The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-25
FROM A COPPER MINE
j. ID. TAYLOR GOING TO ATTEND
WEDDING OF HIS DAUGHTER.
She Is a Graduate of V~assnr, While
Her Father Is n Rough Miner
Rich Copper Deposit.

In the main lobby of the Union Station
last night sat two men of such strikingly
dissimilar stature that they were noticed
by all who passed. One was of strong build.
and would measure perhaps six feet four
inches when stretched TO his full height.
and sat erect in his seat. His robust figure
was an exceptional type of manly physique.
and years of hardy toll in the arid climate
of northern Mexico had given his cheek a
brown and rudy hue. He was dressed in
a plain light suit. and wore a common blue
shirt with a coarse necktie drawn not quite
to it's proper resting place His hat had a
wide brim and high crown. was white, a
pattern of the headgear worn by the husky
plainsman and Western mountaineer. "A
|long. heavy cane made of some tropical
wood was clutched In one of his big. coarse
hands as he sat in silence gazing at the
| procession moving to and from their trains.
The man who sat beside him was of almost
dwarfsh build. round-shouldered and
crouched into a collar that had overridden
his necktie.
The big man was ]. d. Taylor. an officer
in the construction department at the
Noctezuma copper mine at Nocosari, Mex
leo. The other was Alfred Miaco, known as
"Miaco,' a clown in Ringing Bros circus
that showed in this city last Wednesday.
They were two old friends who had not met
for twenty-three years. and only happened
across each other while the circus was
here. Mr.. Taylor. was on his way to Steu-
benville. o.. to attend the wedding OF his
daughter, who has just graduated from
Vassar College.
A PLEASANT MEETING.
The meeting was a pleasant one, and both
decided TO stop over a few days to enjoy
each others company. Mr.. Taylor's family
| spends most of the time in the United
States TO give the children the advantage
| of the schools. but he rarely visits thi:
country himself.
| This Westerner has an interesting lineage
and his career has been a checkered one
He was born in Germany, but his father
| was an American. His father was consu
TO Germany under President Taylor. anC
| for a time acted as consul general at Der.
lin. While in that country he married {
| German woman and two sons were born L
them before they came to the United
| States. Mr.. Taylor was educated here, anC
after his schooling was finished drifted In
to the Southwest and engaged in mining.
Mr.. Taylor says the Noctezuma mines are
the coming copper mines of the world. anC
4 llON OAlI1 2hl dGS ny AhC
in Montana, and the Calumet and Hecla
in Michigan. The Noctezuma is operated
by the Pnelps-Dodge Company, which ha:
millions Of capital and is one of the wealth
lest corporations in existence. The com
pany also owns many other copper mines
but this is the most promising one. Pay
ing quantities of gold and silver have alSt
been found in the NocteZuma.
The domain of the company extends owe
1000 square leagues, as Mr.. Taylor desig
mated IL, which is equal to a stretch o
land almost fifty-five miles square. Every
thing in IL is owned by the company, ever
TO the houses, stores and shops in the tow
of Noccsari. In the mines 400 men ar
employed. and work goes on night and day
/, 200 men working on each shift. About 40
Of these are Americans, who generally hol,
some official position or place where Their
is no mental labor. The Americans receiv
from $3.50 to SIS a day, and some of tn
chief officials get a yearly salary tina
reaches into the fifth digit column. Tn
pay of the Mexican iaborers is about So
in our money, which is good wages 70
Mexico.
At present Mr.. Taylor says the outpu
of the mine amounts to about a million dol
lars a month, and the ore is being stacke
up in great piles and carefully guarded
waiting for the railroad the company i
building to be completed. The compan
has a short line, two or three miles i
length, from Nocosari to the mines, bu
there is no outlet. The nearest railway sta
ton is Bisbee, Arizona, ITO miles distant
and from this point the company is nov
building its private road. The country !
in the toughest mountain district of III
Rockies, and the cost of construction /
enormous. The present means of transpor
tation is by mule train. In this manne
the ponderous mining machinery wa
transported from Bisbee to Nocosari.
AS an illustration of the magnitude G
the machinery used in the mines and how
was delivered Mr.. Taylor referred to tn
fly wheel of the main engine. 1t is thirty
two feet In diameter and was in two sec
tions. Each section was loaded on wagon
specially constructed for that purpose an
was pulled by forty-eight mules. The tri
took two weeks. The mountainous rout
required the most careful planning, er
gineering and skillful driving, yet two ns
tives to each load safely delivered til
goods at the mine without meeting with
single accident.
When the railroad is completed Mr.. Tay
lor says the mines, now comparatively ur
known to the outside world, will begin
pour their wealth into this and every eour
try on the globe. Then only will the exteI
OF the hidden wealth OF the Noctezuma /
realized.
Mr.. Taylor carried a grip filled with bear
tiful specimens of gold, silver and cope
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