Arizona miner., 1867-12-14
Another slander.


 lowing untruthrul report on the placer mines of Arizona;
 "Oc inc wealth of Arizona in this respect l many dazzling stories have been told but as | thcy mostly rest on no better foundation than the statements oi borderncn ana the tradition, of Indians, they may justly hc re cciyed with many grains of allowance II not reflected as wholly apocryphal. The reports of incredibly rich paccrs rs-located no one knows exactly whcre-arc, it is much to be feared. all of piece with the tales of silver bnt.. golden bullets, and the ruins of mag piiiccnt cite, said to have been seen in the interior of that Territory, or, in other words, simply myths. All the expeditions set on foot to search for gold in Arizona including that of the Suiiing party who proceeded last summer on a prospecting trip to the W hltc Mountains OF rather, as lt was then sad. to take possession of rich placers prcNiousy dls- covered in that region, have proved abortlons.
 That there are some mines of this class along 10th the Gia and the Colorado rivers, and
 also at several other points m the lerntofy, 1 is well known, but they are oi narrow extent ! destitute uI water, and generally too poor 10 1 iuducr white men to work tbem W hat gold
 dust ha, come from that quarter, and the l uuautitv i, lv no means large, has been most
  while they are able to bear the oppressive heat of the climate, are also capable of living
 on the most cheap and simple food. and who
 feel richly rewarded if their earnings amount
 to three or four reals day
 The writer of the foregoing, unintention
 ally. We presume, gives this Territory very
 severe stab A, the journal in question +
 noted for its ability, and circulates freely
 among merchants and others, its unirathiu account of our mineral resources might pos sihly do u, considerable mischief. The cdito ? must have received his information from al
 unreliable source, or coujured up the accom- , in Ri, own brain, as, had he been posted, b t. would have known better. He certainl
 must have heard of Antelope, or Weave U Hill Digging~, where men picIc sp q'o' CT. c fqUS qfpaces cfg,H .tom .t ttc nelsd b@' Il ,oci, some of which pieces were as large a }, hen, e-g. He ought, also, to have know l. that these diggiucs are ,tll being worhe, ,' and are paying nearly aS well a- they cr' n have. Then he must certainly have seen som % account of the scores of creeks, guches an ie rayincs that have paid, in many places, q ' ounce to the pan, in ;lc vicinity of Prescot :, and still hold out welt Is it possible tn.
 YOU have not read of or hcarl cf Lynx Cree e. the IIas,ayampa Big Bug. Black Caron, ct' V out oi which thousands of dollars have bcC taken during the past three or four year
 and in which several other thousands vet T
 main. All of these creeks afford plenty JO water. as the country in which they rise aI
 through which they meander, is well watc h ed The places along the Gila and Colora' sS rivers spoken of by the editor have also pa co exceedingly well. For instance, the dggin ws at Giia City and tLosc of the Lacuna, re % Arizona City. Then, you must remcmb 'f that, near La Pa7, there are rich and cA,cn~i md dry direings, which have yielded thousau all of dollars Nearly half the gold found c, this Territory zoe, to Sonora and the Stat nt' consequently, san Franci,cans cannot kno .v ,' with any degree of certainty, the amoant to dust produced by our placer mines Is have known hundreds of McNicans to lea sN, the Territory with small piles, who Ina lE n ,ycr seen : an Fr' ncisco, and probably nc, in will. Why, my dear sir, you are not post; fer, at all, upon Arizona. A Mexican would sta the to death oA the amount of provender | -at three or four reals would buy him. It is i al, possible for even a Mexican to live upon L no amount per day in Arizona We ours or have lived at times, very poor and very ec ray omical, but it always cost II. more than th ay- or four reals. except once, when, for 'Sn hcalth," while returning from Fort Goody ;,,. to Prescott. we survived ten days oii c al- straight But prices are coming down n, Hi- rapidly, owing. principally, 10 the industry mn soil, and ere long, living in Arizona will ial- just as cheap and just as good as it is in C. the fornia. You speak of the oppressive heat .oss this Territory. Understand, once for 'ne' that Arizona resembles California very mu icv that Is, the interior portion oft The dcs for portion of the Territory, is, wc admit, ' dc hot, but the central, western, eastern -lcr northern portions of Arizona consist of h nm. table lands, mountain ranges and valleys. the the climate is tie most delightful man Q ,ely dwelt in. In this region we have no lo re- dry summers rain falls thick, fast. and e" quent during that season, cooling the attn
 phere and bcdecking Mother Earth in be que tiful garment of emerald Hundreds of I cin- nuarfz ledoos roisa. ,bo;r metallic La.a- anu the mountain tops gold is found on mo lil- orvryhare T.l,in6 i,,,, o,,s,.;t.. ,-l .'l'' aid. small numbor oC one ,nin;n,, ,,,,.,,I,,;a past believe Arizona has produced more gold f
 any of the ot her Terri lnntVp t. r.