The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-10
RICH CHNHNEH
D0INGS FIT BIG GIMP
W. 4. ZdbrISkie Tells OF the Pro-
0resS OF Industry in Sonora
Mountains.

Mr. w. A. Zabriskie, who is con-
nected with the Cananea Copper COM
pany at Puertcitas, is here for a
| short visit. According to Mr.. Zab-
riskie, the boom at Cananea still
Keeps up, and from him was learned
the latest improvements that are be-
ing made at the big copper camp.
Mr.. Zabriskie came up to Naco on
the new Cananea railroad which is
now completed to Ronquillo, where
the smelters are located This will
be the terminal of the broad guage
road. The company has just re-
cetyed some elegant new passenger
coaches, which were built especially
for this country. The road Is equip
ped with the best rolling stock that
Eastern car manufacturers and
engine builders can turn out.
Puerticitas, where Mr.. Zabriskie Is
located, is eight miles south of Can
anea. The narrow-gauge road has
been graded To Puerticitas except for
a short distance where 30 American
workmen are now engaged In put
ting tunnel through the mountain.
The company until recently, had $50
Mexicans at work on the grade for
this road A large bunk house con-
4 tanning 80 rooms was recently COM
! pleted for the miners employed in
/ the mine at puerticitas and at that
point. the company maintains a
large store to supply the wants of
their employees. A mile from Puer-
ticitas is located the saw mill of the
company where IS men are working
day and night cutting up the large
pine trees that have been felled in the
mountains. There Is a large board
ing house at this place for the men
employed at the saw mill and for
those who work in the mountain cut
ting the timber. The lumber is nearly
all piled up in a yard at Puerticitas,
and viii be carried to Cananea as
soon as the steel on the narrow
gauge is laid. The mine at Puerti-
citas has been temporarily closed
down until the road is finished and
the ore can be hauled 10 the smelter.
Mr.. Zabriskie reports that the COM
pany recently struck a large dyke
the Capote mine which runs way up
in silver. At all of the mines back in
the mountains the company main
tains camps that are as large in them
selves as most mining camps. FOR
n while there were 325 men on the
pavrolls at Puerticiats.
According to Mr.. Zabriskie the new
town of Cananea is growing rapidly.
The material for the construction oi
the buildings can not be brought TO
the camp fast enough to supply The
wants OF Ine builders. Besides their
large store at Ronoquillo, where the
smeiters are located, the company
now propose to erect a large store
nj Cananea on the new town site.
I .ots on the new site doubled In Vaiue
in a month and they are still on the
jump. 49,
r. Zabriskie says that the one
great trouble with Cananea Is TO Sc
cure accommodations. People who ar
rive on the train in the evenings nave
10 snend half t~c night in finding q
MACE TO sleep and sometimes then 40
not secure accommodations. The Doll .
ermakers at the camp recently stFuck
because they could not secure quar-
tcrs ond the company has to put the [
clerks IN the nolel and give the boiler
m kers the quarters that the CLERKS
had bcen oc 4pying. When the new
hotel is completed which Coionei
Rreathitt is erecting. this disadVant-
aoo viii ho none away with ana
visitors can find accommodations at
the camp.