The weekly Arizona miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1868-1873, 1869-11-13

aging il could not save the gold and silveri
and the stakeholder, who never saw the
country, and knew nothing of the cause OF
failure, became dishcartened, and the mine is
abandoned and left to decay. II mining could |
be conducted with the same economy that |
the merchant conducts his business, or the |
farmer tlls his fields, failures would seldom |
occur. But our eastern friends who have |
sent some capital for investment here, seem |
10 break loose from all the well established |
principles of doing business, and adopt a new
system for mining. Instead of selecting a
man TO open their mines and erect their ma
chinery, who is experienced in the business,
and has established character for integrity,
they either send some one they want to find
a place for, who is incompetent to be placed
in charge of business there, or the relative OF
some influential stockholder, or perhaps in
some instances, very good business men, but
invariably none of them know anything about
mining, or machinery for the reduction OF
ores, and their education proves very expen-
sve for the owner, and results in incalculable
injury to the country.
Laboring under all these Disadvantages,
still we have to-day in successful! operation
one of the best paying mines on the Pacific
coast-the Vulture, at Wckenburg. The
| Apache Pass mine, at Apache Pass, is just
starting, with equally favorable prospects of
! success.
The mill at Big Bug will in few days be
| in successful operation with an ineXhaustible
| supply OF ore before il, and practical tests
have demonstrated that Mr.. Heslep, who is
| in charge, has overcome all obstacles, and
| that il will soon be numbered among the
best paying mines on the coast. The same
may be said of the Sterling. visited it
few days since, and was impressed with the
excellence of the machinery, and also with
the regularity of the lode, and the large guam
titles of ore it contains.
say to you, not for the purpose Of crea-
ting false hope, to be Of good cheer; as sure
as the sun rises and sets, the day of your
prosperity is dawning. Arizona has seen the
| worst, her immense wealth cannot lie dor
mant much longer.
Now 1 will for few moments give my
views of what is necessary to be done to give
safety and security TO life and property, and
prosperity and happiness to the people The
first great evil that overtops and underlies all
our misfortunes is the hostility of the Apache
Indians.
No country on the face of the earth has
been more sorely afflicted than Arizona, and
no people have ever endured the dangers and
hardships more heroically. The farmer is
obliged to carry his rifle with him at every
step he takes through his field, while his
brave wife guards the house and family. The
miner cannot sink hole, without guard
standing over him to prevent his being shot
in the back The merchant is constantly in
danger of losing his goods, while upon the
highways. Scarcely q day passes that an
attack is not made somewhere in the Terri
tory, lives sacrificed and property stolen and
! destroyed. If our friends and relatives in the
older States could only appreciate the dan
gers and suffering we have 10 encounter, O
unanimous demand would go forth in thunder
tones TO give us relief, that would make the
national capitol speak. They read the his
tory of the early settlers Of America, ant
their blood curdles at the atrocities Of tn,
,, sayages. They shed tears Of sympathy ovel
the torture of men at the burning stake, til:
slaughter of innocent children, the murder o.
capture and worse than death of noble, brav,
women; but they do not seem to understand
that their countrymen, their own relatives
are here subjected to-day to the same scene
, of horror, and that brave people are actu
, ally being swept away, nobly striving to sub
1 due a new country, and add a new State I,
I, the galaxy Yet such is the solemn truth.
have not the record at hand TO show exactl,
what our loss has been during the past tel
years The record was made up short tim
,, since Of all those killed, wounded, and mad
captiyes for the past eighteen months, il
q Pima county, and it was found to numbe
one-ninth OF the adult population Of tn
= county, and probably larger portion of thci
property has been stolen or destroyed.
: presume tho TccoTca, IN .his county VII, sto,
an equally bloody register, and perhaps NOR
. so.
4 The question now arises: how are the In
!, dams to be subdued l answer only by con
!. quering them by force of arms. The Apach
z Indian wants no peace, he has lived by mur
!, der and plumber for centuries. The old Ate
/. ruins that you find all over the country
e prove that this country was once occupied b
A them, the extensive ruins of large houses, {
!, forts, and bitches for irrigation, prove, tina
: they were an industrious and intelligent pee
4 pie, but they have all passed away before tn
q rayages Of the Apaches, and no record nor
: living soul is left to tell the story of thei
/ suffering; nothing save those silent, broke
, walls remain to tell us that such a peopl
!, ever lived. The Apache is confident that
N similar fate awaits US, and it now remains
# be seen whether great and powerful gov
h eminent that has recently passed successful
a through the most sanguinary war of moder
\ times, that commands the respect, or fear, {
;. all the nations Of earth, is going to leave
II portion of her people 10 share the same fate
: / hope and believe not.
A The Apache Indian is the most cowardy
!. and at the same time the most dangerous an
> difficult to conquer, of all the Indian tribe,
d He never attacks except he has every adyar
y tage on his side; he takes little or no risk {
d his own safety; he conceals himself in tn
; rocks by the roadside, and shoots his yictir