Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-10-18
PROPEROUS ARIZONA.
RENEWED ACTIVITY IN ALL DIREC-
 TIONS.
Important Movements In Mining Circles--- Looking Toward StatehOod---Re- publicans Hopeful of Success at
 the Coming Election.
Los Angeles Express ..

Edwin s. Gill, formerly managing edi- tor of the Tribune of this city, and now editor of the Arizona Republican at Phe- nix. arrived in this city last night and will return home to night.
 Mr. Gill talked briefly to an Express reporter at the Westminster this morn ing about the outlook, mining, political and agricultural, in the territory. He says mining boom is setting in all over the territory as result of the enactment of the new silver law and the consequent increase in the price of silver. Work has been resumed in many mines which were before idle. The water level has been reached ill many mines in Tombstone, and work had stopped for that reason, but now the owners will be justified in putting in pumping machinery and re- suming operations. A number of new mines had recently been sold in the terri tory. In Pima county alone three new silver mines had been sold in the last three weeks, one for $75,000 and two others for about S6OOOO each. The West inghouse company had purchased one of them. Work will be commenced on these mines at once on a large scale, with new machinery and large forces of men. At Globe, the iyeliest camp in the territory, eighty tons of copper ore are smelted every day. In Pinal county the Silver King and Reymert silver mines, which have been dormant for three or four years, are going into operation. In Yavapai county and around Prescott there is great activity. The hills are full of prospectors and many excellent leads have been dis covered.
 There is also much activity in gold min ing. The suit for the possession of one of the Bonanza mines in the Harqua Hala district in Yuma county has been decided in favor of Hubbard & Bowers, and they will at once put up a mill with forty stamps. The Phenix gold mine in Mari copa county will be opened up at an ex- pense of $60,000 to $S0,000.
 The increase in the price of copper, which has advanced in sixty days from $21.50 to $24 or $25 per hundred, has greatly stimulated copper mining. The copper Queen of Bisbee, the third largest copper mine in the world has bought up number of neighboring mines with the idea of extending It's operations. The [ advance ill the price of lead from $4.20 to $5.90 has added to the mining impulse. all lead ore in Arizona carries much gold and silver. The agricultural outlook for the territory MT. Gill also considers most pfOlllSlug.
 Practically everybody, both republi- cans and democrats, want statehood in Arizona, says MT. Gill The territory has as large population as Wyoming, about 60000, and considerably larger assessed valuation, and the people feel that they are entitled to statehood. It is proposed to meet the Mormon difficulty by incor- porating the Idaho test oath in the con- stitution. There is also now bill before Congress embodying the test oath. The | Mormons number 10000 or 12,000, hold the balance of power and vote with the l democrats
 The people feel that the way to get statehood is to elect Congressman and legislature in sympathy with the admin i istration at Washington, and for that req son and because the resignation of Gov ernor Wolhey has healed all dissensions among the republicans, the latter are very hopeful Of success in the coming election. Strong county tickets have been nominated. The present democratic Congressman, Marcus A. Smith, has ac- complished nothing for the territory and the people want change.