, 1881-01-10
TIE FAR WEST.
From Californiu Through Arizona and
New Mexico.
Tho Atlantic & 1'nctflc and The Southern
Pacific Railroads..
Railroad. Building for ti0. COO mI1a-Tucsqn
and lhe Church Of San Xavier.
Mineral Wealth Of tht T.rrllorr Of Arl1ona-1he
sontstont and 0lkes Disttitss.
gptetai Corrftpoadtnte o, 7ht Inieaeo Tribune.


gp<etai Coyrftpoadtnte Of The Ihteaeo Tribune
IEAuvtttE, Colo, Jan. al rcslimu tho the.nc
II INV Inst letter, "Fsum California tfrnurh
rixo,,n and Nov Mexfc0.' Undoubtedly fuma
city In tlow tho wcatern gateway u Arizona.
)ver tho long rench Of theEootnto ltlycr ,1escrt
ron, tho north, and tho n,alarious marshes nt
l,o south, tharo Is 10 practicable cntrut,ts ex-
,css by way Of. tho Southern racllc lealrt,ad
through Yuma. When tho ncw lIno Of tho At
nrtiu 4 laoiilc llnilroad, fron. Albuquerque, in
Now Scxic, is completed, It will pass fnr to tho
north pf tho Yottthorn tHclfc ltarpul line, and
viii cross tho desert at ,snothes ro!ns, ard
WILL MAKE 4 MEM STATE.
It will pass through Apache, Ynyapnl, and Mo
huve Counties, llttia north OF tho centra Of the
Territory, touching Prescott, tho Cnp!tat, and
wit! open up lntlarnl district known to hc rich,
hit which has been 10 tnaccesslblHAs to prohibit
tho shipn.ent OF nnything hut goii and tho rich.
est silver ores. In fRvaI'Ai County arc found
many extremely rich gold placcrs, which have
been worked for years with great protlt. and OK.
tensiyo letIRcs Of geld and silver bcartuQ rocks,
from which fortunes were mado ycnrs aKp. |
Yet tho miners hnvc lcen few, aud tho country |
but partially Developed. In tho southern part |
Of tho county arc extensive beds Of copper, nb-
snyng 90 to 80 per cent pure. md cnrry1ng gold |
and silver in such quantity that for nnny yenra /
trnIns OF wRgois were engaged ia transporting !
It from Upper ella lllver to Chihuahua, In old |
ne4ico' ios teoueIo WV tuu "''","t " r1e
c'ous n1e'n' ~ n'one ~ luo wy '"s "'np'y huNNens
transportation. Much OF II is alsu shipped to |
Silver City II, Now Ncxico. III Mohnve County, |
In tho northwestern part Of tho HtAtc, tnnt,y f1uo
mineral veins have tccn' opened aid worked at
intervals: but Indian troubles aid forays hMre |
Interforcd greatly with successful n,ning In
TINT portion Of tho stntc. The opcnng at the
81 m Tujl mi {v,f1, nf
miners and sctters' Will scilc the Indian 7'es.
ton md rcveut tho great IMMORAL RESOURCES OF
III. ,, rcu,o,,. M
TIL: sour.t;;RS PACIFIC EAttnoAD
furnishes scccss to tho best known, a,d now
tho tIehcst mineral districts Of tho Territory,
them. Hatnrc hns mado n very cnsy ro''to for
thla road. 1t follows tho Valley Of tue olla
anros. o III" Tor,,tory, and much Of tho limo il
sirht Of tho rlvor. This furnishes very ealy
sight on cltnor hand for 4arso part of tho way,
thoro Is not II single dttuult arllo or ascent on
the oa Ihs IS n s.sw s,t sHxssn aa,s. s'5s%n ~
.,ns ns @ p ~ ,on,toa nnsn,v rron tho 1,,,,,,.
uiua 10 tho north. THO valley is fandy md nr1d,
with no vegetation except stunted Rrowths along
In tmnrs. It ,yotIld bo tlilIicult To sccrro Incl
irrlsntlon os would over nuke 1t yaiuubIeu US
farming anas yet fno rnr s" s.ra s1ea
o WI, once eth ey 'as, ts n, ,a rs saas ase eat a
ncu,orIai Is tt, tho p,oDos and anccnt dwellings,
whnso ...as4,s., r,,l,,s uro. seu.,"saa hcro md
thDrc AIout Nftse,, ,nlIcs north Of Casa arvtldo
station or tho southern rncihe Nailsoaa aro .ne
fnmo1is ruins of tho "casa 0mnde." or GRIND
r,-. . . ~. r,t, -, ..sa,s ,,.n -. ~, r.,t1,.,