Arizona weekly miner., 1874-04-17
THE RESOURCES OF ARIZONA
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.s,' ss ,,, ,,rsent and pr6sprciVe mineral aai az I,,.gr4 rssonrvsr sf ,hei ras Ne.is'N '"n"sy, y&,g ycntures the asertou hai the IafnerAlh A ,. well as malice and then states that The ~ | line ,,iwrea California and Arizona is the TSe", Nt,,i. ,'olorsle River uf ths West upon wbo-e Hs'd L m scainlpais sud bargcs c"ntnuHi! py, cnIs.Jj s,j v o.r,aut le commodities iOf 'e iSopir ~ lhs cu'.s.' i,t lssort' Vlo tbahks '" the mnrrH 'uu o'.., ",
 f tLsit 'd.sert' have always faid ior e'eryth'nK s-', t,,. received even fom Chicago The l""srNe 1
 . f ,hi. Coloraio River in Arizona Rra very b,nnu, , Se.p ch @Yii upon which several cnfnIhhEa h"Ne s,l their yes as Irut,et places Co make money ry n, .ne hemp cotton, sugar etc. Near una, N,t.' ,.uuntus hrs' met with. we hnd ID eNsfy I ,, i,. ai tock. carrying g,Ad, silver lead anh Sll", 7 ,,ae |. true of the rver and hs Atifona suV'i
 y fr si-,ap~c oi aboat tO miles Coming e"s, it'n ,he tolotadn the mountass arpund Gna Chy' "hsre ,l. ,f upre s,,id as ktrgp billiard lali. have ife ,psp'ly been dug out, Inss norh ou 'hN hue, " ,..n strike the Cas,le Done Noun'ains wher, ,''n" rer are now employed quarrying ores "H "' ~ many ,s. f fck containing silver and lead 10 sueh 9uAh'
 ,, n, to enable the of said ielg"s p mne n out draw twenty or thry miles to tlS Iivti H",n m s ' carried by water distance Of vO mhes To san y,,sci.oo whef. N s sold s psuht over and above aI
 ,~n.e From hi. place, in thl, dcsert stroll o's' G ..,. lire in nrtheriy difes,ion, ke.re person al
 ,,y. within view Of either lois or placer "o' t vel lead and copper are actually every whe,s ,, rt .,, c,pfer tnne. in the ~orid, those on Whas r,s of the Joorado. passed by, aud hr i,'NeIef so,lv alghis in Mohsvs county, a feS mining disres of v6ich LjeuieBant Wheeler visited Apd Sean oi m e urslminnry report. Lieuicnan Wheeler pron"unced
 h climate of territory the bost and most eh"yab. of .ny portion uf The Great West bu' t-u.i ,n " Ines. assertion, ihe well authenticated prsu o ,,. Territory a few small agricultural patches Vi Nheh h., year yielded l3 ooo O0O poaud. of wheat barsy and r ihoI~and. of bushels of sweet and lnsh rpt''"es t,r. cabhages and othe, vegetables in immsns- quan' | ,it,s and better still slOouuo ln gold sh'ct
 ,.5.r ami lead This ioo in the hrsi year of peace
 i,b s.vsge G.. A ysar ago. th. ApacAes had stolen u.srIv a ihe domestic animals Of the Ierrit'1y now boiss cattle and sheep actually gfsse urn hs and ~ith their herd. of stock are aia. ..ery day coming into the Territory from CsborD" New Mei- , ico ana other places"
 .ni.antate these statements and p subsequent Hrtee publishes a etirr from the Hon. R C. MeCofmick dele. Wheeler ln which iho latter dsoains any iniehcn Co iyarage the Territory and states that every year Inns added lis faith n t. mineral and agricultural dsvei
 To the charge of malice by the MINER need make no reply for readers in ArEona well ss n every other of our Western Territories know that wc have .eadEaEIy advocated iheir interest. all times, and especially wish Arizona and t- people prosperity To the charge of inorance we answer that the w,sr h probably much, and persg- far more cf Anx0na and much of i,s mineral and agricultural re-
 either inc editor o tbs Prescott MINER of Lieut. confined either inc Colorado River country the vicinity Of Prescott a line of survey extending simply fron the Mohave region to Camp Apache. And knowing A,rooa as be de. th. writer enabled to speak h Of Inc country south of the Ga river vs well as that nor,e Of i The mineral resources of Arsoua are un. surpassed H ubequaled by those oi any State or Territory n the Union We believe tha, the Cofnsioch lodes o future wi be developed they have been within her limits The mountains contain more richer gold and silver bearing veins than any section of the the continent In saying this ue do not d.pa,aee Montana, Idaho Utah, New Mexico Wyo- ming Colorso for they all have their mineral dere- Opment still In ifs infancy.
