Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-06-11
vRox TUCSON TO PORT LOBOs.
The Quaint old Town of Juarer and its People The Caoorca Mill and Mines-Nearing the Journeys End-Othsr Matters.

l From our correspondent in the feld.
 JUAREz, MEXICO, May 2S, 1882. | knew this was a Mexican town be- fore saw it. Not because it Is located in Mexico but because the name IS spelled "Juarez" and is pronounced "Huar-ez." Mexicans seem to have a holy habit Of pronouncing words as they are spelled and this fact puts the average American to great deal of in- convenience besides at times making him feel conspicuously ridiculous. The date of the birth of this place IS so dim in the horizon of Obscurity that the memory of the oldest inhabitant cannot | recall 1t and no effort seems to have been made to preserve historical data sufficient to enable one to fix the date of its foundation. It matters little how ever, as there is nothing remarkable or attractive in or about It and ! do not think the tourist would sacrifice many nights sleep to nurse the boughs Of its memory into thrift and verdancy. It IS ! like most Mexican towns, built of low, | dingy, uncouth adobe shanties and 1 boasts of no features of architecture un- known to the nomadic tribes of ancient Egyptians. There are no streets or al- | lrys and the natives and their dogs, hogs, cattle, goats, fieas and filth mingle freely together both Tn doors and out There are no floors in the houses and | the Mexican women do their cooking, while seated in most slovenly and un- graceful position upon the earth. From half dozen to dozen naked children aud fully as many dogs warming around waiting to be fed tend to add to the visitors disgust and entvine around hls palate a contemptuous inclination to fast. Some may think me little fas- tidious, but I deny the soft impeach ment, still when one discovers 8 life size rawhide moccasin in the oolled beef, just after finishing a hearty meal he cannot help but experience a lack of mental equilibrium.
 Juarez or "Whereas," as our party has seen fit to dub it, has population of about 300 persons. Some of them make liUng in the mines, but am inclined to the belief that large portion of them live principally on zephyr pudding" served hot. The CabOrca Mining Con- pany is operating quite extensively here and are getting in some fine machinery. They have 20-stamp mill with ten amalgamating pans, five settlers and one clean up pan. The bullion turned out is worth S3JO to S11 an ounce. At present the company has but few miners at work, but will work their mines more extensively in a short time. We here found two white families, and rest assured it did me good to look upon tue pleasant face of a white woman once more. There are good many Papago Indians here and the fact that they go around almost as naked as when they first entered the world leads me to the belief that they take life easy and con tented people.
 We are now within sixty-fiv6 miles of Port Lobos and will reach there within three weeks, Providence permitting Most of the party will rejoice when We get there, not because the trip is a dis agreeable one but for the reason that they are anxious to once more set foot on Gods country. Camp life has be- come as mOnotOnous as a Piute love song and uninhabited valleys and mesas with their unsightly growth Of chap peral and cactus, fail to afford feast for the restine eye Even our choir is losing interest and frequently the light of the camp fire tiickers out without a single song to accompany it's fad tug brillisncy. Jim Coleman IS getting too fat to sing. Roll Palmer don't stand much show be- tween meals, Jack Finch has per mitted his .colossal appetite to entirely destroy that rich tenor voice of his, and your correspondent IS not permitted to undertake any vocal efforts in a musical way. Unless the salt water of the gulf reVives the old interest in song the choir will disband before our return.
 Twelve milesthis side o1Plomo one of our best mules fell under the wagon and broke one of its legs and to end its his cry the poor animal was shot. This is the first and only mishap We have had on the trip and the loss was made good by the purchase of horse.
 We learned some days ago that the Mexicans have removed the posts desig- hating the United States boundary line between Arizona and Sonora, which were put up beyond Sasabe on the Altar stage road by our party. This, however, will not obhterate the line at all and those who removed the landmarks will doubtless become convinced of the fact in time. The line designated by our party Is exactly on the lines from monu- ment to monument as run by the Gov ernment surveyors and there are no grounds for dIsputing it. The Mexican authorities claim that the line was due east and west but such is not the case as they will find out by consulting the re- ports of the joint commission selected to survey the line just after the treaty of 1852, which our party had on the ground. The line runs northwest and southeast and it's exact course may be learned by consulting the reports mentioned.
 The Tucson & c. of c. R. R. will not come nearer Jua-ez than five miles but the people here are reiOicei as the pros pect of it coming even that close. We meet with a most cordial welcome every where, and all the people seem delighted over the prospects for railroad in SO- nora
 On our arrival here we found papers less than a month oId and there was general rush for them. There is no postoffice here consequently We found no mail and disappointment was visible on nearly every face. The Caborca Min ing Company has, however, made ar rangements for stages to stop here twice a week and the Company's officers klnd- ly take care of and deliver mail sent to parties here. JIM
 New Machinery.
 Messrs. Noble and Hall are in the con- tinuous receipt of machinery for all pur- poses. Yesterday they received 8 car