Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-04-08
Mining-Is it Legitimate Busines,


 Let us examine into its relation Co or- domestic and commercial life;
 We will take as a basis Of our reas57- ing and illustration, the setting up ofs new Territory the features and cha-a.. ter of which shall present it as a strieg, agricultural land. Now the settlers -- rive, bringing with them the necessa-y implements for blowing the land or s-f ling the forest timber; tools to fassin and put together the timbers for ,b4i- dwellings, barns, etc. The ergu.-, might be made how were these iarrs. ments anI tools produced? Inves-i- ton demonstrates that the first ste- In their production was to mine the s-. Yes, from the mIne tho Iron ore Was ar- tracted by mans labor, and from ,t. mine taken to the furnace anu tL.-- smelted and drawn off in the form ,s pig iron, and in this form taken to rs4 budding furnace, made into bi10rs pressed and kneaded. relocated and han. mered or rolled into wrought iron. acai3 relocated under certain chemical iug1. ences by which lt IS converted Into st--r and as such is a standard cOmu-rrsI article the world over and the Ou.y one known to science that has the pr054-.i.. within itself to sustain a cutting ,l-- after being fashioned by the skill of tga mechanic into the thousand and ug-. forms for the construction of mpIa msnts for these agriculturalists. the miller, mason, machlnIst, ship tu.d-- and all the numberless trades and u.uf... sions that have developed with our clv,,. iZatiOn. Mining for Iron and Coal In Pennsylvania, Ohio and other State. was the first great incentive Co 0U-va.- and increasing manufacture of I5Uu ami steel now supplying the enormous t. mand for rails, locomotives, etc. e.a.. f- the requireuentsO of our railroad sy liens. also the constantly increasing orders f.- all the other great industries, as i-.. ship building, Iron bridges, both susne-. sion and stationary, iron required Iu t.- construction of the larger buildings u our cities; for iron m armour-r.at.rr our naval ships and their heavier ar-s. ment. All these conditions of uius.-.
 
 come of mining for iron and coal I.s Is mining a legitimate business. Let. look little further back than our own recently stimulated industries, for proof and examine how mining for copper. tin, iron and coal has affected .a. commercial character of ;Ie m0Jlr- country, Great Butaiu,l and som-r. the continental States. E-gia14 t.- up to a period of some 2u yel-s. since the great manufacturer and pGr-.t lrou and steel, and manufacture. articles in cutlery, etc, to supply Gu. worlds markets. Her mIuers a.sl mlned and shipped coal to many parts of the world. The working ot these mines and the natural devel pmeu- U' her present vast manufacturing indus tries has produced an element m l.- society of wealthy men who are ue. almost beyond computation, auI V-l constitute nov and have for many generations, the ruling class Iu tl.t great empire. Since the Worlds lar at London, lu 1851, when there was j.-- played the numerous articles from t-a hands of her sklllfui mechanics Iu str-.. iron, etc. many of the continental nations have made marked improvement in their manufactures Iu Iron and -,re. goods, Germany standing foremost a. the most prominent as Tn the ease presented by the great establishment, Herr krupp, at Essen, which Is a power ful competitor in the worlds markets ,l Englaud's great factories. The result of all these industries has followed mn lng development of her mineral resour- ces, that up to the time of the exh.E- tiOn referred to lay undisturbeI In rl. rock embrace of her mountains.
 l will not more than refer c. ul- petroleum oil interest, as It may uot ur considered mining in the true seE--. Yet | do not see to what other class n- enterprises 1t must be attached. a- It }, product from below the eartl's sur face.
 But to apply this reasoning more par ticularly to our own mining interest. We must ask, Is mining flor gold silver copper and diamondsj a legitimate bus mess, for those men who have ul-r4 for gold in California, for silver m N,- yada and Utah, for gold and silver .1 Montana and Idaho, for gold and silver Colorado, for gold in Australia ,lI Queensland, and for diamonds m A-r.rl. We need not ask the men of South America and Mexico; 1t Is unneCessary. Our answer IS to be found in tLe el'-. nous metallic accImul lations locked u1 ID the |. S. Treasury vaults; in tlr iu. stitutIons of banking and private J"gU-- itorIes; in the elegancies and costly me provements of prIvate and public UuI.t- Ings; in the newer society of the cl-u- vated, refined and traveled people u' our present day, a society that was bl' a nucleus m our land previous Co tlr discovery of gold in California, and t.. subsequent wonderful discoveries of Che precious metals in the other Ierrit0uts. It would be folly to assert that al. thr vast metallic wealth was acquired from any other enterprise than that of mlu- Ing, which alone can place a a-metalir cur rency in circulation to supply the world of commerce it's greatest need. HeHre 1t would appear that mining for met1.s and minerals k a legitimate business.
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