Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-05-11
THE FLAG
 OE ARIZONA. AN OPEN CHALLENGE To Scientific Men and Min ing Engineers and
 Practical Miners. THE COMING ARIZONA.
Her Mines of Silver, Gold, Cop per, Lead and Onyx Her In dustrial Marts to Which
 the Products of Her
Fertile Valleys Must Seek a Finan- cial Outlet-TheC ColOred Flag of Silver. Gold and Copper Bed- ecked With Silver Stars
 May Yet Be Arizona's
 Emblem of State.

I do not intend to write the history of the United States from the accession of George Washington down to the ages in the memory of men still living, but I, Arthur H. Elliott, 6 citizen of the United States and resident of Pinal county, Arizona, believing and acknowI- edging that Almighty God is the Su- preme Ruler of the Universe from whom all that is wise and good emanates, and believing that man made in his image possesses these wonderful faculties which are capable of chainIng the light hing and harnessing the winds ard bringing from time 10 time all the ele- ments into subjection for the substgn- tisl and material benefit of different generations, and likewise believing that the beacon light of science is enhghtn- ing men on to grand discoveries in the remarkable age of progress, l, Arthur H. Elliott, possessed of all the faculties Of mind and body as a sane man and not carried away by any spirit Of undue enthusiasm, do, now Tn behalf Of ArlzO- ne, that land proclaimed by Homboldt as the Treasure Box of America, cnal- leDge men of science, mining engineers and scientists to look into certain mln- lng discoveries that l have made and refute if possible, any assertion l make. I will show you mountain range, one ot the most peculiar in metallic noun tam architecture yet discovered in Ariz ona; I will show you where millions can be dug out in gold, silver and copper. I will give to Arizona by virtue of dis covery one of the grandest industrial workshops that it will be her pleasure for years to enjoy. l will show you a Series of mountains so suitably and tit tiDgly designed that nature has placed the doors where men may enter Tn. l will show you a series of group of f8mi- lies of metal mountains which have been contorted, faulted, changed, chasmed and eroded until the rock building of ages is exposed to view and successive periods of time are plainly marked as the many volumes of a book with it's subdivisions of chapters and clauses.
 will show you mountain range whose metal covering hclds wealth in abeyance to the energy of capital and the hands of labor. Upon accurate computation there is some S250,000,O GOO to $500, ,0O0,- GOO in silver, gold, lead and copper, and the most accurate presumption is that this metal field will be worked with un- demiuIshed vigor whilst the new flag of Arizona will bear the marks of infancy, and even up to the time when sge shall designate it 6s the flag of one of the most powerful states in the union, and they will De working in full blast es long as precious metals are used as money and as long as the name of Ariz- ona shall be Arizone.
 In conclusion 1 repudiate the blatant sneers of skeptic5 and. tue demagOglc utterances of garrulous lamp-post men. I stand man among men in the matter of this discovery. It means millions at the present time aud in futurlty for Ar izonp. It means an electric light cast upon the mining mysteries of Arizona. It IS the substantial solving or that much vexed expression that has so often slurred the mining interests Of Arizona (namely), "Your mines de not go down" I shall use no hoodoo stick nor resort to any slIght-of hand performance, but shall point out the ore bodies with un- erriDg accuracy. It is a triumph of man power over material elements. It IS the picture of man who has conquered the mountains; it is victory in behalf of mining that will place ArIZona in the vanguard of an undreamed of prosperi ty. My address is.
 ARTHUR H. ELLIOTT,
 Geologist and miner. mining camp of Ls Roy, via Vekol, Arizona.