Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-08-02
< GLIMPSE
Into ike Year Future of Tucson aad
 Pima County.
\ Peep st the Golden Web Being Woven
 in ths Rough HiIIs Of Arizona.

Tncson has its full share ot pessimIsts, and their luguhrious prognostications can be heard on almost every street corner. They are the bears of pro gress. and every enterprise that stumbles and falls is to them triumph Tn the fuliiliment of prophecy. There are some business men, even, In this city, who almost invariably frighten their customers with tales of hard times asd bankruptcy. and dark forecast Of the future. The creduious listener begins a strlcter economy; his purchases are fewer. and as result the times actually become close more through panicky feeling than fir ID a lack of money.
 What has Tacson to hope for in the future: To calm, unpreJudiced and di,interested observer. the city IS full of bright promise. and 1t is an utter impos- sibility for 1t to avoid the most unpre- cedented prosperity, wIth the clements now al work. Facts will got lie any more than figures will. although a per version of them may be made Jo serve immediate ends Of injustice, vet the al- mighty force of truth will surely pre- vail in the end.
 In Pima county the paramount indus try is mining. supplemented largely by stock raising. Nearly every mine in tine county is dependent To some extent upon the city of Tucson, either as a source o' supplies. or inc actual resi- donce of its owner. ynie many prop critics in adjoining counties are equally tributary to ii. Beginning with the mines to the westward, the Gnnsight mines are about to begin a new life Of prOiuctiyeness. They will employ hun | dreds of wurkmen, and with the new | management v.!l produce bullion ID | large quantities. The sale of the Gun sight involves tbe immediate develop ment of the old PlcHcho mine, which l. known to be immensely rich and will very soon give evidence o' its wealth.
 The Papag1 chief and oths r rich prop l erues of the Cababi ucighborhood are ! showing splendidly. and must soon take rank with the produciag mines Of Pima county.
 Inc wonderful Quii0tca mines show 1 many millions Iu CTe. and T. IS nov only a question of yery short time as 10 the flow of bullion therefrom, while the rery m.Ev small but Iicn mines from there tu CCyelei Wells are eren Low bringing in wealth hy tk- shipment of ores fo. reduction elsewhere.
 In the BaboquivaIis n-w and 5ich | discoveries have been madg.
 | The recent uevrip lneuts Iu the SIer- | rita= show vast GcII sis of r:ch ore that Wlll not long remain dormant.
 The mines ot AT!Fdca, known to he rich, are about receiving new impetus iu the way uf capiiai aud energy. and they must respond to the efforts being | put forth so vigorously.
 Gro Blsuco ls a.Fcad! proiucing bn!-
 ion, with promise "f soon increasing the output through inceaSsd facilities
 Harshaw ships vast quantities of ore and produces a c7"ar deal ot bullion, whI'e the La Noria smeitsr is kept busy all the tune on profitable ore.
 The Columbia shelter in thc Sarta Ritas. is to start up within Yrry few ", Ks, and the Omega sneitsr iS only awaitln. the adjustment of some legal tecunIc ,liti-s io begin operations.
 The Fetal Wreck IS developing large bo1ies of ore, and when it's mill resumes work there will te no cessation from a lack of good ore. That distnct Is on ihe eve ot n great and mcrIted boom. anl it will send lf> wealth largely into ttis city.
 In the Santa Catalinss. the Southern Belle, ow in litigation. will shortly re- sume the payment of dividends. Outside of this county, but tributary | to Tucson, are the rich mines in tn' | GalliurO mountains, of wbIch but itti, has been made public. The great niiues ! of the Ray company, near Riverside | whose shelter will start up m R few days, the San Carlos group of mines, | formerly known as the Tweed mines, auG many lesser properties along the G.l.
 i San Pedro are all tributary to this city.
 These properties are mentioned be cause each and every one will be pro duc.ng huilion before the close %! ths pres .rt year, and. unl-ss unfortunate | lsitation in'e-v,nes. they will contiuue 1 L. prnduce bnliiou for years to come. There k apo'hcr enterprise on foot, in ! N hirh every resident of Tucson shonld take doep interest, hut which must for a short tiln- Longer bc k -pt secret ne- cause of tine blightiug influence of the clas- of people mentioned Tn the begin | uing of this article. It Is one which will | bring rejoicing to every heart; smiles to every lip and wealth to every purse. It is we'll enough to know that a grand combination of fortuItous circumstances are weaving a gol5cn web about the city | nf Tucson that " Il dazzle even those who most expect ii.