Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-21
RICHEST ZONES IN
 THE WORLD TO-DAY
From wedneseay, pailyl


 three days in Yuma this week, attend ing court, looking after business in terests and tightening the Gid" on the new mining camp of Winchester, in Yuma county, is a notable figure. As one of the men who recognized the values in that section before the big gold strike was made on the Arizona Northern, and who had sufficient faith to invest his money there, he is an in- teresting person to meet, remarks the Yuma Sun. He is also interesting for other reasons. One is, that he is an old Cripple Creek miner, one who made competence in the operation of the Doctor mine, and is model and care ful operator in every way, having ac- quired conservatism through the hard school of having had hold of the short end of the stick on various occasions when he was pried loose from more or less of his money.
 Also, MT. Winchester is SO familiar with gold strikes and has seen so many of them that he has learned to dis count most stories relating to them. So unavoidable is he that for some time after the big Arizona Northern bonanza was announced, he refused to be especially interested or even go and look at it. The stories, however, final ly made an impression on him, and he did go, and became one of the most enthusiastic of all in the reading of a golden future for that section.
 MT. Winchester, when questioned | concerning the district, and all that has recently happened, comparing it to Cripple Creek and elsewhere, spoke as follows, and his opinion is surely an enthusiastic one:
 "We need nothing more than the intelligent state pride of our best cit izens to make this one of the greatest as well as one of the richest zones in the entire world.
 "This district is unique in many re- speets. It will be the first great min l ing center ever established that will be free from saloons. The county, commissioners, deferring te the ex- pressed wishes of each and every min ing company and mine manager oper- atiug in this zone, have pledged that no saloon will be granted a license to sell intoxicating liquors within a ra- dius of eight miles of Glory Hole, or the Arizona Northern. This means that Winchester, Vicksburg, and all of the other little boom towns started and starting under the shadow of this great bonanza. will have to do all their parading and town lot selling on the water wagon. No places nearer than the cities of Salome and BoQse will be allowed to dispense the blessed fluid that makes mining camps infam- ous. Shutting out saloons (snd we are not opposing them when deeently con dueted and in their proper plaees), dispenses entirely with the low dives that serve as fences for prostitutes and high graders, and makes it possible for decent women and children to come in on the ground floor and feel safe from insult or injury.
 "Again, this camp is unique in that the incoming hundreds are not met on the road by seemingly outgoing hun dreds, denouncing the camp and coun- try as fake and swearing there is no gold.
 "This gold strike will bring more outside money into our Territory with in the next twelve months than all of our other industries combined. You can delay the procession with your pessimism, but you can't stop it. 'The sun do shine, and Arizona is not half so poor and hopeless gold mining country as you have sehooled yourself into believing it to be. Turn the cor ners of your mouth up for once when talking of her gold prospects to your neighbors and see if you don't feel better satisfied with yourself.
 ''I helped rock the cradles of Grip pie Creek and Goldfeld, and neither of them, at five months, were as strong and vigorous as the Arizona Northern is today which, by the way, is end ing its fifth week. Nor had both of them combined as much ore, dollar for dollar, mined and ready for market at five months, as has this wonderful mine at five weeks.'
 . ANOTHER BURGLAR FAILS