The border vidette., 1903-03-14
NEWS SIFTINGS FROM SONORA.
Special to TIE VIDETTE.

| Special to The VIDETTE.
| Last week your correspondent visit
I'd the 'Proveedora de Cobre" where
about twenty-five men have been
constantly employed since work was
commenced upon the property last
| November. This property certainly is
looking splendid and every thing shows
| it to be developing into one of the big
things of Sonora. The owners had
just left after spending a few days up
on the ground. They must have felt
highly satisfied with the showing
made as they couldn't help but b., for
already a crosscutting drift has gone
through 40 feet of solid ore and for
ITO feet beyond this the working is
in lime, iron and ore. The shaft
down SIS feet is all in lime near the
surface, but at the level of the drift
il in fine ore. On the surface the lime
cropping is nearly three hundred feet
wide. All the work is done and
finished in fine shape and opened up
AS n mine ought to be. J. G. Flores is
in charge of the property and A. Bor-
quez is under him in charge of the
work and men. Everyone in the
country speaks we'll of the property
and bespeaks great things for its
future. They are mining people who
have got hold of this property and they
intend making a mine of it.
1t is reported that party left
Altar for Quitivac, to negotiate a deal
on the gold property and mill at that
place, including the Cerro Pinto gold
mine and the railroad to St. Georges
Bay. These properties are of high
value and have been worked for several
years under the superintendent and
management of Mr.. W. Holland.
The Mammoth prospect thirty-tive
miles south from Altar is reported
sold to the Rothchild syndicate No
one appeared to have any knowledge
of the deal until the papers were
signed the property is big low
grade prophyry dyke with very little
work done upon it, but evidently
sufficient encouragement is in the
property for the parties to have closed
a deal ON it.
There has been rather phenomenal
gold strike near Pitiquito some of the
ore averages 80 cents to the pound
but very little work has been done to
show the property up. Many people
are going in to see it.
At Tubutama biz force of men
q e b ing put to work on the property
of the Sonora Milling and Mining
company. They have three prospects
which have fine showings for a mine
on the surface. 1t is now the intep-
ton of Mr.. Con O'keefe to give the
property his personal attention, and
open up and develope the properties
in n thorough manner befitting their
Importance. Mr. Eugene Snyder one
of the wealthy stock holders of the
company is now at the mine and is
very enthusiastic over their holdings
1t surely looks big thing ii properly
handled. A steam hoist is on the La
Fortuna, and sinking is going ahead
very rapidly.
At the Cerro Colorado work is be
ing pushed quite vigorously, and in
some places the ore is said to he of
high value. The property looks well.
w f. Deity, the well known min
ing engineer accompanied by John
Henderson, las Just visited the 'El
Gro" gold mine, which has small
mill on it. They are getting out some
anu IhC
erty seems to have future before it.
Mr.. Deity was on the property to
make report for the stockholders.
The ore from the old workings has
been worked in arrastres for many
years, and some of the ore shows free
geld very plainly. 1t is stated large
mill will be erected in the near future.
At C.yon on the Yerkes property
the 20 stamp mill is near completion
1t is being erected by Roy Il Titcomb
of Noaalcs, and the stamps will be
dropping i'll the course of the next
thirty days. This is the undertaking
in which DIR. Underwood is interested |
At the Trio camp great activity is
being shown On the Trio and the
Martha clnims Development is being
pushed with great energy. