Bisbee daily review., 1904-12-18

MocteZuma is the seat of govern. ment of the second county or district of the state of Sonora, counting south ward from here. the border district beng that of Arizpe. Two good stage lines, owned respectively by MT. Car. los Soto and C. F. Woodland, of Mocte- yuma meet all the trains at Nacorazi and make the entire trip of fifty-fiye miles ill day. The latter carries the mail and handles most of the Ameri- can passenger trade, as it runs from the large American hotel at NacozaTi 10 the new American hotel at Mocte. zuma just opened by MT. Woodland in his fine two story residence there, ad- joining his store. billiard hall and banking office The dinner station of Cumpas has an American management and no one having business now at the mining agency at Moctezuma need hesitate to take his women folk along and spend few days in the delightful climate there where frost rarely comes and where the oranges now hang vel low in profusiop.
 The district of Moctezuma has many notables mines in it, among which are the Verde near Cumpas, the great Mac ozari copper mines, the Dos CebazaS, owned by New York Wall street peo. pie, the Dos Picachos. of Messrs- Wm Mueller & Co. of Fl Paso, and too many others to name.
 The first extension east of the Dos Cabezas has just been sold to Messrs. Jas. Taylor and Riardon, by Nicholas Stuppe, who is developing other valu. able prospects north of Huachinera The property just sold is known as the "Estrella del de Norte," and the trade , means the payment of s3G,eO0 gold in instaiiments. and the putting in of Q pumping plant and a mill
 A property belonging to Mir. St. John and his company, was placed for $25. 900 gold Monday by the Sonora Mining agency. R. s. Vickers. mana ger. which corporation now maintains suite of offices at Moetezuma. with assaying and civil engineering depart ments.
 About fifteen miles northwest of the latter place lies the largest ancient workings of northern Mexico and one of the largest and most noted of the whole republic, the mines of San Juan de Bautista. operated in the sixteen hundreds. by the old Jesuits and now owned by MT. Geo. F. Woodward.
 A sale of these mines has just been effected. CT is just being closed, to a company, having a paid in capital Of twenty millions gold. composed large. ly of Washington. D. C., capitalists, about twenty of whom will arrive in a special car over the F. P. & s. ". in a few days and at once proceed to the mines
 The extent of these old workings ls almost incredible. In one place there is a continuous open cut on the vein about one mile in length. from thirty to forty feet in width and to water level and the immense continuous dump on either side is of ore running up 10 900 ounces. that being the lowest grade limit the old owners cared to smelt and the immense slag dumps ia the vicinity bear corroborative evi- dence of the almost fabulous histories of the operations and the consequent output of these mines.
 SonOra's first capital was located here, and the never failing chapel bells of native worship in this old |cf O1,o rF s,, Spain brought to their knees many thousands of the toiling converts Of the cross and sword who were among the two hundred and fifty thousands Of Yaquis and their side branches at the time of the conquest who have been finally, squeezed down to their present remnant of twelve thousand.
 They. rising from their knees, toiled through the long day like ants bearing through the long day like ants bearing out the precious loads of ore, up lad ders. until the water level set an i'm passable barrier to the further extrac- ton of the ore, in some places sheets of native silver, and the camp went down.
 i Its resurrection in the near future means much to Douglas as its port of entry and supply point, and means the upbuilding of anothe- and even larger Cananea and more railway construc- tion
 As Sah Francisco caught the wealth of the Comstock in the good old days of Nevada so will Douglas profit by the grand unloading of natures treas uries in Sonora in the near future.
 It is sincerely hoped that those min CTS of Colorado and Montana and the north who prefer to shovel snow and
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