Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1920-05-19
THE BURNT CHILD
ATTITUDE BAD
FOR CITY
BY DOROTHY H. JOHNSON
P. H. S. Senior; Winner of Second
Prize


When the subject of mines" is
preached to the people OF Prescott,
they frequently turn away saying,
Don't talk mines to lis, we have
had experience" Do these people
stop to consider what a good divi-
dcnd paying mine in the vicinity of
Prescott would mean to the commun-
ity? 1t is true that the people of
Prescott have had unpleasant expert
ences but how many things have had
their rcverses before success was
reached. Rome was not built in
day ana neither can we expect TO
become great center of wealth and
prosperity over night. No business
man expects to jump 10 success as
soon as his business is opened. He
rather expects. some misfortunes be-
| fore his goal is attained. Let us not
/ then turn a deaf car and refuse to
consider so important question just
because of past reverses. but rather
/ let us try and discover the ways in
which dividend paying mine in this
vicinity, on Groom creek for in
stance, would be beneficial to Pres
colt
Let us consider first the more i'm
mediate results. We will take as a
concrete example mine on Groom
creek paying good dividends. Such a
mine operated in connection with one
OF the new oil flotation mills would
require a great number OF workmen.
These workmcn would, for the most
part, have families and the majority
of them would make Prescott their
headquarters which would mean an
increase i'll population The increase
in population would cause boom in
real estate and building Additional
taxes from these new homes would
help pay the cost OF paving all the
streets and other city improvements
The increase i'll population would
mean an increase in school attend
ancc which would necessitate enlarg-
ing the schools or building new ones
and the employment OF more instruc-
tors A city's schools go long
ways IL making up its population,
y large mine or mines in the out
lying vicinity would make a great
!. increase in the business establish
mcnts OF the city because the mines
| would have to draw on Prescott FOL
all their supplies Such large de
mand on the Prescott merchant;
would make an enormous increase
in the freight shipped into the city
, The freight increase would demand
more trains and the keeping of tn,
trains in first class condition. This
would call for more railroad men
which would again increase the pop
ulation. The increase in freight
would lower the rates as matcria
would be shipped in in greater quaint
paid on smaller quantities and pro
ducc, etc, would be less expensive.
The operation OF dividend pay
ing mine on Groom creek woulc
mean large pay roll. The miner
is, as d rule, a good spcndcr anc
Prescott would be the place for hin
to spend his money. This would III
crease the business of all places o
, amusement as we'll as that of al
places Of business.
The opening OF great dividend
, paving mine on Groom creek woulc
, lead to a search for more mines
Expert nineralogists and mining mcr
would como here and new mine:
would be discovered and opened up
The presence OF these expert mel
( might lead to the discovery of othei
/ valuable minerals besides gold. silve
,. and copper which would put the Vi
t cinity on a great boom. The open
: ing of more mines would lead TO big
ger and better investments anC
: would greatly increase the banking
business. These new mines would
bring in outside capital for. though
they would be owned principally by
local business men, outside capita
would be required to operate then