Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-07-17
RICHES OF ARIZONA.
What CtIoh-I FouIk. of the Army. sRys
 of Us.

We take the following extracts from an article on Arizona, in the Pitisburg Commercial Gazette, by Colonel Foulk
 who spent year in our country, and knows what he is talking about:
 IL haS been impossible heretofore, save at very great and ruinOus outlays, 10 transport machinery, material or stores into the Territory for miuing or other purposes. Until December, 1878, and afler, the only means of transportation for even passengers into the Territory, was by :" buck boIrd and gerky wagon convey ance from Yuma to Tucson. Fare S60, and 90 cents d pound for haggsge or articles exceeding 30 pounds to the passenger, distance Ot about 3OO miles or less. These difficulties are now principally overcome. The Outh- ern Pacific railroad, which has been Tn operation for nearly two years, from San Francisco down the Pacific slope tI Yuma City, on the Colorado, a dis tunce of 27J miles, has been very re- gently completed tu Tucson, Arizona, A distance of 2IS miles from the form. CT place, and was m complete running order 10 ;he latter place on the first ot last March for both passengers and freight. Since then the road has been completed and carrying both passen- gers and freight for distance Of about 29 miles east of Tucson. And now large forces of engineers, skilled mechanics and an army Oi labOrers, me latter principally ChiDamen, are at work running lines, grading and building the road, la, ing the track, and otherwise pushing this road for ward to completion with great vig"r, leading into New Mexico and onward to join hands at perhaps Fl Paso with the Texas and Pacific railroad, the lat. ter road with its completed Southern system of roads running directly east through the gulf states, also northeast tO New York City.
 In another year this great through Southern route will be cOmplcted and in running order for both passengers and freight, and theE there will bc a choice of two routes 10 reach Ihe min Ing localities Of Arizona. At the pres cut time the direct and only through route by all rail into Arizona is from the Missouri river at Omaha tO Ogden, Utah. over the Union Pacific lO32 miles, Ogden tO San Francisco over the Central Pacific SS3 miles, San Francisco down the Pacific Slole 10 Yuma City 72J miles, and thence e. Tucson 2i1 miles over the Southern Pacific, a total distance of 28S6 miles from the Missouri river, or from New York City to Tucson, over ihe Penn sylvania railroad lines tO Chicago, and the Chicago and Northwestern TaIl road to the Missouri river at Omaha, the shortest, best and most direct rnute to the Missouri, the distance is 4i22 milea. This embraces one ot the most interesting aud enjoyable trips posi- i b!e to be made on ihls continent
 The writer has visited at various times during the past year large number Of the mines ;n AriZOca, all of which were very productive, and gave unqualified satisfaction tO the owners, the silver ore asspying from SJO tO 5000 per ton. Large quantities Oi rich and valuable ore m most instances were piled up near lhe respective 1 mines in large heaps awaiting the aid i of proper machinery 10 reduce It to 1 bullion. In instances it was being re- 1 duCed by Arastras-prlmitiYe machin- cry for the purpose.