Arizona republican., 1911-05-29
MINE FOREMAN RETURNS
FROM OLD MEXICO
INsURREcToS PROSPECT FOR
CHINESE MONEY.
PiIares Mine Has Years Supply Of Ore
in Stock.

| The trouble recently experienced by
American mine operators in Mexico
was graphically described last weel
by ]. B. johnson. who crossed the line
into Arizona. after being employed in
the Pilares as foreman during the last
six months.
! He was accompanied by his family
and went to Bisbee. his former home
| and after visit there for a
1 few days will take his family to
the coast and leave his wife and chill
dren at some of the beach points for
the summer. Mr.. Johnson has done
considerable writing for the Bisbee Re
view during the last few years under
nom de plume, and it was he who
promoted the exploration trip to Ii
vuron island last year.
The Pilares mine is the great prop
erty from which the Moctezuma Cop
per company receives its enormous out
put of copper ore to feed the concen-
trating mill at NacoZari. According TO
Mr.. Johnson. the property was never
in better condition than now. In the
shrinking slopes there is now $4,000
tons of ore held in reserve, almost
enough to run the mill for one year,
as the total amount sent to the con-
centrators last year was only $4,000
tons. This splendid reserve puts the
mine in a condition that does not call
for worry over the fact that a great
many OF the men employed recently
left their work and Joined the insur
hn 70 CT
with insurrectos at Pilares were
$50 who joined Colonel Giron, who WIS.,
tied the camp on April 18th, the day
Aqua Prieta was captured by Red"
Lopez Giron was well known to many
of the men and at the mine and was
very popular with them. and courtesy
and consideration for all while at Pi
lares won for him the admiration of
the entire camp.
Economy Of Machinery.
Another condition at PilareS which
eliminates to a great extent any care
about the force is the installation re-
Gently of a new Ingersoll Rand COM
pressor plant. with a capacity of com
pressing 5000 feet of air every min
ute Connected with this plant are
which will do as much work as fiji
teen men with hammers. There are
large numbers Of Japanese and China
men at the Pilares mine. employed at
the rough work in the mine. mucking
and running cars. These foreigners do
no make good machine operators. There
is considerable prejudice among the
Mexicans against the Chinese and the
insurrecto bands coming frequently to
the camp have made free to forage on
the Chinese. In one of the cabins, all
of which have dirt floors. an insurrec
to recently dug up tin can contin-
ing $3.50. and since that occurrence
about all the floors in the Chinese
quarters have been prospected by the
energetic insurrectos but if there We're
any good finds they were not reported.
as the Chinese have about come to the
that there is nothing to be
gained by squealing.
No Whiskey Sold.
The insurrecto officials who hove
been placed in power at Pilaras have
closed every place where formerly
whiskey, mescal and beer was sold
One of the first things done when
the insurrectos arrived at Pilares was
to round up all the booze joints and
all liquors were confiscated and
poured out on the mountainside At
the company store nothing was mo-
Tested. but strict orders were given
that no liquor should he sold and this