The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-05-08
Prospects, Etc.

Prospects, Etc. Although neither prophet, or the son of prophet, We will undertake to prophecy little regarding the future of our Territory future, we firmly believe, that will bring to her and her people, great prosperity. This prosperity will not come until the Indians are either planted in the ground, or forced, like the Diggers of California to become bewers ofwoed and drasers of water for their masters the whites-wbich, as certain as Fate, they are bound to become in the not very distant future.
 Our reasons for predicting greatness and prosperity for this country are many and solid. She lies on the direct track of the route designated by Nature for carrying on communication between the people of the Atlantic and Pacific seaboaris. There is no disputing this fact; alI-cnernies as well as friends of our routes--must acknowledge that either the 35th or 32d parallel routes are superior to all others between the Alt lantic and Pacific. and the building of railroad that will do most of the business of .t le=s. tgo continents, sis5n one or the other of the routes that pass through this Territory, is but matter of time. Firmly believing our assertions regarding this r,at- ter to be correct and we'll founded, we will pass or to enamerste other agencies upon which we may rely for prosperity. These are, first and foremost, the number and great richness of our mines of gold, silver and coP per. 2d, The great extent and unequaled productiveness of our farming lands. 3d. Our grazing lands. 4th. Our vast forests of tim Der; and fifth, the excellence, agreeableness, and healthfulness of our incompatible climate, or rather climates. There are those, we know, who doubt the richness of our mines, simply because they have not been worked, in general, with success but the causes for failures in developing the mineral resources of this Territory would have prevented the suecessfsi working of the richest mine upon the face of the earth. They have been, lack of means, Indian he~tilities, cost ef ts.aspes- tat:ou, dearness of labor and provisions, and want of knowledge on the part of those who have undertaken the task of working our rebellious ores. Gradually, these difficulties gre being overcome, and we may now reason ably look for success. New machinery and new modes are about to be tried, and those having charge of mines have learned great deal from past experience. Therefore, it is safe to presume that our mining interests will, ere long, loom into importance.
 We base our hopes of the speedy success oi our mines and miners upon the indisputable fact that, within radius of 90 miles of this town, ,shere gre not less than POO good-sized lodes, all of which contain sufficient gold to pay handsomely for working them, and upor the fact that, by the chiorination process they can. most assuredly be worked. Should this mode prove too costly, we have one more process to fall back upon-the Paul and Wood
 "A process we do not profess to understand bat h the saeeess af which we have ncw .h. most unbcunded confidence. Lest some peo pie should imagine that our assertions regar ding the richness of our mines are mere "as sertions," we will cite a fact, the proof O which can be found in San Francisco. Som' time ago Moves < Curtis, two gentlemen wh' nave nauc nAIcAuOu5 Nc fcih Ha~ah h in the Hassay ampa District, worked, at thei min, several tons of ore from the Chase anC Chloride lodes, and learned, after dear exper fence, that they were losers by the operation So, of course, they had to "shut down They were not satisfied with the test mad by them, and to settle the question, MF Moves took to San Francisco, ore from bot the ledges, besides tailings from the Chase and "eoneentration" from the rock of th Chloride. These he had assayed and worke by the Paul & Wood process. The result obtained by assay and working process SUI prised him, and proved to his saind, eonclu