The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-08-05
RESOURCES OF ARIZONA.

extreme southwest, inhabited by savayc ln- dians and barbarous whaes" who occupy their time in shying each other in'tiserimi- nately and reviYng all the horrors of war with the tomahawk, brand and revolver, but little is known of Arizona by the people ot the Atlantic States. Nor have we Co extend our view beyond the Rocky Mountains to find
 whole communities who are absolutely ig- norsnt As regards its adaptation 0 the wants, comforts and enjoyments of civilized life. Letters reach n. every week-some from the States and many from the osher Territo- res-asking information--priyate advces- regarding the prospects toT immigrants. l While we would recommend our correspond ents 10 draw their interrences from tbe MFyrR--which circulates throughout every State and Territory of the Union-and can assure them that they will meet with hu disappointment if they bat weigh the reports we give and be guided accordingly, we will here make few comprehensive remarks which will be to their advantage 10 read, who wish to learn something regarding the resour- ces of this Territory:
 The mines of Arizona are certainly the most extensive and probably the rieEest :n the known world. These consist Of gold, silver, copper and lead, scattered, as it were, at ran doYn, from Nevada to the confines oi Mexico and again from New Mexico to the Colorado river. Indeed there is no tract of country, of any considerable area, vi thin these bOun. dAries, which has ever been explored, m which has not been di,cuv cred ledses of gold and silver Of these such as happen to be located in the neighborh,od of towns and set
 dement's have been partially developed, and many are st present giving employment tO l large numbers of men but thousands of ! lodges located far away in the interior, and known to be enormously rich. numerous pla- cer miues, removed from any source Uf pro- tection against the hostility of Indians, for those who might engage in the working of them, remain undeveloped and, in many in-
 stances, have never been thoroughly explored
 The prospective greatness of Arizona. as a
 mining region, will not be questioned by any one who has ever visited her mines. and many
 able writers have, after personal observation, i reported upo': her mineral res"nrrcs--prOml-
 nent among whom are Sylvester Mowry. F. ! W. Raymond and J. Russ Browne. The last
 named of these, in his official report on the
 mineral resources of the States and Territo-
 ries west of the Rocky Mountains, says of 1 Arizona:
 To be understood and appreciated, Arizona must bc taken q whole. Those who know il l only as the tIadsden purchase" those who have no knowledge of more than the Colorado river
 district. or who are familiar with only the central l and northern regions cannot form q correct idea ofits resources and capabilities.
 Then, after descanting. at length, upon the character of the various mines of goli and silver. the writer concludes his remarks by
 stating that "the country is pre-eminently
 mineral bearing,n timber abundant and
 "grazing excellent tr-which statements tin.
 Arizonan. of to- day know 10 be correct and
 just.
 It is true that mr-h the greater part of the hidden wealth of Arizona exists in her rmincs,
 yet her agricultural resources are not, by any
 means, of an inferior order There IS not in
 the whole Territory single perennial stream
 along the banks of which do not exist thou
 sand Of acres of arab.e land, which, for ferti.
 ity of soil, will challenge the competition of
 the most favored spot on the globe. The val
 leys of the Salt River, Gils, San Pedro and
 other streams yield two crops snnually-a
 crop of wheat, or barley, harvested in May and June, followed by a crop of Indian corn wh,ch is harvested in September These valleys are, therefore, prc-eminently produc- . tive of grain, while gardening Is an industry , that may be pursued without in,ermission
 throughout the year. Thus far, but feeble ] cIltfL Dtcb Hldue rONdru tllt CultlFailOn , Of fruit trees yet at no point in the Territory where the effort has been put forth has it resulted in disappointment Peaches have 3 been successfully cultivated in the valley of
 the Santa Cruz, but with still greater success farther north, m the valleys of the central district. Neither the orange nor the grape
 has yet been introduced to any extent worthy . of consideration here, although the latter grows wild along the banks of the San Pedro
 tiia and Salt rivers, in abundance, and may be found in smaller quantities in the valleys of all the other perennial streams. IL is ow
 ing entirely to the unsettled condition of tho , country, maintained by an unremittng wal carried on by the Indians, that the introduce tion of these new and important sources o wealth has been thus neglected. There is nc z reason, known to theory, why the grape, tht
 orange and the lemon might not be cultivated in all the valleys of the southern district
 where the climate and the soil are similar tC
 those of Sonora, Mexico, which State produ I ecs all these in the greatest abundance. Ex n pertinent has proven these valleys well adapt
 ed to the production of cotton, while tht ! sugar cane grows therein as luxurlantly a
 anywhere in the Southern States, Both cot b ton and sugar, we have good reason to expect n will some day constitute very important com ' modities among the exports from Arizona
 The system of irrigation by artesian wate
 is destined to work an important change il
 the agricultural features of ihe Territory f Nothing beyond an abundant supply of wste t | ia parosSarv to radno,u nur yos, r,.so. Sr,,y