Bisbee daily review., 1903-02-18

to Los Angeles from an interesting trip to Sonora, Mexico, where he went in company with B. w. Riley, secretary of the Bufa Mining, Milling and Smelt- ing company, 10 inspect that compa- ny's property in the district of Sa- hauripa While in Sonora they made a careful survey of numerous mining properties, traversing extensively the YaQui Indian country and gaining much information in regard to mining interests, says the Los Angeles Elk press.
 Leaving Los Angeles early in Jan uary, we arrived at Torres, one of the main shipping points for ore and sup plies in the state of Sonora, where we were cordially received by R. B. Gun ningham, the company's agent" says Mr Whitesell. MT. Cunningham ac- com apnied us to La Colorado over Colonel Seymour's railroad. We were greatly impressed by this grand camp, which we understand has been work ing for the last twenty years.
 Tt was reported that the Creston- Colorado company, whose works are at La Colorado, has just sold out to Chicago investors for S6500,000 The mills and cyanide plants there are run ming full blast and everything had a most prosperous look.
 We went by 'caruaje-carriage- drawn by four horses from La Colo rada to San Jose de Pimas, a Pima Indian pueblo. where we tarried all night. but the next morning We re- stunned our journey, arriving that day at La Barranca in the first range of mountains of any size west of the Yaqui river, ninety miles from the rail read. where our carriage ride ended. There seemed to be quite lot of min ing going on there. It has been prosperous mining camp since the early sixties.
 We were informed that Napoleon HUI puB gpueIoBq eql lIInq QUA 'EBI0 there, had taken more than S5,000,0OO out of the surrounding mines. We met Mir Martin, superintendent of the coal mines owned by the Southern Pa cific railroad company, and we learned that the anthracite coal beds there are as good as the Pennsylvania measures. We also understood that they have large deposits of natural coke which will be invaluable to all that country for the reduction of ores.
 Coal and Gold in One Mine
 Frank Richardson met us at La Do-~,rco nth opi,naIS n faEo me Tn La Bufa and in his company we had a most interesting trip. Just after leaving La Barranca we passed the famous Tarahumari mine, from which they extracted not only their ore, but their coal and water for boilers, all out of the same shaft.
 Just below the Tarahumari we passed the principal coal mine of the Southern Pacific Railroad comapny and saw for ourselves that the coal is of most excellent quality About five miles farther on we crossed the Yaqui river, which certinly is a grand stream of water. It was not fordable at the time, so We swan the animals and crossed in a boat to the eastern shore, where We passed the night at Toniche, an Opoto Indian pueblo.
 'Yaqui river should be used in the future for power at this and many other points. About a mile down the river are the smelling and refining works now being erected by the Yaqui River Smelling and Refining company. From there We went at once into the rough country, and although Toniche is only at an elevation of 700 feet in a few hours we had reached an altitude of 4,000 feet
 By hard riding over beautiful noun tains and through deep canyons we made La Bufa mine early in the even ing, and here received a most hearty welcome from William E. Richardson, the general manager. Here and at Santa Rosa, about nine miles farther on, where the company's mill is To- cated, we spent ten days most enjoy ably looking over this company's won derful properties.
 MT. Richardson showed us over the ancient works at La Bufa and all through the modern works. which are extensive, and We were astonished to see what had been done on this prop erty in so short a time, with practically nothing but pluck and perseverance. The old abandoned mine has been brought up to a property having more than $2.000 GOO worth of ore in sight. We can appreciate in a measure how this has been accomplished by obser- vation Of the management given to the entire property.
 Modern Equipment for Mines
 The most energetic effort is applied to mines. mill and stores, and a full line of modern machinery is being in- stalled, also a smelling plant for the reduction of ores, as the excessive ! freight charges have been a hindrance to development work ever since the ]