The copper era., 1901-01-17
THE NEW ARIZONA.
What a Year Has Done For The
 Territory.

The progress Of Arizona in population wealth and the development of its rt sources in the past year has been re
 nlarkable, and the rapidity with whicl
 the territory has developed from primitive frontier region into one O the most progressive, enlightened an,
 law-abiding territories is withou
 parallel.
 The greatest industry of Arizona il
 mining, and the past year has been tn,
 most prosperous for that branch in tho
 history of the territory. The year, record clearly shows that Arizona will 1 become the greatest and most profit.
 able mining section in the world The | territory has long been known for its
 production of precious metals, but no, until recently has its undeveloped re- sources been recognized and have peo- pie in other parts of the country un-
 derstoOd that the mining industry is in its infancy. The territory has nev- CT experienced boom, but the devel- opment has been slow but substantial.
 lnaccessibility and lack of transporta-
 tion facilities have been the principal
 drawbacks. During the past year the
 attention of investors and pros pectors
 outside of the territory have been en-
 listed as never before, and sales and contracts for sales have been numerous. One of the features of recent mining development has been the revival of tho. search and development of silver regions. There has been a notable in- crease in the production of silver and gold, and it will be still more pronounce ed during the coming year The the owners of silver and gold prop critics to make shipments Of ore at a profit, and in some sections of the ter ritory silver mining is more active and profitable than in the palmy days of silver mining in this country.
 There Is no active method of comput- ing the mineral production of Arizona, but careful estimates give the follow ing output for the four most important metals: Copper, $30. .0OO .OOO; gold, sS, 900, 900; silver, s3,OO0, ,O0O: lead, s5OO,- DOO The production of copper has not increased over that of last year for the | reason that some of the biggest copper plants of the world during the year suspended operations on account of | accidents and shut-downs for repairs. |
 Throughout the greater portion of he year the whole territory has suf- cred more less from the drought ' "'~'i mas prevoiled over the Pacific coast country, and in consequenoo oao supply of water for irrigation has been below the average. But notwithstand- | ng this fact the year upon the whole | has been prosperous one, and condi- tions at which the farmers and Fruit | raisers of Arizona complain would be | as most gratifying by east l ern communities. The undeveloped re- | sources of Arizona in precious metals, 1 agriculture, horticulture, grazing and | timber, mineral springs, marble and building stone, onyx, coal and nearly ! all natural products known to com merce, make the territory one of the ! wealthiest subdivisions of the country and insure its future as a great and state. but the agriculture has been carried to a point beyond which further progress in enlarging the cultivated area can not be achieved without an increased water s,, pply. The people are eXerting to accomplish the construc- tion of system of storage reservoirs by federal aid, private enterprise or 
 Railroad construction, during tho year amounted to only II miles, of which the Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railroad company, which undertook the construction of line from Will Hams, Ariz., to the Grand Caynon of the Colorado, built 55 miles. The increas- ed cost of steel rails, structural iron ard all kinds of building material op- erated against new construction, but with prices tending downward, there is reason to believe that plans for ex- teusive railroad building, by which new mining regions will be afforded outlets, will be carried out.
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