Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
Mining, .SIneIterS and StOCR Quotations
AN OLD NOTE BOOK REVEALS
 4 MOST INTERESTING STORY

plain. This mountain or hill has an elevation of 500 ar TOO feet at it's greatest height, at which point the principal vein, called Station Ana crosses from north to south This IS crossed on the northern slope by an other vein called El Rosario" These mines have been worked to a consid erabie exteut. and have produced, .ac. eording to existing documents and tra dition. in which there is not one
 varies, immense wealth. Tradition says they were obliged to abandon the Station Aiia from water coming in and ihere was left vein of pure silver one-third of a yard in width. tStation
 Ana has the only shaft which is S4 yards ia depth) There are no works below water One-half league north from the Santa Ana is the 'descubrl
 dora, with vein of azogues 15 yafas in breadth containing metals carrying 9G ounces to 300 pounds to the ton. Works, 90 yaras deep. One league to the westward is the Bronzosa. an i'm mense vein traceable on the surface for a mile Considerably worked, but has water in it. Two leagues further west Is the "Cobriza, new mine 20 yaras deep. These two mines bear a , very high character
 In the same hiI with the Station
 Ana and Fl Rosario are F other
 veins which have been worked to a depth. respectively: Station Ana, l4h
 varas: Fl Rosario, SC: Guadaloupe, I; Gazape, 2O: TeXedora, 20; Station Ca
 terina. 20.
 Six leagues 10 the north of san
 Juan and 10 to the south of NacoZari, are the Toubarachi and San Pedro,
 yigilia. with ores of from 6 to s mar
 cos per carga.
 To the westward of Arizpe are the mines Of Station Teresa, of gold and
 silver, completely virgin, and rne
 mountain of San Pedro, which con tains innumerable mines and veins un. touched.
 The mines Of Lampasos and Palos Biancos, five leagues to the southeast ! of Tepachi, are excellent veins ana 1 rich ores.
 Sixteen leagues to the north of Opo- sura and fourteen eastward from Aris-
 pc is the mining district of Nacozari The entrance from the plain of Ma cozari is up a very narrow stream,
 which is lost in the sands about one mile from the entrance. Just before you reach Nacozari the glen expands into a beautiful vale, planted over with fig trees, pomnegranates, peaches and other fruits, shrubs and plants, which were once arranged with order and taste, but now form a confused thicket The remains oi numerous canals are visible, through which water was conveyed to every ] part of this vale: and the old men
 say their fathers used 10 speak oi this spot eonce the residence of a community Of Jesuits) as the most delightful spot in all Mexico. It IS certainly the most singular situation that 1 ever saw. At the upper end are the remains of a church with mud walls, and several dwellings, without roofs. There are likewise the runs of some reduction works, but so di- lapidated that il is impossible to judge of their nature or extent, as they have been abandoned upwards of sixty years, and entirely destroy ed by the Apaches.
 The mountains that rise almost per. pendicularly from this spot are full of strata of a great variety of coiors; some of them present a mixture Of bright yellow, green and red, and oth- CT varied tiuts. In traYersing these mountains you. meet with many ex- cavatiCns, but the principal mine, called San Pedro, is phenomenon. | The veins runs east and west and is | opened from the surface over 1000 | yaras and to depth of 70 yaras. The | breadth of the aperture is about two | yards. but on each side are immense quantities of rubbish, thrown out. | Much dirt and sand has washed III and covered the vein, but general re port says that the mine has no water | in the bottom and the ore was rich;
 that the best yielded from 25 to St
 mares of silver to 9 pounds of ore
 The mines of CEunioabi, Pinal Hua
 cal, Aguage and many others are sit l uated to the north and northeast oi
 Nacozari. and at no great distance from San Juan del Rio, but on {
 stream which falls into the Yaqui l These mines are equally rich witt those already mentioned Pinal con
 tains larger proportion Of gold thaI silver. It is recorded in the archives .i at AFispe that the former owner, { i lady, by name Maria Quejada, lent. al one time, TOO marcos of gold for thu use of the government
 Explanatory: Marco de plata, sS-5J
 marco de orc, S136.
 Quintal-l00 pounds; quilatc, l grains; Arroba, 25 pounds.