The oasis., 1896-04-18
SONORA SETTINGS.
A coiisetion of Happenings in the State
 Over the Line.

adjacent properties have been bonded to syndicate Of Cleveland, Ohio, cap italsts.
 MT. r. H. Seymour Is at Cerro Blan- % attending shipment of his railway material and machinery tu Torres, for use there In construction uf tue new railroad to Minas Pretas.
 At Hermoslllo, Monday, a rumor was extant that La Colorado had been sold for eight millions Of dollars There arc said to remain some outside interests yet to be taken in.
 lt is reported that the owners of La Blanca Julia and La Fortuna mines at Minas Prietas, have recent ly refused an offer Of el5, ,000 sterling for each Of their two properties.
 George Douglas of Snaloa and R. k. Symond Of England, have recently de- nounced 100 pertenencias of mineral land In the vicinity Of La Colorado and Prietas, The stamps alone cost s4,000,
 Don Miguel Latz Of Magdalena, was at Hermosillo early the present week in attendance upon the conference of merch ants and officials called to con Slder the change in leyyiug state and municipal revenues.
 Den Ricardo Johnson of Hermosillo has recently enlisted heavy syndi- cate Of Chicago capital in some very promising prOsperties in the Altar district, and heavy operations may shortly be looked for In that quarter.
 A | ( Ia. ~ To have recently put into their sampling works new and Improved machinery, much larger and Of greater capacity than that formerly in use. They can nov handle forty tons of ore per day.
 Next Monday Mir F. Seldner. the well known Guaymas merchant, Will start for Europe, where he will remain through the following six months. His many friends hope to see him re- turn to Sonora entirely restored to health.
 On the Don Ignacio property, at Prietas immediately adjoining La Colorado mine on the north, the dia- mond drill has pierced ledge sixteen feet across, ore from which yielded assays of S4000 per ton in gold. It was encountered at depth of l6O feet.
 The Jojoba mines, about sixteen miles northwest of Magdalena, are presenting some very promising deyel- Opmeuts. They consist of group of gold bearing lodges, some of which are forty feet in width. On the San Mi guela shaft has been sunk 100 feet, in pay rock all the way.
 MT. Witsworth, representing a Louisiana company, has taken an in- terest in the San Jose mine, on Palo Verde mountain, in the Ores district, and is vigorously prosecuting develop ment work Extensive reduction works will be erected on the property as soon as development will justify.
 El Gran Hotel at Hermosillo re- mains the Mecca toward which all Americans travelling in Sonora turn their faces, and Don Miguel Cohen eX- erclses that same watchful care over the convenience and comfort Of his guests which has made his name a household word the wide world over.
 Mir. Oscar J. Smith, the ore buyer, has established an office at Torres, which is in charge of Mir. E J. Web ster, who was recently in charge of MT. Smiths office at Guaymas, and formerly had charge of the office at Nogales. Although in operation but few weeks the Torres office is doing good business.
 Sunday night Torres was visited by a severe fire, by which Duras & Pitzs- korski lost their entire stock of goods, The conllagration is supposed to have been caused by rats gnawing at matches and igniting them. The fire was first discovered by those outside and they experienced no little diil- culty in arousing the sleeping inmates of the building. The loss is estimated at snvnrnl fhn11cnrd dnlInrc