>>6549733
The Arizona and South Eastern Railroad connected with the Nacozari Railroad.
Nacozari Railroad
James and Dodge, meanwhile, had acquired the Moctezuma Copper Company in the state of Sonora in Mexico, and in 1902 the El Paso and Southwestern line was extended south from Douglas to the Mexican town of Nacozari de García.[1][3][5] The Nacozari Railroad, owned by Moctezuma Copper Co. and used to transport ore to the Moctezuma smelter at Nacozari, was incorporated into the El Paso and Southwestern.[1]
>>6549733
This railroad was built despite the APEX laws that existed. Laws that were changed in 2001 and encouraged American dependance of minerals including Uranium from other countries.
Don Young (R-Alaska) believe that the 2001 Surface Management regulations[35] address modern day concerns and that implementing further restrictions on the industry or imposing royalties would force even more of the domestic mining industry out of the country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Mining_Act_of_1872
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/El_Paso_and_Southwestern_system_map_1910.png