Arizona weekly miner., 1874-02-20
From Monday. Daily.I Weather --Mines---The Prospect.

what tHc pcOpc Oi tnis eutlfe kcCtlOU Oi COuD- try have, for ever so long, prayed. At this time, last year, the stream beds of this sec tion of the country were all but dry, while, just now, more water Is rushing through them than miners and everybody else can use. Last year gave no rain or snow to do any good until late in February. This season. snow and rain put sufficient water in the creeks, about December 6, to enable miners to carry on, proftably, the working of their claims, without intermission, up to date And, now, we have good reason for rejoicing over one of the grandest rain and snow storms of ancient or modern times, which storm com menced, with rain, carly on the morning c. the llth inst, and continued until late hour last night. The water which fell, last night, came down in the shape of snow, which is now at least six inches in depth upon the ground, while, in the mountains around town. the depth of snow must be much greater This snow was accompanied by heavy thun- der and sharp lightning, unusual visitors for February, and never before heard or seen by us here, in any other winter save that of 1865. To say that the ground is wetter than at any time since 1SG7-S, is saying but the truth, and the truth, in this case, is sufficient. To further explain to people outside of Ari- zons, we have but to state that since the early spring of 1869 until a recent date, wa ter, which at that date, was high up in wells in valleys below Prescott, kept receding uu- til, in some cases, it fell a distance of about forty feet. Now, however, the water in said wells IS all but running out of their tops, and with our storc-houses, the mountains, filled with snow, slush, etc, with the prospect of several more heavy falls of rain and snow be. fore us, this winter, and, as has been the case after wet winters, immense rainfalls during the summer, the people of Arizona may, with certainty, look forward to prosperous year "a year that will yield good and large crops of corn, wheat, barley, hay, vegetables, gold and silver.
 Never, before, has the prospect for grea, yield of placer gold been as good as it IS at present, for, never before have placer miners been as well prepared to take advantage oi things as they now arc. This will be admit ted when we tell people that Lovejoy X Go are now running three pipes, in their hydrau. lie claims, on lower Lynx creek, while above them, on the same creek, Smith < Marcutt several Mexicans, the Bashford Mining Com. pany and dozen otheir companies, besides scores of single miners are washing auriferou, gravel at rapid rate, the proceeds of which gravel may be seen at any of our stores.
 The same is true of Big Bug, the Hassa- yampa and other creeks. Then the score or more of arrAstras now running Bill Smith'' mill, near Wickenburg, all doing first-rste strengthen us in the belief that Providence will soon make up to us for former mishaps
 The slight scare caused by the breaking out of the Hualpai and San Carlos Indians does not intimidate us since Con Crook Ii still here, to head the ssvages off and reduc' them to proper subjection. Our people mus be cheerful, hopeful, saving, industrious, anc all will soon be well with them.
 Contractors have come to see that unles the masses are well of. they cannot grow rich, and will, we think, so draw up propo sals for furnishing government supplies a will not, ss heretofore, ruin the producer, tn freighter, everybody.
 The Press of the Territory can now pres the advantages of the Territory, and, thersb. aid in bringing here an immigration of fami lies of white people, who will aid in the sub iugation of this wilderness, found free schools churches, and oyerawe the red savages, who's deeds of blood and plunder have in the past caused the country to lag behind most of he sister Territories in the race for improvement