Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-06-26
Letter from aumpug District.
FARLEY's CANT, WEST HuNBUG,l .s- .June 18th. iSSq


 EDITOR JoUENAI-MINER ,--ln writing
 o: mines and mining iron outside
 camps i; is very difficult matter to,lo
 so and please ali, as there arc so many
 different views on the subject even be-
 tween miners. What constitutes mine
 Is the great questics. With some,
 deep shafts, numerous drilss, levels
 enough to beSlldes the intended
 investor, who marches with candle m
 hand, to have his attention brought Co
 every lump of ore on the line of dovel-
 opment, constitute a mine When a
 "claim" shows mineral on tho surface
 all along the vein in srge bodies, with
 several well selected cuts and some
 shafts from 10 to 90 feet deep, in all of
 which mineral is plainly to be seen,
 and hundreds of tons on the dumps.
 which of the two is the mine? X hole
 in the ground never constituted
 mine, neither does useless expenditure
 of any kind The output for the labor
 tells the tale. In near quarter of
 century of mining and prospecting, my
 views I give fssrly as have seen them.
 The principle lay 6own is this: it is
 safer and cheaper to invest in good
 surface prospects than in we'll develop
 cd and 'going concerns The princi-
 pie is such sound one, and the past
 experience of the most successful ope-
 rators in paying properties attest that
 1t seems needless to comment on it, but
 there is at the present an. element in
 mining that has development" for sale
 m this county, whose cheek Is we'll de-
 veloped, but whose muscle never swell
 ed out to the music of drill, and am
 sorry to say they age the most favored
 by capital. A developed property near
 market, and lying idle for investors
 to "catch on," will prove legacy of assessments in the future as in the past. The views l take are these: Buy good prospects, at fair prices, and develop them intelligently and economi- caEy, and rely on it the risks of mining will be no greater than that of any other business. In proof of natural l development" will state that nine out | of ten of the best mines of Nevada, | California and Arizona were valuable | surface prospects, and had market l value before 10 feet in depth was reached. It is like establishing a busi- ness and then closing doors, to develop a mine and shut down to wait for investors. No other business pursues such course. The business men Of our towns advise Us to develop our mines. Does 1t ever occur to these men, that with them lies great deal of this development Ii they have faith iH these mines, why do they not use something stronger and more potent than "advice?'
 The samphng works at Prescott has been of service in assisting in your yi- cinity, but you need more. N'Ay don't you of Prescott develop" or nave you reached the selling point? The mine ral resources of our county are very great. With the Prescott ( Arizona 1 Central railroad completed, and reduc- ton works in your city, the right to advise would he conceded; but, in the sluggard you have a moral. Hurry this and your "boom" is certain, delay, and your neighhor will steal your advan- tages. The southern slope of the coun- ty will not be lacking to furnish her share of the material you of Prescott rely on, namely: that at present we be- long to you. The extension Of the rail road south would change the aspect of affairs in that particular very much
 have condensed the "undertones' of our section in this letter, for you to see yourselves as We see you. It is friendly notice thss we have grievances you know not of. Our unaided efforts cant remove the Bradshaws. Your railroad can.
 There never was at asy previous time as many men earnestly at work in this section as at present, digging, delv- ing, sacking and shipping ore, which IS all leaving this territory and adding 10 : the wealth of our neighbors who have more push than we. This county has been seriously injured through the of its incorporated mines, < in charge, sap-head manage s ment, and the final failure. The un- happiness of man proceeds from his in- | These men blame the n mines, when they themselves are the f, cause. The ''swill-tuh corporations" of - this county who pick up the refuse oi camps, have been as fostering sores on he prosperity of the county, to the in- : jury of all good mines and miners Their monumental wrecks are far more numerous than Aztec ruins, have been he by-word of intelligent mining men, who say, without prejudice, ''Yavapai z las more mines, more mills. and less pulp, than any pretentious country we yHe ever in." Is the famous white n, nan's" county of Arizona to be ever sl nubbed as the least enterprising of F' he territory We have only one reply g' o make: we have chsused much; we hall change more; the old was fail. ,, Ire. In final, I would submit to the n' diners of osr county the 5dea oi a di ChloSiders' Union" for the purpose of cu lsre fully understanding our own lc ounty and its resources, and for hitting te defend our interests from the lcI anders of the dupes Of nismanage- se lent of the past. SEUN FAIS.
 Minister Rysn's wayward son has dh ned the navy. :" Secretary Noble is investigating the DO of Indian schools be