Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-11-01
WHAT WE ARE DOING.
(From Thursdays Daily.)


hold of the Journal Miner last April,
the future policy to be pursued was out
lined clearly and distinctly. We
placed emphasis, however, on the fact
that the aim of this paper would be to
work increasingly and with all the pow
er at our command on behalf of the
material welfare of Prescott, Yavapai,
and Arizona, and especially so on
behalf of the development of the stu
pendous mineral possibilities that ex-
ist everywhere around us.
That we have fulfilled our promises
in the direction indicated is acknow-
lodged by the general public and sub
scribers to this paper. Never day
has passed but the Journal-Miner has
taken pains to secure reliable informa-
ton on our mineral resources, and
where such information was reliable to
boost the project. We have also been
at considerable expense in collecting
news and sending representatives
to the various mining districts in or
der to have information at first hand
for the eastern capitalist and investor
and for our own people at home.
That cur efforts are being thorough
ly appreciated does not admit of any
doubt. Scarcely a day passes but that
M roaa;,-a 4boplrS manson Nv or Nv Lot
ter for our efforts to secure publicity
for the wonderful mineral resources of
Yavapai, and the publicity given to
our mines and prospects has been re-
sponsible in directing, in many cases,
the attention of those who possess the
means to develop and equip many
mines which have been waiting for
years for just such persons to take
hold of them.
We are led into calling the attention
of the public to these facts by the
splendid reception given to our issue Of
yesterday, in which We printed al the
facts pertaining to the remarkable
discovery of gold and copper ore re-
Gently made at the Black mountain
Those who have pinned their faith
to Prescott and Yava2ai are at las-
receiving their reward. Although the
awakening has been long delayed, yet it
has come at last, and we feel certain
that the greatest boom ever expert
enced in the history of Arizona IL
within measurable distance, if, indeed.
it is not row or. Reports at the mo-
ment of writing would seem to favor
the latter hypothesis, for hundreds Of
prospectors are rushing into the new
district, every team and wagon within
a wide radius of Wickenburg having
been pressed into service, the only
drawback to a greater influx of miners
being the absolute want of transporta-
tion facilities.
As we pointed out yesterday, the dis
trict through which the new railway is
being const ructed is absolutely virgin
ground. Il has never been prospected
owing to its inaccessibility and attend
ant danger. until quite recently. It is
true q few old-time prospectors have
gone into the district and located
many d'9;rahle claims, and it has
been well l-nown that the desert eoun-
try from Wickenburg west to the Col
oradO river was a veritable storehouse
Of minorai riches. The advent of the
railway however, has rendered pos
HE what was hitherto almost impos-
sible, viz, 2 systematic search OF the
desert country on either side of the
line. So that when the full measure
Of prosperity comes to our section of
the territory, we will have the railway
builders to thank in a great measure
for such prosperity.
In continuance of our past policy. the
Journal-Miner viii devote all the en-
orgies at its command to publish to The
world the marvellous riches and posi-
bilitics for capital that exist in every
canyon and on every mountain in Ari-
IONA. Our aim will be TO work con
sistoztly for the good of our territory.
ard in making this declaration we be-
Hcvc we are entitled to full and I'M