The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-08-26
OUR MINERAL TREASURES.

However bright they have been during the past six months, the mining prospects of this section of Arizona continue to glow with gradually increasing lustre. The fame of the Bradshaw mines has thoroughly electrified the slumbering spirit of the miner and pros. pector throughout all the States and Territo. ries of the Great South-West; and each one of these is sending detachment of her float ing population to take glance at the new Fl Dorado. Some of these dotachmcnts have already arrived some are on the way hjther, and others are organizing at home, prepara- tory to launching forth on the great adven- ture-a tour to the land of the Apache. That in this pursuit they are following something more than sn empty phantom, we do not hesitate to assure all. We have unbOunded and unshaken confidence in the unapproach- able mineral wealth of Arizona, and par,icu- larly in that of the section known IS Northern Arizona This confidence Is not founded upon mere report, but Is firmly rooted in actual observation and practical experience. We have seen thousands of dollars worth of gold washed from suniry gulchss among these mountains. in brief season. at various times, when snow and rain were. haply, more frequent and abundant than they have been during the past two years.
 That VAS the golden age of Arizona as, in those days, miners paid no attention to the silver deposits, so undivided was the gener al sentiment which urged them onward in the mad pursuit of gold Again we have watched the dawn of the silver age ]; have seen the gold fever partially subside, and now we see the silver fever, seated here, pcrcept- ibly quicken the pulse of two States ani four Territories. and gradually extending its influence beyond these. This is not the res ult of idle susceptibility. We, who have the best opportunity of knowing exactly upon what basis rest the exalted opinions enter ta,ned by the people of the neighboring States and Charlottesville it IS well known that we are not prone to exaggera- tion-are not slow to prJnounce it substan- tis, genuine. We have seen native silver shining from every fracture of A rock, and a lode containing a stratum of ore of this character perforated to the depth of 50 feet. This is the Tiger. Again. We have seen rock in dbaniGHcc, which, white it presented 10 ia. tive silver to view. was no sooner submitted to the sction of heat than globules of silver dotted its whole surface. Specimens of thi. character are not confined to the Tiger lode nor to Bradshaw District
 The scknowle leaged wealth nf the Bradshaw mines and the suddenness with which they have raised many poor men to a condition 0 untold wealth. have given to the work O prospecting an impetus which has already produced the best results. New and valuabl, discoveries are reported every week. Treas ures are being unearthed at points wher, none expected 10 find aught of value-nea the main highways and within few miles O town. One of these, the "General Crook lode, sno ice l. e sewhere. IL promises to com pare fayorably with the best mine ever dis covered in the Territory.
 In view of all these facts; in view also Q the fact that no sensible man ever yet visite, this section of Arizona in pursuit of mine who left again in disappointment, we hay only encouragement to offer 10 all who ex perience timid desire to immigrate to ou Territory.
 To our prospectors here we would say tha recent developments have made It manfes that in the immediate neighbOrhood of Pres cott there are undiscovered mines, whic would prove of greater value, on account their location, than any which exist anon the hills, from 20 to GO miles distant Let be your first object to discover and deyelo these and then, as the gradual amelorate condition of the country will guarantee safe ty in further pursuit, the same may-ye surely will-become lucrative, and. at th same time, unattended by the dangers vhic now threaten, and frequently carry away, th life of the ad'enturer, the moment he se his foot upon the brink of fortune.