Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-02
TEE DENVER EXPOSITION.

A@AHA stal Alluttdl exposition was
 held at Denver. The rich men of Col { orado contributed literally toward get
 ting 1t up; a large and commodious ! bailding was erected at considerable
 cost; the territories were asked to send
 ln ores to be placed on exhibition; they
 were told that if they would send in their
 ores, that It would bring their mining
 properties into notice, and would greatly
 assist mine owners m disposing of their
 mines. i number of territories did send Tn ores, and Arizona was one among the
 lot. Local agents were also sent to take
 charge Of the ores. Not only did We
 have district agents, but (although not
 known at the time We had a territorial
 agent who assumed a general supervi-
 sion. Prof Church acted as such agent.
 and was paid over two thousand dollars
 for his services. The money was appro-
 printed by the last legislature.
 We find no fault with Professor Church
 for receiving the money; he may have
 earned 1t. But We do find
 fault with the Legislature for making
 the appropriation. It was a useless ex-
 penditure of the peoples money with
 out any return whatever. But that IS
 all past; let # go.
 But the CITIZEN desires to call the at
 tention of the people of Arizona to the new exposition which the Denver peo- pie propose to hold this year. They did
 not make financial success of their last years exhibition; they want to close up the deficit by holding another one this
 year. They have their builindiug and grounds ready; the town of Denver is oyergrown and very dull; 1t has many fine hotels; but they have not sufficient business to support them. They want visitors from abroad to come and, spend l their money with them; the town 1 lives and thrives by transient GUS tom during the summer season l but it IS dead during the winter season. ! Now, it is very smart Tn Denver to get | up expositions and advertise their thous- and and one other attractions to induce . tourists and visitors "to come Co Col | orado." It paws them to do it. Fit paid Ariz mans Co go, or if 1t paid the Territory to send agents there with ore Co place on exhibition. We should say go, and ask the governor to send an agent. But 1t will not pay; there Is no money ID it fpr Arizona. As the CITIZEN has stated mo mining man ever bought @ mine, simply from an exposition of ore.' mining men want to see the mine before they put their money into if. and they are the men to whom We must la.k Co sell our miaeS. Tender feet may, once ll a while, buy pros pec5, bug when . mine Is found It Is usually sold to mI.'ag neu. Tues ID and every miuluE r..Hn lH arzaua is fGil of men with rI.sas,. Ia their prca-,-. Jur it Is Very se.i,u 30 sale Is made by specimens which may ar may not have been taken from the mIar they seek Co sell Good mines can be dis posed of in any country, but exposinous vill not help a prospector to sell ''wiid 'at. The Denver exposition of last year lid not benefit Arizona one quarter Of 8 ' dollar. Nor will the coming one bene- Ut us in the least. It js not necessary Tor Arizona to go a thousand mIles away from home, to another mining country, with ores and with district aud terri .orial agents to tell the people that we have mines. The very fact that Arizona today, leads all other States and Terrl- tories in the production of silver bullion Is sufficient evidence that we have mines. The people who have money to invest ID mines can read, and as there is no end to the mining journals published throughout the country, which make 1t their business to publish all the information to be had about mines, 1t IS to suppose that mIne buyers have not only heard about Arizona, but that they know just what IS being done, where the best mines are, and where there Is a possibility of developing new mines. Arizona advertises herself, we need no Denver Propositions to tell the world that this is a mining country, and . every dollar put ID such an exposition Is just SO much thrown away.