The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-10-02
Prospects Ahead.


 not a m,ll nor ,luice running in this imme- ! diate vicinity, we wouldn't trade the Sierra l Prieta and its mines for White Pine and the ! balance of Eastern Nevada,--not that we think there are no rich mines in Eastern Ne vada, but because we believe, yea, know, that the mountain in question contains a greater number of richer gold, silver and copper lUdes than the whole of Eastern Nevada, or, than any other mountain range or the same extent, yet known to miners. While not to exceed sixty miles in Tenth, and twenty-five 1 in width, it is known to contain at least ono hundred quartz lodes of sufficient richness to pay handsomely for working them. It is covered, from one end to the other, and from of timber-principally pine and oak-is tole- rably we'll watered, exceedingly well grassed, and, to crown all. is blessed with a mild, healthy climate. In its foot hills are many good-sized valleys, that produce wheat, corn, barley, oat., sorghum, vegetables of every description. and excellent hay Many of it's creeks, gulches and rayines contain gold in paying quantities, and these will all be mined out Our people know these assertions to be truthful ones, and those who live outside of the Territory, many of whom have expressed surprise at the obstinacy with which we have clung to the country, fought Indians and suffered, as no people have ever before suffered, would, did they but know the coun try one-half as we'll as we know it, applaud and commend us for sticking to it "when all but hope had fed"
 1 Up to this time, our people have received little, if any, recompense for the tolls, suf- ferings and privations endured by them while holding the Territory, not alone for themselves, but for the people of our whole country, against the savage bands of Indians that have put forth their strongest efforts, and widest, fiercest energies, to kill or expel them from the Territory. Gradually, how ever, are our aims and objects beginning to be understood by our felow-countrymen of the States, the truth in regard to the Terri tory is becoming known. Government is do- ing better by us than formerly, and the peo- pie of all sections are beginning to regard her with attention. A short time ago, it was the almost universal custom of press and peo- pie to speak of Arizona as if she were hot, valueless, desert region, peopled by few Americans and Mexicans, and a great many brave, bloodthirsty savages. In those days. but few persons knew that Northern, or, Up- per Arizona, as it Is now called, contained long ranges of high mountains, large streams of water, immense forests, rich mines, and thousands of acres of as fine grazing and agri- cultural lands as need be wished for by man. It was not then known that, during the sum- rner season, when the valleys and plains uf California. Nevada, and other sections of the Pacific slope, were as dry as a bone, the greater part of Upper Arizona was green, fresh and beautiful, owing to the summer rains that fell upon her in brisk showers.
 The wheel of time is revolving, and with | it, the fame of our Territory. What we have heretofore thought and believed, we now know to be reality: Our mines, though but partially developed, are known to be as rich as any on the Pacific coast In establishing this fact, with slender means and slenderer knowledge to aid us, it is not tn he wondered at that many failures attended our efforts They were the legitimate results of the causes stated. Until quite recently, not a singl. miner aud mM man has visited us. Mills were erected in manner that was better calcula- ted to loose gold than to save it. Shafts were. sunk straight down, without regard to the dip of ledge, and, of course, in many in. stances, failed to strike quartz, giving rise to the belief that the ledge or ledges had pinch ed out. We now feel that new, better, and more intelligent era has opened upon us By our persistent efforts. we have succeeded in attracting considerable capital and sufficient brains to the country to demonstrate that quartz mills can be run in this vicinity with profit to those running them. But for the unusual dryness of the past summer three of our quartz mills, all our arastras. hydraulic claims and sluice claims, would be in opera ton, yielding standard metal and relieving the general tightness.
 We have great faith in the future of our Territory, believing that it will be bright be- yond precedent. Winter is close at hand, when rain and snow will descend, water flow in our streams, and mining operations be once more resumed, never again, we trust, to be suspended for lack of means and knowledge. 
 EHRESBERG,-A private letter, of recent date, from this new port, on the Colorado