Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-10-05
OUR MINERAL RESOURCES.

Much has of late been recordsd in the eastern press about Arizona, some self interviewed parties conining themselves to the ''lawless" class, whilst others de vote their energies in decrying the min ing industry of this territory. In regard to the. lawless class, we need hardly say. our population can and does compare favorably in morality and good order, with any state in the union, and if there happens to be few cases of ''lawless- ness" it is on the part of such slander- ous correspondents above alluded to.
 But when it comes to defaming one of the richest mining spots in the world. we are justified in saying a few words in contradiction. Such untruths are simply the inspirations of some hair brained fossils who perhaps came here, hoping to find their fortunes on our streets, and failing therein, vent their spleen on Arizona in the manner de- scribed.
 That We have not in our mining in dustries been able to make a better showing than has yet been done, has not been so much the fault of the mines as of other andiextrinsic causes, chief of which has been bad management fol lowed by lack of means to open them up and outfit them with suitable reduc- tion works. Notwithstanding the good showing of rich ores, our mines have made during the past year, but little outside aid has been extended to them. What little money has been expended has been in the purchase of mines. and thus they remain. What we most need is little help to open up some of these rich lodges. The amount need not be large, as enough ore could in most cases be taken out, when once tools, supplies and hoisting works were on the ground, to defray current expenses. Without money the miner, however rich his claim, can do nothing, and these men are always willing to give to parties fur nishing money to prospect their lodes, a liberal interest therein.
 In the more recent immigration only three classes of men have come to Ari- zona: The laboring man without means, the speculator, interested on secur- ing any sort of property for speculation, and the capitalist or his agent, seeking to buy mineral ledge for a nominal price. Let now the capitalist or his agent come here, and taking his time look about, and when he sees anything that suits him, act in a spirit of liberal ity and fairness, and he need not go away without gettingj properties that will turn out satisfactory in the end. He can extract the ores himself, select his samples and have them tested by our local assayers, of whom we have several who stand at the head of their profession. Not only can parties have their ores we'll assayed here, but they can obtain small lots to be worked. if they desire it, making all desired tests
 
 little money and think of embarking in mining, this is, above ali other places, the place to come to. There are more lodges in one section of Arizona, show ing rich ores on the surface than have ever been found in the whole state of Nevada. Parties coming here need not purchase these properties outright. They can bond them, buy them condi- tionally, get them, in fact, on almost any terms they choose to propose, having!all the time they want to prospect and open them up. We may not succeed in de- veloping every mine into Comstock. | What is even more certain we shall not spend millions upon millions and inn poverish multitudes of people in looking for ore. If We do not find here lodes