Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-04
MINING BOOM
 IN THE NORTH
 IF OLD MEXICO
The States of Sonora, SinoIoa and Topic Are on the Eve of a Great Era of Development and Prosperity.

The mining and agricultural indus tries are booming in the western Mex ican states of Sonora, Sinaloas and Te- pic and 1t is generally believed that l the territory is on the eve Of the great est era of development that any DOT
 ton of the republic has enjoyed This is the opinion of George F. Beyeridge, who has just returned to Los Angeles after five weeks trip as far south
 as the Rosa Morada mining district in Topic. where he has important in terests, says the Los Angeles Times. He says that the capital necessary to the development of the fertile lands
 of the western coast, and the rich mines in the mountains running paral- Tel with the coast line, will come in great measure from the United States and. in spite of the fact that the rainy season is now due the three states are oyerrun with the vanguard of financial scouts who are looking for some of the good investments that the coun-
 try affords in all lines.
 The construction of the Southern
 Pacific in Mexico and the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient line has stimulat- ed interest in the sections tTayersed and it will not be long before all the most desirable acres have been ab- sorbed. The Southern Pacific rails are now laid as far south as Culiacan, although the line is not open to gen eral traffic below San Bias, two, hun ! dred miles to the north. Passenger trains will, however, be running | through in a few weeks.
 ! In spite of the favorable reports . n bfyeh haE s.. AL from time to time, BeYeridge says the | Yaqui trouble in Sonora is bv no ', means settled and he believes that the disturbances will be spread out over a long period. A lasis of settle ment has been rendered to the Yaqui leaders and, while some have accept ed the terms, others remain Obdurate and refuse to lay down their arms l BeyeTidge believes that this fact will 1 tend to retaTd development in the af- fected district in Sonora and will have the effect of transfer ing the center of the coming activity to the state of Sin aloa, where there are no troubles of tany kind, where some of the finest
 land in the republic is to be found and l where the climate is almost ideal at
 all times of the year.
 As to the alleged revolutions, BeY-
 eridge says there is nothing to war
 rant the trouble being dignified by the
 name of revolution" as it is merely the work of mescal-crazy bandits who have captured a few rural towns anC ranches in the absence of proper po- lice protection. There is no question
 that all will be quiet again in a very short time
 Beyeridge is of the opinion that the anti-foreign scare which has been
 raised by the proposed amendment to the mining code is ridiculous and he is confident that President DiaZ will
 never consent to any measure that 1 will prove detrimental to the mining
 industry or have a tendency to stop the stream of foreign gold which has contributed so much to the advance
 ment of the republic. In any event the suggested law is not as drastic as suggested by hints fro mthe City of Mexico and only refers to the propos- al to compel foreign companies to org
 anize under Mexican laws.
 Mining in all parts of the republic is on the top wave of prosperity and the whole western district is being closely searched for bargains by American parties. The Daily estate, | which maintains offices in Los Ange- ies is working a property in the Naco- Zari district under option and is also
 sending prospecting party up | through GuadalajaLa and the coast mountains. Noble C. Banks, in charge of a Pittsburg exploration company, has started south from the Fl FuerTe river, in SinalOa, and will make a thorough report n the district. Banks
 was formerly in charge of the Cerro PrietO mine in the Magdalena district
 and has recently interested Pittsburg capital in Mexican mines. Beveridge met five or six other American parties
 on his way north and all have orders
 to explore the territory within fifty or sixty miles of the railroad.
 Larry Sullivan, former head of the Sullivan Trust company of unhallowed GOldfeld memory, is making an ef-
 fort to Tesuscitate his fortunes in the San Ignacio district, seventy-fiye miles northeast of Mazatlan and it is report
 ed that he has already made a large payment upon a property under option and is now grading a site for a mill
 which will be erected next fall. It is
 also said that he is being backed by Los Angeles capital, but the identity of his associates is not known.