Graham guardian., 1904-04-15
ARIZONA MINES AND MINING.
The Outlook Grows Brighter Every
Day, And Great Wealth Produces
Are Being Opened up.

Are Being Opened up.
Mr.. Charles p. Lummis ONCE
wrote a book about Arizona and
| the Southwestern part Of the
United States under the title
'Land of POGO Tempo" m Gaming
tho land of after awhile-"man-
nana," or tomorrow. Perhaps
this title has proper application
to Arizona about a decade ago. 1t
represented characteristic of the
people of the country. inherited
! from the early Spanish settlers,
but to-day Arizona has as much
get there. n-the-spot as any sec
ton of the Union and the Amerl'
can has come on to the scene to
see and do things in this erstwhile
"Land of POGO Tempo" bringing
with him us q motto to displace
the Spanish everlasting "mannana"
the new keynote lido it now "
The lack OF water apd the danger
from the savage ApaOhes combined
to delay the development OF the
resources of Arizona. The
Apacbes have gone to the happy
hunting ground and the water prob
lem has been found not to be so
formidable, particularly now that
the railroads have crossed the ter
ritory from east to west and north
to south,
There were early day bonanza
mines in Arizona, The VqltQrc,
located about ten miles southwes
from WIckenburg, was located in
'63 and under great disadvantages
produced millions for its owners.
Coin and currency were scarce
at that time and banks there were
none, so the miners we're paid off
not in coin nor in promises, but
| in CHUNKS of gold, chopped off
with batchet from the ingots
and weighed out according to the
figure on the pay roll. The stamp
bars of gold from this mine we're
current all over Central and
Northern Arizona. Silver King
mine, not far from Globe, Ariz.,
was opened up in rs, and is said
to have produced in twelve years
over sl2.0O0,O00 in silver and
gold, principally the former. The
Tom bstone district opened in 'Ts,
produced millions Of gold. These
early day bonanzas, while they at
tracted wide attention, have not
produced respectable fraction Of
the total metallic wealth placed to
the credit of Arizona TO date Ari-
zona has come TO the front as a
copper producer, ranking now
third in the list, Montana and
Michigan only exceeding it and,
it is claimed, that thenex few
years will place Arizona at the
head of the list This would be
the case to day if the production
of the American owned mines just
across the border in Mexico were
included in the output of ARIZONA.
The Clifton district, the Globe dis
trict and the Bisbee district are all
we'll known as copper producers.
The United Verde mine owned by
Senator w. A. Clark, not far from
Prescott, is said to produce &c..
100000 a year copper and gold.
Arizona is no untried field for
mining and the energetic mining
investors of Colorado, Michigan
and the West all speak Of Arizona
as mining district with a great
future, and more recently the other
parts ofthe country have awakened
to the possibilities of securing un-
developed mining properties in the
Arizona country. The invasion of
Lake Superior capital, particularly
into the Bisbee district, is one of
the notable features of the mining
business in the past few years. 1t
is said that over s9,0O0,O00 from
the head of the lakes and upper
Michigan have been invested with
in two years in Arizona mining
property, particularly in the Bisbce
district. The results realized by
several Of these Lake Superior
companies operating within the
bonanza circle of the Warren or
Bisbee district, is no longer pro.
blematieal. They are producing
copper and have immense ore re-
sources in sight. We do not mean
to endorse all the stock aotations
(which have bee1i mrrde in the Lake !