The oasis., 1896-09-12
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Saturday, Sept. I2 1896.
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 new dry goods store aa La COlorada- He started on the 20th nll
 Had the English purchasers let their bond on the Grand Central and Ama- rillas expire they would have never vot m extension Within a few days after the experts. who reported favor ably upon the properties, had gone away new aGd rich bodies of orc were encountered.
 With the change on the first instant Mir. Alex. II. Hall became chief engi- peer in charge of all the machinery at the Grand Central and Las Amarillas mills and Las Amarillas hoist Mir Hall is a most excellent mecharlc, Tn every way competent, and his many friends will be pleased tO learn Of his richly deserved promotion.
 La Colorado and Mnas Prietas can boast of some Of the largest mercantile houses in the state of Sonora. All kinds of business and trade are repre- sented here in abundance, and many houses carry stock that would do q credit to large city. Ricardo Ortega the proprietor Of the City Of Mexico, received consignment of goods amounting to ten thousand dollars, one day last week, much of the stock being silks. Sateens, laces, ribbons, and fine dress and gents furnishing goods to suit the taste Of the more fastidious among our residents This is but one instance of the immense amount Of of trade done by our merchants, hard ly a day passes but that like amount of goods are shipped in to replenish the stock of merchants in other lines of business. As an instance of the amount of ready money carried by our business firms-a few days ago a gen. tleman who had arrived in town to make a mining deal and having only checks he stepped into the store of Ramon ESuuer and cashed draft of Sl ,0O0 on a moments notice, undoubt- edly he could have done the same at a dozen other different places in town.
 This camp is truly named the Trans val of the western continent, nOtwlth- standing the fact that group of our mines have been sold for sum in- volving a million of dollars, it only re- presents a small fraction of the re- sources and possibilities of this i'm mediate region. Mining experts and prOsDectors who have thoroughly in- vestigated the camp say no region in the world is as rich in leads of gold and silver bearing quartz as is this. There are claims here that could be grouped together, that in the hands of large mining operators would be producing bullion for a dozen com fo al t.., ,t1.l, is but a stones throw from the Cres ton and Minas Prietas mining claims and is larger than both of these bO nanza claims put together, will pro- badly soon pass into the hands of some large company. Wright & Forsee the owners, have developed three strong veins, from the largest of which they have received assays as high as six teen dollars in gold, tin the grass roots. i This is a parallel lead to the Creston and equals that lead on top in width and character of rock. The Esme- ralda mine is already bonded for one hundred thousand dollars. MT. Wy man has a bond on a group that amounts to nearly hundred thousand dollars, and the Union Mincra group of mines after they have been suifi- ciently developed will undoubtedly pass into the hands of some largecom- pany. There are many other isolated claims of recognized value such as the Bastlla. Grand Consolidation, La Suerte, Escondido. Zaragoza, and the groups represented by Jesus Santa Cruz and Juan Fimbres, and to the north nine miles are situated the Fl Troyador. Esperanza, Sau Juan, and the fabulously rich Zubiate mine which has produced over fifteen mil lion dollars These last are in a side district which bids fair Co rival this in richness, and the straugest thing incident 10 a camp of this size is that hardly has q prospectOr's pick been struck into the ground a mile from Line mines just mentioned, truly as an English mining man said the other day the region is only iu it's swaddling clothes. We prophecy that within ahree months there will be q rush of