The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-05-08


 svcly. that his own machin, " and knowl- edge were not equal to the task of working | his ores and saving the gold and silver con taincd in them The Chloride concentration | was first tried, and yielded, in gold, to the | ton, SiS,04050, besides Si03 in silver. This | was huge. He next had lot of taiings from | the Chase worked, and they paid Sl2j to the ton in gold He was surprised, and well he might be, for upon first working these ores here at his mill, they paid very little, Satis fled that the Paul X Wood process was just the thing needed by him, he ordered the nec- essary apparatus, and is now nearly ready to test it here Should it work as we'll as he and Mir Paul think it will, all our dreams of prosperity will shortly be fulfilled. Our re- bellious ores can then be treated at a cost not exceeding 80 per ton, and Arizona will be worshipped as golden COW by those who now look upon her as base metal calf But should this process and these iedges fail. What then We'll, then comes chlorination and the Sterling lode. Chlorinaton has never been known to fail in saving gold contained in sulphuret ores, and the ore of the Sterling is emiuen,ly sulphuret ore--known and pro ven by oft-tried experiments, to be rich enough 10 pay for working. Indeed, in any other country but Arizona, the free gold con tained in the ore, (from Slj to S20 per ton) would pay the cost of milling and mining, and handsome dividends.
 But, admitting that failure at the Sterling is within the range of possibility, the free gold ledges in the eountry-among which are the Big Bug, the Accidental, the Mont gomery, the Tie-Tie, the Pointer, the Jose phine, Yalenciana, and scores of others can be worked with profit when sufficient people come here 10 drive out the Indians, or when Government sends us sufficient troops to do that job It Is not lack of resources that has kept us back. It is the want of protection from Indians Had there been no danger from these mountain robbers and murderers, the population of this county would, to-day, number not less than 10000 souls. whereas it does not now number 5000. What is true of this county, is equally so of the others. ! In citing causes for the slow growth and backwardness of the Territory in development, men may, at times. trump up other causes, but like an untruth in religion, politics, ] finances, or any other abstruse science, tbe mind will not, cannot, believe these caus- es to be the real ones, and it is impos- sible for one acquainted with the previous history of this unfortunate Territory, to i'm agine, for any great length Of time, that any other cause than tine indian cause is account able for our baekwardness, mishaps, and ! heart.rendings. Mood over it as one will scrutnize it as you may, the sole responsi bility for the state of the Territory, past and present, is directly trnceshle 10 Indians and Government. Had we not been scourged by Indian wars, rent in twain by political dema sornes-agents of Goyernment--mene eoalt have gone out, prospected the country, founc l rich mines and worked them. Freghters coulc have brought us supplies for much les price than they have or now do. Emigra
 tion would have come and settled with us and the country would contain thousands O
 domestic animals.
 But, even should every mine in the Terri
 tory prove a cheat, the stubborn fact exist
 that one-half the area of this Territory is tn
 best grazing country upon.the Pacific Slope
 That great portion of this half is covere'
 with timber cannot be disputed, and that ! ES,S,tii.y portion os 1t l. capable of prcdocin
 corn, wheat, oats, potatoes. cotton, sagal } grapes, etc, is already proven and cannot D : disputed. Knowing these facts, we feel sai , in propheeying that in less than five year railroads win cross our Territory, and Arizon will be, next to California, the richest, an } most important geographical division upo this coast. All that she wants to mak 5 her fil the bill is the railroad, and that wi s snrely come, bringing with is population
 capital, abd everything necessary to make ( , this long neglected Territory a great Stat We pray California, the East, every portio ? of our common country, to take the matter i hand, agitate it, press 1t upon the Nation. l i Legislature, and never rest content until th
 engines of the Kansas Pacific Railway tr; verse the country between the Missouri rive and San Francisco, dragging in their trai ! the products of the rich country borderin l the 35th parallel, and opening to civilizatio D a country capable of furnishing homes an producing food for millions of people.
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 !, A VERY SIcKLY PLAcE.-A recent priyai c letter :Eoas s gentleman of Tucson to Esi. ''