 A to ihe Apsehes and the question of their pacific s' tnle we take issue with inc MINER aud fum Tersona experience sate that erc be that they will to be hostile 90 bong uf them can bcnd bow. Even while the sdpT penning hs article Co prove that the Hualpais pence ami insisting that ihe traveer could Jps usmOlesied irn the Colorado to New Msxoi and rom Utah Co the scnora line tho sa9 Carlos reservation deserted and he Hualpas added another their already numerous erires by the massacre of five persons old Camp Grant Captain lissiions command b scouting n the San'a Teresa Mountains n.r the head hfavayya and Ony recently had skrmi.h with The Lieut. faehs st ths same hoe
 ackei and destroyed another ranchsria ndian vlage Cartsn Isan.inI has just ss,aoked band Of ATsehss wbch had been radug uTou the settlers near Florence and killsd eleven and captured thirty women and eh drsn. There is ret from the entnnands of Rice Babrack. scouting sfter A1acbes Lieut. schuyler with sn0her ra1y is scouting the Final and Meseal mo.ntsip On the pishi of feh 2 the ladiaHs aaeked Stiles ranch FIorvDee and cuRg fhrougb the oa the ssh Subsequently, .ssy sss k- Rsgm. rancs and stll later stole n",neef oi h"rses iec,s Of comment at the pr~ssst time and tive the idea d pssiksd Apa<hcs Each recurring winter seah ks ,bs past ten years hss witnessed the same rsuchsrss while the cold weather lasts Ths 0f Inc enables tbe soldier the hnut thsu
 seas,se Wses then plenhfol During the summer the
 nounsssns and valleys of Arizona rarity and while the indHns hon long acquaintance io-s for supply scouting parties fbd it dculi obtain and hsnos during the dry season forego expedtIons The Apschcs differ materially their habits from the naisss which inhabt the plains. They do s mounted and on tbis account they exceedingly hard Co capture t kili for in mountainous country can core with tce much better thaa sss. rho is bonet4ck The Apaehes dress principally n close fitting cults of bscksIn when tbey dres. a and article of diet
 s The roasted Toot of the nescs variety of The s iesenhes ihe beet b1t contains Hhrous matter and has sweet taste. These Indians are an amaIgA mated race having aqunc features sta,ur. are of medlnn size They much lighter eJsOred than the nsighborng tribes the Cocapahs th. Yu.s .hs Pima. tbe Mareopas the paJngos and the Ot~:ahs When the 3esni's held controi of Mexico so her limits. ~ these other rbcs brought under the sway of fher religious influence but the Apaeh.s were neve re dacsd % su3ee'on Their peculiarly savage afirhates owing 10 the DoeiT of IBdiau blood in their veins and her light complexion and unWonied intelligence 10 Ae fact of fber constant inf.rmarriAge with Spani.h vr.en whom they have captured Macy of them speak sfs years have thsy eOnssnis6 utsn re-eryaops sad then, only to leave them when suited their couve. nfo ten Or more distinct tribal orgas;,s. tons among the powerful of which the Paals u CoyoerBs the TOnios the Mescaleras the Huaipais add the Nohaves. Each tribe has it. chief aDd ihey fgt their own battles Only daring past six year.
 Avs expeditions against them been ssces..iu and evsa during that time they have killed ten white every death in their own ranks They fight openly but always resort to the smbuscade do they oen make rrht sifae The yity of the troops has made them i<s hostile and without good reason do the people of Arsona nltirtaia ba; fl the policy of Generais Deyn aHd Cnok be persevered a ultimately ths Apaebes may bfsagh, that fheis ~eIia~ ooass is other s,ocatas n@n Killing ssefs and erngraas Should the sssiisefn Pseihc Railway be built ii mast ArSosa, this wn9id lend o reduce the Aaches ast the presence of aoomotve in other portions Of country has tended to Indian sujecfon The rush and a railway en mnskstry.
 We have already stated that tho mineral rssorees of Anzona are unsupassed. May of the mines been atsndoned because work could prosecuted in the sce of constantly anticipated attacks Nowhere except along the Colorado river s the miner traveller safe Tse neighboTboad of tie YulsiFe mine which not s. ply lode, but mountain of collaborating quartz has had its tragedies in which young Iorns ayed snch melancholy part The Harris and Nontana lodes at Apha Pass part 0f their history chrosce he na. s@sss A Colonel stoss and hs party ghiie carrying teir hrs gold brick to Tucson for a eelebraon The ianyns sosry mine the Lee Scott mine Tucson and oth. es la every portion of the Territory have baea alandon s becu.1 Uo force of miBers could be found to work ,hey1,. exteen@ every mornen. that her bodies would beeosns the recepl s If an arrow bullet. The ores al Arizona iBcIrie ne.y sh those known the mner. a,st asd what is of qnil ss much sgnheaDcs Almos. all of those carrying gold ssT are 'raetabIs con. ianinK fewer saiphufsts thaa inc o@s from more north Enes The Territory l. literaliy network of gold silver and copper yeizs There also p>oeI digEings which could be worked proht were Ii no, r inc ia essths arr0w. At various points ruins Ol sin in camps where fe Jesuiis and abor before them extracted gold and silver.
 The climate 0f ArixoBa has not attracted the attention that dessfves but inyaids will ultimately find that if la fhs relief hasen for sufferers from hrOuah. aad rll,na safy diseases. Ahz'na furnishes stgn.spbefe s dr any region north of it and has the AdV anige , o fl Valtft ftnda