, 1877-04-24
Gambling NTH Pertaue.~piftI Dsllarf Hsrth 4
Cid Grab Staked ~ tke bists5erI
Of q BtlaaIa.
Everybody in Arizona Interested IN
Nine, and = Prospective Mill
ionaire.
A Visit to Prominent Mines
Placer Gold Mining.

HlCH luEIl TIC C1lsci part o4 Luc EeaauEuCE HUI
business portions Of the other places I have
Ftsftcd. Most Of the houses arc OF brick and
wood, Two aul thrcc stories In height, solldly
and with good architectural taste.
'ecscutt Is situated In = valley, surrounded By
whose s!dcs arc clad with heavy
.rowth Of tall pines. Ito green bills, pro-
1uctiTc gnrdens, md cultivated fields arc
n pleasing contrast With some Other parts Of
Arizona. The population is, l should Ray, nearly
'r quite 3,000. II IL growing rapidly, as the
|crtic valleys adjacent md tue mining districts
round about arc filling up. To Eastern and
Northern people tho climate and surroundings
II Prescott possess more natural attractions than
most other places In tho Territory, tboughthe cx-
tcnstun Of tue Southern Pacific Railroad will work
a great change most likely In tue southern part,
bringing In entcspr,stng Americans who will
gather about them tho comforts md luxur!es
the MextcanB know not OF. Prescott Il 155 miles
cast Ut tue Colorado River Adult ~ miles north
cast Of Yuma, and about the came dfstancc north
west u Tucson. It Is U, ,6U icet above tue sea-
lcyc1 Surrounding anil tributary to Prescott
arc q humber Ut small fartulng, mining,
mud numbering villages, Which aro growing
s'narty. The toH1l j. Of only four or iiyc
years. gruwth. and until recent ly-sfnce thc sub
Indian IIostilitics. Nuw, happily, thosc troubles
arc over, md, with tho rapid settlement oi the
country Incident ~ tho
nIcu ulnERAr. DISCOVERIES
hcrcaboute, Prescott must increase rapidly in
and have ru doubt will give Tue
sot,, Yuma, and Florence lively raco Tor tho
first plact in sizc aud Importance. Prescott IL
nut far enough north to liaso cool climate,
though II does sollctilues hare light falls Of
snow In winter, aul occasional frosts. The sum.
mcrs, too, do not attaln tu that extreme mud
lonR.conlfnued heas experienced iu tho southern
part Of tho Territory. From . report Of tue
Signal setvics Department for the Ysar 1873 Of
ads nd tsst Gap ha codest osIs psaf a1
wa IN January, when the Thermometer
stood 10 deg. above zero. The tnean te,uper-
ature Of that month was, however, q deg.
The hottest day was in July,I;1l3 deE.,-but tho
lIesldents suy tho climate Is delightful thc ycat
rounl aud very healthy. Tho mountains Ut
Yavapa! County will furnish an almost inex;;
hausttble quantity OF tho very best lumber and
h. st nw 20 uae q
aro lacking. as well Al mills for tts manufacture.
bcvctui mills and sasl and bilnu factory hare,
however, bccn put Vi, within radius Of several
miles Of Prescott during tue paat two seats.
which yield largely without irrigation. bu. with
irrigation tIlc return Il larger and more
certain. Grain, srgesa1les' and provisions
Of a1! ktnls sufficient ara grawn 10 supply
reasonable. On account Of its fine timber aud
the ruoderate price OF prorisEons, Tho mines Of
this region will be worked at considerably
lighter expense ptoportionasely than In tho
southern, part ot the Territory.
Like tho mines Of tho other districts haYo
visited, find these Of this county
BUT 1urEKrEcTLr DEVELOPED,
and for tho same ruAsotls, yz. waut Of capital,
lack Of mills, and the high eo.t Of tran.por-
Groupings und tho rock brought out Of the
numerous shafts that have been sunk from ten
to fifty feet arc my Indication of tho results
likely to follow thorouK development, tbls
the fatlious mines Of the " Ilopeer end "ulobc"
districts Of wh!rb told you III my Ia4t letter.
The Indian troubles prevented prospecinx tn
this county until acouplc os years since, md
penetrate fat into ths interior. Tor there il
one baud Of treacheEous Apachcs st!lt on tue
hunt Tor white scalps. Yet there Is hardly =
mountain iu at thls great region that has not
been, or Is not being, run over bY proapecsluR
pcctor turns up Id Prescott With reports Of won.
dcriul discoveries, backing up hta statemcnts
with specimens Of very rich orc. OF course
many Of ths stories told have 70 ba taken ean. cum
s1I''f aud hall " wltte1 IL ove! thelr ~ dt.eoSs!,e.,
interest Ia their ''inine" for $25 Or so worth
Of provisions, some ouo ts siTsys found s ready
Ut making fortune out of the "clatm " when
It Ia developed. Many at out prospecloss to
huut groupings OIL shares, 10 to speak. Every
body l,as MI lntercat IN a niue, or wAnts oae.
And who knows but few 10llars' worth OF pro-
visions Invested on
4 TRAINING nPRosrHcTon"
may nak0 one rtcha Thus they argue. True.
stranger things have happcued, but when tue
first exritcmcut has passed away anti mtne.
uwues4 get down to work, presume they will
lind sotne ot tholr "l0cattous :" frauds; uthers
ii littiu account. st!!lt etvtng dus allow
aaee for human eredultty aud gu!llhtltty,
tile fact reIuatns that thta county
(aud these remarks apply to tho whole Territory
rs wcll) hs4 gold aud silver Indications u a.
must unprecedented richness. Every bill aud
mountain In Arizona IL tecm!nx with miaernl
wealth. Nor is this fact recent discovery. 1t
laa been known for ycars, though It llai only
teecn during few Years past that 1t has bceu
posslblc to inyest,g1io the t'prospccts" thor
uuRhly. No section Of our country. not even
the fas-tamel Washoe, eau show such pure rlcll
native deposits. Tha extent of ttrto deposits
arc being investigated, atu 1t will not ba long
before We shall know Ii tho Aslzou4 mInes ase Il
extensive Is tlcyf1re rich.
Ii1aye ylsttctl number Of the most noted
,nlncs In this region apd do not wonder at tho
cuthusiast, of tl.c Owners. They all show
scculitglY large quantities ol very rich oec,-not
aycrauiyy M n,ueh pxy tpu o. the Il Silver kug,''