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THE BISBEE DAILY REVIEW, BISBEEr ARIZONA..TUE8DAY MORNINC, DECEMBER 22, 1903.
UNIQUE FIELD IS
MINING IN MEXICO
INDUSTRY HAS BUTFAIRLY EN
TERED UPON A NEW' ERA.
PAGE TWO.
No Winters and Snows to Interfere
With the Work Many of the Dis
tricts 300 Years Old Lack of Trans.
Jrtatfyn Facilities" and Crude (
Methods Held Back'TJevelopment. I
A unique field for mining enter-1
prUes, and especially for mine de-
velopment, exists in the republic of
Mexico, says Geo. R. Pierce in the
Jlinlns World. Situated at the very'
doors of the United States, this coun
try continues and repeats the
mountainous and mineral-bearing re
gions that extend from the states of
Washington and Montana to Arizona;
with the great advantage that there
are no winter nor heavy snows to in
terfere with work. In our western
mountain states, frozen streams and
deeplylng snows often close down
mining for months at a time. In Mex
ico, such things are unknown.
Many of the great mining districts
of Mexico were discovered and open
ed up within a few years after the
conquest of the country by the Span
lards, three centuries before tho dis
covery of gold in California started
the mineral development of our great
west. Some of these districts have
produced enormously; yet during
these centuries the mineral develop
ment of the Industry was held back by
the lack of facilities for transportation
and the crudity of the methods cm
ployed, as well as by political disord
ers and the general insecurity. The
last quarter of a century has witness
ed a wonderful change. Beginning
with the accession of President Por
firio Diaz, established order and do
mestic -security have forever succeed
ed the long years of warefare. pillage
and strife. Within the last 15 years,
railways have given quick and econo
mical (communications between tho
different sections of the country; and
ten years ago the peculiar tariff leg
islaiion of tho United States furnish
ed the motive for implanting in Mex
ico the modern smelting Industry,
which is steadily growing, borne up
ward by the renewed mining activity
which it helped to create. Within this
same period, the rapid advances of
meilurgcal science have made it
IKssible to economically work ores
that previously could not be made to
yield their values at a profit. All of
these factors have combined to
quicken Mexico's old mining districts
with new life. Old mines are being
reopened, old dumps are being work
ed over by new processes, and new
exploration is being stimulated to a
hitherto unknown degree.
The mining laws of' Mexico are lib
eral, simple and logical, in strong con
trast to the litigation-provoking leg
islation of the United States and tho
illiberal restrictions of British Ameri
ca. In most of Mexico native miners
are plenty. They are skilled, in their
way,; although less efficient and less
resourceful than the average Ameri
can miners ot the west. To offset this
lower efficiency and their lack of me
chanical aptitude. 'the average rate of
wages paid them is 73 cents silver
per day (about 33 cents gold) as con
trasted with $2 to J3.50 per day com
monly paid to American miners, and
strikes and disorders are unknown.
The labor cost "bf getting ore Js con
sequently very low. The railroads
are constantly pushing ahead into dis-j
"'" iieieiiuure lsuiaiea anc remoie,
quantities of capital are coming in
for investment in mines, and every
thing indicates that the mining in
dustry In Mexico has but fairly enter,
ed upon a new era of vigorous and
rapid growth.
In Mexico, the prospectors who act
ually discover the mineral deposits are
usually the native miners. They have
a "nose for ore" and an enterprise in
using it, that is entirely out of keep
ing with their thriftlessness in some
other respects. They seldom or never
have the few dollars necessary to
make a legal denouncement to secure
title to their discoveries; and it is a
common custom with them to seek
someone who will defray the expen
ses of denouncement and a little ex-
ploratlon, the discoverer being given '
employment in the wctk, and- rcta-ln '
ing as his share a non-assessable in-i
terest of from one twenty-fourth to '
five twenty-fourths in the property.
In the states, the average prospector!
would scorn such a proposition, and'
it is common in the west for mere'
prospects, of entirely unproved
value, to change hands at substantial
prices and furnish the basis for float-1
ing a company of imposing capital
at least on paper.
Dnring the three and a half ceo-1
turies that mining has been carried
on In Mexico, thousands of mines have
been opened. In which, for one rea-1
son or another, work was subsequent-!
ly abandoned. Political disorders,
ore too low grade or tco rebelliuus!
to work by the methods in vogue, in-i
creasing cost of mining and unwatcr-!
t
(Continued on Page Six.)
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Bath Room and Porcelain Tub.
EMIL HARKS, Proprietor
Attractive Propositions in Douglas
Real Estate submitted on Inqulrr-. a dollar Invested 1r Smelter City
lots brings two in return. Don't over look opportunities that may not pi
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The Christmas Gift Superb
Christmas is the great "home" holiday of the year, as well as the gift giving time. Every married
man and every man who expects to be married naturally turns his mind at this season to that gift which he
thinks will make "Her" happiest. If in selecting your Christmas gift you follow this line of thought, it will
lead you straight to
Don Luis Townsite
The future residence section of Greater Bisbee. A few dollars will now secure to your wife and chil
dren a valuable property which will enhance in value from year to year, and'lt you were taken suddenly away
will leave them with an estate vastly more valuable than tho money you pur in it. It Is gifts ot this kind
that raises a man's wife and family in the estimation ot his neighbors that makes him known as a man- of
good common sense, who Is getting ahead in the world.
The Advance in Prices
The advance In prices advertised to take place the ICth has been postponed until
Christmas Eve
In order to give thlse who desire to make a Christmas present of a
lot a fair opportunity to do so. This is positively the last call at the old
rates. Take advantage of it now or pay more later.
Town Sixty Days Old With
Building for Each Day of
Its Life
Ten Trains a Day, with a 10-Cent Fare. Electric Lights; Telephones;
Post Office; Graded and Oiled Streets; a Beautiful Athletic Park. Show
us anything like this in town building! And we do not take all the credit
to ourselves, either. It is a Natural Location for a Town, and would have
some day become such without our help. We have simply, by the ex
penditure of money, forced the blooming of the flower. You can't stop a
natural location for a city site any more than you can stop a river. Make
your selection before prices advance. Do It Now.
Henry P. Barbour Co.
Copper Queen Hotel Building and Don Luis,
or I. W. WALLACE, the Real Estate Dealer.
CLARK'S
Engineering and Assay Office
nine Examinations, flachinery and
Mill Estimates and Designs
Government Sarveys in
Arizona and Mexico
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Chemical Analyses ani Assay
NAC0 and CANANEA
EASY PAYMENTS, FAIR TREAT
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BASIS.
Almost a New
On this basis Don Luis will have
300 buildings with in a year. This
means a population of 5,000 in 1903,
10,000 in 1910. What will residence
and business lots be worth then? Do
some looking ahead for yourself; read
the history -of the different towns In
the great west. Are the mines of
Bisbee growing smaller? Is the
population moving away? Is there
any town on tho face of, this earth
with a grander future? Why, then,
when you, right here on the spot,
know these things, do -you not take
advantage of them?
i .
JJC( llCywXjL
When you buy a Deal Buggy, Staver Surrey, Benecia
Hack, Road Cart, or a Baiu Wagon you are not experi
menting or buying green goods or gold bricks, as you get
vehicles made to order for .our dry climate and rough roads.
BROPY'S Repositories Lowell g Mgm
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Selling off Now
At Cost
9 Car Loads Rec'd this Year