Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-12

J. w. McCutcheon. VINO was in Ari-
zona recently, representing the Fl Paso
Times. kept his eyes open and saw
the many opportunities for the future
OF this section of Arizona. He wrote
"a splendid letter 10 the Times from
which the following extract Is taken:
For the purposes OF this article the
first division will be that vast domain,
rich in varied resources, draining IN
to FL Paso over the El Paso & SouCh-
western, as far west as Benson, ana
including portion OF the great state
of Sonora.
Rich Territory.
II may surprise many men doing
business in El Paso to learn that the
county seat of one of the richest, if
not the richest, and most populous
counties in Arizona. is tributary To
FL Paso, together with a number OF
the best business towns in the south
west. There are other county seats,
and other great and growing cities,
tributary to Ell Paso, a fact wh1cn
should assist in waking the sleepers
in El Paso, but this article Is treating
of the country drained into Ei Paso
BY the western division of the El Paso
& Southwestern alone.
That part of Sonora tapped by the
Nacozari road. connecting with the E.
p. G. S. W. at Douglas, is also tribu-
. tary. IL the real conditions and re-
sources of this division were known
to the world Ell Paso real estate
would double in value within one year.
Going 1f7 Miles West.
For III miles west the country,
A1Nsa dgaNn~ 1raf.t to lae
grass land" and 1t is good grazing
land, supporting hundreds of ranch
men and their families, and thousands
upon thousands of cattle, and the
same is true all the way to Benson.
This means wealth, great wealth and
the stock industry alone supports a
great population demanding clothing,
hats, shoes, building materials and the
great quantities of merchandise usual
ly handled in stock countries. This
demand would support many factories
in or near FL Paso, and the products
of the industry. shipped to FL Paso
to pay for this vast quantity of manu-
featured stun would make possible
great packing houses near the city.
Opening New Mines.
But this is not ali. On both sides
of the railroad. for almost the entire
distance. mines are being opened ana
the natural resources of the country
in gold, silver, copper, iron and other
minerals being developed. In the val
leys farmers are sinking wells, finding
water at shallow depths, and by a
scientific combination of irrigation
and farming by the Campbell system,
are making homes for themselves and
increasing the demands upon their
supply point, while preparing to re-
turn wealth of agricultural and hor-
ticultural products to swell the vol
ume of trade for FL Paso.
Mining Districts Already Famous.
Here, then, at III miles, while only
on the edge of the grand domain OF
the division, is the center of one OF
the richest mineral sections of the
southwest, number of the districts
having already attained fame.
The Eureka District.
The Eureka district, with Sylvanite
as its center, feeds into Haehita, and
promises to startle the world with Its
wealth. 1t is admitted by all that Its
surface prospects are better than
were those of some Of the greatest
mining districts of the west, such as
Tonopah, Bull Frog and others. But.
fortunately, the district will not have
to depend upon its surface prospects,
as in properties in the same district,
not right at Sylyanite. have attained
depth with such satisfying results as
to make possible number Of large
sales. AT Sylvanite several large
companies have started the develop
ment of high grade propositions, ana
already several strikes have been
made.