Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-12
Mrrr. District.

| Correspondent of the Pheuix Ga ze;ta. writes from the Gunsight mines as follows;
 II We arc nor misinforncd. the sur vey oi tht Tucson and Gulf Of California rs. .rual k nov being mlde. As 1t is Co o;.eu ata nev port (PJInt Lo1Osl at hand. for the reception of future Arizona freights, and as the country through
 winch tne ruad is Co rII promises of It. seif to be able Co support such road, it k surely an enterprise of yrC great promise. and one that is likely to be soon carried out, perhaps within another twelve months.
 A a grazng country this sureiy k second Co DO similar area ID the Terri tory. but tur one tLiug-the scarcity Of water. Surface water is fouud in neither springs nor running streams anywhere
 within the lines aIven. but good gruss and timber sutIdbla fer fuel and sha ie ab0und- throughout the whole Uf it. Therefore the water question be- comes cf leading importance s.s touching the fut ire development Ot this region, nOt only regarding its live st0c-l capabh ities and probabilities, ut also Co the development of it's really wonderful mineral values. As vet the only elort' made tO solve this question cuusls.s Of few merely -snrface wells, sunk tJ seep- are water ln different localities long distances apart. These efforts have been SD far successful as tu mtke it quitt. certain that water sufficient for ord4uary hOusehu and stock purposes, eau be obtained by surface wells m almost any part Ji Ine country. But it q 2. HN- supplied by mere seepage will not fur uish a quantity of water equal tO re-
 quIrt ments of heavy milling operations -such as may be prvfifably sistained iu many different localities, especially in this districf, where there are such vast lodges of quartz, low grade though the most of -ht m may be-
 Even as now shown, the Gunsigli 1 mines will alone furnish enough ore Co ! supply . LUnt!reJ stamps right along, ! perhaps a decade. Yet tt ls only one 1 among a dozen or more in the immediate vicinity, some oi which look as though ! they would weld as much ore as the ]. Gunsight itself or my own personal 1 Knowledge, 1 can oGly SLY that the. GansiglI- carries the greatest abundance ! oi ores, full rich enough throughout tO l pay well, very well. were there a good | null right at hand l- Is fair presump- ton that soms, if not all, the other | lodges may do tue same. In that be- 1 ueI. the tIuusIgbt company are sinking . its three compartment shafr; one Oi said | compartments being designed for a | pump of l capacity sufficient to supply l all needed water for the proposed fU- ! stamp mil 10 be erected under the | dump. it Is expected that such a sup ply will be reached within the jOJ feet. | The shaft Is now Co be sunk as rapidly | as men and the best of machinery can do 1 it. fhs future Of this district, if not | this entire region, depends very mate rially upon the result nf this underiak- ing. It is perfectly reasonable Co expect that the desired amount of water will be found within the given limit. lf SD, this reglOu will boom Tor a time at least. let tine tjnal outcome be what It may. fine shaft Is probably tbe finest iu Arizona, SO far as size and strength and perfection of JImhering ana hoIstIng appliances can maEe lt SD. lt is to be the working shaft for number 0t large lodges other than tbe Guusight, belonging tO the company. hence it. pumpiugand two working compartments. Owing tO the delay m the arrival of a portion of the machinery and building | the powerful hOistiug engine k not Vet in operation, Dor will It be for, perhaps, three or four weeks tu come The engine l3J horse power and b0liei | are now m pace, but nothing more, t1f the reason above given. Two shifts, of five men each are constantly engaged h. sinking the shaft. the hosting bain. done ny means of horse tor mulei 'wbimr
 With mmers, mechanics. laborers, etc, some forty persons are now employed by this company, and about as many more are Led m working upOu or lying around other locations m the vicinity l In addition tO them, aud including a number of recent ar1vals, there are per haps forty oT fifty more persons prospect ing within the district; yet among them all, there k not a single "female Ameri- can womau," or family in the entire ont it.
 Until quite recently, this camp had neither a hotel, stnie or gin mIll. but now We have one Oi the irst-named, ant ] its Combinations, two or three ! stores just blooming out, and two full blown gin mills. The camp has been running for over two years, most of the lime, with force nearly equal to the present, vet there has Iot been a single l subject. natura. or accidental, w th which To start 8 grave yard. and none has beei started. But HOW. considering the newly acquired facilities, the chances for suci , star. arc somewhat improved. In the am connection, bat without inteudiu- ! he least lI~para- cement tJ the gentle nan himself, Dr Spencer, very exeel- cut physician aud genial gentleman, las recently arrived Co take his chance n the future outeome of the camp. IE iuc course, ills must be large camp ! md touri~hing district. Necessarily, however, present conditions cannot bt material. 2 altered for several months to 'orae-no, until after some, at least, oi ha hopes for the Gunsight shaft are fair F realized, and actual mining is begun