Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-12-26

II don't take much OF a memory to go
back to period when many OF our citi-
zens were much disappointed because
our city did lot get the insane asylum
instead of the university. The thousand
andone advantages of the university be-
ing located at Tucson, are now apparent,
and we doubt if any of our people would
willingly make the exchange, even at
the present time. when the university
has scarcely started; aud certainly syeaI
or two hence, the fact that the university
city than the capital, will go without
contradiction. 1t is not too much to
expect that five hundred students will
be enrolled in the several departments
of the university within three years.
Our school of mines will present advan
tages that few institutions Of the kind
can boast, and unquestionably will be
come one Of the most popular education
al establishments in science OF mining
and metallurgy that We have in the
United States. Its value to the city of
Tucson cannot be overlooked, but how
much greater is its value to the terri
tory of Arizona and IN fact to the countr,
at large. 1t must be borne in mind that
one of Arizona's great resources consists
of the mineral underlying our hills and
hidden from sight, until the prospector
and successful miner develops it to the
knowledge of man. The value OF the
school of mines to Arizona, from home
standpoint, is almost incalculsble. In
the first place the graduates of this
practical school will not be merely
tourists, as is too often the case IN the
east, where the theoretical graduate
may be turned looss or an unsuspect-
ing world, but they will be practical
mining and mil men, whose education
has occurred in the quartz mills, smell
ters and mines within easy reach of
Tucson, with all the facilities of the
mining plant and other apparatus at the
university, and the best talent that is
obtainable anywhere, in the faculty.
We have within easy reach every clas,
OF ore, all varieties of iron, lead, copper,
silver and gold ores, and no graduate
could have any possible excuse for be-
ing ignorant on account of lack of va
riety or lack of facilities, uor the lack of
ali advantages for practical study.
1lmbering in all it's phases, every char
acter of mining from the entique Mexi-
can mode to the most modern in use
at this enlightened period. How then
caa the intelligent student be other
wise than practical? Arizona will
derive its benefits from the extensive
tests her ore will he put 10, and the per-
feet knowledge that will eventually be
acquired Of the treatments required to
get the best results in extracting the
precious metals. The territory will
also be wonderfully benefited by men
who have been practio ally educated
amidst her own peculiaritIes in ore and
formation, going INTO the development
and treatment of Arizona ores, after
graduation. 1t is to be naturally ex-
pected that such result will eventual
ly giVe new impetus to mining, and
that it will be conducted on an intel
ligent plan heretofore unknown in the
majority Of our mining camps. Our ores
will be understood and their values will
be obtainable. Hundreds of most
promising prospects will receive new
life at the hands of intelligently direct.
ed work, and successful treatment of
their ores and the mineral resources Of
Arizona will attract the attention Of the
world. We have great wealth in our hills
and our ores are unlimited in quantity
and variety, and within few years our
school Of mines will make this ore yield
handsomely to our intelligent miners,
and the great advantages of the univer-
sity over the insane asylum will become
apparent and be heartily appreciated.