The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1903-09-05

MIR. John Maloney one of the pioneer
mining men of S ,nta Cruz county, is
in city from the mines owned by the
Rich6eld Mining Company, situated
in the Ures district. Sonora. Mexico
where he is now employed as mine
foreman. He reports an immense
strike of high grade ore at the Dos
Naciones mime, owned by the com
pany, and says a force of miners is
now employed taking out good ore.
The properties are fifteen miles east of
Tuape and about sixty niles from
Magdalena, on the Sonora railroad.
Mr. Maloney will in few days re-
turn to the mires. He came up to
visit Mrs. NJ and the children, who
reside in Nogales.
thursday Messrs. Arthur Moody anil
Geo. Morris, who with Chris. Wilson
own two groups of mining properties
on the west side of the Patagonia
mountains, about one mile and half
north at the Buena Vista mines which
are owned by the Nogales Copper
Company, were in town. The gentle
men were here to purchase supplies
for their camp, where for nearly four
years they have been working like
trojans doing development work. They
are now working an arastra which is
giving splendid returns and the boys
arc now on easy street and do not care
whether school keeps or not. Yester-
terday they returned to camp, but be-
fore they left to m they presented this
Office with number of very handsome
and valuable gold specimens which
have been added to The VIDETTG
cabinet
Robert Coleman, the Salt Lake City
mining engineer, who recently with
his associates acquired the famous
Lluvia de Orc Shower of gold) mines
in eastern Sinaloa. is in Nogales, with
headquarters at the Montezuma. The
gentleman is getting estimates from
the foundry at this place for the cree
ton of a sectioualized mill to be ia
stalled at the Lluvia mine. Mr. Cole
maa says it is the intention of the
new owners of this valuable property
to put i'll mill of twenty stamps, also
four Whitley concentrators to treat the
ore taken out in development. Their
ultimate plans contemplate 100
stamp mill, water power and transmits
sion of electric power to both mine
and Elill, together with an aerial tram
line of ] J miles in length. Recent re
ports from the mine contain glowing
descriptions of the ore now being
treated in the experimental plant. MIR.
Coleman, who is well and favorably
known in mining circles. is pleasant,
affable gentleman. He will remain i'll
the city sometime, being chaperoned
about by Bracy Curtis, cashier OF the
Sandoval National Bank.
Con O'Keefe, president and general
manager of the Sonora Milling IL Min
ing company carSe up from Tubutama
Wednesday evening to meet J. H.
Smith, vice president of the company
who had that evening arrived in the
city from Little Falls, New York,
where he is engaged in the manu-
facturer of silk Thursday morning
President o Kecfe and Vice-President
Smith departed for the mines at Tu-
butama, where Con says ffty-five men
are now employed taking out good ore.
Con says the s. M. e. NJ. Co, will be
represented at the Worlds Fair at st.
Louis next year by handsome min
eral specimen of copper which will
weigh rs pounds and assay y per
cent copper and 81 ounces silver. The
big reservoir at Tubutama is now full
of water for the first time since it was
built and things out that way are
looking better for the stockholders
than they ever did since the company
was organized Next week Mrs.
O'Keefe and the children will come up
from the camp where they have been
spending the summer, and go to
jerome where they will spend a month
with friends and relatives. They are
well and happy.