The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-16

that name; San Marcos, Rosario, md
other mining centers. Running be-
tween ~tidewater and the Sierras. this
railroad will develop the richest agri-
cultural and mining regions OF West
ern Mexico. and afford an Quite.
through the ports OF Mazatlan and
Guaymas. for the produce of fields and
mines.
About 100 kilometerS Of this road
have been completed and 100 ki.omat-
ers are in operation. being the stretch
between Guaymas and Corcorit. Track
laying is going rapidly on. \ stea;ucc
Is now on the way from Shanghai for
Guaymas with 800 Chinese lab0rers
Mexico inteipOSeS no objection TO the
importation OF contract labor. and has
no Chinese exclusion laws. The labDr-
ers now employed in railroad constitute
ton are Mexican, YaQui Indians, and
Chinese, with American bosses and s'i-
perintendentS.
The ends OF the earth appear to have
been drawn upon for material for ihis
road. Purchasing Agent Warner. !
~cleAn-cut and remarkably able young
railroad man, told ME ut Tucson that
he was importing a million ties from
MurOvan, Japan, landing them in
patches ut Guaymas. He could MT
get satisfactory promises of delivery
from American steel raj concerns, 50
he made contracts at Dusseldorf, Ger
many; Androssan, Scotland, and Bill
boa, Spain. Steamers are now on The
way from those distant ports. convey
ing cargoes of heavy steel rails. The
culvertS of the new road are being
y1,1n nr "a --~ a..
werp. The bridges will be constructed
Of steel. furnished by the American
Bridge Company.
Naturally the drowsy little port OF
Guamas has begun to sit up and take
notice, as ships of many flags appear in
the harbor. loaded with men and ma
terial for the new railroad. Hermosil.o,
too, is awakening, since all the Of
fetal business is transacted there,
and mining enterprises of pith
and moment are centering there. Ala
mos. COcOrit, and other functions
promise to become thriving towns.
The Mexican Central and the South
ern Pacific are said to have shared
Mexican business at Ell PasO, and 1t
was reported that a similar traffic ar
rangement was to be made upOr the
completion of the Hartman line Ia
Guadalajara. The city of Mexico was
to be reached from Guadalajara over
the Mexican Central. But the Mexican
Central began to build a line of It's
own toward ManZani1lO, on the Pacific.
1t is now understood that friendship
has ceased between these powerful in
t~erests, and that each is straining every
nerve to capture the west coast bust
ness.
~RailrOading and mining together are
! opening Sonora to civilization. Mining
thus far has accomplished more than
the other agent Of progress. Some of
-, the mining enterprises in this STATE are
conducted on a great scale, nDtaDlr
those at Cananea and Nacozari. The
Cananea Consolidated Copper Company
commonly known as the CananeU. or
Greene company, employs 5000 men
and supports a town of $4,000 people,
of whom about three-tentns are Amer
leans and the balance MeXicans. This
enterprise was started in 1898. The
district is now recognized IS on o.
the richest copper fields in the world.
The plant consists of an immense
smelter and refinery. railroad facilities
and all accessories, the total nrCSt-
ment being about SIS. GOO, 900.
On the Sonora railroad Col. Greene i
opening two other big properties, the
Nina Grande and SOledad groups. lie
is active also in railroad building and
is regarded. all around. as the Cecil
Rhodes OF Sonora.
The interests of Phelps, Dodge &
Co, in Sonora, are very large. This
company. whose plant at Douglas il
admired by all mining men, owns The
railroad running from Douglas 10 Ma
cOZari, in this state. The road Is be-
ing extended southwark, opening ~
a rich mining and farming region. AT
NacOZari the Phelps-DOdge Company
has a large smelter and supports a
town Of 1000 people. Some of tie orc
is sent to the Douglas smelter, where
all Of the Copper Queen ore from Mis-
bee is reduced. The DOuglas-Nacozari
road was built by the Copper Queen
Company. and is a part of the FL PasO
and Southwestern system, which, with
the Ell Paso and Northwestern. is con
trOlled by Phelps. Dodge & Co. This
company. has expended millions u
opening up copper mines in Arizona
and Sonora, and has recently engaged
in coal mining in Oolfax county, IN
northern New Mexico, on an extensive
scale.
The establishment of a smelter TT
Buyamas, by the Mexican-American
Smelling and Refining Company has
given al impetus to mining all along
the Sonora railway. This smelter cost
$3.50, 900.
One of the big gold fields OF Sonora
is owned and operated by John :.
! Gates AMI his associates ar Minas Pria-
tas. The Minas Prietas and La Colo
RADIO mines are supposed 10 be enO~-
mously rich. The corporation is c.ose
and no stock is floating about. Miaas
Prietas lies thirteen miles east Of Tor
res station. on the Sonora railroad. II
is said that the little railroad connect
ing these places has made its owner a
millionaire. =
Another important gold mine = that
dominated bv the GirOux Mining Com