The oasis., 1897-02-13


 elected first lieutenant of Co. G. He returned home Sunday morning.
 On January 2sth work of sinking on La Blanca Julia mine reached depth of 300 feet. A meeting of the com pany win soon be held to determine whether to sink farther or two drift. The workings are in body of iairly good ore.
 Mir. c. s. Walton is now employed as fire inspector in the Creston hoist, going up and down the shaft at each change of shift, and carefully inspect ing all the stations or other places where there is any danger of fire catching.
 The Amarillas mill is in process of an extensive enlargement. Ten more stamps are to be put in, eight Hun tington mills and a half dozen Frue yanners. Joe Thompson is now laying the masonry and the building is to be enlarged to receive them.
 Mon lay MT. w. Brodrick ClCete the we'll known mining operator who noated the Grand Central and Alma rillas properties on the London market. was visitor at the camp. He came in from Guaymas, and went away Tuesday morning, going north- ward.
 MT. Feliclano Monteverde, who re. centlv purchased the property and business of Manuel lnigU, at Prietas, has completed the alterations and re- pairs of the building, and has now opened one of the finest and best ar ranged stocks of goods in the entire camp.
 Mir. John Jund of Nogales, was a visitor at the camp on Tuesday Of the present week. He was shown all over the camp by couple Of friends, and during the evening he was shown through the Amarillas and Grand | Central mines. Wednesday morning he took his departure for home.
 Billy O'Brien has charge of large force of men engaged in excayating a site for a big 100 ton cyanide plant which is 60 be erected adjacent to the Minas Prietas mill and r0aster. By the process to be adopt cd the pulp will be run from the battery tO the roaster and thence into the cyanide yats for treatment by that process.
 Mcssrs. Rountree Brothers are erecting a large building on Calle Principal. immediately adjoining the building they recently built and sold to the municipality for school pur- noses. in line with their Hotel Gen. tral property. The new building is
 about the same size and dimensions as the building sold to the municipality.
 The cross cut from the 100 foot level lin the Grand Central mine, as reached from the Amarillas shaft, has
 reached the point where it will be in-
 tersected by the new four compart-
 ment shaft, at depth of 52O feet from
 the surface, and station has been cut out from which an upraise has been started to meet the shaft coming down. which has now reached a deptl of BIO feet.
 THE OASIS has finally arranged whereby the loss and annoyance tC : subscribers from the outrageous post office management al La Colorado and
 Minas Prietas will be avoided. MT Will Kennedy, gentleman of exper ] fence, has accepted the agency of 1HE OASIS and will hereafter deliver it t' , subscribers wherever wanted. A nun Der of subscribe Ihaye already signi fled their desire to have the paper s' , delivered--and all others desiring | are requested to notify MT. Kennedy at his place of business at La COloradi Singer sewing machine office. MT. Will Kennedy has established
 news agency and stationery ant book store at La Colorado. He hai , secured the agency of the San Fran cisco Call, Chronicle, and Examiner , and the Los Angeles Times and Her t aid. All these papers will be delivered
 to subscribers at any place they wisl
 in Minas Prietas, La Colorado and 1a ] Amarillas. THE OASIS will also b