Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-02-05
Timely Sug se>tiOn>.

EDrroE CIrIzES:-My expenence is ! that mining meets with more obstacles ia the shapeof outside interference than any other line of business that can be mentioned. I have followed prospect
 ing and mining since 1857, and in fact
 was raised in a mining camp. I have been Instrumental in placing many diff
 fereut properties and have the first one
 to get through to the end without an effort being made to blacEmail ne. Ton
 will iul a class or people who stand
 ready t) give just such information as the buyer is looking for; something that
 gives him pretext upon which he can
 beat around the main thing paying the
 money
 Scarcely any man who owns mine Is
 on good terms with every one he Is ac-
 quainted with. One woull expect that an enemy would give what trouble lay
 in his power, and can in a measure pro
 vide against what they might do. But
 it Is bard to manage so that an entire
 community are in perfect ignorance of
 what you are doing, especially when you
 have more or less in common with them.
 Take tt at this season of the year, aI,d you can't camp out but are compelled to
 take shelter with those who can best ac- commodate you. In nine eases out of
 ten such places are more or less bene- titsd by what is going on. Through the sales being made the whole country is helped. If there be any grain or hay in the country or any vegetables or beef, all have a market. Let the sale be ever so small it makes more or less market. But as a rule those in and around a property are not so far-seeing as to help the affair, but try to retarl 1t all they can by bringing up all points possible that are objectionable and detrimental to a sale, and in many eases make state ments that are only founded on hearsay. They know nothing at all of what they say, and in the end find that they have eat of their nose 10 spite their face But they would rather do that than be deprived Of the satisfaction of fOiiing an attempt for the general good. The mon jed man Is very easily discouraged when l he is making investments in mines or l any other scheme that he is not fully l posted in. \ single word in many cases | will overthrow what another has worked 1 months Co accomplish. It Is too often | the case that a dampCr is thrown on a l sale by some claim owner .n the camp | getting mp and saying that his neigh ! 5or's claim Is not worth a dollar; that it l is a perfect swindle If he Is capable of | writing a lOcatiOL notice he shonld be | sensible enough to know that he IS con | demninl his own property by so doing. l Tn order to raise district into notice | men of means must be got into 1t, and to | get them to take notice of it you send | out a good expert; don't stOOp to black | mailing. It Is one of the meanest and l most despicabe things outside of back I biting and repeating what some one | tells where it will lead to trouble. AL most every one in the county has mine for sale and at the present prices asked t IS going Co take a great deal of money to buy them all out. besides a great deal Of time will be required to get the mon- ey together. It is no easy thing to raise money for many other things much less thin mining. and Tn order to induce the man of mOneystO take hold of our main interest it k necessary for the stock man. the farmer and the miner to pull long pull, strong pull and a pull aItOvathp- \ MINER