Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-28
Dr. Van Dom DiSpoSeS of Prop
 erty Near Moctezuma to
 Chicago Capitalists for Five Hundred Thousand Dollars,
Refuses to Make Known Names of Purchasers, But Says That They Are Heavy Manufacturers of Copper.

DOUGLAS, June 2T.--tSpecialD--
 Dr. R. c. Van Dorn, surgeon for the Transyaal Copper Company at Cum pas. today made public uic nature ot his mission in the east, from whence he returned Sunday. IL was known that the doctor had gone east on min ing business, but not until today did he reveal the result of his trip fully
 While in Chicago Dr. Van Dorn closed a deal with a prominent cor poration for the property known as El Cobre de la Rosa Amarillo, located sixteen miles from MOcteZuma. The purchase price is to be S500,0O0, all of which is to be paid within forty eight months. The purchasers have signed papers for a siN-mOnths' option on the mine.
 Dr. Van Dorn would not make public the names of the purchasers, except that they comprise one of the largest manufacturers of copper articles in the country. A representative of the company will arrive here in a few days and wlll accompany pr. Van Dorn to MocteZuma.
 The remarkable thing about the deal is that the property is an almost un- | developed one, only few flet of work having been done on it. It covers 3l6 pertenencias. or 800 acres, as large as many ranches ip this section. The surface indications are almost un- equalled in any mining country in the world, as there are outcruppings in twelty-four places, Sulphides showing Z in some places in the outcroppings. This is the first attempt the doc tor has made to sell the property, and he has become 6 confirHed believer . in the doctrine of Go; don't send" The Rosa Amarillo is sixteen miles southeast of Moctezuma, and not far from the Promontorio mines, which are now springing into prominence. Surface indications lead othe belief that when work is begun on the prop erty that it will develop into one of the largest copper producing mines in the world. This deal itself is the lar gest which has been made in Sonora since the sale of the Nacozari mines to the Phelps Dodge company.
 Dr. Van Dorn was formerly a sur geon in the United States army and twenty-five years ago he participated in the Indian campaigns in Arizona. He has resided in Sonora for eighteen years, and is one of the pioneer Amer jeans Cf northern Mexico.
 The present indications for a rail road from Nacozari to AIoctezuma are of more than ordinary interest to Dr. Van Dorn. He states that if the pro- posed road is constructed it will be the greatest event in the history of the Moctezuma district.
 ".It is certain" said the doctor, that a railroad will be constructed by either the Southern Pacific or the Nacozari in the course of time, but it looks now as though We are going to have it soon- CT than we. anticipated. It will be a great thing for the country"
 About twenty years ago Dr. Van Dorn had an opportunity to acquire for a mere pittanee what is now the rich United Verde property of Sena- tor Clarke in yavapai county, and for which the Montana Senator is said to have refused the sum of a hundred mil lion dollars. In an unguarded mo ment the doctor had a so-called "ex- pert visit the mine, and. the latter, from force Of habit, turned it down. Since that time Dr. Van Dorn looks the other way when he sees one of the bespectacled coming his way.