The oasis., 1901-03-23

just missed meeting MT. Oliver Garretson who had been in from the Los Andes mine, which I visited on January Ist Messrs. Garretson and Flowerday were then erecting "vasa" Ia Mexican adobe smelter) to reduce the copper ores from the mine. It is now finished and in operation, with satisfactory results. Mr. Gar retson brought into Sahuaripa sam pie of the matte, which is described as very good in appearance and value. I also just missed meeting at Sahua- ripa MT. Frank Spare. superintendent of the Mulatos mine. who was there on business day or two before my arrival.
 Since I was at Sahuaripa in the last days of December MT Julius Schlem- mer has opened an American restau rant, which is very acceptable to the American colony, now becoming of goodly numbers.
 Mr. Carol Prunty has recently opened at Sahuaripa a very finely ap- pointed assay office, the best in the state of Sonora. He has fine button balance, pulp scale, large assay furnace, and a complete and well selected stock Of chemicals. Every. thing is well and conveniently aTrang- ed iu one of the largest buildings in the place, directly opposite the plaza
 The day after my arrival at Sahua- ripa MT Prunty ~enL over to Mula- tos to install the new cyanide plant, all of the material for which has now arrived upon the ground.
 At Sahuaripa met MT. Rogers, d gentleman looking over Sonora with a view to investment, who has been in here since the first of January. He has traveled pretty we'll over the state during the past two years.
 During my stay at Sahuaripa call ed upon the prefect of the district, Don Miguel Encinas, and was very cordially received. Don Miguel has great faith in the immense natural resources of the Sahuaripa district and is keenly alive to the necessity of enlistment of foreign capital for their exploitation and development, and is ever ready to assist Americans and others visitngthe region for purposes of investment.
 At the Chipeona and Chipeona Colorado mines, between Sahuaripa and Mulatos, the Phoenix people (Dr. J NJ. Ford and Colonel Wm. Christy) who bought the properties in Decem- Der last, are pushing development, with the able perintendence of Mr.. Geo Beebe
 It is also reported at Sahuaripa that through Mr. Beebe the Phoenix people have bought the Casita mine in the vicinity of their other properties. The I Casta is very valuable property with high record of production. ! Saturday afteruo0n March 9th l started dpcn my return to Lampazos accompanied on the journey y Senor Don Martano G. Antunez, very intelligent gentleman. who was edu- cated at Las Vegas, New Mexico, and speaks English very fluently MT. | AntuneZ Is asmerchant residing at Arevechi, and there was upon the road ahead of us pack train owned by him carry ing goods to Lampazos We passed it at the Yaqui river Sun- day morning and it followed us into Lampazos the day following our ar rival.
 At evening we reached a "vinatera" (mescal distillery) uear the mouth of the Sahuaripa river, where we stopped for the night. At the first house a woman set about preparing some sup per for us, and Don Martiniano went to call upon the mayordomo. In the wife of the latter he found relative, and she quickly brought in some cof- fee and tamales, which we ate and then returned to the other place and ate also the supper which we had