Bisbee daily review., 1905-02-08
LA BUFA MINE OWNERS ARE TO
 BUILD RAILROAD
HOLDERS OF RICH SONORA AND CHIHUAHUA MINING PROPER
 TY TO CONNECT
PiIa-es Coal Mines and Guaymas With Rail Up the Yaqui RiVer-Traveler Just Returned Says Yaqui Country is For Most Part Quiet.


 Davis Richardson. president of +he
 Richardson Brothers company of L:,s Angeles. Ca, and owners ci the large La Trinidad and La Bufa mines in Sonora. was a guest of the Palace IIp- tel on Thursday, just nine aEa a half days out from Guaymas through the
 Yaqui country and over the s'inrra Madres including tow days stop at the mines named. says the Chihuahua En- terprise. It is the Richardson Brothers who recently obtained :, federal cor- cession for a railroad from Guaymas lLI the laqul rVer t5 the l'llares coal mines.
 MT. Richardson's principal business here was to close a deal with Ketelsen & Degetau for a bond on the .jolon gold-silver mine between Yecora and Maycoba in Sonora. The papers wcle signed up on Thursday anf Ihs Rich ardsons will start word nn the m.ncs at once and will 'eo i'd the old Ieh- stamp mill which has beel Idle flr about eight years. The mine vas quite extensively worked for eight UT ten years and is said to contain good bodies of ore running 10 SIS Mexican value of the gold and silver contain ed. The ore is free milling.
 Being asked about the Yaqui tioI.b les, Mir. Richardson said: T came through the Yaqui country. The tribe generally are peaceful, quiet workers, but the danger is in small maraud,ng bands, as has often been stated. There IS danger, to be sure. and the troubles are seriously injuring businessln that section of Sonora. We have been having a great deal of trouble in get ing our freighting done on account of the Qaquis but we have recently made contracts by which the contract Or procures a military escort for part of the way. The authorities are put ting forth every effort to quell the h. dians and I think the matter may soon be settled"
 As to the railroad concession, Mir. Richardson stated: "The Richardson Brothers company recently procured a concession for railroad from Quay may up the Yagni rive: valley to Tamochi and thence to the Palares coal mines, a total distance of 190 miles, the coal mines being about l2 miles of our La Bufa mine and Ia little farther from La Trinidad.
 The route is entirely feasible being ian easy grade from sea level at Quay mas to an elevation of 1000 feet at Pilares. The line will run through the wonderfully rich and fertile valley with it's wonderful agrigultural possi- bilities, and will tap the coal belt of Sonora which covers 500 square miles ln area. This coal is semi-anthra- cite, and at the Barranca mines of the Sunset development company of the Southern Pacific railroad and at Pill ares there is natural coke. These fields have been thoroughly exported and the coal is of proven high grade.
 we have procured terminal facili- Ities at Guaymas and have an engineer ing party making the preliminary sur yey. The surveyors are out about 20 miles from Guaymas now. It is the expectation to have the road complet- ed in two years.
 Tt will tap the wonderfully rich Sahuaripa district with it's great gold, silver and copper mines.
 From Pilares, with it's elevation of 1000 feet to La Bufa and La Trini- dad mines is an abrupt rise of about 5000 feet over rugged country. and will necessitate the use of electric railroads"