Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-03-13
Affairs in Sonora.

writing from Guaymas under date of
February 9th gives the following in
teresting account of affairs in our
neighboring Mexican State:
Some Americans who lately made
the trip by land from Los Angeles in
your State to this place, gave me the
following item regarding their voy-
age: AT Caverea they passed the from
tier of Sonora, where they found about
1000 inhabitants, a ,custom-house,
and we'll cultivated lands; the next
station was Pitiguito, only six miles
off, but beautifully situated in fertile
valley; fifteen miles farther on they
reached Altar, with 1000 souls, and
capital of the district, which embraces
200 square miles, rich in gold mines,
with good agriculture and commerce;
though the inhabitants possess none
Of the improved machinery used in
California, the diggers succeed, never
theless, in making about So per day.
This has induced an American COM
pany to secure $4,000 acres of land,
rich in gold, at a place called Los
Llanos. TO procure the needful water
the company Is building an aqueduct
of forty miles in length, the cost of
which is calculated at $500, 900. The
engineer conducting the work says
that as soon as the water will reach
said lands the monthly benefit will be
at least 1000, and remain the same
for twenty years. In spite Of the diff
culties under which the natives are
working they make now about $4,000
to $4,000. All the land which can
be irrigated looks Ikea garden. pro-
ducing every kind of tropical fruit and
of splendid quality. The ranches
yield excellent wheat and corn, with
numerous heads of cattle, and noun
tains of precious woods, enough to
enrich anybody but a Mexican.
Northeast from FL Altar is La Mag
dalena, with the same advantages,
proximity to the Sierra.
Hermosillo, the largest city of So
nora, merits well her name, as the
most beautifully situated in a fertile
plain, with rich mines and plenty of
trade. The sugar plantations yield
three hundred dollars per acre, with
steam-engines to make the panocha,
and another to make excellent flour
from its abundant wheat crops, on the
large estates of La Labor, Atlantic,
San Juanito, Ell Chino Gordo, Eel Cav
ilan, and others, each of which en-
ploys from 100 to 200 men. The in
habitants are famous for their amiable
character, and the women for their
beauty. A Mr.. Ramirez owns large
cotton-mill, and will soon add wool
en-mill; it is large and beautiful es-
tablishment, surrounded by evergreen
trees, which makes the site look very
picturesque.
Ures, the capital of Sonora, lies sur
rounded with the finest estates, with
abundant water for irrigation, and
mountains of precious wood, and all
kinds of game.
Larique is n new settlement of re-
turned Californians, who have either
become agriculturists or remained
miners, as rich veins have been dis
covered in its vicinity. The towns of
Subatama, OquitOa, Ell Atil, etc., are
as favorably situated, and it is thought
that, instead of cultivating the sugar.
cane, cotton, tobacco, etc., they only
plant wheat, corn, and beans. ...
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Apaches, this State would certainly
attract many emigrants: but we shall
have to wait till the Southern Pacific
Railroad be finished and connected
with this port, to show the world what
riches Sonora possesses, and Of what
Importance this beautiful harbor will
become for the trade of the whole re-
gion, the frontier State of the United
States and Mexico. lI'
A Mexican company is now culti-
waiting the rich lands at the mouth of
the Colorado river, where an mex
haustible quantity of wild hemp has
been found, and Of superior quality;
but these new settlers have so far
vainly expected that the Mexican
Government will permit them to get
their supplies from here or direct from
San Francisco; everything they need
has to he sent from San Francisco to
Fort Yuma, and then brought back
again to Point Isabel, at a heavy ex-
pense, though all this large tract of
land belongs to Mexico.
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