Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-08-21
AN 0VERSHADUWED INDUSTRY

|
 half Of it's mineral wealth. The
 prospector meets wi,h little encour.
 agement. The mine owner has no
 credit in the face of promising pros>
 poets that elsewhere would have
 been quickly and eagerly placed in
 the catalogue of developed proper
 ties.
 The recent suspension of the
 great Tombstone mining centre
 somewhat affected the grain market
 and convinced the farmer, as well
 as the merchant, that 10 the mining
 industries their success is depends
 ant, and the furtherance of all
 mining enterprises near 10 home is
 to them an obligation imperative
 and urgent.
 This is the only couniy in the
 Territory where mining has been slighlcd, regarded with suspicion and distrust, for it's people are m tin>
 ly toiler- of the blow, in pursuit of
 margins that are small but sure.
 Let us look around us and sec
 whether there IS any good reason for n.ountain ranges are less mineral
 ized than those of our sister couns ties.
 North of Phoenix, accessible by 1 good roads, well wate1cd and wood in abundance, is an area of mineral country fifty miles Tn extent, strati> fled with lodges both large and small, containing the known pre- cious metals elsewhere fonnd in the Territory. It's geological formation includes the pIimaiiye granites, porr hyrics, shales -chists and states, whilst q portion is largely inter sperscd with argeniifcrous lime- stone. Is main watercuurse Gave Greek from which il takes its name, a stream that affords ample facili> rles for the largest kind of mining operations.
 N"w let us glance at those mines in active operation. The Gnlden Fieec, wiih ten stamp mi1 aud which recently commenced opera lions, in a short run of two weeks cleaned up from four to five thOn- sand dollars The cost of wood de- livered at the mill was awarded by contract al the small sum of two and half dollars per cord. Lahor> CTS receive from one to two and q 1 half dollars per day. Engineers, four )llars The cost of freighl 1 from Phoenix 10 this point,-dis- lance thirty miles, Is from sixty to seventy-tive ceit ts per hundred and | when we consider that Phoenix is | by far the cheape competitive | market in the Territory we have ads vantagcs over other sections that re- suits in the saving of much capilai. | l he ultimate success of the Golden | Fleece mill will invite investors to new opportunities, richer and far more extensive. The S.h rman mine in the same vicifAial,s but very little developed has several ear loads of ore awaiting shipment to disStt markets, that trial test has already | demonstrated will pay handsomely. Its character is high grade copper ore, rich in silver and gold, and the fact of it's being shipping ore has excited no little interest in that To- cality.
 The mine however that has given eclat to the entire district, and that tO-day is marvel of richness, is tie famous Red Rover. Two years Of consi ant development, and the shIp- ment of it's high grade ores to dis tant markets. has set at rest those who have tabood the idea of our having rich and permanent mines. At the present moment of writing the Rover has passed out of the hands of the original owners to the strong arm of heavy capitalists and in the future as we'll as in the past we pronounce it one of the great miues of the Territory ry.-rich, per manent and extensive. We cali to the attention of observers that the sum of twenty five thousand dollars of outside capital has never been ex- pended in the entire district. No effort has been made by the county in the construction of roads to tap that poriIon of the disirict,in which many of its best prospects are lo- cated. We particularly refer to the Red Rover and it's vici nifty and now that extensive developments are to ue made, let the Board of Supervis- ors organize a road district and at least assist in the construction of road from some point on Camp Creek to the Red Rover.
 The recent shipment of some very rich chloride ore from the Hum boldt in the same section, IS anoth> CT evidence that our prospects will compare with those of older camps. In conclusion we thank the press, which always cheerfu,ly responds in earnestly advocating the cause and interests of our mineral wealth, but we would be glad to see, for lhe great exposition at New Orleans, some efforls made to represent our undeveloped mineral resources. Some one should te empowered to collect fair sample of ore from every mine If note in the country, that fer once our status as miner> al section would find acknowledg-