The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-08-29
FREMONT AND HIS ENTERPRISES.

Ia our recent visit 10 San Francisco we met Gen Fremont returning from his East crn mission, and feeiiog lively interes, in everything that is likely to prove beneficial to the Territory, we called upon him al the Palace, for the purpose of interviewing him as to his success in inducing capitalists in the East to invest m Arizona mines, ard finding that he gave the editor of the San Francisco News Letter, substantially the same as he did us, we copy from that paper the result of the Generals visit East:
 sOn the 18th insrant Governor John C. Fremont arrived ID this city en route Ia Arizona, from which terFitority he has been absent several months. Afser a sojouru O. four days, he proceeded to Prescott, accom IanIed by several geDtleIaeH. So much in tesest was manifested in these matters in New York, that Governor Fremont deemed il desIrable to prolong his sojourn there s
 month beyond the time he originally in- tended. and he therefore obtained a special exteaslon of his leave of absence from Presi- dent Hayes, ard was thus enabled to com plete his operations. We had the pleasure Of passing an evening with Governor Ere mont, anu of recalling old and most agree able "reminiscences of the past. Our ace auAintaace dates back to 1852, when ID Paris we viewed togeiber the beauties of fhs; most delightful city. and fom then until now We have sver felt and exprtsseu very warm interest ID the movements of ouF friend. To De sure, his hair mas silYcred during all these years, yet tune has dealt with him most kindly. aId We still find in him the firm, elastic step, and the eagle eyr nndimmea, that fired the enthusiasm of the nation when he vas known far and wide as its standard bearer and its Pathfinder" !" Governor Fremont does not hesitate to say that he expects grand results for ArIZons iron, his efforts in the East. The syndicate formed in Nv York is composed of wealthy representative men, who are very willing to invest several millions of dollars in Arizona should the reports of the experts that go out to exsmine the properties prove saiis- factory. The final decision the matter rests in their investigations. Should the expert reports prove favorable, inc capital, 10 a large amount, will be at once forthcoming General Fremont states that he found the New Workers very ready for such operations. that the interest in mining matters was on the increase, and that he looked confidently forward to seeing a very great activity in mining enterprises on this Coast, through Eastern investment of capital, within the coming year. The Bodie mines are fa-or- ties for investment in New York, aud some Arizons properties arc already placed in Philadelphia and Chicago. The rate of iL- terest all over the East rules low, and in all the money ccnters of the country there is plenty or idle capital ready for any safe in- vesfment. There are some fifiy-six mines embraced in the list winch the New York syndicate have in yie&. and they are pre- pared to develop all of them if the merit is sufficiently apparent to tempt if.e outlay. Governor Fremont has kindly agreed to send to Messrs. BIeadsale and Jennings, Con- missiuners of the Australian Exposition, selection of ricn ores from Arizona. to be forwarded to Australia. These w.ll ne all carefully assayed in this city, and will doubtless prove very novel and interest ing feature in the Exhibition They will probably reach here iu time to go forward by next steamer. We shall shortly issue, by authority. section maps of the surveyed portions of the territory. These maps will be accurate, every care being taken to avoid in them error or misrepresentation. We shall carefully keep in view these Arizona enterprises as they progress. That won- derful future is in store for the Territory we do not for moment doubt. and it only requires the cool-headed men of enterprise. and the open sesame of capital, to bring to the front [ C hidden treasures. That Ere mont has successfully inaugurated grand is self-evident, and we congratu- late the citizens of Arizona upon the honor of having gentleman at the head of her government so fully competent to admins ter its affairs satisfactorily"
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