The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-11-23
THE COMING FL LDoRADo.

ARIZONA THE COMING FL DORADO.
 1t is 10. day plainly apparent that, within the next year, a very remarkable mining de velopment will be witnessed in Arizona. For years that Territory las had to struggle against very embarrassing disabilities. First, there was the savage Apache who. under vicious Indian system, simply put per emptory and etiectual veto on anything like development. The next serious embarraSs- ment arose from tEe onerous rates of trans portation. Only eXtravagantly rich ores could stand the heavy tax involved in a land and water carriage of thousands of miles. Supplies for the mines were also oppresS- lively high
 Now the Indian is under thorough con trol, and such confidence has been eStab- lished in the outcome of the Territory that capitalists are no longer afraid to invest their money in the shape of machinery, which renders long transportation of the crude ores unnecessary. They can now be handled on the ground. Food and other supplies, also, can now be purchased at moderate prices compared with those of a couple of years ago.
 The old distrust of Arizona is disappear ! ing and people are awakening to the truth 1 that the Territory is quite ss rich as Ne
 vada and, many contend, much richer. Nor
 are the mineral riches confined 10 any single ! spot They extend from the Sonora line to ! Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and California. l Of all the promising treasure regions of
 which we have accounts from Arizona, the l Globe seems to hold out the most attrac tionS. Valuable lodes have been discov- | cred there in wonderful numbers. The ores are of very high grade; and, of course, l the district has not yet been sufficiently de veloped to test their permanency, but they | yield such an enormous return to the ton l that mere chimney often contains for tune There is every reasonable indication, however, that these deposits will prove to ! be as permanent as they are rich.
 We understand that a number of our wealthiest business men have turned their
 attention towards Arizona within the past ] few weeks as a legitimate field for mining investment. We are glad to note this fact. | If We desire to share in the prosperity which
 will flow from the development of Arizona,
 We should assist that development. There
 Is no reason why Arizona should not prove | to be to Los Angeles what Nevada Is to San | Francisco. Our policy IS to acquire inter ests there efore they are monopolized from above. Tf,e people of San Francisco are at present so absorbed in the ComstOck that | they can see nothing anywhere else.
 We und erstand that our former fellow citizen, MT. Thomas Gates, returned to Ari- zona auth, ,rized to oreprcsent some of our most enterprisi ng citizens in purchasing eligible mining { erritory. The people of Arizona feel cordi ally towards lis, and we shall be glad to ee the bond of amity strengthened ! I.. Il Should Mr. INatae'a negotiations prove successful, in very | short time Los Angeles capital will be en- gagged in developing the Globe district. ! In addition to the gold and silver mines | of that section, copper aboundS in remarka- 1 ble profusion These deposits are not cnly numerous. but very rich and extensive.
 When we remember the great wealth which
 has been developed by the copper industries of Lake Superior, it will not do to overlook
 the wonderful copper lodes of Arizona.
 There is one respect in which the develop ment of Arizona will be of inestimable ben
 eft to Los Angeles. For some years that
 territory will have many of the features of a
 frontier section. Mining Supcrintendents
 and others will wish their families 10 have
 the comforts of luxurious home and the
 advantage of first-claSs schools They will
 wish to have them within easy distance, and
 our city offers all the requisites for the pur-
 pose in a climate which has no superior
 anywhere. and in natural and artificial beau
 ties which are certainly without rival on
 the Pacific Coast. Even if we should bene-
 fit in no other way, this, of itself, will be a
 considerable element of growth.
 Waiving all selfish considerations, we are
 heartily glad to note the signs of rapid pro- | errpSS in Arizona That territory has had a
 long and greyiouS probation. Had it not
 been for the war, Arizona would probably
 have been traverSed by several transconti-
 mental railways fifteen years ago, and the Central and Union Pacific railways might
 still remain unbuilt. But it is a long lane
 that has no turning, and the turn has at last
 been reached by the land of the sun-be-
 loved maiden. May her progress be pleas
 ant and rapid hereafter, say well. A. l Herald.