Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
(By Chas. .. plnsmore. )

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 4 friend at Naeeaaii sends us the following extracts from his notebook, same being taken from an account of tbe journey of Captain Bourne in the spring of 1926 in behalf of himself, General yictoria, Isedfo Esealante anu others:
 Starting at GsasS mas and then north Sf degrees Co Tepic. near the coniiu- ence of the Dolores and Sonora rIy CTS, a place of 5000 Inhabitants. Four. teen leagues west os Topic is San Miguel de Horcasitas, on the river Dolores. Eight leagues cast of San Miguel a merchant named Loasia has a copper mine carrying gold and sil- yer; smelling oTe; rfoducing 20 cwt, per week; selling at GuayInas at $14 per quintal; costing Bnasia $4 per auintal Mines Of La Agame, near Horcasitas are famed for the abund- ance of their ores CT gold.
 From San Miguel to Ures is l2 leagues. Passing through the Canada above Ures towards the town of Babi- acora is a table. land and which ex. tends F ieagGeE in i northerly direc- tion 1t contaa the towns of Conche and sonora, Aaesides number of ranches and hacienGas. Twenty-eight leagues from Ures to Babiacora.
 Iu the neighborhood of Babiacora are many silver mines, most of which contain more or less gold. The pr1n- eipal ones are the Dolores and San Antonio. southwest Of town: Cerro CorGo. four leagues southeast of Bab iacora,. and appears to have been of considerable importance, judging from the great quantities of refuse miner ais thrown on the dumps. The quan- fity of water it contains cannot be ;lscertained, as there are no perpen- dic1lar shafts. T1aere are ruins of for tieeations around the mines to protect the worlkmen rom the Indians tkpaches) Prom the steepness Of the hill sacscen night be driven far below from the plain. From accounts of two very old H,ep-E'adilla and Ar bayo-the mines produced very rich ores The vein is 6ne-haH yard wide, but as in all the mines in Sonora Alta, this means the width of the smeltire ore. The natives, not being able to procure quicksilver, nor being able to amalgamate, have left un touched fine broad veins of azoques, or ordinary. ore, in most of the mines.
 The Cobriza" is situated in the Cerro de San Felipe, in the valley above Sabiacora, eight leagues north of Babiacora and three from 1tuapaca. II was the property of two women named Loretas. but known in Sonora eS inc sSuadaiaxarsnes. The mine was said to have been abandoned when eIoducing pure silver, owing to the eepeated and desperate attacks ot Apaches on this region. It filled ir r:th water and cave-in from the hill alIed the mouth. The haciendas oi san Felipe, Agua Caliente, and Los Chinos are in the vicinity of Cobriza, Nhich was denounced in 1926 by Pa, dre Escobosa.
 The mine of San Antonio, on the hiiI Of Tacapuchi, is three leagues southwest of Babiacora. l new mine silyer-gcld.
 Dolores is one league from Bab iacora.
 Eighteen leagues eastward lies the hanks Of the river of the same name lil, or the Tnap). which empties into ac Yaoui above Onabas. The valley of Oposura through which the river of the same name runs, is about 2e rezues in length, commencing at the for e the Nacozari mountains on sftt HQTin Guu UAEldAlHS di ttlt abN II Tepachi on the south. In some places it is three to four leagues wide; iD others not over one-half league. m this small space are, besides Oposura, the towns of Tcpachi (population, I000): Icori, (2500l Cumpas. (I000) :: the villages and ranches of Moreno, ts0BJ: Barispe (4000); Jamaica (200 ; 0so de Ia Agua t400J; La Noria t50) :; Tembsbi (3eo); and other settlements (f00) Fhe population including 0po- sura, is not less tran 10,600 souls, and annually produces 10000 fanegas of grains; IS0.OeO pounds of brown sugar in cakes; 1D5,o0e pounds of soap; 200O horses; $50 mules; 15U asses; $500 cows and pulls, besides sheep, etc, 400. blankets; 800 dressed bull hides; with a good deal of cotton and tobacco.
 On. March 8. 1926. with Padre Luis Moreno and others, we started for the mineral of San Juan Bautista, a noun taip Of Itself, located eight leagues northwest of Oposura, encircled by others to the northwest and south oi considerable greater elevation. It Is 5000 yards in length from east to west and 1900 in breadth where broadest terrniuatiag at both ends in point; and entirely surrounded by ravlne that discharges itself in large oper