Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-11-23

tr-rC e.se, and that when Coloralo, ? lho. Ttah and other western sec -sons ich may be ella IS dis
 a.ca 9 silver producers v a Tor a t.0e crushed by a reck- demo
 ate s4 ministration from top to bc.to- TOW is 1t in the of Nay anai count right at home as its r5ice ecas-s wildly and ianatically .m oausg of '.- white metal. TC
 ook backwa s= lAsu a decade
 Shen silver .as dollar an ounce
 What do We see! Absolutely noth- ing IL go far as mining prosperity
 vas noticeable in silver. Hardly a quartz mill was dropping its stamps
 and the chlorider was few and far
 between. The Peck, Tip Top
 Prince and other white metal con- cerns. which. in their days, were pro-
 6table and wealthy producers, were abandoned or else worked cut
 There was absolutely nothing, ID
 short, of a silver mining indus. y
 to warrant the maintenance or he support of a community we see ,o- day scattered so generously every
 where. Had it not been for the ex- istenoe of government military post to scatter broadcast fat con- tracts, a transcontinental railroad to support mercantile institutions, the seat of the territorial government to pay its political and financial re wards to, and the steady output oi placer dust, Yavapsi would, under
 any other conditions, have been a very uninyiting field for even the miner or the capitalist. Who Is there today to look back into the mining conditions as they prevailed iu Yavapai years ago but will not honestly aud willingly scquiesce in this belief. And again, who IS there today that will not say but what Yavapsi is the home.of more legiJi- mate and practical gold mining than was ever dreamed of during the s-l- yer era, or when silver was woT h more than a dollar an ounce. Six or seven years ago We can recall the sudden impulse that seized
 nen in their zeal to hunt Tor gold mines, and from that day to this tle county has grown ip its industrial strides So steadily and firmly that gives to its present and future hops through gold mining distinc,ively, a
 ster regard both at home and
 roe5 than any other channel of -a-merce could have possibly ex- Ger 1eG. Ten years ago when one
 --Etz q was dropping stamps on s,.-e-. sy twenty are pcr ling on
 I'd. E-a years ago wheL q dol
 .r = ou, side capital Wa iificnlt
 ter bring to the cOuL- when
 l.er Eas at it's zenith, tcs " under
 Id conditions, thousand of out -.ie rs 9 st our c 'Ors. Ten
 ears ago. when PresoOtt's conner
 al life was .-o a. 8 low aad un- ~rrta- -Ob, today we s.- prosper ous, s54 more than that still forging ou ra-G trough a political princi- pie that IS backed up by the yellow metal. Ten years ago compare Prescott homes and business houses iu number and in wealth in that silver era, to that of today under gold producing conditions. Ten years ago go to hills of Yavapai and place the desolate scenes alongside of that which greets you today. Ten years ago, peep into Jerome, Con gress, Crowned King, McCabe, LyEx Creek, Stanton, and other "fr silver" communities, and see the desolation of each and go there to- day. what a change echoes back to you and me.
 For men, politically or otherwise, to hope for a political principle to prevail that will drive men and capital from us and throw the country back into an uncertain, restless and hazardous financial channel, may be all right from the of partisan gain and greed but 10 discountenanee that which su-tains US and furthers the hopes of the country to the highest, is nothing more than treachery of the purest hue. We admit We are sell ish. Selfish to that extent that We wish 10 see Yavapai 3 rrosper, becsuse by it its people will likewise pro- Dee. What does any bona bide res dent of Yavspai county with a home and family care whether the silver mines Of Colorado or the hints of India are operated, So long as his vocation remains, a1d he Is content ed with his lot. Or, whether, on th- other hand. the K,ondike enriches many and runs just as many more. We arr for Yavapal and its interests and in saying that gold mining IS the backbone of the coun- .-.. sud the surest and safest, and a c~ foundation on which it. .u,-re fife rests and must prosper ,~ w. Ia what We believe Co be n bon fact, and which We like -..s. J- @ a majority Of "a bona
 g-G telhsent people ~ill up
 e. us But when We 70 the
 rf~. ic. that wuo for t.Itical
 gran i1auert m a lit. .ountv ..1z .a-a .-- intellect c' .L- many ls bel5f -4.t free coinage will 1rks every miner in the ,oun;y 'onst -o- bona E lr. CT a Baron E.. hsrI I. Of the golden hue, We s- ouly .-ir--ate. tha- a SD far as -ayspai :5 concerned wa are travel lg under false cOl0rs. YavaPai IS Iospering under gold basis. 1T