Arizona sentinel., 1918-01-17
TRIP WITH GOVERNOR CANTU AND PARTY
To Map Out Route For Railroad From MexCa and Yuma To
 San Felipe On the Gulf of Lower California

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 started That the second time had witnessed this same volcano emit nkyke substance from the bowels of the earth. It is awe-nspiring say the least and for one am glad nearer, and also glad that the wind good enough carry the lava-ike smoke at right angle from None of my six companions had ever witnessed the freak and we'll imagine their feelings when it is remembered that though we were actually two three miles distant the column of smoke seemed but stones throw from us.
 About 20 miles further to camp apparent y in every respectwo sleeping and larger one for mess house and kitchen The first man saw was a Chinaman. It immediately cropped out in my mind that this might be Chinese opium-smuggling joint Governor Cantu had just aghted from his car and was conversng with strangers It did take half as long to find out what the camp really it does tell it. The truth is was surveying outfit running the levels for pipe line tap the Hardy river at that point and down for miles to rrgate 10000 of land smooth and level as
 floor except that has natural grade of about foot to the mile It is concession recently granted by Governor Cantu Los Angeles capitalists with Barnes & Griv as the moving spirits It will all be planted to cotton this year.
 As long as the Colorado flows into Volcano Lake and then down the Hardy this land and hundreds of thousands of just like will be able to be irrigated by pumping Should the be turned back break back into the old channel this land will still get pump water from the Hardy for the high tide daily forces the back from the
  be located and no salt water is mixed with it.
 The Chinese opium smuggling joint is therefore def nitely exploded.
 few miles from this point raced into the big open plain where for 20 30 miles each at will racing beat the band soil that virgin travel and yet the big Packard actually made 6S miles an hour for ten minutes more.
 Night overlook the junction of the road to Barnes Grives mine We had just made several big pots of cof fee when strange pulled into camp and the word passed around that instead of going San Felipe after unch had expected do that special dinner had been prepared for the mne eight miles away In half hour reached the mine and real feast awaited us of which all ready devou with appetite smi lar to that of coyote least judge all the balance felt as did We camped there for the night, greatly my personal satisfaction for this is the place that weeks ago it reported had big German wireless station.
 By daybreak the next morning was making close in- specon of the entire surroundings When the shot it's red head the horizon of the gulf had failed see any sign of wireless station In fact the story was another of those vicious canards by Cantu-Caranza every often that have absolutely no foundation to them MT Grvi is ful-booded Frenchman Mr Barnes American E. E. Fuller the general superintendent edblooded American and old time friend of O. C. and Harry Johnson of Yuma So that story is exploded Mr. Fuller good enough be my all the proper ty The mine has been worked small extent for 17 years and formerly known the Thomas mine, in honor of its discoverer.
 Up-to-date "dry wash machinery is being instl- ed The gold silver and lead Much of it better than 70 of silver and $50 $55 dollars gold with and then great pockets of almost pure lead The has oucroppng for upwards of mile and it claimed that all adjacent mountains in the Sierra Pinto range