The oasis., 1901-04-06

having once been the state capital), and much can be gathered there that would add to the information being constantly presented in THE OASIS. I shall return shortly and take up the work where 1 was compelled to drop it by my illness.
 Thursday evening we drove as far as Gabilan, and stopped over night with MT J. D. Fresh, superintendent of the property of the Kansas City x Sonora Mining Co.-the Ramona mine MT Fresh has but recently taken charge of the property, succeed ing MT. W. J. Shelter, who resigned to accept more lucrative position in Chihuahua. MT. Fresh's connection will be temporary only, as he has his own extensive interests in Sonora to attend, and has taken charge as a matter of accommodation until some. one suitable can be secured.
 Judge J. II Turner o. Glasgow, Mo. president of the company, visit ed the mine early iu the present month, but has now returned home.
 The Ramona has we. defined four foot ledge of high grade silver bearing cres, of which large body is exposed ready for stopping by a 300 foot shaft and 500 feet of drifts. It is equipped with rine steam hoist: and uew lU-sJamp Boss process mill was completed the first Of January and is ready to run. Water for it's use is new being developed, and full supply will be secure within very short time.
 The force operating the Ramona in- cludes J. D. Fresh, superintendent; c. G. Saltmarsh, bookkeeper ana cashier: Lawrence Haskins, machin- ist: Reuben Allen, mine foreman.
 The Ramona lies between two other roeerties named La Luz and San Jose de Grande. North of the latter Is tue purvenir. These three prop critics, through which runs the same ledge, are under bond to MT. J |. Green, and he is arranging to begin work upon them right away. They are known as the Gablan group l They are antiguas, with extensive workings by former owners. Upon the San Jose there is a shaft Of 250 feet vii b drifts, one 200 feet With drifts, and an incline 200 feet, with drifts, all connected. Then there is an old shaft known ar the San Juan, I30 feet deep. which is caved in, and another old shaft called the San An tonio. The two latter are the antigua workings
 La Luz has d 250-foot shaft with workings. and the Porvenir old work | figs all over it's ground.
 About six miles away is Las Cruces, the scene of the operations of the New York & Sonora Smelling Co.'S opera. tions.
 Mir. Green has also taken unde r bond and will develop for eastern parties Los Coches mine, the property of Charley Shaetfer.
 We made the forty miles from Gabi' Ian to Hermoslllo on Friday, March 22nd, passing on the way several large haciendas or ranches. Beyond San Jos de Gracia we passed the Gan dara ranche,, where for d distance of eight miles the road skirts along the edge of a grain field mile wide. Later in the day the ranche of Anto' niO Camou was passed. Here there were seventeen miles, all In gram. The new wheat, beginning to head, was bright and green, and presented a lovely sight in the sunlight. These two places are conducted with all modern appliances-gang blows, head CTS, steam threshers, etc, and on the c imou ranche there is traction en- zine and flour mill with capacity | 0f fifty barrels daily.
 | After the grain is harvested the ground is again plowed and d crop Of corn is planted, grown and harvested the same year. This has been con- tinued through an indefinite period of years fertilization by irrigation pre- serving the soil from exhaustion.
 When we reached Herm m1sill) l was yet in pretty serious condition As