Arizona republican., 1890-08-15
THRIVING PRESCOTT.
evival of Business In All The
 Mining Camps.
BENEFITS OF STARTLING WORKS.
The Advantages of North and south Railroad as Set Forth by an Old Mining Man -- Delightful
 Summer Climate.
Staff Correspondence of TIE REPUBLICAN.

Staff Correspondence of TIE REPUBLICAN,
 PREscoTT, August l0.-Prescott, which next to Tucson is the oldest town of any considerable importance in the Terri tory, has the most picturesque location of any. situated on high table land with the mountains towering above it in the back ground all covered with pine, it presents an appearance that seems to invite one to sit down and rest, Being at an altitude of nearly 5000 feet it has most delightful summer climate. The days are never excessively hot, while the cool mountain breezes at night render blanket necessary for covering while sleeping.
 Just now the mining industries in the country tributary to Prescott are in q more flourishing condition than ever before in her history. In the early days of mining in 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 serious setback. It was not that the ores were low grade, especially as ores are generally reckoned now-a- days, but for lack of transportation and milling facilities that the mines did not pay. The building of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad opened up many good mines and later the building of the Prescott and Arizona Central gave the entire country another push forward.
 l. I,g inf rl-S were established in Prescott and these have been worth thousands of dollars to the town. Men of limited means hold ing claims could bring ores to the works for sampling, and upon the showing made had no trouble in disposing of the ores of their locations. The result has been to bring about a genuine min ing boom and probably never before in the history ofIavapai 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 prop critics of the district are being worked upon larger scale than ever before. The mines in Copper Basin and the Sen ator and Boggs mines, all owned by that great mining firm, Phelps, Dodge X Co.,, are running heavier force of men than ever before and they are turning out large quantities of ore. Besides these the Silver King, near town, is doing good work. The Iarnell property down in Weaver's mountains is being worked on a larger scale than ever be- fore. The Peck mines in the upper part of the Bradshaw district, which were once abandoned, have been re- opened and are turning out good ore the Tiger is again to be put on its feet, and then there is the Ora Bella, the Hillside, the Crown King, Gray Eagle and other mines all being opened up as rapidly as possible. The United Verde, northeast of Prescott, is doing such big business that its owners are seriously considering the advisability of building a branch railroad to connect withe P. X c. A. The Congress mine in Date Creek district is generally con sidered as being as much tributary to Phoenix as to Prescott, and has been so often described in TIE REBUPLICAN that further mention of it is unnecessary. In all there are over twenty good mines now in operation in the Prescott dis trict 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 smelters in Colorado and New Mexico. "Our people are very much interested in the building of the North and South Railroad to connect us with Phoenix and the Salt River Valley" said a prominent mining man to me. "While it will be of great benefit to us l believe it would be even more valuable to the people of the South. We have now the largest and richest mining country in the Southwest and the building of that railroad would open up many more good claims. We raise almost nothing about Prescott, and with connection with the Salt River 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 Phoenix much of the ore from the south side of the mountains would naturally go there, and all your lumber you can draw from the north part of the Terri tory much cheaper than it is now pur- chased. l believe 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 taxes it will impose upon them to meet the subsidy"
 found this interview quite universal ly expressed the sentiments of the peo- pie of Prescott. At the time when it was thought the President would sign the bill passed by Congress, arrange ments were 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 Phoenix. F.. $. G..
 The Monmouth Flyers.