Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-30

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|191 pelee~. good work and expedition
~ ~ relied upon at this once.
111ns nevenspneus and Arisena.
h1fe seems to be . general con-
@lo11on nmongst the we'll Informed
tGof the Southern Pacific Railway |
Ulll this fall and winter push out
1n1o Arizona. We still observe,
- ~ part Of persons who have |
oenvolod extsnsively In that Terri
IN, the same contrariety of views
- kass repeatedly had occasion
~ 1ots 10 prospectors and visitors.
During = residence Of very nearly
~ years In Los Angeles and San
Diego counties. In which we have
1nkervlewed hundreds Of persons
- route to and returning from
Arlsona, we have encountered q
eenfradlction ofopinion with regard
u the Possibilities of that section
whioh, while not unusual In min.
Ing districts, was still somewhat
bewildsrlng. Many Intelligent
mon, With substantially the same
oxporlsnce, would reach diametri-
eally opposite conclusions. Our
tnterlocutors included army Off.
cess. scientists, prospectors and
tampa. From one we would learn
that Arizona was unusually rich
il the precious metals, and that all
that was needed to dwarf the treas
oFo output Of Nevada WAS the
chap transpertatlon which would
5bIlew the advent Of . railway. On
~ ether hand, perhaps the very
next persen with whom we would
hold converse, would describe the
territory q An arid, accursed land,
blasted By . sun too fervid for hu-
man endurance-a bowling waste,
in fact, In which one has only to
pat down his hand to pick up o
tnttlesnake OF q piece Of cactus.
AZ . result Of our many efforts to
get at the true state Of affairs, we
are inclined to take . very san.
euine View Of the future Of our
nelghbor. Its agricultural possi-
Utilities are limited and will always
rsmain 90, in the very nature of
thinrs. There is o fine farming re-
zion in the Salt River and Gila
valleys that will undoubtedly be
very valuable some day. Very
likely In the heart of the Salt River
valley, probably At Ph@nix. will
be tbs most populous town in the
Asisoua Of the future. Prescott is
: live and progressive American
town and Is conceded to be in the
oenter OF . very promising mineral
region. Tucson, towards the
southern line Of Arizona, is the
Trading center for the Santa Rita
mines, which promise soon to be
developed with the energy born of
capital, intelligence and sa-
eaclty. Yuma has as her tributa-
rloe base metal mines which sheuld
~ : source of wealth in the near
future.
The distinctive popularity Of
Arizona 10 the number of lodes that
arr discovered all over the Terri.
tory. Many Of them are undoubt-
oliy mere surface chimnies, but 1t
ahould not be forgotten that the
Comstock lode itself was intro
duced to the attention Of the min
Ing world by rich surface finds.
There IL not q mine In the Terrific
~ which has been suuk to
. depth Of more than five
or six hundred feet, and
that is simply no depth at
all. Other mines. whose richness
does not admit Of doubt, such as
the Tiger, are so located that to de-
vslop them would require the ex-
penditurs Of large sums OF money.
The Tiger mine has ledge fully
Gorty feet wide, of exceedingly rich
ore, but 1t IL situated on high
mountain. almost Inaccessible, un.
der the present conditions. To
make , good road to the Tiger, to
sisk : proper shaft and adequately
timber the mine, would req uire an
outlny Of at least half q million
doIlnrs. The Investment Of such
large sums, to develop mining
pfoperties, il not to be expected
until railway extension has brought
Arizona more intimately into the
com mercial system Of the eountry
~ large.
Bat, notwithstanding these draw
backs, Arizona has advanced and
q daily advancing. The records Of
wells, Fargo 4 Co. show, by their
note Of bullion shipments, how
steadily the work Of development
has gone ON. In a twelvemonth
from to-day we fully expect Ari-
sona to rival Utah in her bullion
shlpsnsnts. Wells, Fargo & Co.'s
annual circulars do not show the
fuIl volume Of Arizona's bullion
product, because the service of that
co0pauy BY no means ramifies
over the whole territory, aud much