The border vidette., 1924-08-02
ELECTRlFicATloN PROJECT.

naloa, was disclosed in an inter.
view with M. Charles Dunphy
Heading California financier and
president of the San Dimas Min
ing company of San Francisco,
California.
According to Mr.. Dunphy, &C
tual progress toward the realiza
tion of the plans Of his company
have progressed to such de
gree that the fulfillment of same
has now become only a matter
of time.
In the project being fostered
by President Dunphy and his
corporation of San Francisco
capitalists, an immense amount
of electrical power will be de
veloped in the vicinity of their
present established mining prop.
critics at San Dimas, just over
the Sinaloa border in Durango
Reservoirs for impounding large
amounts OF water will be formed
through construction Of dams at
strategic river points.
Primarily the DEVELOPMENT of
this electrical power was plan
ned exclusively for the purposes
of the San Dimas Mining com;
pany, which is the successor of
the Mexican Candelaria, Estaca.
| Pillar, Rosario, Contra Costa and
Guadalupe Mining companies,
all old and noted gold and silver
producers of that region. These
properties were opened up about
thirty years ago by the noted
Col. Dan Burns of San Fran
cisco. and operation at this camp
have never ceased at any time.
The properties of this group
are reached by way of Dimas
station. and San Ignacio. Sina
loa, and thence by one hun
dred mile long mule trail leading
to San Dimas, Durango. To
facilitate carrying out plans un.
der way, a contract has been
arranged between the state of
Sinaloa and San Dimas Mining
Co., whereby the building of an
important roadway between the
first two points has been ami
cably arranged. F. M. Bane. an
American road contractor, was
the successful bidder for this
contract and already be has com
pleted more than one third of
As kilometer highway. Freight
ing with motor trucks will soon
be possible to the town of San
Ignacio, which will prove an i'm
portant factor in saving time
and expense.
Through the invitation of Gen
eral Angel Flores, governor of
Sinaloa, the San Dimas Mining
company was persuaded to not
only generate additional elec
trical power for other mining
camps in that region, but to con.
slider the furnishing of electrical
energy to many cities and towns
and ranches of the West Coast.
New plans were then formed
with this end in view. It was
found after a careful survey of
the entire situation, that suffi-
cient power should be generated
from their sites in the Sierra
Madres to provide an excess
amount for all uses within long
radius of the power generators.
It now appears highly prob
able that with the completion of
the dams and power houses and
distributing lines. which is es.
timated will cost in the neigh.
borhood of twenty million dol
lars, that such cities on the West
Coast as Mazatlan and Culiacan,
and innumerable small towns
and villages. can be provided
with ample and cheap electrical
energy.
In the estimation of President
Dunphy, this cheap power will
prove a more important factor in
the upbuilding of the cities and
commerce of the West Coast
than any other element. It will
create the opportunity of max,
ing manufacturing regions pos
sible. Cheap power, the raw
products of the country and the
abundant supply of labor will
prove vital factors in the devel.
opment of manufacturing re-
sources, which is the present
need of Mexico.
Availability Of abundant and
cheap power will also, declared
President Dunphy, make possi
BILE the irrigation of great areas
Of fertile farming lands which
only require water to insure