Arizona citizen., 1877-08-25
THE CITIZEN.
SATURDAY., AUGUST 25, 1877.
Arizona.

Under this title The Enterprise Of Virginia, Nevada, gets off the follow
 ing article Excepting 8 few uninten itional errors, it is a fair presentation
 of the Territory's capacities. The rail.
 way is not mile thIs side the Cobra ldo river The McCracken and Signal mines much more than 100 miles above Yuma The two rainy seasons apply
 to nearly all of Arizona. Enc Colo
 rado or Yuma Desert Is In California.
 With these remarks, our readers are presented with the kind words of The Enterprise;
 l By the end of next year Arizona will
 be a formidable rival to Nevada in the iproduction of precious metals In another column of to-day's Enterprise
 will be found a description of the fa- nous Santa Rita mInes, in that Terri itory. We have before us description of the Orc Blanco mines, eighty miles south of Tucson From this description it is evident that the mines of Gro BlancO are as extensive and as rich as in any district in Eastern Ne vada. Around Prescott are a hundred | rich mines, or rather prospects, while ! the McCracken and Signal mines, a little way from the Colorado river and about 100 miles above Yuma, are be- leved to be quite as extensive and as rich as was the COmstock from the Ophir Co the Belcher in 1859 4 man who left the McCracken on the 2Sth of July, says there is ore enough already exposed in the mine tO pay the nation al debt. Of course he dId not mean that literally, but said 1t to give an idea of values which are measureless. The Southern Pacific railroad extends now some forty miles beyond the Colo rad1. and will before New Years day. reach Tucson; or rather, we believe, d point north a few miles of Tucson The want of steam communication has kept Arizona deserted region thus far That is all to be swiftly changed So soon as machinery can be carried there, and other material necessary To
 
 be mills and furnaces erected and the shipment of bullion will be as steady as IL now is from Nevada, and proba- bly,, after a couple of years more, these shipments will swell to almost the pro portions of the present Nevada ship ments. Moreover, Arizona has vast extent ot rich and, as yet, unapprOpri- ated soil In the valleys of the GIla everything will grow luXuTianlly which California now produces, the only need being the turning of the waters 10 ir- rigate the lands. This will not 5e a difficult matter, and will be stimUlat- ed by the prospect of raising twice as much per acre as can be raised ln the colder valleys of Nevada As a range tor stock, Arizona Is already acknowl- edged to be a most favorable country. In places wells have to be dug. as Wa ter is scarce during few months in the year. The Gro Blanco district is 50 far south that it. like old Mexico, has two rainy seasons-one from Feb ruarv to May and the other from June until September Though the heat of the Yuma desert and interior Arizona is intense in the summer. Southern Arizona is blessed by a gulf breeze, and this letter says no very warm wealth CT has been experienced this year. For a man who has a few hundred dollars and who is willing to rough 1t for a few years. we know of no country which offers so many inducements as Arizona