Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-18
SONORA ENTERPRISE.

Sonora. as a mineral producer, prom i..s fair. with corresponding develop nsnt. to Joe the peer of any State in th, rri1n. For the past year 1t has en .-s-el the attention of mining capital t, considerable extent, and the invest ueats where made and properly han Jl-l. have never failed to be remunera -.-a. Among the latest ventures in that direction is that of the San Juan ds rsr. Company, who have purchased .re ez the finest ranches in the State r.'lalle a only on account of its fine r-rzia- and arrcultural lands, but be- .rrss af the immense mineral belt upon which tlree of the foremost mines in the State are located. The ranch embraces t-Hn acres and is most adyantageously .a.a-el being but twenty-three miles from Hermosillo and about the samo distance Co the Sonora railroad, with good roads cading to and from both. Wra -ae ranch were bought two hun i-=a head Of cattle and one hundred head o5 horses. Wood and water is in --at abundance so that the company have wichin the limits of thelr own prop s-tv all that Is necessary for the success flI working of their mines, which to- -s.har with the ranch cost the present owners about eighty-fye thousand dol l--s cash.
 Tso of the mines, the Juan de Dios and ReiugIo are stocked at one million dollars each. But the stock l- nos 0u the market, nor is there one share for sale. The owners have faith iutleir future values and are backing tlas faith with the requisite capital looking towards a full and profitable degelopameut. The width of the vein proper, averages eight feet along t1s entire ledge, and the ore IS worked Co the extent of three thou sand pounds by the Nelrose smelling Co. .a San Francisco gave a return of SLS---2 gold, SIP in silver and 42 2-lU per cent. lead, per ton. An enormous yield when taking into consideration tae width and extent of the vein. Hitherto the mines have been worked lg the IezIcaus, and in a small smelteI otrule construction, they last year, ex- t-act,J and reduced ore to the value of Si1.H1j The slag that made Is in itself @ bonanza as the assay value of 1t is not less than S510 to the ton.
 The deepest shaft on the properties is t4a one of two hundred feet deep on tle San Juan de Dios, and as far as known there has not in its sinking he=4 a single pound of powder used Iris claimed that one man with pick and Ead can on account of the brittleness ot -le ore, knock down ten tons daily, Iweuty-seven men are now employed on tLe one mine, and the company claim that the ore now on the dumps and iu s.ght, is worth a half million dollars 4 twenty ton sme.ter IS on the Way and j, expected to arrive at the mine by middle of thc present month. The foundation is already for receiving it SD that it will be put mp immediately ou i.s arrival and a month later the com raly vil begin the shipment of bullion G. San Francisco, at which place they have principal office. The company also propose the erection of a twenty stamp miD on the completion of the sle.tsr now under way.
 The mines are owned by the same parties, the officers being the same il both companies with the exception ot tva additional directors in the Refugio Dr. B. H. Chase is President, Gen.H. N Atkinson, Vice President. The former gentleman is @ practical miner and wa vlrl M-,cr- in most of his south Amer lraH enterprises, while the latter IS Sur vay1r General of New Mexico. Mr $. IT, Lucas, the famous flagres .eweler is Secretary and Treasurer ana N- B. C. Pierson Is Superintendent
 Nessrs. Chase, Lucas and PIerson leav, Tuc,1n for Sonora iu the morning an, Eill remain there tIIl theIr works are n full UueratiOn.