Mohave County miner., 1902-05-10
Strong Communication Telling of Ari-
zona's Great Ind ucements.


A special to the Mining Record of
Denver says: A few thoughts caught
during the short stops made at some
Of the principal camps in swing
through Arizona on business trip.
with sprinkle Of mining news, will
likely be of interest to those who in.
vest in mines, and cannot help but
convince man of business that Ari-
sona is rapidly coming to the front, in
The matter OF returns, as one of the
biggest mining sections Of the United
States.
Today within her border are some of
the big mines OF the world. The strides
in mining, from Clifton to Kingman.
and from the Utah mine into Mexico,
are simply phenomenal. Some years
ago 1t was thought that only surface
mining would pay in Arizona. Even
in this camp, from which write, that
was the thought when they got only
silver. Now 1t has been absolutely
demonstrated that in all the camps
where deep mining has been attem pied
greater values have been obtained, and
down in the depths ore bodies have
been run on to that were never dreamed
of. And the beauty of all this is, the
miner can now judge. from indications
on the surface, what he will find be.
low.
Another feature is that most of the
copper mines, while running rich with
their large bodies of copper, are also
bonanzas as gold mines, notably the
great United Verde, besides the silver,
lead, zinc, and recently, tin, platinum
aud other less known but valuable
metals and minerals, have been found
on the dumps aud in the old workings.
These side values are the rule, not
the exception, ln Arizona, and IL you
buy "pie on the poke" it is apt to be
fat one and ready for market. A
gentleman met on train returning
from kingmau remarked: "You can't
miss it in Arizona; if it is not in the
shipping ore it is in the waste, so you
are bound to catch it, either going or
coming"
All over the territory are many rich
aud promising prospects, and as the
traveller just quoted remarked, ~
would rather have prospect in Ari.
q ha nina In, 81 ka .k
talked of sections that have been in"
aud so thought we all. In fact, a great.
or nun Der of capitalists are in the ter
ritory now bunting mp these "promis.
ing prospects" than ever before. Yet
the investing world seems bewildered
aud does not understand the immen-
sity of Arizona's big dividend paying
mines.
In the "big mines"-oDe cannot help
using these saperlatives when seeing
the immense raiDing aud milling plants
at Clifton, in the eastern portion of
the territory, the production in some
of the principal mines seems to have
known as the Shannon mine went beg
ging for buyers for years, and its own
or thought he had struck it rich when
he received a government appointment
that did not yield him as much rev.
enue in year as the mine yields in a
day, or an hour. for that matter.
Tho nropnaad rail lrnaI from, Durapno
Colo, which has been written up in
the Mining Record, Is past the prelim-
mary survey stage, and from now on
the country between these two points
will go forward by leaps aud bounds,
as we'll as the terminal points, but the
fact is they will not remain terminals
long, as the route OF the road is pro.
jected through the territory and runs
a few miles east of Globe, into which !
a branch is to be built.
But the story Of this north and
south railroad cannot be told in this
communication. or the rich mining,
ranching, farming and timber country
it runs through, and how it is going to
supply the southwest country, and for
a thousand miles and more to the
south, with che products from the
north, including coal, the latter being
the principal object for which the road
is being built. Fuel Is needed to run
the great smelters, that are being con-
tinually enlarged.
Clifton now has aspirations and ex-
pectations of becoming one of the |