Arizona miner., 1864-03-09
rIlE WEALTH 0F ARIZONA.

.ofy. aDd thcir product, with those of Sonora. forned at one period. chiei source oirevenue tol Spain Two ceDturies ago, when the Pilgrim fathers were struggling with barbarism upon thel shores of New Engpnt, spain established nil em-i pire amidst her newly found wealth, and drew mil
 lions from the very region where tho Anglo Saxon is now erecting second era of civilization
 Isls not necessary to enter into the causes oiI the long neglect ofthese rich loaes 1t Is enough to know that the world looks with lively interest to thelr re-openng and proper working, as we'll as to the deveopmeat of the other vast metallic resources or this important country, There Is not richer mineral region in the world. Tue mountains aFe literaiy inteTl3ead #itl' silver veins. while tbe recent discoveries tF gold denote uu almost unparalleled prousiou Of that precious ors Nor do these comprise all tho rainerais oi Arizona Iron, Copper, Lead, Zine, the ores oi Copperas Satpetre, oaicksiiver, inco!nbustibr crystals, lice-proot rock, aIabaster marble and other valuable species of stone, have all been found here. t' "'
 The new gold-Geids in the central bart of thr' Territory occupy three principal districts, known as the N as;er. the Hcsianipa and the WeaFer or Antelope. They are near to the 5itt parallel oil latitude, and were first discovered n the spring Of lsG8. The placers are many ofthsm exceeding Iy rich. but s want of water has retarded, aiti s likely to retard, their profitable working at most points until ditch companies formed, as in Col orado and California. At Walkers 6aleh and the lower Hesiampa, where sluices have been used the yield has been most satisfactory. At- tentlon is more particularly given 10 ihe quartz !odes ef both gold and silver which gre very nuIneroas and in many eases give evidence cf great merit Tho return of assays made in San Francisco is such as to warrant the iasF0dGctioH og craahers without delay. 1t is too early to say exactly whae this new and extensive mining re- zion will amount to Enough is proven however to furnish additional evidence ol the mineral wealth of the Territory, and lo attract iaFga1 population to this distric3 despite ali obstacles. The Latin proyerb ' Ubj mel, ibi apes" (tyheFsi the honey is. there, are she bees,) is as true as when first spoken. s.n
 ! The Indian interruptions, the necessarily higa price Of provisions, until roads are opened and l farms cultivated, will not keep the people away, and the government will do what it can to insure then, protection and prosperity. Industrious, per- seyering men, wiuh capital sufficient to purchase animals and provisions. need moi hesitate to come They will not Sail to do well either in the mines Of at ranchiG!g. Inpatient. iDdoient 06SentureFs
 who look only for "big strikes" will DOt be apt to ind encouragement, and had better stay away.
 They are never profitable population.
 Rs to reaching the Territory from the Atlantic i States we have only to say Chat the California route by steamer from New York Co San FFa1- lcisco furnishes. in our judgement. tbe plosG con
 yenent economical rhnd expeditions method. l From San Francisco to Los Angeles there are boats and stages. From the, latter place stage lnow runs to To Paz on the Colorado and one ia Iproposed to Fort Yuma. From fA Paz Or Yu.
 ma either the new gold fields, or the eilver and Icopper lodes of the Gila, Tucson, and Yubac country may be reached by pack-anmaIs Or train, This travel will be likely to be the most expen.
 sive incurred by the emigrant as he must carry lall his provisions with him.
 Parties coming from the Western States, from Colorado and New Mexico, can take stage tO T Mesilla wa Santa Fe, and ceoss by pack animals Tor train to Tucson, or from Albuquerque they lean come via the NVhipple route to the new gold !. fields These routes however are such as to re
 quire large escort and much time. If the stage line should be extended from Mesiia to Tucson or from Albuquerque to this point as proposed fIit will be the quickest overland route to thC : Territory. asftndH
 THE CAPITAL QUESTION.