Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-13
SONORA.

A Doctor Among Angels-W ants to CultI |, vate Closer Relations With Them Adyertises his Mines
 'l OPosURA, SONORA, Mexico, November 29th. 1881. ! Il EDITOR CITIzEN:-After a long, dan
 gerous, and tedious trip across the Stat
 of Sonora, and during the heavy rain
 of the winter, write you all of an!
 importance that occurred and what tn,
 good, most kind Mexican people hay,
 done for me. There is no use denyin.
 the fact that the world does not contain
 a better people, who attend strictly {,
 their business, who will divide the las
 mouthful with an American, or any on,
 in need; give him their last "sarape" tC
 lie on, and risk their lives even to assis
 a stranger over the high waters of tn,
 river Yaqui as they did me, and have
 done to many before me. Think of the
 water sixty feet deep, with an under
 current as strong as the Niagara, if not
 stronger, building a raft of dead limbs
 of trees, for all the boats were gone
 down into the ocean. Even at s,yope
 the same result has occurred. sll can
 say, is may God bless the good people
 of Mexico. I will here state that all
 the trouble that ever occurs here Is
 by and through the foreign element,
 and as general rule amongst them
 selves. it Is of course the lower class
 speak of, for the railroads have brought
 in many such.
 This year there appears to be more
 life everywhere both in the mines and
 many fields planted-whereas last year
 they were quIet-hsd to be, for the in-
 fernal Apache was high chief, ruler of
 the whole country; now everywhere
 beautiful fields of wheat, corn, cane.
 barley, fruit trees, all the semi-tropical fruits gladden. the age of the weary traveller, and you are welcome to ali you wish, or can eat CT carry away. l hope and trust you pray, that our Presi
 dent elect may use his efforts to culti
 vate a more general good feeling ana understanding between the two Repnb
 lies, then has ever before been felt
 The element IS here, and it only requires some ot our good people to yisi
 this lovely land, tO show these excellent people who We are ano to convince them that the blowers are not our best people. Like all strangers. when bad man ever does some desper ate act here, the simple minded think "DO all Americans do and act like this9 l remember in time of our late rebel lion of going North, for I am a South. ern man, and wearing a pair of fine Scotch bottom boots. A young man in Buffalo looked at them a long while. and at length he exclaimed, "Goll. th -m', bully butes; is that the sort they ol wear down SOuth!' Just so here. One bad man leaves H generally bad impres pressiOn of the country from winch he came. For my part, all the Mexicaps are my friends. They are true. faithfnI friends, and if one will do just as he | should do, and as he agrees to do with | them, there VIII be no bad feeling, no | trouble. So much for Mexico.
 | am working fine gold prospect F | mics north or Bacuachi, one mile di- rectly above the old celebrated placers, and It appears to be the old mother vein. The vein IS seven feet wide, and will | average across, as far as worked, S64 to the ton. The hanging wall has not yet been reached. When we get down 90 to lOO feet l intend crosscutting. Then gan give you some particulars. Four leagues this side of Bacuachi, which is south, have strong silver vein 9 feet Slde, which averages $S0 tu Slj0 per 'on; much of 1t will run $500 per ton, put SluO Is good enough. The shaft Is ~ feet deep and work is progressing finely. IL IS smelling rock-lead ore with 2ls feet of chloride ore near the lan sing wall.
 Fourteen miles east of the great Mn atos l have a gold mountain called the 'ieula mine. It Is a very large. high lerra, and the whole moun;aIn-gulches nd everything-averages from S4 to S3O 'er ton, but there are ledges IS feet ride crossing Tn every direction that Tlil go up into the hundreds. In the cry top ot a still higher gulch and mountain head rises bold, large stream water, not less tEan 2OO inches. of ure cold water, and it runs along the ase or side of the gold mountain to its pot or termination. Nature has cer- sinly done all she could do or that is equired for the hand of man to put in peration. All over the camp and conn l y are tall, straight, beautiful pines for l II inning purposes, and blackberries T od all wild fruits perfectly matured. [ ow, it had some money to work these Kcellent mines, or some capitalist { ould send a good, practical expert to l a them, and buy one out, let me pay l J my debts and go home to loved ones { have not seen for , years would be | lad. a For time at least, shall have to make s lis place and Sahuaripa my head Ii larters, at least until I get my titles q which will take but a short s me, then shall return to Hermosillo T there IS my strong hold. am Il ,hghted with that city, its inhabitants. c s locality, and all it needs Is sewers. ss al 1cson also needs, for all towns grow ID 2 as fast as these two are. and f rigated lands all around, will have rt e so-cslled yellow wfever-hemorrha01c oI 'rnicious bilious remittent fever and ul c hemorrhage and congestion makes ol almost fearful. A better system of Sc ssnlIness this year, has had a good se ect. and not as many cases of fever as n, # year, by half. Truly yours. Iii,
 PAUL GREGORY, NJ. D. G