Bisbee daily review., 1904-03-26
Sonora Mine
 CONTINUE TO Make Good Showing
]. w. HARDY TELLS OF MUCH NEW WORK TO BE DONE IN
 ARIzPE COUNTRY.
Mention of. Several Active Properties In That District That Will Soon Rival the Great Warren District.
Especial to Review.)

DOUGLAS, March 25.-J. W. liar dy. the deputy mineral surveyor of the Arizpe district, was in Douglas yesterday and left this morning for Cananea. During a call at the International-American office he gave some very interesting mining news that will have more or less bearing on Douglas. He said that there s great activity in the Sierra Tordillo country, which is west of Fronteras, one of the main stations on the Nae ozari road. Many Americans are going into the country and taking up good copper concessions and some very promising gold and silver prop critics are being opened up by inii- vidual prospectors.
 The old Santa Rosalia is to be worked again. This famous old property is within fifteen miles of Arizpe, the capital of the district across the line from Douglas. George Mitchell. who until recently was general manager at Cananea, and president of the First National bank of this city. is at the head cf the new Santa Rosalia company. ! Millions of dollars in gold have been 1, taken out of this old mine and there is still thousands of tons of ore in sight which will keep the mine in op. eration for years to come.
 The La Cubana company has voted at its meeting that $50,000 in gold | be spent at once in installing a re duction plant to reduce the thous-
 ands of tons of ore that is already
 out. The Cubana is near Arizpe and is owned by a wealthy American ! company.
 The Las Chespas, the old mine
 owned and worked by Padrezino, IS producing right along. A big plant i for milling the ore is being put ir place and much more ore will be ta l ken out as soon as it is in operation | Several million dollars have already
 been cleared from the working q l this mine. Padrezina is in Europe
 where the majority of the stockhold
 CTS live.
 In the Bacoachi country there is
 much work going on.
 The Phelps-Dodge company is
 working a big force of men on theil gold property which is one of the : richest in Sonora. A big mill vii be installed at once and the ere
 dump worked This company B
 shipping many tons of high grade gold ore. How rich this ere is car
 be imagined when it is known that al
 the rock that goes one hundred dol
 lars or less is put on the ore dunn
 for reduction in their own plant, ana there is, an enormous quantity 1f i s1OO ore.
 Mir. Hardy is the owner of a big l proposition that carries good values
 in gold and silver near Magdalena
 He is getting up a company to open
 up this property.
 | At present all of the supplies, ma
 chinery, etc. that are needed and
 used in the above mentioned mines go into Sonora by the way of the Cananea railroad. The wagon road from Cananea down to the Sonora
 river to the Arizpe country is a bet ter one than the shorter road from
 Fronteras on the Nacozari road consequently Douglas is not benefit l ed very much by the opening up of the country around Arizpe. At a later date. when the Nacozari road
 Is completed Douglas should get this trade. for this city is the nearest American port. Here is a pointer for the Douglas Chamber of Com
 merce.