Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-02-22
SONORA,S BOOM.
General Revival OF Business Every
where Eoticeable.---Mipcs and
Mii1s--FarIling and Other Notes
Ncgales Herald.

NSgales Herald.
/ That the State Of Sonora is just now
enjoying something of a boomer per
haps more properly 2 general revival Of
business, there is no mistake. 1t is seen
in the rush of mine operators and other
capitalists into the state, the activity in
mining circles, the earnest enterprises
aud the increased volume of money IN
circulation. This is especially true OF
that section traversed by the Sonora
railroad.
Mr.. G. p. Pearson, train dispatcher of
the Sonora road, and who has had
abundant opportunities for noting the
condition of business, was IN the city
the first of the week and told the Her
aid that he had never known the state
to be moro prosperous than it is at pres
ent. He says big change is noticeable
all along the railroad and that the en-
tire state SO far as is reasonably accesi-
bic gives promise of prosperity.
The railroad is not only doing good
passenger business but freight bust
ness better than it has ever done.
When asked to account for this i'm
mense increase Of business at this time
OF the year, Mr.. Pearson SAID that bet
ter class of men were going into the
state-men of experience were taking
hold Of the mines as we'll as other i'm
UcrJan5 industries. He cited the fact
/ shat al Of the big mines were now run
ning-such mines as the Santa Elena.
San Ricardo, Minas Arietas, Trinidad
ana others, and that all of them were
now more or less in charge of men who
understand their business and that bull
lion instead Of trouble and law suits,
was being produced.
James Farrell will in few days begin
active work on the railroad he intends
| TO build from point at or near Imuris
to his mines, the Cerro Blanco group, a
| distance of about nine miles. Two
! schOOEers loaded with lumber for the
| read arrived at Guaymas last Sunday.
and a ship with several hundred tons
OF rails is now on the way, having pas
| sed the port of Galveston some days ago
| The road will be narrow gauge, and
will be operated chiefly for the hauling
of ore from the mine to the mill.
p. b. Chisem, of Guaymas, and other
capitalists, are contemplating the cree
ton of large smelter at Carlo. They
are ut present comforting with the Mex
lean government relative to a concession,
| and they propose to put up works with
capacity for handling sixty tons Of
ore per day. Those who know Mr.
Chisem know him to be a man of nerve
and energy and Just the man to make a
success of such an enterprise as he and
his associates contemplate
Mr.. Pearson thinks the famous Mag
| dalena valley is destined in a few years
to become one Of the greatest wheat
producing sections in the southwest.
Each year farming is done on more in
telligent and successful plan and each
year the product has increased with a
| corresponding decrease in the amount
of labor. Two years of good crops have
made a wonderful change in that section
| and the Touring mills, most of which
are now provided with the latest modern
machinery. have been kept running con-
! SANITY and athe business is profitable
y new and tinc large mill IS now be-
! ing put up by Mr.. Azcona, about mile
| and half south of Magdalena and it is
to be fitted with the latest improved
machinery. The railroad company has
put IN spur at the site of the mill.
: mine is now being opened up-or
rather put in shape--twelvs miles from
| Carlo which Mr.. Pearson thinks will
prove one of the best and richest in the
state. 1t is one recently sold by Harry
Chenoweth and associates to an eastern
company which sent one of its members.
| Mr.. Mcpherson. here to take charge Of
the mine. Mr.. Mcpherson IS a man OF
good sense and wide experience in min
ing and is developing the mine in fine
shape and with the promise of immense
production.
The San Ricardo is still strictly relia-
Bile and steadily produces large quanti-
ties of bullion, shipments being made
regularly every few days.