Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-19
Development Following Railway
Extension.

No one who has lived in Southern
California for decade can fail TO
remember the time when Arizona was a
dark and doubtful land in moro senses
than those which clustered around the
bloody and red.handed Apache.
Notwithstanding the brilliant record
made by the Silver King. the Contention
aud other mines which have grown into
national recognition, there were, ten
and even seven years ago. muliitudcs Of
people who did not believe that any.
thing good could como out OF that
neurological Nazareth. The progress
Of the Southern Pacific Railway soon
changed oil that. That road was no
sooner within reasonable distance Of the
Colorado river than energetic prospect
Ing parties, without number, started In
to exploit the real mineral riches Of the
country. The result was the discovery
of the marvellous undeveloped wealth Of
the Globe, Tombstone and other
Arizona districts. For years there
hns boon nothing apocryphal about
the gold and silver mines Of
Arizonn; and the sun kissed land, as
producer Of silver, has crept close upon
tie heels Of the Centennial State. In
addition, the further progress Of the
Southern Pacific and of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe resulted in the de-
velopment Of copper mines Of exception
al richness In the Bisbee and other Ari.
zona districts. The stir which Is now
reported from the Qnijotoas shows that
the end is not yet in Southern Arizona;--
that, in fact, tho work of treasure ex-
ploitation is yet but in It's initial In that
section Of our neighboring territory.
The building of the Atlantic and Pa.
ci6c Railway westward and Of the Mo.
jsve branch Of the Southern Pacific Rail.
way sastwardto the Colorado river, near
the Needles" will undoubtedly result
10 meteorological developments OF great
richness and variety. Without question
the achievements Of the completed South
ern Pacific Railway tothe Colorado river
at Yuma will be more than discounted, In
the near future; and, besides, those who
choose to adventure in the new field, on
the first developments, will unquestion
ably reap n rich harvest. The melan-
choly feature OF the developments Of the
Silver King and Tombstone regions is
that no Angclenos had the pluck to put
8 dollar into those schemes OF develop
ment which have, thus far, eventsated 80
happily and even phenomonally.
II our people had looked on the
Arizona proposition Of development
more responsively at an carly stage. We
should have had infinitely more pleas
ant results locally. In our opinion the
Colorado Copper Mountain Mining
Company, which has superb copper
property within four miles of the Colorado
river, and within easy reach of the
Atlantic and Pacific and also the South.
ern Pacific Railways, at or near the
Needles, offers to Angelenos very fine
opportunity Of "corralling" an exception.
nl mining proposition, in which copper
h the leading role. The legend ran,
amongst the old Spaniards, that man
could make living on silver mine,
could get rich ON an iron mine and
would grow poor on gold mine. Tho
old time Spanish miners, who were
descended from the conquistadores, knew
Vofhing Of quotations from copper;
Aud, consequently, they could furnish no
details as to this new and most impor
tant Of metals. We have no hesitation
iu saying that the Colorado Copper
Mountain and Mining Company, which
corporation is composed Of noted Ange.
lenos, will be amongst the first agencies
Of development, following the meeting
of the Southern Pacific and Atlantic h
Pacific Railways at the ''Needles." We
have regretted that, in the past, Los An
geles has not chosen to share in the phs-
nomonal development which has charac-
terized Arizona in the last lustrum. Let
us hope that, in the future, we shall
have no occasion to regret insensibility
as to undoubtcd and procreant eventual
tiles as to both mineral and agricultural
and horticultural and easy Possibilities
Of development, amongst which not the
least will be those which will record the
output of copper made by home com.
pany composed of our leading citizens.