Arizona republican., 1895-12-13
How to Lift the Fog Of
 Distrust.
Benefit of a Reliable Mining
 Exchange.
Property of Proven Worth In Wini- fred and Cave Creek
 Districts.

are glad to see In your daily issue or December your editorial recommen- 1ation to the chamber of commerce to take up and advance all the bona fide mining enterprises of southern Ari zona, and particularly those within reach of your city.
 It may be we'll for the press of Pnoe nix to have at the outset inventories of the established mines or promising prospects everywhere within easy reach, and I will also impose on you 9 few practical observations on the m H. ing situation here
 From some source a fog of iistrust has come to envelope all the mining properties in this region; from some one has spread the report that our ore bodies do not ''go down. and another ugly impression exists that too much deception has been practiced On men from abroad who have attempted in vestments of that kind here.
 IA mining bureau in Phoenix under The supervision of the board Of trade can infinitely easier dispel such fog and correct false reports and evil i'm pressions if the real condition of min ing affairs are made known 10 it.
 Much of the 'fdon't-go-down" reputa- tion of our ore bodies comes from needy prospectors, grlb-staked in the city and sent out to find something. These men monkey and cayote on some little blowout, and when their grub is gone go in with the report tthat T found nothing that goes down." and you may recall some instances Of men coming here With a little wad, no ey- per. .ence and unlimited s-lf-c0nce.t, t, who nave caught at the first chance put in their way. Not knowing what to do with, or how to handle their Cpportun:- ty, they busted, as such men are fJre- ordained to do, whatever they under take and wherever on the face of the earth. IA lamb who ventures away from the fold, and from the verdure and still waters to which he is fitted into the arena of bold adventure, must, as a matter of course get fiaeced, but hs b,atting sometimes fills the e3rth.
 Truly, @ miner must be a man Wi5h all the nerve and daring and staying qualities of an accomplished gam bler The man who will take hold of nothing which he can not see in it's entirety-an absolutely sure thing-you may direct to the M0nihon or Fleming blocks towering in the air, With their interiors easily accessible, or to the egpanse of an alfalfa ranche; but the miner mus. take his chances and risk; he must pick and blast his way to a knoWl- l-dge Of what he has, and thus Gf.an ye2rs of infinite labor, and patience are ex- pcnded. Successful mining men must be men of nerve and daring, and no C. her class of men radiate into space so much hope and enterprise as they; or scatter farther and wider the seed 5 of prosperity and wealth, when they can get down to their business With means enough and in a systena tic way
 Looking n0rthw2rd you find frs he Winifred district with TWO well equ D. ped mines thereon, the Un on of which a mere mention only is needed, and the 39ila Monster. They are not idle now because they don't go down or don't come up to reasonable expectations idle, possibly because the chamber ot commerce does not put men of mean; and practical experience onto them The old Contention mine, when the Verde canal is flushed with water, can and probably will come into the pros porous operation it undoubtedly is capable of. That whole distr-c5 has 8 promising aspect on it's face to any eX- pert system of investigation
 The first property one meets on en- itering Cave Creek district is the Mor- mon Girl, now after eight years pa tient, systematic developm ent, vel equipped for practical working and one of the most promising and attractive ore bodies in Arizona. The men WhC have worked it have not had muct money, but with unlimited nerve anG patience they have sunk down on 2 hard ledge 250 feet, showing a rich pay streak of free gold from grass roots tt tunnel level, and now as they drift into the shoot they find that pay streal growing richer and wider, while the balance of the big ledge grows stronger to copper every foot of the way in And cross-cutting, they are findine other ore bodies in that immense ifs sure, showing up satisfactory in copper and su.phurets There is now nC doubt of the Mormon Girl and all its adjacent group going down to an ineX haustible and rich ore body which wide spreading and towering mounta has for its foundation.
 As much and as good-possibly mort and better can be said of other mine in Cave Creek district, most of whic1 are near to the adequate water suppl! of Cave creek, or on living springs ad jacent thereto; notably the Maricopa Mexican, and Gold Hill mines, and tn properties of Charles Fleming, Chas Philes, MT Moore, Marcel Dugas, etc There are also, farther up the creek tt Cram mountain, many promising, bu not yet well developed prospects. Gu If The rnooed and grand nnhnaVal Q