Bisbee daily review., 1904-03-30
In The Land
 "Poco Tiempo''
GOOD WORDS FROM MINING
 WOELD" ON NEW ARIZONA.
inmense Copper Fields Have Been Opened Up-Modern Up-tc-Dste Mining Methods Which Have Open ed the Eyes of the Lazy spaniard as Well as tne Languid rm~r.oan.

Well as tne Languid rner.oan.
 M:. Clar'Hs I. Llmmis once wTue a book about Arizona and the scuth- western part of the United States un- der the title of the Land of Poco Tiempo." meaning the land of after awhIle - "manana." or tomorrow. Perhaps this title had proper appli. cation 10 Arizona about a decade ago. It represented a characteristic of the people of the country. inherited from the early Spanish settlers. but today Arizona has as much get-there-on-the- spot as any section of the Union, and the American has come on the scene to see and do things in this erstwhile Land of Poco Tiempo," bringing with him as motto to displace the Span ish everlasting "manana" the new keynote do it now" The lack of water and the danger from the savage Apaches combined to delay the devel- opment O. the resources of Arizona. The Apaches have gone to the happy hunting ground and the water problem has been found not to be so formida- Die, particularly now that the railroads have crossed the territory from east to west and north to south.
 There were early day bonanza mines in Arizona. The vulture. located about ten miles southwest from Wick enburg, was opened 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 were paid of, not in promises, but in chunks of gold chop ped off with a hatchet from the ingots and weighed out according to the fig ures on the payroll. The stamp bars Of gold from this mine were current all over central and northern Arizona. Silver King mine, not far from Globe. Arizona, was opened up in '75, and is said to have produced in twelve years over s12,00O,000 in silver and gold. principally the former The Tomb stone district opened in '7s produced millions Of gold. These early day bonanzas, while they attracted wide attention. have not produced a respec- table fraction of the total metallic wealth placed to the credit Of Arizona rn rf. front as a copper producer. ranking now third in the list, Montana and Michigan only exceeding it, and it is claimed that the next few years will place Arizona at the head of the list This would be the case today if the production of the American-owued mines, just across the border, were included in the output of Arizona The Clifton district, the Globe district and the Bisbee district are all well known as copper producers. The United Verde mine, owned by Senator W. A. Clark, not far from Prescott, is said to produce ss000,000 a year in 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 a mining district with a great future. and more recently the other parts Of the country have awakened to the pos abilities of securing undeveloped mining properties in the Arizona coun- try. The invasion of Lake Superior capital, particularly into the Bisbee district, is one of the notable features in the mining business in the past few years. It is said that over s9,- o00,0 900 from the head of the lakes and upper Michigan have been invested. within two years, in Arizona mintr , property, particularly in the Bisbee district. The results realized by sev- eral of these Lake Superior compa- nies operating within the bonanza cir cle of the Warren district, is no long CT problematical- They are produc- ing copper and have immense ore re- serves in sight. We do not mean 10 endorse all the stock flotations which have been made in the Lake Superior country. based on the Arizona copper propositions, for we think most of the stock values are altogether too high. but there is no question but what these Lake Superior companies have secured and opened up immense and valuable copper deposits which will yield large profits on the actual ex- pense of operation One important thing which has followed this inva- sion of Lake Superior men and money into Arizona is the introduction of modern, up-to-date mining methods and the infusion of spirit of hustle which has made the lazy Spaniard and the languid American open their eyes. Arizona has come into the mining game to stay.-Mining world.