Bisbee daily review., 1916-10-15
Northern Section Appears to Be Entering Upon Area of Prosperity Which Will Ri- val Other Booms.
SAME CONVERSIONS
 OF OTHER TIMES
Properties fit for Development
 Are in Great Demand and Plenty of Money Is Avail able for Legitimate Purpose.
(By William P. De Wolf.)


 PRESCOTT, Ariz-, Oct. 14-Yavapai county is entering upon a period of mining prosperity that promises to sur pass in scope and sensational incident the stirring scenes of a decade ago in Nye and Esmeralda counties. Nevada. when Tonopah and Goldtield were the Meccas to which men fiocked from the four corners of the world. To per son who participated in the excite ment and turmoil which marked the birth" of those turbulent camps the scenes now being enacted at Jerome and elsewhere in this county possess the attraction of familiarity to which is added the subtler attraction of re- miniscence.
 There is the same apparent contu- sion and aimlessness of purpose which crystalizes into concerted mining ef- fort: the same heterogeneous crowd milling to and fro in what appears to be objectless movement. but which proves to be definite in direction and intent; the same talk in big figures, more or less accurate, as the ihcivi- dual is more or less a person of re- sponsibility; the same disposition to lend a credent ear to tales of the fa- bulous value of mines just over the hills; the same men. or many of them. a little older and a triiie grey now, who made mining history in Nevada a decade gone; the same op- portunity to make money quickly and to spend it-not as quickly as during the ebullient days of TonOpah and Goldheld for in Arizona at present it is the closed season for gambling and booze.
 A Mineral Trinity.
 At Tonopah silver ore was the lode stone that attracted the adventurous of Earth-those Mortals of the wan dering-foot who are ever eager to take a chance-to the scene of Jim Buffers lucky strike At Goldfeld the lure of gold spurred them hot-foot along the trail blazed by the moccasined feet of Harry Stimler. the Indian. Here a trinity of metals-copper. gold and sil- ver-is the magnet that attracts them. They are now drifting" into Yavapai county's mining sections from the cen ters of civilization and the remote places of Earth in about the same manner and number as formerly they hit the trail to Creede and Cripple Creek, and later to Tonopah. Goldfelc and other camps of the Southern Nevada desert
 Among them are men who rode in the Jameson raid across the South African veldt; men who "mushed" the frozen fastnesses of Chilikoot Pass. men who marched with Lebaudy over and cursed Villa in Mexico: men who wrested quick fortune from Peruvian placers: men who hunted for buried treasures in the South Seas. Every type of Outlander is represented here the "Men That Don't Fit In" the sort of men whom Service wrote about in the Lure of the Yukon"
 There are other mon here from the more circumspect walks of life: men who represent large capital in the financial circles; men whN tango much better than they hike" men more accustomed to the At of evening dress than of corduroy. The best and the worst of humanity 20 alike into this melting pot. to be drawn forth as fine metal. or to be thrown over the dump as slaS
 Properties in Demand
 The demand for mining pronerties Is brisk and of growing proportions lust now conper nroperties have the rall. although there Is active trading In precious metal properties as well One of the most important deals in he latter records of late is the sale
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