Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-04
ENGLISH VIEW
 OF THE YAQU|
 MINERAL BELT
INTERESTING ARTICLE FROM THE PEN OF CAPTAIN CRETE IN LONDON FINANCIAL NEWS SURE TO ATTRACT ATTENTION

] EA5hon point or V1SW on sonora an
 it's mines and treats of a district
 along the Yaqui river, of which yer
 little has been written and publish
 ed in this section of the country. Car
 tain Greite has traveled extensiVel,
 through Sonora, has promoted thre,
 invested and Is investing British cap
 ital largely in Sonora mineral prop
 critics. The article as published Il
 the London Financial News is in par
 as follows:
 To those unfamiliar with this par
 of the world may mention that tht
 faqui river lies in great belt O
 experiencing country which extend:
 down from Arizona through north
 west Mexico (Sonora) to the Pacific
 Ocean.
 This belt is by far the most remark
 aDle one in the known world, contain
 ing as 1t does the great copper depos
 us or Globe, Morenci, Clifton, Bisbee
 Cananea, Nacozari and Promentorio
 ending at Cape San Lucas with the
 famous Rothschild mines of Boleo
 As illustrating rne great success
 which attends copper mining when
 carried out on strict business lines and assisted by trained technical ab-
 wee. the history of the firm of Phelps
 Dodge and company is most interest ing. These people through making a
 fortunate start by securing the famous | copper Queen mine, then an unde-
 Veloped prospect, used the profits. not as means of advertisement whereby to sell shares, but to acquire | more mines, always opertaing in this | great belt.
 Their success has been phenomenal as shown today by a thousand miles or superbly equipped railways, origi- l nally built in self-defence against the southern Pacific, and finally extend ] ed to connect all their mines and | coalhelds with a common smelting l centre, the town of Douglass. All of these towns, railways, coal mines, | smelters and reduction plants have arisen, not from the proceeds of pub lic exploitation, but from copper sold and today no one can buy their shares on the New York Stock Exchange, so jealously are they held. Noting all these things when first in Mexico, 1 found among other things that the portion of this copper belt lying between tEe great mines of Nacozari, Cananea and those of the Rothschilds at Boleo, was terra incog- nite." This was due both to the rava- ges of the Indian war and its rugged mountainous character. Fortunately for us soon after the camp of Cananea began to establish the copper world by the enormous extent of it's ore bodies, MT. John Hayes Hammond sent Mir. Burnham to look over the country and, acting upon this, urged MT. Hartman of the Southern Pacific Railway to build line through Cana nea to the Pacific via the Rio Yaqui
 This advice was promptly acted up- on and the construction of the raii- way is now being pressed on, aided by subsidy from the Mexican feder- al government. Opposite the point where the river debouches into the Gulf of California the first mines in this zone are the Rothschilds mines of BOleo which have been operating largely and profitably for a querter of a century or more.
 Crossing the River one next finds those of the Douglas Copper Co. near Fundicion Spanish for smelting ore) where the company operate a large plant, smelling both it's own and GUS tom ore.
 Concentration (La pura)
 Further north the next crushing mines are those of Concentration (the present terminus of the railway which in the past twenty years have produced many million of ounces Of silver and are developed to the depth of 1900 feet. Toledo Shelters.
 Twenty miles further up the river is the smelter of the Toledo, a well l equiped plant with modern sampIIng l works, blast and reverbatory furnaces, l which will begin operations when the i railway reaches that point.
 This smelter will be a boon to the l district on both sides of the river is | scanned with veins carrying good | value though unworked since the out break of the Yaqui Indians some five years ago.
 Coai Fields.
 Within five miles of Toledo ana owned by the Southern Pacific rail way are the coal mines in which aIts developed several seams of coal, which, while of poor grade, will an swer as well as a stream for rever- bartory furnace fuel.
 "A curious feature of these beds is the natural coke made by the ac-
  into the coal measures. Barranea Mines.
 "To the west of Toledo about six miles and much higher are pleasantly situated the mines of this well known English company whose officers vel come with an Anglo-Indfan hospitality any passing European.
 We are not at liberty to publish details of this property but the beau tiful samples of virgin silver to be found plentifully on the dumps must be very satisfactory to the manage ment.
 Woods Copper Mines.
 "A few miles north from BaFranca is a copper mine which at the time of my visit was being opened up by means of adits and in which they have recently cut a hundred feet of : per cent ore.
 "lt is now controlled by tne Anal gamated people privately, and will no doubt figure in the assets of that immense concern.
 sar Jsyis.
 West of Barranca about ten miles is the famous old mine of San Javia which rrtil the Yaqui war stopped of ere and silver, was a large producer.
 Santa Ninro & San Pedro.
 Further up the river on he beau tiful pine covered mountain If the same name are the copper mines of Santa Ninro while to the northwest i O fauy rpflae oro rho Sf.vsr- mines f,f '