Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1893 — Wealthy Senoritas. [ARTICLE]

Wealthy Senoritas.

Two Mexican women, the Senoras Louisa LeglCrly and Fortunata Bonslat, control the recently discovered rich gold placer mining district at Magdalena, near Hermosillo, Sonora, to which something of a rush was lately started. The women are residents of the village of Magdalena, and were the original discoverers of the rich placers. They have secured the title to thirty-five of the richest claims in the district, and are putting in steam machinery for washing tho gold.