Arizona republican., 1897-11-19
THE YAQUI COUNTRY.


 exchange, S3.771a.
 THE YAQUI COUNTRY.
 A Republican Mining Correspondent Throws Fresh Light on the Subject.
 The mining department of The Re publican has received a great many letters from people all over the coun try asking information in regard to the Yaqui river country, which has received so much attention of late by the newspapers. To answer all of them would require the constant at tention of one person and several ste nographerS for several days. These Enquiries are tlhe result of an inter view sent out from Phoenix by news paper correspondents The mining representative of this paper WIS the unfortunate victim of the "string" fends. Upon his return from the Yaqui six weeks ago he consented to an interview in which he told prac- tically what his report published in The Republican of the same dae COL tained. But this did not sa isfy the string" workers. It was tco con- servative, and the fact that The Re publican representative returned inn mediately to the Yaqui gave the cor respondents chance to speculate upon the probably accuracy of his published report He was holding back the, truth in order to get the cream of the riches for himself be- fore the rush began He had ire c1 o-d h; and to throw up a newspaper salary for a gold mine or rich placer dig gings was, in the estimation of these ting their imaginations have full play They wrote as little truth as they could, and all their lies were thrown upon the shoulders of The Republican representative. This interview wss published throughout the country ard it has resulted in sending a great many prospectors to the Yaqui coun try who expected to find nuggets and gold Hedges everywhere They have been disappointed, and The Republ:- can representative has come out of the wilderness of the Sierra Madres to find that he has become much d ds- liked young man. If the colum of The Republican had been careful y read, instead of the fake interview sent out by these correspondents. this wild rush for gold would have been averted.
 Gold is where you find it. The good book says: Surely there is a vein for the silver and place for gold where they find it." The Repub ican representative believes that the Yaqui country is a vast eXpanse of urprcs- pected country. He has spent three months in that region, and he still maintains that the country will pro dIrce some rich strikes with the ad- vent of American prospectors. A more thorough investigation of the placer grounds does not wa rant him in changing the opinion expressed in his report that there are few plac5s where gold is contained in sufficient quantity to pay. There is gold in all the canyons and along the river bars, but I have seen far better placer grounds not over fifty miles from Phoenix. Only few have been for tunate in securing good pay dirt, and most of these men are paying a roy alty of their earnings to Mexicans
  The Yaqui country has produced a great deal of gold There are evil dences of extensive workings to be found in many places along the Yaqui river. There must be virgin ground as good as that worked. But it is where you find it. All the gold placed upon the ground was picked up by Montezuma's friends and deScendan S long ago.
 The future of the Yaqui is in the gold, silver and copper lodges and it is to this work that the prospectcr should devote his time. There are man gold mines there lying idle that would pay we'll if properly hand ed and the attention of capital were di- reoted to them. And there are more to be discovered in the great mineral belts throughout this region. I be- lieve that the Americans now in that country will not come away empty handed. But few months won't re- ward them. It is an unusual thing for prospector to find a fortune at a bound Over in the Aros country there are two Americans who have been there a year and they are still nOpe1ul that they will find something good. They intend to stay there uni they do.
 George Moore runs a store at Trini- dad. A few weeks ago he was making a trip from the railroad station to his place. He stopped at ranch and or dered the good sonora to make him some tortillas, the bread food of the MeXicans. It takes a long time to cook a meal in Mexican jackal, and George became impatient after he had waited an hour for his supper. He paced up and down the long, narrow room and scolded the woman for be- ing so slow. His words did not hasten her movements in the least but they cost George a big adobe dol lar. Back in a dark corner sat an old woman smoking a cigarette Wha CoOrOo finished his 1acf1Ira and