Arizona miner., 1867-10-05
CENTRAL ARIZONA.

 
 The reasons assigned by members from river counties who voted for the removal of the Capital from Prescott t3 Tucson, arc not first-class and will not set them right before the people. They argue that Yavapai coun- ty has been the recipient of considerable i'm migration who immediately after arriving here, pulled up stakes au4 left the country in disgust, ".hereiorc,' say these wiseacres, "your section cannot De of much account. else they would have remained Lere.7 This style of reasoning is worthy of the source from whence it emanatcs, and we might easily offset tLcir shallow arguments by going back upon the immigration records of their counties, but that is not our style Of reason ing.
 Yavapai county has Lad considerable i'm migration, and great number of that imni- grafton have left the country. not because they thought it worthless, but because they were unable to go out into thc country and work without having to hire Eose of men to guard themselves aud their animals from the omnipresent Apache. No person Of sense or knowledge, who knows anything about this section of the Territory, win say that it is valceless; fine does, he simply makes a dot.sssy nf his5seli, or allows his prejudice to acud h;s honest convictions.
 We assert. without fear of contradiction that tho region of country composing Yavapai county contains more mineral wealth, more agricultural and pastoral land-, more timber and more of everything that is necessary 10 huil5 up State than all the other counties Of the Territory combined. In saying tAis, it is not our intention to datract from the resources and advantages possessed by other eouatiss Bis we know whereof wc speak, Again, Yasapai county contains more white, s1Ha s1s inhabitants than any other county fn the Territory; she has produced more gsl3, builf more rniIls. cultivated more acres, fought and killed more Indians, lost more valuable lives and an immensely larger am- cunt of stock and other property than any of her sister counties. And when all her people have Lad to contend against is taken into account, every reasonable man will say her people did well
 Lees than five years ago there was not one white man residing in the vast extent Of country designated Central Arizona The Apache WAS alone in hi- glory. To-day, after scores of yalusblc lives have been sacrificed .honsauls ur animals stolen, houses burned and wloie crops carried away by the merci- less savage, this county has a population of nearly two thousand whites, wAo manage to make zn honest living ishOut any great amount .: :::;i .F,si government There afe eight or ninc quartz mills in the county, one Touring mill, and any number Of water wheels and arastras. Besides this, there are in the region of country around Prescott, hundreds oi gulchcs, rayines aai creeks that contain enough gold 10 make it an object to work them. and they will be worked 50 soon a we get t'e upper hand of the Indians.
 In conclusion, VIC would state that should the Territory be peopIed (as it certainly will the majority of the population viil not squat down upon desert; they will settle in Q re- zion where bird is able to ly 10 water in s-w -four. and where the heat Of the sun ii not hot enough to broil rattle-snake, ard to our certain knowledge, the only country in Arizona where such is not the case. is that lying in an easterly direction from La Paz and Hardyvillc. This section Of country offer eye ry iuaurcsaent to immigrants, and they will come in due time. Then, as now, Prescott will >lerss near the centre of population az any other point, consequently VIC think the mem bers wEo yotesi for removal acted uHs isc and they may yet lise 10 regret the parts played ky them in this scheming performance.