The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-07-15
MINING PROSPECTS. ETC.

Lucky lt is for tLis section of Arizona, at this dry time, when crops look sickly ard the hearts of our farmers arc sud, that our mining interest is looking 70 promising But for ,hc bow of promisc that rises from and Is suspended over, our granite hills, should indeed, feel dcectcd. As lt is, We crrc not whether corn comes or not i; only in so far as we would deplore tue loss such calamity would entail upon our farmers
 We know our mines are rich and extensive that sooner or later many of them will be worked with good results, and this knowledge k sufficient inducemcnt for us to toot the old and reliable horn which VIC are vain enough to think, has done good service for the Territory And, we are not the only player tn this footing game, for all the intelligent meu who have come here re. gently, from California, Nevada and Colorado are blowing notes on tbeir horns about our mines accompanied hy richer variations than we or auy other old ArizOuin has ever dared tO produce so tbat it k not to the nature Of things that all this footing should be "souud and fury" No: not much. Despite all this we have spoken with few newcomers who have expressed dissntisf4c. ton. not with the mines or our country; but, Jc. cause thet did not Hud huge quartz mills aud re- duction works pounding aud stcnming away, ln every gulch, a- they say, they had expected to Ind, irotn accounts Of the country which they bad read ln papers published outside the Terri tory, for which accounts, IT. tbcy have ever ap
 
 having, always, told lar less than thc untoileted truth, when speaking Of the immense treasures oi this Territory Now, hoseycr, after the ablcst mining sharp. and experts upon He PaciDc coast have examined our uincs aud pronounced ileit. rich we ivc that we licensed tU peddie all lhe good news wr can, about said miDcr, aud tO draw our bow as long possible. We ike the few growing newcomers heretofore alluded to- are also disappointed in not having more mills aud reduction Norks, but they wii come soon enough and DO ictrs need De entertained from thlt rource
 Our gold min.- cannot be wurkc tO advantage wlth thc machinery now in tue country, and our silver mines were, until quite recently. untouched hy pick or drill, which facts when honestly view ed "i!l 20 Q long way towards exp asBlug tEe Inys- icry Oi SAy there are DO moro mills. reduction work. aud frce bullion in and around Prescott Again, owing to tbe Indians, the great distance i~gwc,n thi- section and thc "Sairs," the rutire absence of raiiroads, and othor rapid modes of conveyance, our Territory has been as g sealed book Co tae cntefprising people Of The Union, 90 that We have, nniiI recently. been unable tO iu- dsce any rlch inan ur mcn Co come nnd look at our great mineral resources, which, for want oi means aud protection agaiust Indians, have lam dormant to our hills, ,-,aiueiess 10 us and every. body c.se. Bul ths tooting we have spoken about, thc millions of dollars of gold lnc bat. tons ci s!!yCr, and the riCb ore we have sent out ui Arizona, have all had their effect. aud now, {, even Horace Greeley, ,-thc great philosopher oi tbe greater Tribune is coming Go sec shai Wc have been blowing about Two Railroads arc also com ing, the cOst ol living has also been reduced l: and wc hope snd expect that the end Of the lndi- an is near ai hand not thai we expect thcm to kill Horace. and thus bring speedy deatraction upon tbe,E bvads.