Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1907-11-10

cans of the west side is slight. and
s,ss a - 10 g ;,sss ahead % .si ss,i,;
There e not sufficient 10 make asenr.
ance sure. Sinaloa mines are away
from transportation, but there is little
doubt that many fortunes wait In
those rugged hills. It is a mineral
lied area from end to end, similar to
other parts of the great geological
region baptized by Mr.. Hill, the so.
moran province" and as such is en-.
titled to the most respectful consider
alton. With modern methods OF get
ting down, of treating base ores. there
are many antiguas worth examination
and operation. These are scattered
Tor hundreds OF miles along the slopes
OF the mountains. 1t win be strange
IHueSu Al sOIiIe "a tIIeIn 40 NOS InaHe
bonanza. But erosion has been on
such scale down the western slopes
| that many ore bodies have been lost,
and the veins are usually rather mar
row. 1t may be doubted If the coun-
try, as a whole, can ever become a
rival of its neighboring northern state
of Sonora, or of either Durango or
Arizona
The Southern Pacific activity, of
which there has been mention, will
make IL possible within a year to
reach points along the coast as far
south as Culiaean and Mazatlan by
rail. The Cananea, Yaqui River &
Pacific road is in operation from a
point nine miles out of Guaymas, at
Empalme, for $50 miles soiith and
east. reaching Navajoa on the Mayo
river with a spur to Alamos. and up
the Yaqui river to Buena Vista. to-
ward Tonochi. From Navajoa the line
is almost completed across the Sin
aloa boundary TO the Fuerte river,
where it connects with the Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient road above the
latter's port OF Topolobampo. Trains
should be running to Fuerte this win
ter. From Fuerte grading and bridge
building is in progress toward Culia-
can. At Mazatlan, near the southern
end of Sinaloa, extensive operations
are in progress and grading is under
way both north and south
Trains should be running from
Guaymas to Mazatlan in Is months.
Still to the south, through Topic and
TO Guadalajara, preliminary work is
under way From Guaymas to Quad
alajara the RAD viii be approximately
. $50 miles long. The road viii be ex-
tended nerth up the interior OF So
, nora to the Arizona boundary, via the
Yaqui river. opening up a rich region.
I This line will run north from Tonichi
TO Nacozari and Cananea. and con-
struction has begun at lhe former
place, where the Southern Pacific ana
Phelps, Dodge & Co, Interests sTe
maintaining an armed neutrality. This
latter line will be about zoo miles
long. From near Cananea Il the is
under construction westerly TO No
gales, 80 miles. Connection of all
these lines with the main system cf
the Southern Pacific is by the Ferro-
| carrii de Sonora. from Tucson to
Guaymas. PCS miles, built many years
ago by the Santa Fe. but now i
Southern Pacific branch.
1t is also quite probable t'lat the
Sierra Madre road, built by w. c.
Greene and associates, for 12O miles
southwest from Ell Paso, viii be ex-
tended by the Southern Pacific south
westerly to Guaymas across the Sier-
ras It should connect with present
lines near Tonichi and would require
the construction Of about 175 miles.
These lines viii have a tremendous
effect on the development of Sonora.
A glance at the map win show their
Importance. especially of the two run
ming from FL Paso and up the Yaqui
valley. The prophet who would pre-
dict the growth and Improvement to
result from their construction need
have vivid imagination.