The land of Nayarit, an account of the great mineral region south of the Gila River and east from the Gulf of California to the Sierra Madre . h water. In character of ores, formation, etc., the Santa Eloia is the counterpart of thegreat Minas Prictas mines. It is now 550 feet in depth. To take over the prop-erty, which can be acquired on reasonable terms, pump it out, and sink, as hasbeen done at Minas Prictas, would be an undertaking for heavy capital, whichwould yield rich returns and create another great camp. Below Banamichi about twenty miles is Hncpac, where a Milwaukee com-pany has con
The land of Nayarit, an account of the great mineral region south of the Gila River and east from the Gulf of California to the Sierra Madre . h water. In character of ores, formation, etc., the Santa Eloia is the counterpart of thegreat Minas Prictas mines. It is now 550 feet in depth. To take over the prop-erty, which can be acquired on reasonable terms, pump it out, and sink, as hasbeen done at Minas Prictas, would be an undertaking for heavy capital, whichwould yield rich returns and create another great camp. Below Banamichi about twenty miles is Hncpac, where a Milwaukee com-pany has considerable property and a small reduction plant, which is doing well. As has been asserted of the other districts, these pages present only the salientpoints of the Arizpe district, with the assurance that it includes numerous oppor-tunities, both in antiguo mines and in ledges that have never yet been opened. As yet these pages have paid no attention to the far famed Altar District Of Sonora, the largest in area, occupying the northwest, extending nearly 300miles along the American line and a couple of hundred along the Gulf coast. This. STATE CAPITOI,, HERMOSII,I,0. district was noted for the richness of its great placer deposits even before thedays of Spanish occupation, and it has numerous gold ledges, in which some ofthe richest antigua mines were developed, some of which are now in successfuloperation. The Altar is the most arid region in Sonora, and operations aregreatly hampered and restricted through scarcity of water; yet that obstacle isfrequently overcome and mines are profitably worked. In the early extraction ofplacer gold millions of dollars were taken out with the batea (gold pan) with-out the aid of water, the natives having become very expert in the successfuluse of that implement dry. Invention of various kinds of dry washers has-greatly facilitated extraction of placer gold. The machine is a combination ofair blast and agitation, the auriferous earth travelin
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