Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-08-15
BORDER TROUBLES.
AnnOyances that Miners and Pros
 pectors are Subjected to.

EDITOR CITIzsN:-The following is a
 copy of an affidavit recently forwarded to the United States district attorney
 and is probably of some public interest
 as an illustration of the serious troubles
 and annoyances growing out of the in- | excusable neglect of our own govern
 ment and that of Mexico to properly
 survey and mark beyond dispute, the
 international border line:
 "To General Wilson, United States District Attorney, Arizona Terri tory.
 AFFIDAVIT OF JOHN LYLE.
 | ORo BLsNCo, PIMA COUNTY,
 Arizona Territory, U. s. A.
 JOkn Lyle being duly sworn hereby | makes affidavit and says, that he is a citizen of the United States of America, of the age of 39 years, a resident house holder and tax payer of this county and by profession, miner. That he is the i owner by location of a mining claim known by the name of the Amelia mine, situated in this mining district of Gro Blanco, Pima county, Arizona territory, located by him on the 18th day of Aug ust, 1o90, in accordance with the mining laws of the United States and duly re- | corded as shown by copy of the orI- yinal location notice attached to this affidavit and hereby made part of the same. Affiant further states that he has worked the said mine almost con-
 tinuously and shipped ores at intervals therefrom during the past year, that he 1 last worked thereon on Saturday, the | first day of this current month, that on l returning the Monday following with | his assistant to resume work, he was stopped by party of six armed Mexi- cans and one interpreter from the ad- l j9ininy state of Sonora, Mexico, they 1 having forclbly and illegally taken pos Il session of the mine and they notified afflant that they would continue to hold the same forcibly under a mining claim or Accommodation" made in Sonora under | the laws of Mexico by three of their number, known as Jesus Morales, Anto- 1 nio Midas and Joaquin Midas. Afiant denies that the said mine is il Sonora, Mexlco, and asserts that it is in the territory of Arizona. |. $. A., about one half mile thIs side of the interna-
 tional boundary line, according to high est judgment and information, and further that the said belt of territory has always been recognized es 6 portion of Gro Blanco mining district, a number of mining locations having been duly
 recorded and undisputedly worked in that portion of said district during the | last fifteen years, some of them much nearer the border than the aforesaid Amelia mine. Affiant further states 1 tbat he has been in peaceful and undis- puted possession of said mine for about | one year, and it IS only because a report has been spread that the mine has proved valuable that this unlawful at tempt to 'jump" or dispossess him of the same nas been made; that he has also been offered armed assistance by
 miners of this district to forcibly retake possession of the same, but being in-
 formed that such action would be crim-
 inal and contrary to law, he therefore asks your advice and further, your as- sistance, to obtain his just and legal rights as citizen of the United States
 of America, and he asks that speedy ac tion be taken as the mine IS now being
 worked and the ores will be removed
 from this territory of Arizona, by the
 said subjects of Mexico, now in unlaw- ful and forcible possession thereof. [Signedl JOHN LYLE.
 Sworn and subscribed to before nae,
 A. H. Noon, notary public in and for | the county of Pima. territory of Arizona, by John Lyle, of said county and terri
 tory, this 5th day of August, 1891, as
 witness my hand and official seal.
 Seall A, H. NooN, Notary Public.