The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-21
somc Account Of the Condition uf Sonora


Tie pgopinquty Of he state OF Sonora 70 California;
and tie continual Influence II exercises upon Ne, from
eress q language manners and customs with our
psve California population, render special object of
interest. he immense quantities Of gold nos being
produced FROM the bowels u the earta in dfert pasts
q the wsrld sud being pct into circulation must have
tie effect eep elatng its value ADD ,ugmentins that
Of silver which appears TO become scsrcer In view or
tbis fact Sonora Is at no distant day become
place Of eminent importance. There il perhaps 40
State TIE world If equal size where greater quantity
Of mineral wealth 10 b. founi thao in sonora Scarcely
hill sierra but contains masses Of the precious metal
silver being by far the most plentiful
10 give our readers idea Of the truth Of thase
Of L. purisse Concs tion, rsar the toFn OF Huapac
one # the pillars Of the mine, which Is twelve yards
square and fourteen feet high is estimated % be worth
$4,000. The mine 81 NuebtrA sonora de Guadalupe vas
Welding mense Of pure silver and it wat
is STYLED put in JonGasd when il became oJdet and
ahsrduued The niue Of II Chno contains such qusnt
ties Of silver tha on entering IL viii torches its glitter
ing miles some fairy palace ana realizes the tes OF
the Arabian Nights."
Between he towns Of 5lcuaehi and Fronteras near
place called Nabab exceedingly rich gold miaes exist
and shen ia scrora last year We wee sho1n one lump
picked ~ at that spo, worth 81 40. Ctpt. Hlafi,n
Garcia intelligent aud enierprsng gentleman OF that
country exhibited rich specimens Of the purest cinnabar
which he stated the product Of hat State add that
immense quantities Of Il ext ted. The mines OF Aams
have been long celebrated have eGriched the iah b
tsns Of that to 10 alsvel wh European princes The
whole state, in Gne, i teenng with wealth. Ia { ont
Of the cities VI CreS aud Arpe rich and extensive silver
mines are known to exist.
Our READERS will naturally a>k-Why then do not the
bitauts them them 10 thfr alTdrtassl
The reasons numerous First because the Sate IL
continually by political snd civil dissepti ous, and
security for life property csu be counted on Next
because The mines such eosed a. alt are worked
in conferni with the oil Spanish mining lava other
mode being permitted Again-the Apache Indtas are
nasters II nearly the whsle ats and rvcualg prevent
The tim ard Ianic stricken inha5 apt from undertake
Ing the operation And lastly because the Mexican race
are 30 far beh nd the advancement Of the ago that they
htye no means wbcrevth to work ihfm 20 advantage
asd their dispositions - all innovation and
Improvement that they would rather live they DO
IN poverty and iHery "a Long they obtain role
tortuas and cigartlos, than other people
amongt them ard make Of the natural advantages by
ieh they surrounded. An acciOpi.ta, share.
holder in mine cannot work that mine EXCEPT IN &C
codsrce with the old Spanish laws and those laws de
clare amorR other things that any attempt 10 knock
down the pillars Of mine. TO- feit e tile q proore.
tor ana 1t becomes tie property OF any rbo choose
deponnce u. The form, cd pan, and 9ils 0pccdH
of CYey mine laid down with rgot and any parturg
from Fem forfeifs the mine
The political affairs Of the State alga IN fsrmsnt
ard bloody vars arc of frequent occurrence Thee
n,cs qenerallp arise from fsmg dsentcna caused BY
struggle fof place and power The long aud bloody
between General Urea and Manuel Gscd9ra and tas
contentious between the rival houses Of GtGdhra
AID Monte Verde have almost cepopa'ea the state and
drcDched 1t in blood No quarters are given. and the
primo pal part n the Sighting i dJoe By what are called
tie civilized Indians IN the state VIZ Tie Opl ca facSis
tome, Apache. sni one or too tribes. Inc house o.
Monte Verde extremely Itch i also thar Of
Gardar4 ha been fer re in tho minority aai has
made yoleEt tut rcsc,.sl st,pgsos = V3ain ~ yer