OF minors chiefly
Hexicane, but they continually arriving and depart
ing so that they cannot oe reckoned among the permn
nent inhabitants of the country. Along the Santa Cruz
river, the SonDia and at the mines there few Ame
rcars, and of late there has been started little settle
ment on the Nimbres have before me LIST Of all ,he
Americans in tho habit Of visiting the village " Tuba,
FROM the adjacent farms and Mines aud there thirty
two They we're nearly all present the day which
Rafael Poianoo was tried by Lynch court for the
der o. John Ware In the returns OF the vote for dee
gate from Western Arizona there are several gross errors
which DO not believe endorsed by Mr.. Mowry For
instance, Aqua Chente is put down i2l votes Now Aqua
Caenie s the maine of little stream Of water with
town or village for miles in any direction. And the
Sonoa valley there are more put down than there
Tor were at the tine of cocuon inhabitants in
valley. Having passed. MP and Gown that little valley
(only about thirteen miles long and from Gy feet ali
\ mile wide) very often, know every man in it, and
therefore the in the returns Is easily dciccted
There other errors OF similar character, bu; only
quote, nj this time, two cases 70 show that they do
The absence OF law and the insecurity Of lie ana pro
pcrty have greatly retarded the mining operations OF
iona and prevented emigration Besides The revolutions
in Sonora have been the means Of driving into our tern
tory many Mexicans OF worthless and desperate charac
ter, who have committed thefts and murders. The de-
precautions Of the Apashes upon Sonora, allowed By the
United States government have eNaspera.ed the Mexcsns
OF that country SO that bad feeling exists all along the
frontier. Th IS natural, and viii increase as long 90
vernment permits wholesale piracy
The military and Indian ensirs OF New Mexico need
thorough everhaunpg Forts Union Craig, Fillmore, los
Innes and Cantonment Burgwin ought be broken up
and their garrsous moved into the Indian country. One
company OF infantry viii do for the garrison OF Fort Bliss
The above forts in the thickly settled part o tue
country, and actually give no protection they too
from the home Of the Indian. Fort Defiance, in the
Navuo country ought to have garrison OF eight compa
mics u mounted and t~o Companies Of infantry,
be able put three hundred the led
days notice and strike home upon the villages OF the
Navajcs whenever murder or robbery Is committed.
The practice Of chasing lew Indians who commit deprc
datou is nine times ont Of ten, fruitleas strong de-
tatchnent ought be sent at into the Indian
try, break up the ranches the women and children
and then the warriors will soon come TO terms When
after vast deal u drumming and buge blowing
small army was lately collected to fight the
Navajos go much time had elapsed that the
Indians had away their women children and stock
and ready for Consequently after q further
parading, drumming and blowing, the United States
made an in glorious peace which Novass have us,