Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-08-23
THRIVING PRESCOTT.
REVIVAL or BUSINESS IN ITS MIN
 ING CAMPS.
Benefits of sampiing Worlss---The Ad- vantages of North and south Rail road as Set Forth by m old Mining Mau---DeIight-
 ful summer
 Climate.
staa Com rbcnix Republican.


 Prescott, which next to Tucson is the oldest town of any considerable mpOrt- ance in the Territory, has the most pie turesque location of any. Sliuated on a high table iand with the mountains tower ing above 1t in the back ground all GOV cred with pine, it presents an appearance that seems to invite one to sit down and rest. Being at an altitude Of nearly coco feet 1t has a most delightful summer climate The days are never excessively hot, while the cool mountain bree2es at night render blanket necessary for GOV ering while sleeping.
 Just now the mining industries in the country tributary tO Prescott are m more Hourishing condition than ever be fore in her history In the early days of mining m Arizona Prescott was a good camp but the ores were all termed low grade, and through this the entire mining interests of the Territory received ser ious setback. It was not that the ores were low grade especially as ores are generally reckoned nowadays, but for lack of transportation and milling facili- ties that the mines did not pay. The building of the Atlantic and Pacific Rail road opened upmany good mines and later the building of the Prescott and Arizona Central gave the entire country another push forward.
 Within the last year sampling works were established in Prescott and these have been worth thousands of dollars to the town. Men of limited means holding claims could bring ores to the works for samplng, and upon the showing made had no trouble in disposing of the oies of their locations. The result has been to bring about genuine mining boom and probably never before in the history of Yavapai county were there so many men in the mountains as at present
 Besides all the prosperity noted in the smaller mines, the old and large proper ties of the district are being worked upon a larger scale than ever before. Tie mines in Copper Basin and the Senator and Boggs mines, all owned by that great min ing firm, Phelps, Dodge x Co, are run ming a heavier force of men than ever be- fore and they are turning out large quan- tities of ore. Besides these the Silver King. near town, IS doing good work. The Yarnell property down in Viewers noun tainsis being worked on a larger scale than ever before The Peck mines in the upper part of the Bradshaw district which were once abandoned, have been reopen ed and are turning out good ore; the
 
 then there is the Ora Bella, the Hillside. the Crown King, Gray Eagle and other mines all being opened mp as rapidly as possible. The United Verde. northeast of Prescott, is doing such a big business that its owners are seriously considering the advisabilily of building @ branch rail road to connect with r. X C. A. The Con eress mine in Date Creek district IS gen erally considered as being as much tribu- tary to PheniX as to Prescott, and has been SO often described in the Republican that further mention of it is unnecessary. In all there are over twenty good mines now in operation in the Prescott district and besides the copper ore in the Copper basin and at the United Verde which is smelted at home, there are two cars a day shipped from Prescott to smeiters in Colorado and New Mexico Our people are very much interested in the building of .hs North and South Railroad to con meet u9 with PheniX and the Salt River Valley" said prominent mining man to me %WhjiE it will be of great benefit to us believe # Sould be even more valu- able to the people of the South. We have now the largest and richest mining coun- try in the Southwest and the building of that railroad would open up many more good clalmS. We raise dlnlpal Iobllilig about Prescott and with the Salt ryer country your farmers can supply us with hay, grain. fruits, early vegetables, fine fat beef off your alfalfa lands, and in short about everything We can consume. With sampling works and smelters at PheniX much of the ore from the south side of the mountains would naturally go there, and all your lgmber you can draw from the north part of the Territory much cheaper than it is now purchased. l be- lieve the majority of the people in both sections of the Territory are anxious to have the road built and are willing to stand the additional tnXes 1t will impose upon them to meet the subsidy"
 l found this interview quite universally expressed the sentiments of the people of Prescott At the time when it was thought the President would sign the bill passed by Congress, arrangements werG begun for the erection of several brick blocks, but all are held in abeyance now, Let us hope that they may have occasion to be resumed and that ere many months the whistle of the engine on the North and South Railroad may be heard in both Prescott and Pheuix.