The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-08-08
MINES, MILLS AND RAILpo.ns IN
 M0HAVE.
MIsKRAL PA,

A country without railroads, ..a or newspapers in these times Of " Id the world in eighty days dontamouni b much, sad that Is Mohsve. Nevertheless we have an sbiding faith ia the mines in this county, and in that faith cannot help feeling it Is good for us to be here, (provided we don't have to wait too long) and that we may not pass entirely out of print and be quite forgotsn, slmm aus enous sh energy snI courage to wnte you this August day with mercury At 95 deg. in the shade, !, snort correspondence:
 The building of the Southern Pacific R. n, has been a great injury to tIis section of Arizona, and we have fc | much discour- cement tacreai. until of late we have now found that the Utah Southsrn Is the Moses fsat will lead us upon better times and c"n dition of things. It w.cosls cents per pound to land goods from Frisco Co Hardy vile, and ceuts from there, here.
 The friends and associates Of Mr. Calver, of Chicago, sIo is here arranging for the future operations ofhis company, have made arrangements to have freights laid down here from Chicago, for s5-9o per e~t, which is e per ton better than we are doing from Frisco, and so soon as the wagon road is opened up via Pierce Ferry, on the Colo rado, freights can be landed here at cents per pound, so now fthis new line is opened up, freights and passengers can reach us as quickly, directly and at less cost, by considerable, than at present.
 Our Supervisors viii probably make an appropriation to open the r, ad from here to Pierce Ferry, aud the Mormons of Southern Utah say that they will make good road on the other side of the river and maintain c good ferry. We are not advised fully oi of the distance from the end of the railroad here, but it cannot he more than 25O miles.
 This road should claim the attention ot Yavapai too, it is coming to Northern Ari- zona, and speed tic day whel we may be liberated from the exactions Of the $. r. K K. Before that road got control of the river boats, we could ship any grade of ore to ID Francisco at cost of S25 per ton, now the Lord of the coast demands that our miners divide, l. c., if the ore is of hig h grade he must pay proportionately for its transportation, so that it costs $44 per ton to ship ore from HardyvilIe to Frisco, such grade as will justify shipment, ore of from $500 to 50O per ton. This policy has had the effect or stopping the shipment "f ore from this county almost wholly. Bat let us get this new theroughfare opened up, and a new era will dawn on Northern Ari- zona. Eastern people who desire to come 10 Ysvapai or Mohave can come direct and not have to pass way south and east from the north and west, to get here.
 While the route over which this roai will pass is not bad country by any means to build road over, yet # will cost several thousand dollars to make it just what 1t should be, No. road. It seems to me that there is nothing that our Delegate can do that will aid Northern Arizona in par ticular; and the whole Territory generally, more than m the securing an appropri' atiou from Congress to build this road. l hope the press will take this subject m hand, and discuss it fully and agitsie the question until it is at least fully considered and settled. The fact that Eastern capi- talists;havc already made arrangements with the Utah Southern R. R., to land freights at this place at 5.90 shows clearly that this is our route; let us get. good road so stages and freight teams can come to us from the end of the road, which is all the while approaching nearer to us, and we shall find ourselves much nearer 10 the wealthy and enterprising East than at present.
 The mill here is pounding away and making about 5000 to Sl2Oo bullion daily, good for 5-stamps. It IS working "Key- stone" and Ithaca" ore.
 Hardy will soon be here, and will resume development of the Fairfield" Mine, on Keystone ledge.
 The Grey Bros have bonded their vaIu- able mines to parties who ars expected here soon. Their Miners Hope" and Blue Bell" mines are bonanzas, ana when worked will prove it.
 John Barry wlll soon be at work on the "CerLat'' Mine with 5-stamps, and con siderable gold is being taken out by arastras.
 Grounds IS taking out nch ore from the sT0m. Lswton."
 Every one that is mining Is getting good ore, and they have to, for with but ore mill to depend on, crushing rates arc high enough, and the miner gets crushed very often ss well as the ore. But the is new. The new route to Chicago and New York direct from Mineral Park will remedy this aud we shall have mills and millionaires among us. We have had but little rain, aud the ,sunty needs it sadly. Let us
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