Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-31
M 'CL|NTOCK
 CHR|SlENS THE
 COPPER STATE
Arizona, Besides Being "The Land of Sunshine and SiI- ver," Leads in Red Metal Production

Major J. II. AIcClintock, writing in the Los Angeles Min ng Review has the following to say regarding the Ar'zona copper fields:
 The history of mining in Arizona is practically the history of Arizona. When tfo Spaniards started across the deserts north of Culiacan through P maria and Apacheria, hunt ng for the Seven Cit es of c bola. they said they did so for tae spread of the Poly Faith and Of the domain of their sovtr ign k Dg, but what they really sought was t,sA gold which ly- ing pioneer sa lay in gr eat quantity
 D the treasure houses of what later were found to be mud-built pueblos. Since that me, the mountains of the Southwest have been searched most thorC ughly. The Spaniard of old and his Mexican successor were the best prospectOrs and the closest judges of ore that w5re ever known. Bat, nee essarily, they could mine on'y the richer veins Of the metal that they a silver. and the latter they smelted in rude mud-built furna -es. from which, however. came, for hundret of years, much of rde wealth tsat susta ned the then dominant kingdom of Spain. Along the southern border Of what new is Arizona. tbey estab ished m h. ing csmps, clustered around churches, and dug in m nes of wonderful rich ~t. r.T, On'y by name. for they were fl ed and the landmarks were obhterateu by an Indian rising aga.nst the task masters.
 First American Mining. From the time of theSpaniard to the time Of the American miner was a long step. The first American mining followed in the pathways made by the Spaniards, along the southern border, at such places as Tubae and Ajo. here silver ore as taken out almost pure metal and ship ped by mule team to the Colorado, and thence to civilization. But the i2ter-day miner was not content, and his scouts spr sad nCrtAward, at rst along the Colorado river, and then eastwardly into the jagged mcuutains. where the Apaches dealt death. By these pioneers were discovered the great Nuiture mine, near Wickenburg. and the celebrated Weaver diggings, north of that point, and aTastras anu sluices stiIl ara being worked on the properties on the ground the Weaver party first banned. The great Silver King in what is now the northern portion of Pinal county, was an acci- dental discovery, vita it's enormous pillar of silver. so rich that it was passed over for several years as be- ing nothing but lead. The mines at Globe were located for silver, ana there are remains still of silver m Is. where veins were worked, around the Miami Valley, at McMillan, at P.on- ger. and the Richmond Basin.
 Early discovery was made of the riches of northwestern ATizoBas where silver mines that were found more than forty years ago still are being worked, all the way from Wh te Hil,s to Signal Around Prescott, 1 hundreds Of claims were worked in the early sixties, when the m ner needed a guard of riflemen as protec- tion for h,s life and property against tAe Apache. This pluck, or fool nardiqess, if you choose, eventually wore out the Indian and pacified Ari- zona, the miner contributing to a far greater degree than the soldier in making Arizona the peaceful land jc now is.
 "The Cooper State"
 Arizona for fifty years. has been known as "The Land of Sunshine and Silver" but this now is a misnomer, and the happy suggestion has been made that, when she shah attain Statehood, 1t will be as The Copper State" for there nov seems no ar gnment over the cold proposition that within Arizona Hes more copper ore than found in any other region of the world. The highest production of Arizona for gold and silver, in any year of the past. is trivial compared to the copper production of today. Any one of a years product of the precious metals would be far more than exceeded by the value of the product from a single one Of Arizona's copper smeiters of today. The Ter ritoTy leads the United States in cop per production, having passed both Montana and Michigan, and yet she has barely touched her enormous beds of copper ore. Today, the mn ing of copper has gotten down to a. plain husiuess hasis If is not