The Arizona sentinel., 1878-12-28

. pTOUUc6 potatoes, GOTH alU SInal ) grains. The day is not far dis f tant when the orange, lemon ant lime, apple, peach and pear, suga cane, flax and tobacco, if not cot : ton, will be successfully grown il the neiGhbOrhoOd of Phoenix
 Florence, Sacaton and Tucson.
 The mineral resources of Ari
 zona are simply wonderful. From
 one end of the Territory to the
 other it's mountains contain either
 gold, copper CT silver. Almost
 every elevation within it's boun-
 diaries is spangled with cropping:
 of precious metals. Every river
 in Arizona meanders along and lover aurifercus sands. and upon
 every desert waste may be seen
 the glittering metalliferous parti-
 cles. Wherever the boats stop
 along the river they take on either
 bullion, ore or quartz of some
 kind. In Mohave County are the
 Blackberry, Signal, McCrackin,
 Empire and other mines. In
 Yavapai County are the Brad
 shaw, Tiger, Tip Top, Bonitc and
 hundreds of other lodes. In
 Southern Arizona are the Silver
 King, Tombstone, StonewalI, Ari-
 vaca and thousands of other
 mines, districts and locations.
 Now, every word of the above is the plain, simple truth. There
 is no doubt but that there are hundreds of thousands of gold. silver and copper deposits in Ari- zona. And, so far as the silver is concerned, that found upon the surface is incomparable in rich ness. The only question to be settled is, "Ar0 these deposit mines?" l hope they are, and believe very many of them are. l do not know that any of them are. l do know that, with the exception of the surface ore found at Panamint, nothing upon the Pacific Coast can compare with l the ore taken from the StOneWall | and Silver King districts, near Florence, and from the Tomb stone district, near Tucson. l have seen bushels of ore taken from claims in these two lOcali- ties that was too full of silver to crush-that is, the stamps would batter and fatten it, but not pound it into pieces. With the excep- ton of a few claims in Arizona, no developments have been com Dlete. Beside, the lack of facili- .ies of raIl transportation. and the great cost of machinery and arti- les of food, placed on the ground, 10 not give these Arizona mines | fair show. With the Southern Pacific Railroad traverSing the he entire length of the Terri cry, and the establishment of i point at or near Mari opa Wells, for intercourse with Prescott, and other places in lorthern and central Arizona, 7ery little time will elapse before here will be a more perfect in- | touching the mineral esCurces of this wonderful sec | ion than there is at the present V ime. n
 The pleasantest way to travel I trough Arizona, if time is no 0 bject, Out it is, generality is to o harter a conveyance, with a good 4 air of horses or mules. Upon fl Il the roads leading to cities, q owns, military camps, or to e cenes of mining operations, there s' re good and sufficient watering q laces and places to make camp. '- hanks to General Crook, no sav- t, ge Indians at present harrass the 1c 'aveler upon the regular roads. u en years ago no man or small d. ompany Of persons made a days sl 'ip through Arizona in any dI- Ill ,o+iC,y, 4bot +baVy did DOt carry Oi