Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-21
IN THE SIERRA
 T0RD|LLA ... DISTRICT
Heavy Rains for Past Month Have CurtaiIed DeveI-
 opmentS.

George Dunn came into town yes- terday afternoon from. his mining camp in the Ajo mountains of Sonora. He made the trip overland from the mine, a distance of sixty miles from Naco. over a rought trail, in less than twelve hours.
 He states that it is next to impos- sible to do any work at the mine on account of the heavy rains for the past month. Hardly a day has passed that the rain has not fallen in torrents. The oldest resident of the district does not recall such rains as have been ex- perienced in that locality this sum meT. MT. Dunn's camp is situated on the east side of the range. and no cloud crosses the mountains without precipitating itself in the canyon ad joining his mine.
 At present MT. Dunn is working ten men, and they are now clearing out an cid tunnel that was filled with mud and rocks during the wet weather last summer. In this tunnel it is expected that the main ore body will be en- cOuntered as the working has been driven into good paying copper ore all the way. The dump from this tun- nel was washed away during a freshet last winter and contained sufficient milling ore to nearly pay for its ex- traction.
 MT. Dunn also has several shafts on his claims that show good working filled with water to the collar caused by the. excessive rains of the past month. These will be drained shortly and work renewed.
 Mir. Dunn's camp is situated in the most picturesque portion of the Ajo mountains in the Tordilla district. and the country adjacent abOunds in wild game. Bear deer and wild turkeys can be killed at any time, and MT. Dunn says that twelve bears have been seen on his claims during the past month. A Mexican employee came running into the camp a few evenings ago and reported that he ioA SCCAl lOuI Dl1Sh DSdlS q IGN nun dl ed yards below the mine, which MT. Dunn found to be true after investi gating.
 Several evenings ago. just at sun licking Tor hour more The deer were conscious of MT. Dunn's pres enCe but gave no heed. The whole country whereabouts is a paradise for the hunter.
 Six miles below MT. Dunn's prop erty are located the mining claims of the Sierra Tordilla, owned by Bis bee people. On these claims a vast amount of development work has been done, and it is reported that negotia- tions are under way pending their sale to Bisbee capitalists who will inn mediately commence systematic devel- opment.
 In the same range lie the property owned by Boston & Brown of Bisbce. Work on these claims consists prin- cipally of tunnel that is being driven into the side of the mountain. Fa- countered ali the way in and thI own CTS are confident of the ultimate out come of their property.
 In the Ajo range also is situated the mining claims of the Brook Consoli- dated, upon which diligent develop ment work has been waged for sev- eral months past. These claims are also owned by local people. and they have placed their money and conff- dence in the enterprise in a manner that is surely to be crowned with suc- cess. The principal working on the group consists of tunnel being driven into the mountain that is expected to tap the contact of the vein. The tun- nel is now in three hundred feet.
 Conditions all through the Ajo mountains point to a lively district in the very near future. When sufficient ore is produced in the district it will be treated at the smelters in Douglas, that town being the nearest point where smelters are located. From time to time the construction of re- duction plant has been talked of for the district, and the finding of big bodies of ore will likely add to its early cOnsumrnafiOp