Arizona citizen., 1873-01-11

NO. IA. pany has commenced the building of its road at the eastern end, and al- ready thousands of laborers are em- ployed in preparing the grade and laying the rails thereon. Surveys are being actively carried forward all along the line, and it IS expected that within few weeks, grading will con- mence at San Diego, the western ter minus; and probably before the year closes, grading will begin east and west from the Colorado river at OF near Arizona City. Col. T. A. Scott, the President, has promised that the road shall be completed across the continent n Ices then five years from this time. His established character for energy and success i'll railroadlDg and the financial ability of the com pany, are sufficient guarantees that 1t will be accordingly accomphshed- This road will traverse g. distancs of i over four hundred miles in Arizona will open outlets for our bee and mutton give quick and cheap trans portation for our ores and reduce the cost of supplies, so that mines which cannot now be worked, can and will be made to yield remuneratively.
 The Atlantic and Pacific company has been impeded in its progress on account of the lands in Indian Terri tory not being yet opened up to civili- zation and the progress which attends it however, it is hoped that an early solution of the causes which make this impediment, will be satisfactorily effected, so that the car of progress may move on and the vast and rich country through which this road will pass, may yield of its treasures for the benefit of mankind and furnish new fields for the application of the civiliz- ing arts and sciences.
 The people and government of So- nora, as we'll as the Supreme govern ment of Mexico, are disposed to give liberal aid in the construction of railway from Guaymas, on the Gulf of California, to the Arizona line, with view of & connection with the Texas and Pacific. The countr over which ! this proposed road will pass, is as favorable to cheap construction and operation as the prairies f the West, and contains immense agricultural, ! grazing and mineral wealth.
 MINING.
 Owing to Indian hostil ties, costly transportation and want of capital, the mining interests have not advanc- ed as rapidly as the mineral wealth of the Territory would seem to justify still, many new and valuable discov- cries have been made, and the past two years have more than ever before proven the value and vast extent of l nnr minara1 rnsanrnas The new con- | gresslOnaI mulDg law has 5 reduced the expense of obtaining patents, . that many who have not tle means and regard the risks too gI 5at to at 1 present successfully develop and work 1 their mines, are complying with the ! law and procur1ng titles, " in g. view of postpOuins extensive la7Or until cheaper transportation and better se- curity to life and property are assured. Professor A. Eilers was deputized, in 1870, by Hon. R. W. Raymond, U. s. Commissioner of mines and mining, to collect and report mining statistics in Arizona. He visited the Territory, and by persevering industry, collected valuable information regarding our mines and made very able report thereon. His opinion of our mineral wealth may be inferred from this ex- tract from bis report:
 After -ra construction Of sLe great southern tIaUssontinental raiiv sy, ArizC na will have nothing to fear in regard to its speedy development, axd the mines especially will be foremost to build Up country which so far has been consistently decried by those who do not know or acknowledge the half Of it's internal re- sOurc-s
 Professor Eilers is esteemed as one of the ablest and most reliable geolo- gists in the United States, and his tes- timony to the mineral wealth of Ari- zona is as emphatic as could be de- sired. I would suggest for your con-