Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-05-08
OUR MINERAL WEALTH.
The Great Riches of Our Country
And How to Develop Them The
Remarkable Opportunity of the
Day and the Hour-B Brilliant Pros
poets.

Day and the Brilliant Pros
poets.
The people OF Los Angeles have toe
long been Indifferent to the vast minera
wealth of the great southwestern coun
try. 1t is the finest and richest mineral
country in the world, having more
economic minerals than any other sec
tion Of the globe.
As u sample, we take pleasure in re-.
ferring to the "Total Wreck" mine,
that was opened out to the public by
Mr., N. r. Vail, of this city This mine,
which is located in Arizona, near the
line of the s. ?. R. r., is proving to be
veritable bonanza to Los Angeles.
The mine, after running in common rock
few years, commenced regular work
in milling good ore about the first of
March last and during March and
April has turned out over 500, 600. il
dividend of 25 cents per share has been
declared, which will amount to $50, 900,
payable May 10Th, by which time an-
other dividend will be declared of the
same amount.
The directors have now on hand, after
paying dividends to stock kholders, $780,
900 in bullion, and will hereafter pay
monthly dividends of uniform kind,
with large surplus in the treasury.
II is safe to say that the 'Total
Wreck " mine has brought to the citi-
zens Of Los Angeles at least $780, 900
cash in payment for timbering of mines.
tools, provisions and clothing.
1t will thus be seen, that these mines,
while they are a source of wealth to the
enterprising owners, are also greater
source of wealth to the mechanics and
merchants Of the country, who always
get the first dividends in the way of
wages. Whether mine pays the own
ers or not, it has to pay the miner, mer-
chant and the teanster. These great mines
of silver might make Los Angeles the
greatest mining town on the continent
II the Government would give free coin
age to silver. and our people would reach
out and secure the business Of the won
derful mines of silver, lead, copper,
gold, iron and salt that are now being
developed, and whose business can be
controlled in this city if proper efforts
are made in that direction.
The railway will soon be completed to
Los Angeles from the rich mines of Inyo
county, where iron, salt, lead, silver,
borax and soda, abound in enormous
quantities. The new road to be opened
this week through Southern California
and Northern Arizona and New Mexico,
will pass through fine mining region
OF silver, copper, gold and coal. If
proper attention should be paid to this
mineral region the result would be
large and profitable market for our mer
chandise and agricultural products.
1t is this attention to mining indus
tries that has made Denver one OF the
most prosperous cities in the world.
Now is the time to move in the matter.
The success of the mines at Calico.
Providence Mountain, Cerro Gordo, Sill.
yer District, Tombstone, Clifton, Copper
Queen, Vulture, Mack Morris, Silver
King, and hundred other mining loea.
tions should be sufficient evidence to
our capitalists that it is time to reach
out and cultivate the most intimate rela-
tions with these great sources of wealth
and prosperity. Generation after gen.
Grafton will pass away before the MINER
al wealth of this country can be half
opened, to say nothing of exhaustion,
which will require centuries to accom-
plish. 0nr great deserts are but the
erucibles in which nature has made the
metals most valuable to man and with
out which civilized industries would lam
guish and expire The new railway that
is now opened between Los Angeles and
the Needles passes over stretch of I40
miles without a sign of vegetable life
and growth and yet the burning sand and
bare brown rocks contain minerals OF vast
Importance to the needs Of commerce.
The miners who now Van roll in palace
cars to their silver lodges, and have ice
water and fresh vegetables every day,
will add more to the worlds wealth than
hundred half starved miners who were
footsore and thirsty, and worn down with
weary marches and hungering for the
necessaries of life.
With the railway and good SUPPLIES the
miner of to-day is hundred fold more
useful than the miner of former times.
All facilities for travel and mining oper-
ations are now so improved that the
work which formerly occupied a CEN
tury is now done in year. 1t is the
era of successful achievement, and with
our unrivaled facilities, Los Angeles
should be the Queen City of the Pacific,
and will be if we use the proper energy
and wisdom.