Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-03-08
NACOzAR| CAMP
NOWCENTEROF
MUCH ACTIVITY
Mexican Government Insisting
On Strict Compliance of Law
Favoring Native Labor-An
Interesting Letter on Sonora
Especial Correspondence.)

tSpeclal COrreSpOndence.b
Douglas Arizona March z, 1901
Editor Review have just re
turned from a weeks sojourn in tbs
Nacozari mineral field. | found thai
it is daily becoming more apparen
| that this section is to be in future
oaly available for prospectors, an(
mining men, investors and skilled la
Dor OK a professional character. TneI
is a law in Mexico requiring the EN-
| ployment of 20 per cent of native
labor where peculiar skill does no
require the employment of foreign
talent, it is being enforced to the let
| ter of late. The American has no ar
gument coming. II his government
adopted and enforced the same idea
the American would be infinitely bet
| ter off.
Then again, there are a multitude
of mining propositions, running anC
per cent in copper which can be
operated by native labor which wouIC
have to lie idle if the management
was compelled to handle foreign, higf
| priced help, so, you will observe tina
it behooves the American laborer tt
pillow his own field.
The new concentration is nearly fin
ished 1t is estimated by competent
opinion that As days will complete
every detail. In the mean time, tbs
new plant will be installed and pu
into operations by sections
A gentleman. prominently connect
ed with the Moctezuma Copper com
pany In the capacity Of civil engineer
and draughtman, has bet a suit o.
clothes and some currency that hall
| of the new concentration will be il
| commission and in operation before
April LIST. 1908.
This is generally conceded. The
new power house is nearing compile
ton. The tall reinforced concrete
stack stands like a monument to mod
ern enterprise in the suburbs of Naco
zsri The new sterling boilers, thu
steam turbines, and the mighty gen
| orators are in place. A doble row o
poles now carry the conductor sys
tenn which conveys the Juice" from
i the new power house to the new con
centrator and the motor and ligh
system at the big Pilares mines.
II is practically understood that th,
old concentration of $50 tons capacit,
will remain in full commission unit
the new plant is fully installed, an
beyond that. the management vent
ureses no statement
| With the normal OF 1900 tons pc
| day for the new concentrator, th'
shipping ore which is zoo high grad
| to concentrate, the customs ore con
ing in and the local traffic, the p
lares Highline. will get mature actio
on the new 80 pound steel. the ba
| lasted road bed and other improve
ments recently made on the six mil
system. Along with this the Mace
Zari railroad will find the traffic c
consequence when 300 tons Of concer
centrates, along with shipping ore
customs ore and legitimate comfnel
cial traffic, comes streaming over 1t
system.
| The Pilares, the never ending woI
der, has been developed along a hn'
maturely calculated to meet the grea
demand arising from the new and in
| proved conditions in and about tn
concentrator 1t is nothing but jus
tribute to an honest triumph in tn
mechanical and industrial world, t
state that Mr. Burch, plain Mr.. Burcf
whom from his manner and dres
could not be distinguished from tn
most common newer OF wood in th
camp. has, in the new Moctezum
Copper company's concentrate
erects TO himself, monument Of pei
sonaI engineering qualifications, tha
will stand forth in vindication of men
DRY as a progressive mechanic Ion
after his grave shall have been give
over to the prefunctory care of tn
cemetery warden.
The San Pedro.
This remarkable and historic prol
osition IS Just now undergoing anotl
: er change in its peculiar histor.
Worked by the poems under TIE supg
} vision of the pious Jesuits over tw
: hundred years ago, as evidenced b
, i1nlnerable crts and excavation
still in view, handled only 20 yeaI
: ago by a modern company whic
drove a 5000 foot tunnel and worke
an intricate system of slopes, han
led by John G.. Alexander on the lea
ing system Is years ago to the goo
: to to tie modest tune of about thirt
/ thousand dollars. today it is a fine
producer than ever. with the Moctezl
r ma Copper company as owners an
} Alexander, Kemp Eastman and OF
: ers as lessees for term which Il
J suras a handsome return.
The shaft is 400 feet on a 80 degre
E incline, or about 300 feet on the vert
l cal The Moctezuma Copper compa1
with Mr. Reid as superintendent, co
: fined its self strictly to deyeIopmeI
: worn
: The lessees with John Alexander :
r superintendent in charge of the VOL
D has gotten out clean lot in less tina
4 two weeks on the Stopping system
Q Alexander being clear headed, pra
: teal mining man, thoroughly a
. Quainted with the district and Il
2 proposition in hand.
a The ore runs in a pay streak, ave
4 aging from two to Is inches in widt
: and running from per cent copp
e and IS OF. silver to Is PEI cent copp'
e and 1000 OF. silver. usually in Il
z form of patanque. The manageme
e has had considerable trouble VT
e their boilers of late, but has recent
put in a new set of rlues. and Il
leasers will undoubtedly realize I'll