The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-06-11
Northern Arizona--The True Way to
 Bring it Out"


 IL is almost unnecessary for us to state that the people of Northern Arizona rely, at pres ent, mainly upon the mineral wealth con tained in its hills, mountains and streams, to " bring it out" and cause prosperity to come and take the place so long occupied by dull ness and depression. This being the case, We, who have deep interest in seeing the country developed, might be excused for vanishing the truth regarding its mines of gold, silver, copper, lead and salt, but we think it much better to stick to the naked truth, and never shall pen, ink and types be used by us to deceive anybody, regarding the resources of our section of the Territory. Some time in the past, our zeal for progress and development may have caused us to tinge facts with roseatc hues, but the files of our paper the voice of our people, the great number and richness of our mines. will bear us out in the assertion that the MINER has never yet wilfully lied about the resources of Northern Arizona. The same Is true of the course pursued by us in discussing military and Indian affairs Our purpose has always been to stick, as close as possible, to the truth When murders and robbcries were committed by the sayages, the MINER pub
 shed them to the world, in the face of the fact that many of it's truest friends begged it to suppress the facts, fearing, as they inform ed us, that Knowledge of them would keep labor and capital away from the Territory. In like manner, we have repeatedly been im- portuned to lash the military, for real or fan cied shortcomings, but, being aware that the military were doing everything in their pow CT for the citizens, we thought 1t best to praise, and encourage them, and have done so. We have thought, and still think, that Government has been derilect in it's duty towards our citizens, in not giving them bet ter protection from Indians, better mail faeil- ties. etc, and have not shrunk from the task of making it known, repeatedly, in ear nest, unmistakable language. Nor have we distorted truth in speaking of the agricul- tursi and grazing lands, the timber, climate etc, of this section of the Territory. Far from it. They are all ,hs; we have ever claimed for them.
 By pursuing a different course. we might have lured many poor man to the Territory but the fact is, the Territory has not been, i: not now, in need of poor men. What she stands most in need of is capital-money, tC develop her mines. Were the Indians con quered and at peace with our people, many years would not elapse until they could plac, themselves and the Territory on prosperou footing, for, although we insist that our mail hope for wealth and prosperity is at present and must for some time continue to be, il the mines, 1t is apparent that, in course o time, more wealth wiil be derived from oul pastoral and timber lands than from tb' mines. Knowing this, the wisest, and bes course for our people to pursue, is to use ev cry honorable means in their power to attrac the attention of capitalists to our mines which, although they may not be as thick ol as rich as those recently discovered in Cali fornia and New Mexico, are plenty rich {, pay for working them, and have decided advantage in being situated in countr. where wood and water is plenty, and wher the rays of the sun is not hot enough so pc vent people from working, during the gum mer months In short, in order to "brin, this country outn those who are now here and have stuck to it through good snd evi report, must continue to work like beaver and tell nothing but the truth, the who'll truth, about the resources of their section.