Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-09
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We have enjoyed the pleasure OF
somewhatextended conversation
with M T. Cutler on SOUTH
eAstsxh Arizona and Sonora. THIS
nlhtlsman, whose opportunities for
forming correct Impressions OF the
country which he discussed have
been very thorough, expresses a
very high opinion OF the mining
capabilities of southeastern anu
SOUTH western Arizona. HespeaKs
In very high terms Of the orc
B1anco and Arivaca districts and
II even higher terms of the Tomb
atone. Mr.. Cutler doubts very
much whether Arizona will ever
develop lodes 80 extensive as the
Comstock, but this disadvantage
will be made up by the number
and richness Of the small deposits.
The Tombstone district lies
little south of east Of Tucson, at o
distance Of seventy-six miles.
There are probably Eve hundred
men all told there at present but
their number is rapidly increasing
The "Contention" is the best pros
spected mine thus far. Fair average
fS;crking tests Of the ore give
= TSs<,ult of $276 to the ton.
N ieaft has been sunk to a
SEM one hundred and fifteen
feet and drift has been carried
north over one hundred feet. The
ore-body is eight feet wide. A
double compartment working shaft
Ii now being sunk. The though.
Nur' is another very promising
lode. 1t is being worked by Phil
adelphia company which was or
ganlsed by Ex-Governor Stafford.
The district was discovered by the
eheffslin brothers. There are three
small camps In it and the country
IL cofered with fine growth of
grass, though wood Is scarce.
Tucson, Mr.. Cutler says, Is grow
ing very rapidly. The population
II estimated at $500 souls, OF whom
about two thousand are Americans
aud Europeans, the rest being
paisanos. Real estate has received
= great impetus during the past
year. In that Time the city has ad-
vanced the price of lots which had
been offered for sale for SIS to $10C
IA neat little enhancement Of three
hundred per cent. Rents have
doubled and trebled. Tucson can
not fail to advance at least until the
railway Is completed to that point,
when 1t may share the fate of al
other meal stations on great roads
The probability is that the railway
company will lay out town of its
own at the point at which it crosses
ths San Pedro river. The new town
might prove a formidable compet-
itor for the trade of Sonora and the
northern Mexican States because
It would be considerably nearer to
the Mexican line. Tucson, how
ever, having already great start,
might hold her prestige.
Mr.. Cutler is interested in mines
ut the head of the Yaqui river, In
Sonora. He regards the opportuni-
ties for profitable mining ventures
In Sonora as unusually promising.
He gives an account Of the condi-
tion of affairs in Sonora which
surprised US, in view of the chronic
revolutions which are reported by
telegraph from that section. How
ever violent the contention be-
tween MarIscal and Serna may be,
the American who minds his own
business Is rs secure in his property
and person as in any portion of the
United States. One OF the great
Sonora leaders has announced it to
be his purpose to make the rule OF
law so absolute in Sonora that q
man might leave his watch on q
bench in any Of the public plazas
over night, with the perfect GER
tainty Of finding it the next day.
AS o matter of fact, the traveller
leaves his arms, equipments and
baggage wherever his whim may
dictate, and he is certain to find
them undisturbed. TIE authorities
evidently aim at encouraging the
efforts of foreigners to develop the
resources of Mexico. However
rulers may change, this sentiment
animatea them all.
All of which leads Us to the con-
clusion that that whole section il
coming rapidly to the front as thu
scene of mining operations on
large scale.