Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-06
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Colorado and Arizona mining
 stocks -e-m destined to remain the
 fayorlles for some time tO come:
 There are exceptional mines in other ] quarters. whose present record is mo-
 where surpassed, but the great mass . oi luyes5 mrnjs and sock speculati0ns
 will be made a some oi the numer-
 uus stocks in the above named sec
 tions. iue annual report of the mn . iur plui sciiou show that Colorado as l Nril as ils leading district, Leadyiile, are still advancing instead of retro
 eradius. as many unlucky stock in ve>tors have been Jed tO believe. Most l of the leading mines of that region are producing as largely as ever, while new and important discoveries much more than make up the losses or | stuppages in less fortunate properties.
 Arizona is much newer and less developed country, but the splendid Yields oi maay Oi its great veins are fast blinging Il into favor everywhere. Tombstone Is showing every evidence that IL will prove the best camp after Leddvilie that the western country
 cau furnish, and other localities in the same Territory are rapiCly developing into prospeToUs districts. Arizona Is
 nos half prOspccted, and the ever
 recurring reports of rich discoveries
 Wilbin its borders are indicators of
 the immense precious metal product
 og the future.
 The recent extraordinary increase
 of the mining products Oi Colorado
 and Arizona ale silent witnesses tO the
 worth. numbers and capacity of their
 mineral belts. NOtwith standiug all
 the necessary preparatory work that
 has been done, and the failures, ms takes and misdirecliOn of labor and money. these territories have so many treasure yuuits that the trial balance al the end If the year cannot but make q very satisfactory showing. Large and prosperous communities have been supported by these mines, and ! in many cases they have disbur7ed . large dividends or fortunes tO their !. operators.
 The aggregate of dividends for the i past year from Colorado and Arizona l mining c"mpanlcs runs into the mil | liens, while the profits Of private or individual mining operations returned ! an equal or greater sum. The best ! attainSble figures indicate that Col . Orad0 mines yielded total value Of S22, 5O0,O00 in 1880, mostly III silver, bul largely in gold, with smaller val ues in lead and copper.
 Arizona is less desirable than Col oradn in some points of view, but k certainly possessed Of several mines that equal if not surpass any of those Of the latter. Is vast mineral wealth is just beginning to become known, and there Is no fUreteiling what won. der, in the mining field may yet be uncovered, where discoveries follow so fast one upon another. Some idea of the future Of Arizona may be ob- tained from the rapid increase Of her mining product. From yield some thing like two millions in the past few years the output for 1880 jumped suddenly Co S4, 4I2 IGl, or more than one hundred per cent. The present year is very sure Co again double the yield. and tune alone can tell what , will be the ultimate export of ihe in- -A At-ttf.Htl lblt lhlAIS bl tAA> utM AllN growing country.
 From the above facts the reader will see that our own Western States and Territories must offer sufficient in luSemeuts for investors tO prevent !, heir assertion for more distant and uncertain localities winch only years f lime can bring into a desirable .0nditIOu. And We believe that, what .ver may be done in Mexico and in r Mexican mines, Colorado and Ari- a ,ona will still maintain a great de i, gree of progress and prosperity, and \ heir mines will continue as profitable P s ever :,