The Tombstone., 1885-06-11
TiST MINERAL FIELD
 OF CNTOLD RICHES.
De Remarkable Discover D Made in the Land Of
 and Silver.
>GlamOr of Romance and |ystery which Envel-
 ops an Ancient Race.

E0IrlcE Hamilton, leErltorial lmmlgra- Dn Commissioner, who is thoroughly con. rant with the ainiug, agricultural and VI Interests:
 Hat great traveller sn scientist, Baron 6 Humboldt, is credited with the saying
 "the wealth of the world would yet he nd in Arizona and NeN Mexico" Devel-
 cnts within the pas: decade, in the ter s1es named, prove the s,undress Of the
 n guishrd Germans opinion. In the for
 region the output of the precious met
 ha. rapidly increased rapidly, and the Dderful richness ol its ores ! as attracted [atiention of the entire mining world. A &f description of the mineral wealth el 1ntry, which has not been inaptly named Id of sunshine and s.lver," may not De uuinlerestin. 10 ;he public. and may
 10 give better knowledge of region Rt whieh so litt,e is generally known.
 fpditions and story have long made fa.
 s the richness of the territory, winch the fish discovcrers called Arizuna, and the
 hour of mystery w.ich these enthusias. aad impressionable sdventurers threw
 Ind it has not yet been entirely dspellea. kh of ihis is due to the romantic incidents hecied with it. discovery by Europeans. Ar Sunez Bateza de Naca, the fist white
 10 set foot upoa Arizona soil, wa. q
 nber of ;hc expedition under Paufilo de
 aeY, which WAS wrecked on the coast Of
 ida in l527. CabcZa de Baca (cuw's
 and four companions feil iate :he
 s of tkJ natives aud were made slaves.
 time they managed 10 escape aud
 led the daring resolution of striking
 ss ihs continent and joining their conn
 ben in northern Mexico. They pesstra-
 1he wilderness 10 the " estwsId, and sf 5ears 0! wandering, dsngers and priva- b that ,urpass in thrilling interest the
 lest flights of fiction, they reached the Isi.h outposts of Culiacan, in Sinaloa. nsy be supposed, these frs, overisn
 lists had a tale tG tell, and we may be
 that if lost nothing of its absorbing in
 s, for lack of proper coloring. The i'm. hations of tue restless spaniards was fired
 fever heat by the stories which De Vaca
 his companions told of the mysterious fons to the north, and their curiosity was used by the highiy-wrought description bhc richness and grandeur of the Seven 6es of Cibola, or cities of the buli, which wanderers had passed through and des- bed as abounding in stores Of gold and Ter. From the Indians, who occasionally lied th. Spanish settlement, tales 0: q Ike port were heard. These reports spread m end to end of new Spain, and the sol 'rs of fortune who followed Cortez be- we'd that Fl Dorado had al las. been dis ssre1. With them the mystic region 10 } north was isnd iraughI wish the rsrest arms Of romance; < rcsien where any ng WAS possible: q country wIos. won -:ul streams, like those
 Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
 Through csycrrs measureless 10 nlas
 Down 10 a sunless sea-
 d their banks three leagues to the air 'cse glowing skies eclipsed in br;liiaacy .ir own Castle, an6 whose every breeze flied across mountain and desert whis- red tales Of ineXhaus;ibie wealth. An ~x- dilion 10 expisre tke marvellous eoan:ry" IS soon fitted out, and rasquez de Coron- Q was selected to lead i:. In April, lJ:0. cusand men, more than two-thirds being tians. He directed kis course toward the called seven cities" and after fifty days wary marching, he came in sight of em. The rich and populous cities proved be but . collection of insignificant Indian la ges, occupying the site Of the present oqnis Pueblos, and whose inhabitants did | materially differ from their descendants ihe present day. As may be supposed, . Spanish leader and his followers were est!y disappointed, and after exploring 9 country as far east as the Rio Grande, g expedition returned to New Spain Cor sdo's band may be considered the first party tc penetrate Arizona, but ;hes of the cities of the bull, they passed e many a hidden bonanza, which has nee added millions to the wo-ld's wealth. The Jesuit fathers. some of when accom- nied Coronade's expedition, may be coa- tered the pioneer miners of AriZona- iesc adventurous men were inspired by ous zeal to convert the savages and gath within the fold of the true faith the heath. nordes given over to superstition and idol ry. These untiring propagandis;s steadi pushed nor:hward, and about 1J0 years er the expedition to Cibois, or in 1GS7, the ct mission was established in the region w known as Arizoua. Thirty years later ere were nine missions within the tcrri- y. all in a nouri.Ling condition. From . founding Of these establishments can bc ted the beginning Of the mining industry Arizona. Besides being taught a knovl-