Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-06-21
II as Mines.


Of the west, RI count es IL 'sdrentur
miners from cal fcrnia. hicI
proSp. t. were fol7 / AID mines op
clcd, that under favorable circum
stan es, wo lid have brcome pr fit
able. The consi lrrable ventures o
thi- ma IRE were ma ie il " hav
county, but the or, 1T distance f, on
s"u'ces Of supplies, i..dill' ?, nj road!
and adequate mei' 5 II tran~ p nrt;,
lion caused them to lie aftende by
such enormous cN 'en>e that many
were necessarily abandon d Tx
ri-hncs OF the ore however, per-
nlincd their D otitable their ship
.urnt TO San Francisco .or reduction
ana supported a considerable MIN
ing popul ton. Mills and smrit' rs
have Since been erected. bat the III.
'ustry is barely prosp rous.
Thi- is true, not only Of Nj We
but applies to the entire Territory.
except thai OPENED ~ 10y tie South
err Pacisc railroad, viii n has grca'
" slim lated the mining Industries
af the sou hern ha T Of The Territory
In additi N to The inacces sibIlity.
the prosperity of the Territory has
been greatly retardel I'y Indian
troubles. For muny years it WIS the
5 ronghn,d Of III Apaches, who have
stubbrraly resisted he advancement
Of c:viliz ton. There Is SC tre ely
or mining camp in any
portion Of the Territory that is not
marked by the graves of numerous
'ic-lms Of their cpuelfy, and the
-eads aud cations on every hand
INV, b. rude :c:c -ses on heaps of
toeo, the last resting place of hun
reds who have been murdered by
hem.
Inc m;nora' b 1t If TIE TERRITORY |
5 rot defined by actual exploration |
nd valuable discoveries, embr :
Il that secti 'u 'uth of the tn ry-
til parallel and tie sou bern 20 I
ion of Mo- we and Yavap1i counties !
iold and silver ,des have b:,n
oun! in almost eve: mountain
lnge.
Actual d vel pmrn;> sir ally made
! many places demonstrate thcIT
chncs, and apparent p rmanency
I'D placers have also been found
j many portions Of the Tcr.itO-y,
h CHI, after yielding large amounts
uLgets and lust, were abHn toned
! acc uni Of the scarci'y Of water
c0n-'uot operations u:on a scale
,ten~ive en-, ugh TO be prohiable; -
nsi er1ble quaatNics If gold. are
'wever sill obtained from there
: individual e7terpri-e, [by Mexi-
n wl.O transport the ply DIRT to
c nearest wa er during the dry
4 o.. Many gelchcs and dry beds
creeks are worked 81 personal ef
!. IS, Tni good wares are made by
osr engaged The most imports
mining region in the Territory
point Of Development is -thAA OF
in Cochise county in
hich the frs. location was made in
IS
Active development WIS, II lwcv r, ;
y commenced until upwards of il :
N later, wien the first stamp mi /
ss erected; now doz more with !
,apacity Of over 200 stamps axe in
i've operation and the monthly ;
ELI of bullion is doubtless in OK {
u half milliol in gold AMI
yer. The southeastern por ion f
ma county; and The northern por-
m OF Pinal and ella couniirG are
50 practically demonstrated 10 lie
o ific bullion producers.
When it is remembered that rail
adj comm ur ieation with this sec
IN, has only been established n
81 and a half, the result viii be
ind 10 be truly marvellous. Rail-
ad enterprises arc now under way,
lich will at an early day tring all
e important mining centers in d.
CT communica ton with points on
e Southern Pacific. and in addition ,
this, the northern half of IKE Ter
DRY Is opened by the extension Of
c Atlantic and Pacific, which
ssrs through a portion of the
neral belt eff Moftafc cognty5 and
road north from Prescott, to inter-
ct this Will give the many mines
that section he advantage of out
lie railroad communic ltien 4
ed will also DC completed AT an
rly day from Prescott southwark.
hich will traverse tie richest por~
on of the mineral bet south of
at city il Yavapai; and north Of
nenix in Maricopa county.
Perhaps nc other mining section
The country possesses so favorable
cilities for the mining and reduc-
On of ores as the Territory Of Arr
ma. Wood and wat ! are a5un-
mt in nearly every locality for
,cessary mining PURPOSES, AID
hen the supply of weed for fuel
,comcs exhausted. the coal bed,
hich unieIlie at least one-haIf CT
{ Territory, eau BE- relied upon for
INJURIES to come.
The ores generally are easily
incl, and can be reduced at the
mint OF expense. The smell
g varieti s are reported to be un
sually tractlblr. In the riciluess
I'D variety of it's ores, it differs
aterially from any other mining |
.ction Of the Country. Pure native /
liver, in leaf and Wire fczm, Chic