The border vidette., 1907-06-15
PATAGoNiA's BRIGHT FUTURE.
Col. W. C. Greene Expected to Change
 Face of the Moon

Special correspondence to TIE BORDER VIDETTE.)
 Patagonia, Ariz., June 1O.-Every person who makes a statement that is based on either facts or opinion, or a reasonable mixture of the two, should present something that at least sounds convincing. There is feeling very general in Patagonia, and it extends to all the country tributary to the town, that before fall, there is going to be seen an activity in mining circles hitherto unknown here. There are at least a dozen different reasons for this belief, part of them general and the remainder very specific. In the first place the number of prospect ors coming in here has easily doubled within six months, and inquiries for mining properties have increased in still greater ratio. There is at the present time more work being done on small mines or prospects than ever be- fore in the history of the district, this fact being best demonstrated by the report of the two big gener- al stores here that their business has more than doubled during the past six months.
 All this produces a feeling of confidence in the future, but cheer ful reports from specific properties and the we'll grounded belief that active work is soon to commence in big way at other points has even greater effect on public opinion. From Patagonia there has been bonded within reason able length of time four big prop critics, the Augustus, Three R's, Hardshell, Flux and Sweet Bye and Bye, work on all of them but one being actively in progress, with re- sults of a nature that leads to the belief that prospective owners will complete payments and acquire the properties The test work on the Three R.'s has already been completed satisfactorily All of these properties, the Sweet Bye and Bye excepted, are directly tributary to Pata gonia, and the success of even a single one of them would have a marked effect on the town, while the reasonable chances that they will all make mines. Then what of Patagonia? It will be a mighty good town then, will it not? The active operations at the Mansfield camp have helped power fully in the past, and are still help ing, but the King Bee, the dom inant spirit expected to change the face of the moon for us, has as yet barely stirred himself.
 Of course you know who the King Bee is, do you not? He is Col. William c. Greene, and there seems no reason to doubt that he will in due course of time acquire the Three R.'s property, and start active development. Col. "Bill'' is a long ways from being a piker, and when he does start to tear up things there will be enough doing to keep one town busy for some time. That fact is of itself good enough to do little planning on, don't you think SOP.
 There is another factor to be reckoned with, but just exactly how is not so certain, because it has failed to make a statement of intentions, and it's history is not so well known: Some months ago an outfit from Duluth, Minn. and Binghampton, N. Y., came here and secured an option to purchase everything owned by the Patagonia Commercial Company, including store, warehouse. etc all the town lots owned by R. R. Richardson, as we'll as all the mining claims owned by Richardson in Arizona. The syndicate obtaining the option IS a strong one, and if it takes over the properties is expected to make things move lively in various directions. Experts have been here to look over the mining claims, and business men have sized up the store and other interests, with the result that some money is said to been paid down. with a fair chance that the deal will go through.
 The latest thing to interest Pa tagonia is the news just given out that we are to have fairly modern and well kept hotel, R. R. Rich ardson having purchased the Hotel Crocumb, now managed by John Smith Smith is to vacate within thirty days, when work will inn mediately start on the renovation and enlargement of the building. The plans have not as yet been drauu hut if is known that the