Arizona republican., 1900-08-03
PATAGONIA NEWS
Stories of the Rapid Building Up of
 an Arizona Town.

The new town of Patagonia, located three miles from Crittenden, is rapidly becoming a center of importance to the mining and cattle interests of Santa Cruz county
 The town is beautifully laid out win row of pepper trees on either side 0f Richardson avenue, the main thor oughfare of this thriving little town. The stOr= of the Patagonia Commercial company, which carried one of the fin est stocks of general merchandise in southern Arizona, is located here.
 Patagonia can boast of one of the neatest and best equipped postoffices with Mrs. Arthur Crepin as post mistress.
 The town has two hotels the Pata- gonia House. conducted by John Cady, where teams can be secured to reach all adjoining mining camps; the othsr, hotel is run by James Kane, who also has a store.
 Patagonia is shipping point for ore from the Hardshell. Worlds fair and other mines. The Hardshell is situated about twelve miles distant. Eight tons of concentrates are shipped daily from
 
 point to Fl Paso.
 The Worlds Fair mine, owned by Frank Powers, made a recent shipment of high grade silver ore.
 A new railroad station is nearing completion, which will be the finest on the line between Benson and Guaymas. M. R. Sprecker is located here as the companys agent. The town of Crit ig. s,I, l xl having moved to the new town
 The climate of this section is superb The altitude renders the summers cool. the nights bracing. The environments of mountain and canyon are strik- ingly beautiful. These physical condi- tions join to make Patagonia and sur roundings a perfect health-restocing re- zion. which, added to the vast mineral wealth and stock industry, insures an important future.
 The Patagonians are making ar engagements to locate the court house (that is whsn the county seat has been moved on a fine piece of ground at the corner of 16th and Patagonia avenue. The people of Nogales are in fear that band of Patagonians will come down some night and carry off the court
 
 Wm. Powers, of Crittenden fame, has moved his business to the new town.
 The Hardshell mine, about 12 miles from Crittenden is one of the best prop critics in southern Arizona. It is a lead and silver mine. The company has a fine mill in operation, with three Will fley tables working. They have an abundant water supply. that is piped from the Jim Finlsy mine at Har- shaw, a mile distant. I 5mpties into a natural reservoir and from there is piped to tanks for use in the mill. There is an incline shaft on the mine, which is down 300 feet. The ore is brought up from the shaft in cars ope- rated by a steam hoist. From this point the ore is hauled to the mill, where it is broken and put through the crusher. About 40 tons of ore are run through the mill daily and eight tons of concentrates are produced. which are shipped to Fl Paso. J. c. Smith is gen eral superintendent and lives at the mine. The company runs a store, car rying x large stock of merchandise
 A Mexican was killed Saturday at Hardshell. He and a woman had fight resulting in the woman stabbing the man in the stomach, from the effects of which he died a short time afterward The woman escaped to the mountains and has not been captured.-Tucson Star.