Arizona weekly miner., 1875-05-21
ARIZONA LOOMING UP.

1t gratifies us exceedingly to see ac
 cumuiatlng every day evidences that Arizons
 Is shortly to receive the need of attention te
 which the mineral and other claims of that
 territory entitle her. Gen. Colton correctly
 characterized that section, in his conversation
 with our reporter, as ian empire in itself
 We gave some weeks ago a conversation ha
 by an EXPRESS reporter with Gen. Crook
 Tn which that gentleman, after the most
 mature deliberation, and after having had
 unsurpassed opportunities for forming cor
 rect judgment, announced his belief that ! Arizona would some day astonish the world | by her mineral riches. We have since, at ! different times, interviewed gentlemen of the ripest experience and good judgment,
 and We cannot escape the conclusion that the long slumber of Arizona is about to give place to a splendid and victorious wake
 fulness
 The most experienced prospectors on the
 Paclilc Coast are now giving large measure of their attention to Arizona, and the Green wood and Huapai sections, particularly, seem about to reward the hardy pioneers who have for long time persevered in the faith of their ultimate rich development Such miners as Rains, Stein. Tipton and others, amongst the most trusted and sa- gacious on the Coast, are loud ia expressing their belief that the day is not far distant when the treasure outcome of Arizona will exceed that of Nevada. Of course this is a prodigi0us claim, and to be spoken, one would think, with bated breath, but it is made confidently and without reserve.
 The general idea has been that Arizona is an arid and sterile region In frct, the i'm pressiOn of the outside world is we'll ex- pressed by the common remark that if you 1 were to put down your hand iR Arizona you | would pick up either rattlesnake or a piece | of lava. As illustrative of the Arizona | climate the story has been told of .he | soldier who died at Yuma, went to- place not mentionable to ears polite. but where the temperature is generally regarded as excessively high, and yet who telegraphed back for his blankets. These are fine speci- mems of Western bumor, and as joke they Ire admirable, but all the while large portions 'f Arizona are the most picturesque in the world, other portions are blessed with the inest climate under the sun and still other portions are fertile and valuable on every ground to the agricuturist. Splendid ranges # wooded lands, fine valleys and mines which, when transportation is cheapened, VIII uscount the COmStOck-all these are Tn Arizona.
 Any one who wishes to get definite idea f what Arizona really is would do we'll to cad pr. Bells "New Tracks in North Imerica." It is the most entirely charming escriptive work we have read in an age. nd it gives the lights and shadows more lithfully than we have seen them portrayed sewhere. Dr. Bell was an Englshman, T lrgeon attached to the surveying expedition hich ascertained the first line for the thirty $ 'cond parallel road, and therefore admirably iapted to give an impartial account of ! 'untry like Arizona. Dr. Bell speaks of | le future as in every respect promising. He rites the country up as it is, a peculiar, P cturesque and rich section, which only 7 quires transportation facilities to make it b e scene of great mining activity and c rge bullion production. Taken altogether, | lth its mineral riches, its large stretches of Il able, well watered and timbered country, rizona IS looming up to-day as the best re- tt on on the American continent for young pn of energy and nerve to make their n ark in.-Los Angeles Express. IT