The weekly Republican., 1892-05-19
Great Mineral Sources of Pima COun-
 ty Being Developed.
IN THE CANON DE ORC.
Construction of the Santa Cruz
 Canal to Proceed.
The Democratic POw-wOw Opens In TucsOn-Prominent Candidates
 For Delegates.
Special to THE REPUBLICAN.

no means new acquisition, but there appears to have been fatality against the development of mines from the outset. In some instances prospects were sold to persons who had never had any experience in mining or the direction of economic developments, and the greatest imaginable extrava- gance prevailed, when it come to the working of properties, as well as gross fairs soon had the effect of disheartening the men putting up the money, and the prospects were not developed. In other cases outsiders were sold worthless further interest in their success after ;hey got their money.
 Then again, work on mines was un- dertaken where their remoteness from railroad and smelling or milling facili- ties, was the cause of the failures, that might, with ordinary good facilities, have proven grand successes, the prop critics themselves being rich but the ! NAihS WOE iOi uCNNlSp- ment. Such failures as occurred may be attributed to some of the above causes, or to the fact that the parties undertaking the work had too little money and depended on securing money | from other parties that was never forth. coming, Or perhaps in some cases the | mine was robbed to meet the expenses as the work proceeded, when the de- yelopement work had not been done to put the properties on producing basis. | The steady and remarkable increase in processes whereby the precious metals aresaved, and the expenses of mining re- duced to minimum, is working vast and very favorable change in the indus trv. Solid, su bstantial men are direci- | ing the developments of mines in this country, and the result cannot but be | favorable to the successful demonstra- ton of the fact that the incest property on earth to own is mining property that pays. Such properties give man an increased importance he feels that he IS adding to the wealth of the world and not reaching in other peoples | pockets for the wherewithal to keep the
 mare going. The mine owner after get | ting the property in business shape, is | the most independent of men, he is the envied of all and he is looked up to as a
 worker of good. An employer of men, provder for families, and producer ! from the mother earth. Such men are | beneiactors. The most recent develop ment of mines has occurred in the can yon De Gro, about thirty miles from
 Tucson, under the supervision of Cap tain Jack Burgess well-known through out Arizona, as being particularly well advised in mining matters.
 The work already accomplished by l Captain Burgess makes remarkable 1 showing, and parties who have visited | the new camp are loud in their praises | of the mineral development open to their inspection. The mineral bodies are said to be mammoth in proportions, and of good grade, of easy access, and susceptible Ol cheap reduction. In connection with these mines the Tucson shelter will be run, and the ore will be hauled to Tucson, where coke, ond other requisites are obtainable at reasonably | fair figures. Already large number of men are empoped and everything connected with these properties is being energetlcally pushed in most business | like way. And the near future will see the Tucson shelter turning out bull | lion galore For many years parties acquainted with the mineral lndica- tions oi the country adjacent to, and in | the Canon De Gro, have believed that 1 future would bring to light many fine paying properties in that neighborhood, {, | but their attention to the region gem eraly ended with favorab ble express | ion, instead of development labor and energy and now l am sorry to say there has been too little of the latter excellent qualities in our mining camps during the past few years.
 | This new work will be vastly hene- ! fcial to tucson as can be readily ap- preciated, and We hope that ere long | the new enterprise may bear the same relation to Tucson as the Mammoth mine does at present, as it will then help to advertise to the world the mieeral possibilities of Pima county. The santa Cruz Canal.
 Many outside parties who are inter ested in the Santa Cruz canal undertak- ing, are at present in Tucson, others have been here and left well satisfied of che practicability of the canal, and the immense profit that will accrue from it's construction. It is to be presumed the
 work will go ahead in spite of any inter-
 nal misunderstanding that may exist
 within the ranks of the interested par ties, as the scheme is most promising one, and disputes and differences don't
 stop the great underfow of water down
 the Santa Cruz valley. Neither does it make dams and canals impracticable. The supply or water is demonstrated
 wherever it is sought for. Pumps with a capacity of 2,000 gallons per minute are supplied from wells 10 feet square and all the indications are that water
 in abundance is obtainable by the liber- al expenditure of money, while the pro-
 fits to accrue will be like the Dutchman's
 one percent. Profits in water, profits in land, profits in towns and profits in crops. Foreign capital can seek no bet
 ter channel of investment.
 The Democratic Pow-wow.
 In local affairs the Democrats have
 rather had the call for the past few covs, Whenever the great unwashed
 rome together the rebound results in a
 b ar, not unlike a clap of thunder. The aone of contention is the Chicago plum, end several are reaching for pole long enough to knock the persimmon from
 the tree. The most prominent candi- dates from Pima county are Editor
 Hughes, and Judge Rouse, with several
 promising dark horses in grooming. The delegation from Pima can hardly be called harmonious one. but honest differences are healthy and give birth
 to good material, and it is to be hoped
 that the unterried will select good
 material as that is about all there is in