Weekly journal-miner., 1916-01-26
WIDE CHOICE FOR
 THE SEEKER OF METAL
(From Saturdays Daily) CBy William P. De Wolff

ovcr-burde1 of snow from the land scape hcreabouts as eXpeditiously as mischievous school boy erases a ! caricaturc of teacher from ais slate with spitmoistened coatsleevc. Hence the prospector. marooned for some weeks past in Prescott. Is assembling a grubstake and making ready to drift into the mineralized areas of Havapai county.
 Gold. always in demand up to S20 per ounce, according to fineness; sil- yer. at 57 cents per ounce; copper. al 24 cents per pound; tungsten. at S45 to S55 per unit; lead. at $500 per hun dred pounds; zinc (spclter) at SIC per hundred pounds; quicksilver. at $S5.50 per flask. There arc the lode stones that draw the prospecter to | the hills in search of mineral wealth These arc the incentives that arc i spurring the miners of Yavapai coun- ty to increased mining activity. For ! Yavapai county. be It known. is rich ! in gold. silver. copper tungsten, lead. zinc. quicksilver. molybdenitc and vanadium ores. The areas of their distribution arc large and there is, as yet. much valuable ground open to location.
 Prospectors On the Move.
 As stated before. the prospectors are on the move. They are "musl- ing" in from the various mining dis tricts of the Southwest and with the arrival of Spring tieir number will doubtless be considerably augmented. | 'Tharo ,- ,,, a,,,Dla raocA, rant the statement that within a few months the mineral sections of this county will be prospected as never before. That the results will be ir keeping with the efforts of the pros pectors is evidenced by the records of past years.
 1 The movements of miners and pros pectors alike are animated by Yava- pal county's diversified mineral pro- ducts: by the prevalence of railroad | facilities throughout the mineralized areas; by the number and extent Of ! the mineral-bearing sections: by tlc richness of the ore zones, and by the readiness with which the ores lcnl ! themselves to treatment by iow-cost processes-more particularly to the oil Notation process.
 ] Foundations of Prosperity. Upon these foundations Yavapa; county is building its mining pros 1 perity and basing its claim for recoe- milton by mine operators and invest ors. Money for mine development purposes has been available in in creasing amounts for some time past but not on a scale commensurate with | the value of the county's mineral re- sources. It is now proposed. by con certed effort on the part of the mine operators already i1 the field. to more thoroughly interest outside cap ] ital through the medium of a more | comprehensive campaign of develop ment than formerly. In other words, they are going to produce the goods, ' as the saying goes. and thereby prove to the mining public in general the profitable investment opportunities attaching to the county's mineralized areas.
 This action. coupled with a wealth of mineral assets. IS depended upon to place Yavapai county to the fore in a State remarkably rich in mineral ! resources. whatever it may lack in | the way of moisture and possess m 1 the way of aridity And at that. the name Arizona save as 1t applies to the aridity of enforced prohibition. Is more or less a misnomer for this newest of States; for. taken by ana large, Arizona averages up very well with its sister States in agricultural and kindred pursuits. Yavapai and adjacent counties afford the best grazing ground in the West for sheep and cattle The grapefruit and or anges grown in the famous Salt River valley-for which Phoenix is the outfitting point-are without peer in flavor and grade. The farm lands of Yavapai and other counties well repay the labor Of the ilusbandman. : It is. however. not or crops. but or outcrops and the like this article would treat.
 A Plebeian Asset.
 There is nothing very gaudy nor displaying in the appearance of tung- sten ore. It lacks the peacock char acteristics of the copper deposits; the gaudy coloring of silver bromide and chloride. and the imprisoned sun SlllllG Ol SOlu -Nllu yet tHlS piCDClsill ore. despite the more showy appear ance of its aristocratic neighbors, bids fair to rival them as an asset
 The tungsten ores shipped from here to Denver for treatment are set tied for on a basis of S55 per unit and are attracting the attention Of both the mining and the manufacturing in tercsts of the country. The demand for HavaDai county's tungsten ores IS incesSant and the areas in which they are distributed Is large, taking into consideration the fact that tung stcn ore which is commercially valu able is by no means common. The tungsten deposits of this county offer much in the way of financial reward to the prospector and miner
 A More Aristocratic Asset.
 Coda mineral that has quickcncd the pulse of man and lured nim to the four corners of the world from ! time immemorial-is constantly en- hancing asset of the local mining in |. dustry. It is being mined at a profit 1 in various sections oi Yavapai coun. ty-both in placer and lode forma !. tions-a1d. as at Oatman, with in creasing financial success.