Sonora

Of course, they didn't make it, but they showed how easy it was for these Mexican groups to do.

And that goes, you know, Sinaloa, Sonora, northern border states in Mexico and makes it across the U.S.-Mexico border.

And it's so small.

All of the fentanyl pure powder that is consumed in the United States in a year could fit into the beds of two or three pickup trucks.

Even the mountains along the horizon were gray and bleak and barren, save for an occasional giant cactus that loomed in skeleton relief against a hot sky.

This was the state of Sonora, one of the richest in Mexico, but its wealth, like the wealth of all Mexico, was not apparent to the eye of the tourist.

The villages at which we stopped were but groups of low adobe hovels.

The dogs that slunk about each habitation, being of the Mexican hairless breed, were strangely in harmony with the desert itself.

Five.

The passengers sat up again, laughing at one another, talking with excited gestures as they described their sensations, enjoying one another's chagrin, all of them as noisy and happy as children upon a picnic.

They bought more frijoles, and the feast recommenced, lasting until mid-afternoon, when we pulled into Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora.

A swarm of porters rushed upon us, holding up tin license tags as they screamed for our patronage.

¿Tú de qué parte de México eres?

Sonora.

Ay, un abrazo a la gente de Nogales, Sonora, allá donde le encasquetaron a Mario cien mil pesos de pura güey, Luz la hermana.

[risas] Gracias.

Un abrazo.

Por supuesto, me dices.

¿Tú de qué parte de México eres?

Sonora.

And here's what you need to know this morning.

Tokfin Ventures has released results from 10 new holes confirming gold-silver mineralization along the 1,300-meter El Mesquite trend at its Grand Pilar project in Sonora, Mexico, led by hole 162, which returned 247 meters from surface, grading 0.1 grams per ton gold and 2.61 grams per ton silver.

That included 10.6 meters of 0.43 grams per ton gold.

The trend sits 1.6 to 1.9 kilometers from the planned pilot heap leach facility with existing road access and first gold-silver Dore is targeted in Q4 of this year.