Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-27
THE CITIZEN.
FEBRUARY 27, isst
SUNDAY,
SONORA.
FcIis-En Encouragement to sfinors ia sonora.
Special Correspondence Oi the CITIZEN.


 Special Correspondence of the CITIZEN.
 SAN FEIls, Sonora, February H. | EDITOR CITIZEN: This place is
 about 30 miles west of Coborca, and
 26 miles nearly north of Port Lobos,
 and from present appearances des-
 tined to be the Tombstone of tie Altar
 section of inning country al no distant ! day. A wealthy ChicagO firm are the l owners of the well-knURu san FelIs
 mine, and are constantly working a large force of Yaqms in the mine. They have dug several wells and have found quite enough water for neceS- sary Use, and built good wagon
 road 10 Port LoOos and erected sev- eral substantial stone houses near the 1 mine.
 The owners Of this valuable prop
 erty have other excellent mining Inter
 ests near the San Feis, tut on thls
 mine alone the, estimate at having
 enough ore out already tO keep
 tweniy-stamp mill busy for tue per
 iod oi two years. The owners are
 cOmposed Of but three pgrsOus-Iwo
 brothers Qhe Sturge-es of CGicagoJ and a Boston genIlsman. They lu- tend milling their ores dl Enit LuGus, and the ore will be carried from thc
 mine to that place on B raiiruac that
 will be built during the coming sum mer.
 The San Felis, though an enor- mOuSly rich mine, and Cuutaiuing a vast amount of orc, is uoJ the Ol y bonanza here Tie San Pedro, re- gently purchased by &r. Reilly, ul the Copper Queen, appears C. bc au mex . haustIble ledge ot metal. 1 under . stand NIT. Rleily intends working d. . at once, and will aTrauee tO have a !. mil erected as soon as possible.
 The Zepedcna, adjoining the San . Pedro, Is being wUTked U- pro-eu,, and shows q Hue ledge about six fec, wide at dep.h oi fifty feel. Iais ! property is owned by Messrs. Hay and Sutherland, 1 believe.
 will not gO into details regarding the many hHe properties wl-hiE a radius oi three miles oi here but l do not think there are many spots Cu this coast SD bouutiiuly provided.
 The wonderful auIim0uy mines that are turning into silver are uui twelve miles from here, and Instead uf ship ping their ores from Salinas, ss they . now do, they Will come through here on Co Lobos, where tiuusI operation ls cheaper.
 The metals of the San Felis section are not generally high grade, but ] . know If no place In either Sonora Or l Arizona of such great abundance ol ore as here, the antimoay section iH- cluded, of cour,e. Added to this, iI' possesses other very considerable a3- vaniages over many mining sections . in the interior F.r pie, ma- chiuerv can be landed ready 70 sci ia position for less than SS Der ton from San Francisco, and lumber can be laid down for about SIS per lUyJ feet. Nothing connected with mining is dutiable in this country, neither is lt subjected to the gentle mercics Oi tue railroad tariff table
 The overbeaving pOmpo5itY Of D tty officials Is fast giving way ta more courteous treatment toward strangers, for the more influential Mexican is generally more Or less interested iu seeing the American succeed, and cannot tolerate eXiortiOuaie Cujies Dor injustice that has become prOyeTbiJl, without in a measure being .o>er him- self. read in the Epitaph some weeks since letter from some victim of custom house persecution. He said he was compelled to pay hign tariff on many things that were clear ly duty free. such as burr0s, gold pans, quicksilver, and me-Cal, and that be told the officials that the Con- sul told him that they were free, bul they were memorable and made him shell out. 1 cannot sec how anybody was to blame but the victim himself. for he made no certificate @ the Com sul that he was going Co Sonora for mining purposes and it was within their province io believe him or mol as they chose.
 l don't, for my part, see the wisdom l of Anzona people trying 10 throw dust in the eyes of strangers when they look SonuTawards. TAcdeyelor- ment of his country will surely gfcai ly benefit Tucson, and Ii is bound lo come out, and don't let that escape your memory. Very truly. II.