Weekly Phoenix herald., 1885-01-22
ARIZONA.
The Land of Blue Skies and
 Sunshine.
Solid and Convincing Proofs of Its Great Agricultural A and
 Mineral Wealth.

commands the attention and adml
 ration of all. Arizona is almost uR
 known in this section, but the Ex position will interest and educat l thousands as to the marvellous re
 sources of the great land of sunshin,
 and silver. Blessed with splendiC
 and equable climate, rich in fertile
 and prolific soil. dotted with numer
 ous valuable mlnes of gold, silver
 copper and lead, it can be readily
 seen that Arizona must necessarily
 make inc showing.
 It lhas generally been believed by
 the outside world that Arizona was
 rich only in minerals. An exami-
 nation of the splendid samples of wheat, spuds, sugar cane, cotton and 1 fruits in the Arizona exhibits, will
 soon convince any one of the im- mense wealth of her laud. The ex- l hfbit will, undoubtedly attract the I attention ofcapitalists, as all the in- s Arizona commissioners, to all who wish to learn something of the wons derful territory. Salt River Valley in central Arizona is the great RgrIe cultural section and produces im-
 mense and profitable crops of grain.
 A source of great wealth in Ar
 iz0na is copper mining. The diss play of copper in thIs department is simply bewildering ill it's iamensi> ty. A mammoth specimen of copper ore weighing some 5000 pounds, stands directly in front of Arizona's mineral display The ore is from the justly celebrated
 COPPER QUEEN
 mine of Bis bee, Cochisc county. Di- rectly next is the fine display of ores from the Silver Prince, located at the same place as the Copper Queen. Then follows the collection of the
 UNITED VERDE COMPANY, of Yavapai county, which occupies a conspicuous place in the copper exhibit. The mines of this compas 1y are owned by Gov. F. A. Tritle ana others. This exhibit consists Of several thousand pounds of ore, run, hing high in gold, silver and copper. A Oo ,o1a bor o f b,,11;o, oorr,,;,,,- Oe 1 per cent. copper, $200 silver and $50 gold, can also be seen in thIs eX> nibIt. In this locality there is also ! large quantity of ore from other copper properties situated in Yava. 'ai county. Among the most re- narkable and extensive ex hibits of copper mines is the showing made y the Lawler Brothers, of Copper Creek. The calculated
 COPPER BASIN
 hines make most brilliant and ich display. These mines arc owned y Col. c. c. Bean, Arizona's newly lected Congressman Adjoining the rand exhibit of wealth is the large nd handsome showing made by the
 OLD DOMINION CO.,,
 f Globe District, Gila county. The :, )ld Dominion IS one of the best 'aying copper properties in the Ter itory, and has sent splendid as> of ores, and also several ars of bullion. The Tacoma and Lher copper mines ln this dislr rict { lso make a good display. The 'orld renowned
 ARIZONA COPPER COMPANY, Clifton, have on exhibition sev> . tal varieties of ore and a bar of ullion. Then comes the copper ex> lblt of Yuma county, the far west. rn county Of sunny Arizona, which ( onsists of display of rich copper l 'es from the mines of Thos. HaI> a ok and Capt. Isaac Polhemus. The T ling mines are also well represent- a l by choice samples of ore. The 'pper exhibit of Arizona is one of I le most complete and extensive in le Exposition. Arizona does her> If justice to make full display of is valuable mineral, as it is one of IT e principal products Of that great ( nd rich Territory. A few years l 90 the miners of Arizona would V iither locate nor work copper Il ines. Today, cooper is king" ( meng the most important gold ex> | iblts are those from the Tevis Dis s jet and Dos CabeZas, situated in n echise county, A full display of A l the different varieties of gold are A town by the representatives of f, csc camps. The great f,
 SILVER KING Ii mpany, of Plnal county, have \ ndly loaned Hon. F. M. Murphy 8, C collection Of ores from thelr arvelous mines. The collection lo E O1tSCS iuNl nbraces almost every known vari- y of silver ores, It would require d master mind to properly describe ( IS beautiful and immensely valu- s ,le collection. Numerous speci> J ems of native silver are in this ex- Il bit, some pieces of which appear S 1e the finest of 1lagrce work. The u lver King display IS undoubtedly a e finest ever seen in this state. u una county has on exhibition an b ,teresting collection of moly bdate II ystals- ThcIe is also in this ex- 8 bit samples of the hard woods of V at county, which are not only a but valuable for use in 8 1e cabinet work. Yavapai, Yuma, t ohave, Gila, and Pima counties S. ake a brilliant showing of rich r old and silver ores. The we'll W 1awn dividend naVinO noinac of l n