The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-05-15
RESOURCES OF
STATE ASSURE
STABILITY In
FUTURE YEARS


Arizona, the baby state Of the
Union, is particularly fortunate in
having a wide diversity of indus
tries as we'll as an unusual assort-
ment of climate and natural scenic
beauties
The principal industries of the
state are mining agriculture, horti
culture, cattle and sheep raising,
dariying, numbering and railroad
ing. From a business standpoint
certain sections of Arizona are rat
ed as being the best in the entire
Southwest.
Mining is the largest single in
dustry in the state. So extensive
are the copper mines of the state
that they have entitled Arizona to
the name of fthe Copper State" The
copper mines of Arizona produce
about AZ per cent Of the total cop
per output of the nation.
Copper Mining.
The mines and smelters of the
state pay about 40 per cent of the
states taxes, and furnish employ
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The state has several large copper
smelters and it is claimed that the
largest smelter in the United States
for refining copper is at Douglas,
while the largest electric mine
hoist in the world is in operation in
the Inspiration Mine at Miami
The largest copper mines in the
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located in various sections of the
state as follows: The Clifton Mo
renci district, the Globe-Miami dis
trict, the Bisbee-Warren district,
all in the eastern part of the state;
The Ajo district and the Silver Belt
district in the south central por-
ton of the state, the Ray and Hay
den district and the Superior dis
trict in the central part, and the
Prescott Jerome-C larkdale district
in the north central part of the
state. Scattered throughout the
greater part of the state are large
number of small mines, most of
which have not been developed to
stage where they are active pro-
ducers of ore.
Gold Mining.
The largest gold mines in the
state are in Mohave county, al
though there are a number of
smaller gold properties throughout
the state. There are several mines
in the state producing lead and
silver, these being by-products of
most of the copper mines. There
are a few silver and lead proper
ties in various sections, and it is
claimed that in one mine in Green
lee county the base ore of radium
is found. Near Rice, east of Globe,
a large deposit of asbestos is being
mined, while in Yavapai county,
near Canon, a deposit of soap
clay is being mined from which a
brand of soap is made.
Agricultural.
The center of the agricultural in
dustry in Arizona is the Salt River
valley, which has been reclaimed
from virgin desert to one of the
garden spots of the nation. The
project, irrigated from water stored
in the reservoir of Roosevelt dam,
seventy miles east of Phoenix, is
considered the most successful !
reclamation project in the United
States
The principal products grown in
the Salt River valley are cotton.
alfalfa, sorghum grains, wheat, mel
ons, lettuce and other vegetables,
with cotton and alfalfa as the prin-
ciple products In the, Yuma val
ley, cotton, alfalfa and grains are
grown under irrigation from waters
of the Colorado river, while in the
upper ella valley. near Stafford,
cotton, grains, alfalfa and other
agricultural products are grown
under irrigation from the ella
river.
Agricultural products are grown
in number of the valleys in other
sections Of the state, some from
gravity irrigation from the streams,
and others by water pumped to the
surface. A large acreage is devoted
to cotton in the PoStVale district
near Tucson, and in the Casa
Grande-Florence valley, soon to be
irrigated by the San Carlos dam,
cotton and lettuce are grown. In
the last two years the growing of
Spanish sweet onions has gained
considerable Roadway in the San
Simon and Sulphur Springs valley
in the eastern part of the state,
while potatoes are grown extensive
ly around Flagstaff in the noHhern
part.
Live Stock.
Cattle raising is general through
out the state, nearly every county
having its open ranges, but sheep
raising for the most part is con-
fined to the northern and central
sections, the growers wintering
their sheep in the low valleys in
the central part and herding them
on the ranges in the northern part
in the summer, following the lamb
ing season. Goats are raised ex-
tensively in the eaSt-central section
and a large quantity of mohair is
produced from them each year
The dairying industry in the state
is confined for the most part to
the Salt River and the Florence
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