Weekly journal-miner., 1916-06-07
PRICE OF SILVER BRINGS ID
 LIFE MANY DORMANT MINES
Revival of That Class of Properties Is Adding to the Prosperity Of
 Yavapai County.
(By William P. De Wolf)

NbV WlllldIl OC NOAll
 Yavapai county's silver mining in dustry-quiescent and more or less moribund since the repeal of the sill yer purchasing act in the early '9Os- has been quickened by the recent ad- vance in the price of silver, and Is now assuming proportions akin to those of the days of bimetalism and "l6 to l." There has been no period since the demonctization of silver when the financial well being of that branch of the country's industry was so thoroughly assured as now. It IS taking on a virile activity that re- fleets the increasing demand for and price of silver, and is facing a future that promises to be generally pros porous.
 Silver the Metal.
 Except for the two years following 1890. silver the metal. has never reach ed so high a price range as that now prevailing: and existing conditions in dicate further and Sustained advances. Eastern advices are to the effect that reserves of silver all over the world are lower than they have been tor years and are being depleted rapidly. Chaos in Mexico has greatly curtall- ed the output of silver from that country and there is little hope of any substantial increase from there for protracted period Other sources oi supply have practically been cut of by conditions attributable to the Flu ropeon war. hence the world is now almost entirely dependent upon the United States and Canada for its supply of the white metal. The indi- cations are that this supply is not commensurate with the vastly ex- banded demand.
 Silver h Demand.
 Although not in a strict sense T war metal. silver is in increasing de mand: chiefly from the English and European hints for coinage purposes to pay troops in the field and replace the gold coins that are being with drawn from circulation as means oi strengthening their reserves The growing belief that the belligerent na' tions will be forced to resort to silver al the close of the war as partial basis for their enormous issues oi paper currency is another factor that tends toward further advances Tn lis price. Not only will the unprecedent ed demand from Europe be stimulat' cd thereby, but the Far East. always a heavy consumer of the white metal will soon be making larger purchases than ever before, thereby yet further stimulating the demand. China's standardization of her coinage will 1T itself require approximately l50.OOO. GOO ounces of silver, or almost twice as much as the United States an Canada can output in year.
 Silver Mines Respond.
 The factors cited are eXcrting powerful influence in the silver pro ducing districts of Yavapai county Old-time silver bonanzas-mines tha' nave dl4Gu lllllllOllS Ap h4A- NS--'~ wealth of the world-are arousin2 from the inertia Of decadent days anc will soon be again of the present III stead Of the past. They are comins back. these champions of the days O dollar silver and the double standard and while they may not duplicate thei Dast spectacular records they yet vii be important units oi the county: mining industry. Their records arr interesting chapters in the history o territorial Arizona. To establish thos' records men braved death by tllirs. bv exposure and by the tomahawk o the Apache. The white brother o those parlous times labored for pos terity with a singlc-jack in one nar' and a rife in the other, lest the re- brother of the desert lift his scalp a an unwary moment during the day shift.
 Follow the Sunset Trail.
 A large majority of the stu-d Hassayampans who picketed the Ar zona frontier have passed along tn Sunet Trail and dropped below tn horizon that vcils the present fror the past. The milestones they erect ed yet remain. however. to nspir their benehciaries with the record c sterner scenes. The people of Ar zona. appreciative of the tasks accon plished and privations endured by th empire builders who preceded then have built q palatial home in PTesco' for this fast thinning corps of piol eers. There they rest in peace an comfort. safe in larbor after the strc: of stormy years. Nothing very gaud nor displaying attaches 10 the pe' sons Of these-hold-ovcrs from the day of blood and iron in Arizona, but tl chronicle of their achievements is t1 most thrilling chapter in the histor of a State that has added largely the pride and wealth of the nation.
 Industry Debtor.
 The mining industry oi Navap county owes much to these trail bla