Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-09

assuming that the company lnIeuuS
 to abandon the branch.
 The Phelps-Dodge people, the integ-
 rity of whose railway concessions have in certain instances been ques- toned by inexperienced observers, in addition to the splendid work accom- plished in projecting their line from Douglas on the international boundary, . distance of nearly hundred miles, show disposition toward activity on aggressive lines. Their NaccZari road, primarily conceived as a neces- sar-y adjunct to their heavy mining operations in the Moctezuma district has proven successful in every respect, to a degree that is calculated to tempt them from the trodden trail of close commercial operations. Reports to the effect that they have begun con structiCn work from Guaymas north are unconfrmed, but are nevertheless sources of potent suggestions, not in- consistent with the spirit of enterprise which seems to be absolutely rampant in the great mining field of Sonora. In addition to the vital operations of the Phelps Dodge and Southern Pa cific systems in the very heart of So- building along it's borders, whose con-
 
 in the field, must wield an important
 influence in the development of the re-
 sources of the state.
 Among these the Greene system
 the Sierra Madre. is already near the I Sonora line with an inviting country i lying between it and the great Greene | camp of Cananea, while the Kansas { City & Orient, commonly known as ! is fTae he ha-s and eastern confines of the state and | is hable to throw it's beneficient tenta-
 cies into the Sonora field without mo- tice.
 Thus we observe that Sonora now
 constitutes a powerful magnet for the dollar behind the transit and level and
 the one great preliminary and vital problem Of commercial success has
 been effectually solved.
 The Taqui Question.
 This matter is hardly entitled to a prominent head in this contribution, 1 for the reason that it has been practi-
 cally eliminated from the list of prob lens confronting the future of Sonora We are not here to discuss the merits of this situation, its origin and his
 tory; only it's complexion and proper
 tions at the present time.
 1 Entirely too much prominence has
 been given this matter in the yellow ! press of the day, resulting in setting up a bogy man of abnormal propor-
 tions where only the fading remnant
 of a trite of aboit. ines are waging desultory war Cn what they consider the authors of their misfortune.
 The importance attaching to a prop Iosition by interested, yet uniformed parties, however, oft requires an ex- Iplanation which in the eyes of those acquainted with the fact, would seem I entirely superluous.
 | The Yaqui situation has never, since
 the country began to attract foreign enterprise, been in any sense serious. The Yaqui has never lost an oppor' tunity to make war on Mexican sol diers. and shows no particular fond ness for Mexicans in general. In rare instances he has killed an American,
 where, in endaavCTing to appropriate
 the white mans coveted guns and am.
 munition. he suddenly found himself on the defensive Numerous atrocious
 murders of foreigners, attributed al
 the time to Yaquis. were in nearly ' every instance traced to renegade
 Mexicans. In no instance has the at titude of the Yaqui tended to endan' ger, embarrass or disconcert the American investor. his plans, field : work and practical operations. Oi : late. what little concern that might : have been entertained by foreigners in l the premises has disappeared or be come minimized by the advent of thousands of white men along the rail . fn0Gf contemplating investment in Sonora with only the Yaqui situation between them and practical business, they are : Iadmonished that they are permitting ithe inocuous wrath of a harmless l scarecrow to stand between them and , the best opportunities of their lives Security.
 Security to capital, to property and person, has been conclusively guaran teed and that guarantee vindicaten-
 The Cananea incident, while deplor able On it's face, has served to settle
 any question of that nature whicf ; might ever arise in the mind of the |, miner or investor. The promputude the fearlessness and decision witt which the authorities appear on th' scene and proceed to enforce the law } to the letter, forms an example whici many other communities could well al
 ford to follow.
 Thus. general conditions and pros poets in the state of Sonora are, ts ] say the least, eminently satisfactory. The Sonora Mining Field. Tn common with the other statel 2 2 and territories of Mexiso, the minint ] field is divided into official districts 2 then by local custom into municipa or mineral.
 1, The official districts are Hermosillo ' Altar. Magdaiena, Arispe, Moctezums : Ures, Alamos. Guaymas and Sahuarips The great gold districts seem t'
 gather to the west and central sec tions of the state. Altar. the largest !, being distinguished for the presence O l, the yellow metal, both in the form O !, quartz and placer. Taken together copper. silver, gold lead and zinc ot tain throughout the state in point o 1, value for the output those metals lead 2 ing in the order named. The prom . hence of copper as leader in value ]. lis due to heavy operations such a 1 have been in commission in Canane o and NacozaTi of recent years.
 Altar.
 A deal of history clusters about thi n district from the bloody day in 1851 . when the Crab party of filibuster 2 Iwere captured and summarily shot a e Caborea- The district, though th v largest and for years the most prou ii tinent in the state, hIs permitted som ,f iof it's younger sisters to distance 1t