The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-12-27

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inc state Che facilities for transport
nll1n and tho protection from In
dams which railroads give Nor
wosld tho Indian territory or Now
Nntco Gail IN eontrIbntn hrgaly,
ana lhe completion OF tho two roads
90 their Junction would add onor
mourly 10 lho supply ofauimal food
nnd oheapon tho cost to tho eastern
consumer,
In portions Of Toxas, and under
iro mild climate OF Now Mexioo,
wool can BIO grown ms ohenply ~ In
Australia or on tho ppmpas of South
America and Of similar character
Lacllng transportation for their
products, and exposed TO the exour.
slons of the sayages, the aotllers of
New Merico have done little more
than TO provo tho wonderful adap,
ton of that region, In climate and
grasHos 10 shoep-culluro with
ponce Nul rIlronds, that territory
alone will ~ lar 10 supply tho do.
mNnd for those qualities Of cheap
foreign wool which we imported in
1873 ut q cost Of moro than twenty
millions, This supply moreover
viii afford rollof aud permanent
basis TO our wool manufacture, now
40 greatly embarrassed in part by
the lack Of such cheaper woods TO
use In mixture with moro costly
qualities Of domestic production,
Moro than n century ago tho
SpaDlards knew that there wcro In.
eShaustiblo minos OF wealth in
Arizona and New Mexico, The
same mountain ranges traverse those
territories which, in Nevada and
Colorado, to tho northward, now
yield over thirty millions yearly,
aud which, in TIE Mexican states OIL
chihuahua, Sonrra, Durango and
Sloaloa, according TO Humboldt and
Ward, contain "tho greatest mineral
treasures Of Mexico and "hold
out, wherever they have been tried,
a promise Of riches superior to any
thing Mexico has yet produced
Close TO our border, near III Paso
and ut CorrOltos, are the richest
mines ever known in chihuahua,
though Santa Eulalia, in that state,
with tho rude methods of the las,
century, yielded u hundred millions
during the century, and, in single
years, nearly two millions Guars-
may in Durango, also yielded over
thirty millions in twenty four years
BIT since the revolution and expul.
sion Of the Spaniards, there has
been Mother peace, order protection
against savages, nor enterprise in
northern Mexico. The same noun
tainious walls which contain the
precious deposits shut in hatregion,
so that its supplies are obtained aud
its products moved only AT great
cost Tho development of New
Mexico and Arizona has been pre-
vented by the Same causes. Yet in
both territories many mines are
now worked with profit, though the
ores have to be transported hun.
DIRE Is of miles by wagon Gin one
instance seven hundred milcs), and
afterwards long distances by rail or
water. Explorations have proved
that deposits of gold, silver, copper
and lead, as rich rs any in Colorado,
continue across the whole of New
Mexico into Chihuahua. The noun
tain ranges which yioId twenty five
millions in Nevada, and three mil
lions in Utah, pass throuh Arizona,
the ancient home Of the Aztocs
whose massive structures remain to
tell Of their wealth, and are found
to be full Of minerals. A district
covering a thousand square miles
in central Arizona is dotted over
with mines, though the ores pay
500 per ton for shipment to San
Francisco Copper ore from that
territory has this year been shipped
$50 miles by wagon and $500 miles
by sea, and then paid II net return
Of $40 per ton, Many mines in
southern Arizona, which formerly
Yielded ore worth from $500 to ST.
600 per ton, are now idle because Of
Indian raids.
The proposed railway traverses
the southern portion of these terri
tories, close to the richly.cndowcd
but isolated and disordcred MEXICAN
states. Its construction will bring
peace and order on either side the
boundary. TO New Mexico aud
Arizona it will bring development
of wealth, we may readily believe,
cqualing that Of Colorado and New
ada. Even if the settlement Of
Americans in northern Mexico
should .,ot lead to IL peaceabIe an
nexation cl valuable territory, that
region would find it's only outlet for
products, and its only base of sup
plies for food, clothing and machin-
cry in our markets Thus the
opening OF transportation and
settlements through the very heart
of these great deposits of wealth,
which the present route only skirts
on their northern edge, may not i'm
probably double our yearly product
of the precious metals.
The opening of tho vast mineral
ard agricultural resources Of tbs
southern belt, with It's genial eli
mate, under which cotton can be
grown, and the vine yields its richest