Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-12-05
A Valuable opinion os Our Mines.

| - PRESCOTT, ARIz.. Dec. 3d, 1888. EDITOR JoURNAL-MINER: :-Arizona ii fast becoming the center of all of 0ul territories fer inv. stments of varioul kinds, and especia ly in the mining in dustry. The time has been when { company that wished to invest hers had to do 60 under adverse circumstan. css-lOng hauls, rsmoteness from civili. zation, and placing life and roperty in jeopardy; as it is said, placing lives on one end of the balance and a pound of geld on the other, take your c'.oice
 While the native element held sway at large, natural ignorance of mining and of the treatment of ores of all kinds had it On the other hand, to the great detriment of the commonwealth oi Arizona. Ge where you will, you will find mines partially worked in years gone by, mill plants of every name and order on the decay, and many . spot shows only the grade where once stood . mill of fair fame. Was it mismanage ment or ignorance of the business, or was the machinery not adapted to the treatment of the ores? I think the lat ter idea has dene much to Ariz0na's detriment. Ores must be worked or treated as you find them, and not after ., fancy ideal of plant to custom, but machinery must work in harmony with it, as chemicals combine for union. whether it be concentration, free silver, or gold milling, etc.
 Many of the old, once worked mines, are now being reclaimed by faithful work, good management, etc. Men of sound experience have taken hold to make & success with adequate ma chinery of the latest improv. d patterns. and making a grand success out of the old failures that have been an eye sore to all good men for many year-. Suc- cess having been made out of unsuc- cessful attempt beforehand is a proof of the padding.
 To name all the good and worthy pr perties of our territory, or of Yava- pai county, would call further time and space not admissible here; a few near at hand must suffice: Congress, Gro Bella, Grown King, Howard, Sena- tor and Alligator mines. These are all high grade in character and minerali- ration, and stand among the first plants today. The Alligator property espe. cislly has great history and promises much in the near future for It's mineral deposit
 Arizona is not failure, as it has been stated ty many. It was a fail ure in the mining industry while it was being run aud conducted by incomre- tent and ignorant management-mtn n that did not know the difference be- tween quartz mill and hay wagon, who would go quartz mining with 8 span of mules, blow and a scraper. If mining did not pay, then the busi- ness was failure, once and for all.
 But, how different today under prsc- ticAl arrangements, thoroughly conver- sant with every detail in the treatment of all ores-crowned with succees on the very top of all failures. This is 8 strong saying, but it is nevertheless 8 fact beyont dispute. Capital is com ing today, will come, and must come, to invest in our successful and worthy plants, for they can do no better else where.
 It has been said that the mines of Arizona do not go down in depth; that they play out. What is the use of mines going down whe mine owners refuse to go down even as ar as they do go because the ore has become base and could not be treated under their limited knowledge of the business. This idea is false and misleading. Are they not found here, as any shere else, under geological principles? The same
 law 2, verns all The erosion and teaching of time is not considered here. The mining industry must be managed by competent men acquainted with all the details as . business, just the same as successful kank, a hardware or any ppR AcTICAI OBSERVER