The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-05-01
Arizona

Tn it's annual review Of mining matters. Ihe Commercial Herald, Of Ssa Francisco, says of Arizona:
 While the entire southern ard western DOT tions of ths Territory are tnown to abound in both the precions and useful metals, and while vast sums of money have been invested in the mines there. directed to the procurement oi mills and prosecuting the work of their explOlta- ton, Che whole country remains In backward staie--mining interests generally depressed. aud the most of the mills running at intervals or standing wholly idle while the annual product of bullion, never large, has for several years past remained at about a stand.stili. In expla- nation of these untOward results, it must be stAled, that. while some difficulties and delays have been caused by ibc hostile attitude of the Indian tribes inhabjting that region, tbe prnci- pal cause is to be found in the great cost Of trans pOriation. the prevailing high rates of labor. 6 scarcity of forests for afIording fuel and lumber supplies and the great heat of the summer eli mate, joined with the notoriously dry and barren character of the country. To the foregoing there should. in the matter of quartz mining, he, per haps. superadded good deal of trouble in the management of the ores, which. below the level of permanent waters. are found 10 be highly snl- phUratcd In the face of these obstacles, mining pursuits though pushed with much industry. have, as 2 general thing. failed to prove renun- erativc throughout all parts of Arizona. though it is claimed hy those having good opportunities 10 judge. iha, a more hopeful condition of things rests in the immediate future, some improvements having already been made.
 ''The principal gold mining both placer and quartz, has thus far been confined 10 the several districts around Prescott. the chief town Of inc Territory. where over thousand miners have found employment the past summer, about one hith of their number having been engaged in the placer diggings.
 Near the Colorado River are very extensive deposits Of copper and lead She latter too remote from market 10 be at present available. and the former not worked since the great falling of in the prices of copper ore tha. occurred few years ago.
 The above, like everything that has emanated from the same source, regarding our Territory contains some truths and some unlruths True portions of the southern and western portions o Arizona contain no forests are notoriously dry and barren. and, withAl, ho,,r but why. in God, name not tell your readers tha; most of ,hS northern half of the Territory Is well watered timbered and blessed with a fine climate. Even the sections spoken of-the south and west have mountains and valleys covered with timber summer and winter rains, and for barrenness cannot compare with Southern California Th' Indian has been the bane Of this Territory. wer, | it not for him, mills would be idle in any sec tion of the Territory to-day, labor would b. cheaper, and the cost of transportation one-hal less than it is. We have the mines, the timber the water, the farming and grazing lands, in fact everything necessary to make Arizona a secon' California but. until the Indian s sabdued, thing will have to go slow.
 That the annual product of bullion has fo several years past remained 8, about stand still, 7 Is not so for we know of one mine in thi county that in the past year has added abOu slOO,0O0 to the ancient product