El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-15
AUTO SUPPLANTS
MINERS BURR0
El Paso Prospectors Go in
Cars Over BOrderlandROute
to Reach Sonora Mines.


Mining prospectors of the old days
saddled their burros with frying pans.
a smoked coffee pot and a grub stake
and went their iplodding way to seek
treasure in the silent hills. Modern
searchers after the golden fleece Of
mineral wealth use no such clumsy
contrapIons as burrOs and frying pas.
Instead they crank up their modern
cars, take a thermos bottle and a lunch
box OF food and Whirl away over the
desert to prospect their claims and r.
turn with a sack of ore samples and
a tWc-ply coat of desert tan.
Howell Loops the Loop.
That was the way H L. Howell
looped the loop to Sonora and back n
p days over the BOrderland route and
It's branches, arriving in FL PasO
w Wednesday morning covered with mud
and motor oil. Mr.. Howell is q mining
prospector by inclination and went to
sonora on prospecting trip in his
ReO touring car, taking the REQ CT
Emil .A1enle along to carry his frienIs
and to insure a safe trip after the
manner OF the man VINO starts from
home with two handkerchiefs, for fear
something viii happen. Mr. Howell
accompanied by c. o. Perring. c r
Lawrence. r. E Harris and Emil KEN
lie, LEFT hel- on January 20. over the
Borderland route for Douglas The two
Reos are 80 horsepower cars, and AR
EOWell SAYS that they ate up distance
like an elephant eats alfalfa They
had no trouble, not even tire troubles.
going out and only a little tire trouble
coming back IN the mud and water
from the recent rains. The roads from
FL Paso TO Douglas over the Border
land is in good condition. Mr.. Howell
says, except in two places where lava
has made the going rough and the sand
helped none at all.
The finest part of the entire trip.
Fns1r mo ha
Roosevelt dam, Mr.. Howell SAYS. was
through the Fort Huachuca reserva-
ton This trip through the forest re-
serve and over good roads was de-
HghuuL he says The road from Fort
Huachuca to Tucson is a distance OF /
90 or 20 miles From Tucson to ella Z
Bend was made along the railroad
The Borderland was left at Tucson nd /
a bit OF road prospecting was done by (
Mr. Howell. This was not so good for
the riders or cars. but was fairly pass I
able From ella Bend, south to the 1
AJo mountains, is road after an auto
mobile mans own heart, the FL Pasoan i
says me AJO mines maintain the I
road Tor freighting and it is as smooth /
as-MOntana street, Mr.. Howell says 4
This road is 45 miles long and the re- |
mainder Of the road to Sonora is in /
good condition until the brush is fl |
nally encountered"
Many Wild BurrOs.
There are many interesting things
to be seen on this part of the trip" 1
Alr. Howell says There are a num- !
Der Of abandoned adobe villages along
the San GuayOpa river. We
wild burrOs in the valley of this river
and we could not sleep for the braying
of these long cared song birds The
only trouble We had on the trip was
returning from Tucson because Of the
rain We had 10 buy chains at Bisbee /
to set through the mud coming back !
but this was an extraordinary condi-
ton and is not fair example of tour
ing over the Borderland route. II any !
is seeking a pleasant over
land trip try the one I made by way OF
Phoenix, the Roosevelt dam and he will
get his gasoline's worth from the
trip"