The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-07-13
OUR MINING.
Arirona's Monthly Yield In Bullion.


 
 ! From the most reliable information au, ! from close observation of our gold au,
 silver shipments, We tind that the aggreSat. from the whole Territory amounts to abou
 S210,o00 per month, or three and quartet
 millions of dollars annually. and all iron
 a few of the mines of winch the owpers ar,
 fortunate enough to have capital whcrewltl
 to work them to limited extent. Pimy
 county. with it> innumcrabic deposits Ol
 rich silver, iS only being worked by very
 few mining men, and We may easily est
 mate that not more than one out of every
 six of her metallic bodies of orc are being
 disturbed by pick and drill, still there iS
 being shipped from within her silvcry bog-
 ders al least S40.OOo in shining bars monthly.
 Pinal county. although comparatively in her
 infancy so far as mining k concerned. al-
 ready ranks foremost in her shipments. The
 King. worth millions, iS yielding up from
 the lS0-foot level gliStening nuggets oi pure
 metallic ore, whica only require the stasp
 of the mint 10 make them negotiable. The
 Globe district, on the line of MarcOpa, a
 little northeast from tho King, has ma
 chinery and unknown quantities of rich
 chlorides. as has the Richland Basin In Ma ricona county. and all that IS required 10
 produce a large yield, from these vaults oi
 nature, Is energy on the part ot the pros pector. Capital is coming into Final coun- ", investments are being made here as in Pima county. and the day is approaching when the ring will come forth from these old dellS and mountains that will rcSound
 like ten thousand Knights of the Vulcan Art playing tunes upon their anvils, or the chimes ot church bells on . Sabbath morn ing in the miliioncd cities of the old world. At least $50.0o0 monthly is being brought forth from its long home of darkness to the light of day and the gaze and admiration otI man. Maricopa county, which has been considered almost entirely an agricultural district, producing flour and other supplies which are necessary to back up other coun- ties that arc, to great extent, mineral m their character, also has its share of mines and good ones too. The Rowe gold mine, the Cave Creek, and other mines of gold that are scattered through the different sec ticnS. to say nothing of the grand old Nul
 ure, are producing largely and with in ferior facilities Maricopa may toe rank ed as good in minerals. besides being the leading agricultural county Tn the Terri tory. The Nield now k about $20,000 per month. mostly from the Nuturc, below Wickcnburg Yavapai and Mojayc are taking the lead in mining. More ma- chinery is being brought in and erected, more mines opened and the yield Is much in excess 10 that of any other portion ot the Territory From the line of New Mexico on the east, to ihc Colorado Oa the west, q distance of 800 miles, hardly foot of ground exists but what contains the pre- Cious miniralS. The two counties are ship ping nearly equally. say SlSo,000 per month, and from about ten lodges. while should we count up the whole number of leads in Ia vapai and Moiave, we would have a grand total of ten thousand leads of gold and silver. What may we not expect when these countless number of mines shall hc dealt with according to what nature has in- tended them for with thousands of quartz mills. the stamps of which will cause a noise equal to the thunder from the skies, with the hundreds of thousands of busy beings whose business 1t will be to maripu- late these mills ut wonderful magnitude. ! and the thousands upon thousands of tons oi metalifcrouS ores undergoing a change from q dormant state to one ot lie and ac tivity, We predict great and grand future for Arizona. which has been redeemed from the hand of the trcacherouS Apache by the blood of the pioneer. Yuma is producing about twenty thousand monthly, but will increase largely with the advent of ma cmnery and miners. We will, should few years be yet allotted Us on this green plain. behold poor, lGile Arizona giant in popula- tion and wealth. IL will not then be as now. a monopoly holding the keys to our doors. but they will be thrown open and will traverse our land North and South, and the Southern Utah will call ai our portals and greet us on her southern course to the harbor of Guymas.