Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-30
SONORA MINES.
An Interview with ,. J. Mueller. Ex-Governmen;
 Inspector O, Mines.

Mir. Julius J. Mueller, of HermosiIlo, who Is the mining man of the great firm of Don Jose Ortez, has been delayed in this city for several days by the failure of the firm of Lord S Williams. He is on his way East, and had bis funds for travelling purposes in drafts on Lord * Williams bank. The closing of that house rendered it necessary for him to communicate with the branch house of Ortez in San Francisco.
 Thursday an sttache of the CITIZEN called upon Mir. Mueller at Porter's HO- tel, where he is domiciled, to ascertain the object of his visit to the cities of the eastern sea-bOard.
 Mir. Mueller was formerly newspaper man, being editor of leading German paper published in New York. He has also, in times that are past, contributed correspondence to the CITIZEN from So- nora. He Is an accomplished gentle man, an agreeable conversationalist, and has an extensive and intimate knowledge of Mexico and its resources. He has re- sided in Sonora for about thirty years, during portion of which time he was government inspector of mines. He is a thorough geologist and metallurgist, and has examined all the mining districts north of the City of Mexico.
 He discOuntenances the gross exag- gerations in which many indulge in re- lation to the mines of Sonora. He says that Sonora and Chihuahua abound in rich ores, but that many of the state ments as to the grade of the ore is ab- surd. He states that in his judgment as an expert there Is not mine in Sonora in which tine ore averages over $50 per ton. There are streaks of ore running up into the thousands, but much of the ore carries only s and Sl0 to the ton.
 He doe not think much of the mines in the Altar and Magdalena Districts. but says the mines in the HermOsillo, Ures, MocteZuma, Sahuaripa and Ala, mos District have permanent and larger bodies of lOw-grade ore, which Is all free-milhng. The mines in the Sierra Madres are not veins but mountains of low-grade ore.
 Mir Mueller's visit to the large cities of the United States Is for the purpose of disposing of a large number of valuable claims owned by the firm. He will first go to Chicago, where company has been or ganized to take a property consisting of a tunnel claim and three ordinary claims, the whole embracing a superficial area of 15,000000 square feet. This property IS located in the foothills of the Sierra Madres, and lies west of the famous MulatOs mine. It IS a mountain of low grade ore. The adjacent hills are coy cred with oak and pine timber, which will be convenient for working the mIne.
 Mir. Mueller has a number of other properties, which he expects to place in Chicago, New York and Boston.
 While in the employ of the govern ment Mir. Mueller made accurate notes and geological survey of the country. These notes he thinks, after revising them to agree with the changes of the past few years, he will arrange to have published. They would meet a want much felt for accurate information Tn relation to the resources of our neigh boring country, and such a publication would be of great benefit to Mexico in presenting facts and not mythical stories, such as are now circulating of this Fl Dorado.
 He says that there is great demand for labor. There are large and fertile tracts of country now lying idle for want of labOrers, and many enterprises lan- guish for the same reason.