Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-11-24


capital of sinaion, Mtxaca1. The rrin
rinal seaport on the Mexican Pacific
coast. Topic. the capital Of tho terri
tory OF that name. San Marcos. HO
fafio. and other mining contnrg. RUM
ming betwccn tidowatcr end INC Aiof
fna. thia railroad will develop thn rich
ESQ agricultural and mialng nrfioua
Of wo8tern Mexico. nud AFFORD an OUT
iet through tho ports az ha1iilau nhd
GuaFmas ior TIE prudHc3 % nelds end
miaes
About le0 kilome'tis ni ihis read
have honn completed. and 100 kilo
meters are in operation. BEING thc
stretch between GuaymHs and Coco.
$50 Track laying 90 golng an rapidly
"A steamer Is row on the way from
Shanghai for Ouaymas with 300 Chi
ncse lahorcFa. Mexico intcrnoaos no
objection to thQ importation 0i con
tract labor. and has no Chinese esclu-
fi0a laws The lah0fHfa now employ.
cd in railroad construction nfe Mugl-
can. Yaoul Indians and Chinese with
Americas loales and superintendent.
Tho ends of The earth appear tH have
been drawn nnor Tor material FOR tnis
road Purchasing Agent Wainei, "a
ciUan.cul ana remarkably uhie young
railroad man, told me nf Tucson that
De- was Importing O. million ties from
NuruYnn, japan. landing them IN
patches az Gnaymls. tie could not
zee satisfactory promises Of delivery
from American steel rail- OoaCcfue, so
no made contracts nd Dusseldorf. Ger.
many; hntroasan Scotland, and til.
boa. Spain. Steamers are now on the
way from those distant puriEt convey
ing carKocs of heavy steel rails Yhe
culyCrtg % the now road are being
r,aao of cement, imported from Ant
wCrp The bridges will be- construct
cd Of steel, furnished by the Amuri.
can Bridge company.
Naturally. tho drowsy little port Of
Gunymas has begun 10 ait up and take
notice. az ships Of many nags aprear
In tho hsrbo-. loaded vita men and
materiai icr the rev railroad. Her
mosilio. too. BE- iwakuuing. since al
tho Official busineis e transacted here
and mining enterprises Of piih and
momcat are conicFlng hcrg Alam01,
Coonrii. and other hnctlona promise
tu become thriving towns.
The Mexican Central end lho south
pn Pacific are aaid 90 have shared
Mexiuan busiaCss nd I'D paso. cnd =
Was reported that n similar tranic ar
Management was 90 be- made upon the
completion OF the Hartman line 20
GuadRlaiara The City Of Mexico was
90 be reached from uuadaiaiara over
the Mexican Central But the Mcxl.
can Central BEGAN to build R line OF
iis own toward MnuTanlilo. on the
Pacific. u Ia now understood that
friendship has ceased between the
powerful interests, and that each Is
Eiralnlng every nerve 90 capture the
west coast business.
RaIlroadlnR and mining together
arc opening Sonora 60 civilization.
Mining thus far has accomplished
more than the other agent OF pro.
greHs. Some of tho mining enter
priseG in this state are conducted On
great scale notably those nt Can.
anea and Nacozari. Tho Cananca Con.
gnlidaiod Copper company. commouly
known al the Cnnanoa or Greene com.
pany. employs 5000 men and supports
town of $4,000 people. OF whom
about threC-tenths are Americans and
the balance Mexicana. This enter.
prise was started IN 1888. Tho dis.
trlct % now recognized ns ono az the
richest copper fields IN the world. The
Plant consists 0f GA immense smoltof
and refinery. railroad facilities. and
an accessories the total Investment
BEING about Si5,0oOO00.
on the sonora Railroad Col. 0rceaC
o. opening two other big properties
the Nina Grando and Soicdad groups
| Ho d. active also ia railroad building
and "a regarded an urouad, az the
Cecil Rhodes of Sonora.
Tho interests OF Phelps. Dodge a
Co. M Sonora are very large. Ihl'
company. whose plant nt Douglaa ],
admired BY oil mining men, owns Oh,
railroad running from Douglas 10 Ma
cOzari, IN this stutc.. The road u be-
ing extended southwark. opening mp {
rich mining and forming region. Al
Nacoxarl the Phelps Dodge COMPANY
has a large smeiter and supports {
iowa OF 1000 people Some 81 th'
ore ID scnt 60 the Douglas smciier
where an of the Copper Queen orr
from Blsbeo IL reduced. Tho DOuglal
Naco1ari road was built BY the Cor
per Queen company, and u a part o
the El pas0 and Southwestern ayaten
which. with the va pasO ana Norm
eastern, Al controlled by Phelps
Dodge 4 Co. This company has a
pended millions IN opening up cope
mlues in Arizona and Sonora, aad ne
reocatly engaged Ia coal mining q
Eoliax county. IN northern Now Me'
lco. o an extensive scale.
The establishment ~ a ameltor a
Ouaymas, By the MexicaE-Amcricn
smelling & Rohnihs company, ha
given an impetus 90 mining ail nlcn
the Sonora railway. This amcltor Coz
$3.50 600.
One OF the lig gold fields Of Hon0l
l8 owned and operated by John y
0atCE and his associates a. Minis
priuiaS Tho Mina1 Iriolaa and 4.
Z Colorado mines are supposed % D
Z enormously rich. Tho corporation
close. and no stock q floating ebou
ainna Frietaa lies thirteen miles eel
I OK Torres station on the Sonora rHl
road. " q said that the H.ttlo raj
Z road connecting these places "a
: mado 60 owner q millionaire.
Another important goid oamp
that dominated BY the uiroug nlinif
company. thiny miles cast Of Care
. There the mines known az Ia 5u
y tnna and El Cap0tO have been turnlr
g cut yellow metal for yeafs. The 81
Z tana a down 400 foot, aud o. q
y deepest mine in sonora.
b. Tho San Juan bautiata group, no
d the old mineral Of San Juan. d ma
" heinF developed. These are IAN
d Fuaa,n or old mines. worked M n