Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-20
RAILROAD WILL REACH TONICH|
 JANUARY lST

GTY OF MEA1CO, NOV. Ems government has been notified that the ,Yaqui river extension of Southern Fa- ctffc will reach Tonichi and Toledo by January 1. This means that the coming year will see great mining activity in that section of Sonora The Toledo custom smelter of the Yaqui River Mining 6 Smelting company will be blown in, and shipments of high-grade ore and mill products will be made by a number of mining con cerns that have been preparing for extensive operations with the advent of transportation facilities. The con struction of the extension will be con tinued as rapidly as Is possible, and other mining districts in the Yaqui river region will be similarly benefit ted.
 As soon as the extension reachss Toledo a branch line will be built to the Barranea coal fields of the Southern Pacific, where development work is now in progress. It is pro posed to supply locomotives on the Southern Pacific lines in Mexico with coal from these fields.
 The recent application by Escobar brothers of Altar, Sonora, for a con cession for two railroad lines to tray- erse the rich Altar mining district of that state has brought an an nouncement from the Arizona & Gulf Railroad company that the construc- tion of railroad from Sasabe, on the international boundary, to Port Lobos, on the Gulf of California, will be start ed early next year. A concession for the Sasabe-Lobos line was granted to Nogales parties some time ago, and the Arizona and Gulf company was or ganized to work under it. One of the lines projected in the Escobar appli- cation is to extend from Santa Ana, a station on the Southern Pacific, west to Port Lobos, and the other from Sasabe to Hermosillo, the Sonora capital California men are said to be behind these projects. The Altar district of Sonora is rich in minerals, and transportation facilities would mean great development there. It now seems certain that such facilities will be secured.
 The Pacific Copper company of this city, which controls about 1000 acres of mineral land in the La Union dis trict of Guerrero, is developing with good results and plans the erection of smelter. The properties are about 30 miles distant from the port of Zihuatanejo, and the construction of a railroad to that port also enters into the plans. The ore is an iron sulphide carrying values in copper, silver and gold The principal vein ranges in width from 25 to 200 feet. Dr. W. S. CockreH is at the head of the company.
 Mining men of Guerrero and south. ern Michcacan are greatly interested in plans now being made for the navi- gation of the Balsas river from Balsas the terminus of the National Rail ways, to the Pacific ocean, a dis, tance of 300 miles. A concession for a system of navigation was granted recently to Luis Terrazas. Jr., son oi Gen. Luis Terrazas of Chihuahua, and Col. F. s. Kirkland, and they have organized the Balsas River Nayiga tion company to carry out the plans It is stated that early in the coming year steel boats capable of carrying 50 tons and of towing barges carry ing 100 tons will be placed on tn, river. Rapids in the river have s far prevented the successful naviga tion of the river, but engineers wh have made examinations for the COT cessionaries say the rapids can ! easily passed. The navigation of lh river will give an impetus to mirin and milling.
 The Guanaiuato Power & Electri company, which made possible th mining revival in the old Guanajuat district. is preparing to transmit ele, tric power to Aguascalientes, wber the big Aguascalientes smelter of th American Smelling & Refining con pany will be supplied. Power will |
 also delivered to the Asientos an Tepezala mining districts of the stat
 of Aguascalientes.