Identifier: arizonawonderla00jame (find matches)
Title: Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seeker. By George Wharton James. With a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
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Publisher: Boston Page company
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Arizona.Those in the Plomosa District, in Yuma County, lyingeast of the Colorado River between the Plomosa Moun-tains and the Castle Dome Range, give a return of sixty-four cents per cubic yard. Twenty-five dollar nuggetshave been found. The district covers approximatelyseven thousand five hundred acres, and in 1912 pro-duced almost $10,000 by panning after rainfall. The San Domingo Wash, in northern MaricopaCounty, covers an area of twelve hundred feet by twoand a half miles, with a reported average of forty centsper cubic yard. There is a possibility of water storagefor this field. The Leviston district has about three hundred acres ofplacer ground, running from fifty to seventy-five feet indepth, which has yielded in tests from three cents totwenty-eight dollars per cubic yard. The Old Hat district covers an area of twenty-fivethousand acres, with an average thickness of one hun-dred and fifty feet. The Quijotoa and Greatervilledistricts in Pima County have both been worked inter-
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The Symphony of the Minerals 205 mittently with more or less success, but in the most in-different manner, for many years past. As soon as capital is available, or newer methods ofworking them are discovered, Arizonas placers will un-doubtedly mean millions of additional returns. It would take a volume as large as this to tell of allthe fraudulent mining schemes of which Arizona hasbeen the victim. The scoundrels who perpetrated thesefrauds not only injured the innocent persons who weretaken in by them but also injured the reputation of thenew country. The Lost Mine myth, as well as that of the An-cient Spanish Mine has been worked to the utmost.Thousands of dollars and scores of lives have been loston these two false trails alone, though there is justenough color of truth in both of them to deceive thehonest simpleton. In 1899 Governor N. O. Murphy issued a formal let-ter of warning addressed to outside investors in Ari-zona mines, frankly stating that men in the Territorywere making

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