Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-02-24
HARRISBURG
 NEWS LETTER
From Journal Miners
 Correspondent.
An Interesting Review From an Intersting Section of the Ter
 ritOry-Wants a Railroad

| ldTIlSUtlIB. I uuud OUuuby, Ecu. lZ. Considerable dissatisfaction among
 the miners and prospectors is express
 ed, at the manner in which the agents
 for the railroad company made their
 examinations for the purpose of ascer- taining the resources of the country
 to be traverzed, and the probable ton
 mage for the new road. They claim
 that many of the very best pr ,. critics
 were not visited, while others were
 very uufviriy treated in .ami ling
 most of which was done on matter
 considercj of no accoun; 70 the
 miners themselves, while the best ore
 they had was not sampled at ali
 This may, or may not, be the case,
 still the fact remains that there are
 many meritoriOus mines and prospects
 all through the desert country, and
 many of these are capable of pFoduc-
 ing large quantities of good grade
 shipping ore. if they were afforded
 closer railroad facilities. know pos
 itively of several dumps on which
 there are several car loads of ore con ! taining sufficient values to admit or
 shipping, and which ore would pay fair profit to the owners, averaging better than S25 per ton. and plenty Cf just such ore is still in sight in the veins. Other dumps have higher grade ore than these last mentioned, and it
 sa fe to estimate that at least sec ions per month could be forwarded to the railroad were they to build fifty miles west frt n Congress Junction.
 This line would undoubtedly get
 most of the freight hauled to the Quartzsite country from the Southern
 Pacific railway, which is about twenty five miles nearer than the Santa Fe at Congress Junction. and the tonnage to the Quartzsite section is considerable. requiring several large freight teams. And as there are three general sup ply stores, three restaurants, two hO- tels, three feed yards, blacksmith shop, two barber shops and six sa- looms. (These latter are not mention ed to qualify the morals of the camp. ) All those show that there is activity through mt the desert section.
 Surrounding Quartzsite there are several mining companies operating to a considerable extent, with good deal of dry washing being done, which business in itself is quite factor in considering the resources of the camp One merchant informed me that his books sh Ued that he averaged about s6OOO per year in trade for gold dust, and assuming that the three stores at Quartzsite purchase about equally, and taking into consideration that a great many of the placer miners ship their dust direct to the mint. 1t would not be exaggerating to esti- mate that at least S25, coo in gold is produced yearly in this immediate vicinity; while other dealers all over the desert. at Ehrenberg, Kofa, liar risburg. Palomas. Martinez and other points, buy in equal quantities these products from the dry washers.
 The most serious draw back to the opening up of property in this vii cinity, is tbe cost of hauling mining timbers, etc., by freight teams from fifty to seventy miles. Many proper ties would be working at the present ! time if they could get timbers, fuel | oil and many other mining supplies ! at a reasonable cost. Several large | are waiting for the railroad to be built. in order to get large ma chiDery into the camps, and no doubt the building of the road into this sec ton would create an activity which would surprise the officials of the Santa Fe railroad themselves.
 We have the best climate on earth, some of the best farming land, and water can be had in quantities from wells ten to forty feet in depth, and everything goes to show that artesian water can be ha,i if little energy is avertpd