Arizona republican., 1901-09-25
PATAGONIA DISTRICT
That Famous Southern Arizona Min
 ing Region Full of Promise.

Hon. R. F. Richardson is down from Patagonia He is the leading mining spirit of the rich Patagonia region. the district of mammoth mineral leiges and rich mineral bonanzas.
 From Mir. Richardson the Tucson : Star learns that mining and stock in- terests in Santa Cruz county are very good From rains which have been abundant has resulted a splendid crop of range pasture. Stock is looking well everywhere in that section, but mining i= the chief industry.
 The Pride of the West mines, ownad by Wiley. Gee and associates. is> add ing lot of new machinery for the pur- pose of increasing the reduction facili- ties to 100 tons of ore daily. The com pany employs 100 men: but just now the force is reduced. while installing | the new machinery. The ore of the Pride of the West is copper. silver ani lead and of a rich grade. It is rumored that the Allen group of mines have been pooled with the Pride of the West group.
 The Alta mine is being put in repair by an eastern company. Fifteen men are employed in cleaning out the old workings. The Alta was worked some twenty years ago by J. K. Lirttrell and associates. They took out considerable rich silver and lead ore. The Alta is d high grade mine and premises good re- turns. Superintendent Hamill. who has charge, is an experienced mining man and is doing good work on the Alta It is the intention to sink deeper and then extract ore for shipment to the custom smelter al Patagonia.
 The January mine, which lies below the Alta and adjoining the Trench, is being opened by an eastern company under the management of Superintend- 1 ent Martin. There has been rich ora shipped from this mine. Shipping will | again bs resumed as soon as the ore bodies are opened, so as to insure reg ular shipments.
 The Worlds Fair mine of Frank Powers is working ten men. Frank ships q carload of ore about every four or six months. which nets him froa, ss.0o0 to S15,000 per carload. He only takes out and ships ore when he needs to replenish his cash account. He uses the pick and drill as his check book and his mine is known as Frank Powers bank"
 The Bradford mines. which are being opened by Prof Blake. located below Patagonia. have developed ten feet of ore at 15o feet depth which gives an average of to 12 per cent copper ore The mine is shipping 12 to 14 per cent ore and there Is plenty of 1t.
 1 The Happy Jack mines are employ ing ten men sinking a shaft and run ming a tunnel. the latter 300 feet. the | former 200. The ore is lead, silver and copper. and is making a good showing. The Happy Jack is located in the Sa- iero district.
 The Columbia Smelling company ! which owns the plant at Patagonia, is pus hing business. George w. Grove the superintendent. is now in Denver purchasing machinery for sampline works. He will also erect an eighty tor copper stack which is the capacity oi the lead stack now in the plant.
 The Arizona Gold Mine company which is now working twenty men CT its mines in the Saiero district. The | product of these mines will be sent {. the smelter.
 The sampling works will be put UT at once The smelter will be ready it blow in within sixty days.
 The city of Patagonia is growing steadily and on most substantia basis. The outlook of this coming com mercial center is all that could be de sired by it's best friends.