Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-03
v TX " Railroad from
 !" Florence to Gulf ST. loU,s AND CHICAGO CAPITAL.
 iSTs ARE INTERESTED. Reute as levei as a Ficor-Can Be Built at Extraordinary Low Figure. Line Passes Through Very Rich Country in Gold, Silver, Lead and Iron.

N~N LC" swung toSCtASt tut piop usition to build a railroad from Flor es.ce, Arizona, via Casa Grande, ts a,- Georges Bay. on the Gulf of Cali tornia. in Sonora, Mexico. The dis tance 10 be covered is about 16e or lSp miles.
 The gentlemen who are now en gagged in the promotion Of this enter n-ise are among the strongest and mcst influential capitalists of the two cities named and there is now hardly q doubt as to the success of theun- Sertaking
 This road can be constructed at hess cost and will pay a larger profit en the investment than any other 1s0 miles of railroad in the United States. The route lies over a country as level as a floor, and the road bed could be graded at a ccst not to exceed $1,000 distance
 On either side of the proposed line are mountains and chains of low hills aoounoing in great ore bearing veins and deposits capable of wonderful production. All of ahe great mines ps Casa Grarde disttict. including the Continental Copper Mines, the Standar5 Copper Mines, the Silver Reef silver mines, the Bonanza gold snine. the Jack Rabbit, the Arizona, the Turning Point, the Reward, the Vekol, the Christmas Gift. the Golden West. the Copperosity. the Phelps H5otge copper mines, she Mammon, si.e Producer group. the Chief and Century group, the famous Ajo, the Gun Sight, the Latanza, the Day, the cuijota, and a thousand other unde- Eeloped prospects that are full Of promise, ali within few miles Of the proposed roaG. The mining proper ties above named are now inaccessible except by wagon transportation which Is so expensive as to be prohibitive. For this and the further reason that water and fuel are scarce. this rich region, although capable of adding vast tonnage to the worlds mineral yroduction. is now practically dorm ant
 Ii has been determined by the mine owners of Colorado, by practical ex- perience, that where they can reach custom reduction works over railroads. is is more profitable to ship their ores 4o such plants for treatment than IL is to treat them at the mines, not withstanding that fuel and water are abundant in all the mining districts of she Centennial state.
 II this is true of the well Smbereu and well watered mining districts oi Colorado. it is certainly true that the mine owners in the coontry 10 De traversed by the proposed Florence Casa Crande and St Georges Bay yoad. in which there is great scarci ry of both fuel and water. would mt i. decidedly to their advantage To shiI gheir ore to the custom reductfoi xorks which win be completed a ylorence by the W, S. Fletcher com aany within the rex; six months Tho latter company has already pur chased the splendid site for the plan and eleven large lead-producipg minei near by furnish fuxes for dry ore and all the necessary machinery hai been contracted for. It will be read. for business inside of six months
 Within six mon;hs after the com ,letion of this proposed railroad an Sae Fletcher reduction works al Fici ence. it win take several trains pc say to bring in the ores from n
 lscfrir~E pYtRNQlD south from Casa Grande to the gur &o sav nothing of the other train +hat would be developed along tn une. The road will be a dividen saver from the oay it is completed
 This road could also build up verv large additional traffic by opel sng a supply depot at Florence Ie non-perishable goods, which could | delivered at St. Georges Bay D steamer and thence to Florence owe fbe road. Florence being located ] Che central part of the territory an connected with an the business ce sers by rail. would be natur sistributicn point With water ira sportation to St. Georges Bay, al ony 1s0 miles of railroad transport lion. non-perishable goods could vafd down here at a rate that eou not be met by the transeontine1t lines with their long railroad haa-
 This proposed read will cross u Southern Pacific railroad at Ca erande and connect with the Pht six and Eastern road, a branch sf [ Santa Fe, at Florence This will g u two transcontinental connecais' 6e moment t reaches Florence, a n the Rock Island should De exteud <o fhe Pacific coast by way of the Paso and Sou1hwestern lines II ess not avoid crossing this Florence, ca Granae and St. Georges Bay ro'
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