Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-01-09
AN OPEN LETTER
To Capitalists and Business Asn of the
 Eastern states and EIsewhere


 GENrLEME.: .:-Ihrough the press. as the great medium and distributor os in formation, l desire 10 secure your inter .s.ed attention to the following import aEt facts ard advantages presented for ! Pr0it.Jls investment of capital ia tine numerous mining districts 0t Pima | county, and tke city of Tucson ss commercial center. This city is situated
 on the mesa lands, by the Santa Cruz
 valley. the most commanding, suitable | and available ID character for the me-
 tropoiis in the entire Territory. Tie ! Southern Pacific Railroad Company
 have theIE principal depot and works here, they being the largest establish
 ment between the terminal points of their road, from San FrancIscO to New Orleans. They consist of a round house with twenty-five stalls for locomotives, and all othCr necessary appurtenances, extensive and thoroughly equipped ma chIne chops i' .ioing3 he most iEspofs- ant work ID all branches connected with The rolling stock of their road. and en- PlOying large number of men, whose monthly salaries, in the aggregate, are sn important financial item tO the busi- ness of Tucson. There are warehouses, offices, and first-clsss hotel, the San Xavier, in which elegance of appoint ment and sumptuous living are con- bined, presided over by the genial host, Mir. George Rsyfeld.
 Tucson occupies greater natural ad- vantages that any other point On the Southern Pacific railroad, the road be- ing the only route possible for railroad Ing across the Territory from east to wcst-sll the country to the north of Tucson, being mountainous, lntersected by the Gils, Salt and other rivers. We are m railroad and telegraphIc cOnnec- tiCn with all points of North America | and Mexico and by branch of the | AtchisOn, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad | and splendid wagon road south, con- ! nected with Sonora and other Pacific | Mexican etates. Our natural flowing | water supply is practically inexhausti- | hle. Under the stratas forming the | mesa land of the town site, an under | ground stream forces a portion of it's ] life giving element to the surface by | flowing springs Eear the banks of the | river. The other great source IS from | the Santa Cruz Tlver. The waters of this l stream are supplied from the hills | and lakes situated n Sonora. ! Another source of water supply | Is found adjoining the wide stretch of l fertile lands through winch meenders | the waters.oi the RLllIto, Iu She seasons l of rain, the floods sinking down through l the gravelly beds, securing constant l and abundant supply of the pures. water, by sinking wells from 10 Co 30 feet iu | depth. The source of this water IS from | the magnificent chain of mountains, | "the Santa Cata!inas," lying to the | North of Tucson, forming the northern l boundary of our splendid mesa-valleY 1 district. Here as has been described, we | have the two most important natural | advantages for the location ot popu- l lOus city being geographical situation, ! and an unlimited water au. blythe lat | ter in. .abuudaDcS all the needs of an | immense oogI,ao, h. with exleasIye :! milling works '. situstron pcss-s-'t's these two great important factors, ID conjunction. It IS true, however, there are several points on the Gla River where town sites are possible and the waters taken from the rlver, though the Iatter is not in condition for domestic use. The region is remote from the southern Pacific Railroad, therefore out of inc llne of business and travel. suited only for cattle ranges, producing an 1uy of feed sources, the mineral deposits being limited and found iu widely separated | locations. Many other sections might be compared, but it IS unnecessary as It would be but q repetition, yet in doing so the distinction that the locality of Tucson presents over all other sections as a commercial centre, Is So great that
 no one familiar with the subject, could
 fail to advocate it as an inviting field
 for capital. our other source of wealth, indeed the principal, is really of vast e1 tant. This 1t our mineral lodges, con tainiug gold, silver, lead and copper. Groupings of the ore bodies are to be seen in every hill and mountain lying to our north. south east and west, Tn dis tance frnm To to 60 or 80 miles, all, how
 ever accessible by natural roadwsys.
 These mineral deposits have been fully
 explored, and the owners are awaiting
 inc advent of capital, Tn the erection ot
 Sampling and Reduot;cn Works for the
 extraction of the precious :'"'
 contained m the ores. Such works must
 be erected at this great central water
 supply and railroad connection. Ores from many of these minir. districts are
 nov. and have been for s length Of tune, freighted by railroad to Denver, Colo radO. and other points east Tor reduc- tion. being necessarily of the higher
 orades. in order to meet the excessive , charges for freight and leave margin ? of profit to the miner. But ot the lower grades of which there are vast sccumu- , latiops at the various mining camps, , mona have been forwarded, as no prOhi r could be secured after payIng all charges ? for freichting and reduction, The richer class of ore of course IS selected 8 inc returns from which enable tho ] miner. III many cases, tO continue work ' ing their mines: but without thls ar 70 raprement with the distant works tht | miner could not prosecute their worA l. and those that are idle are thus perioTct .. awaiting the erection of works at Tue
 son. A journey through the many mn
 ing camps Of Pima county will satisfac
 
 torily convince any reasonable expects r tion that the supply of first and seconl n class ores is abundant, giving pracu !. oaI assurance to those who shall cree l tbe required works at Tucson that large s- nrofitable and lasting returns will be tn l. resuIt of their investment. may b h Dermitted to make this further argumen l. in behalf of the general situation l e has been stated that selected ores an II shinped to Denver and elsewhere, re y turning a profit to the miner over al r. charges, (some of these ores are freight I, sd i'm wagons from fsrthest distances
 but that the lower grades are no e sbipped. for the reason stated. Now
 if the higher grades pay the miners | Ig freight such long distances, and th Je works at Denver make profit, cannot
 hotter and more profitable market 10 D. The miner be established here, with tn d sdditiopal advantage to the owners
 local reduction works in securing all th .h vast secumulstions of the lower grade le That lie in the numerous camps! In
 lower grade ore will pay prof: to tt b, miner if manipulated at worE d here. when 1t could nos
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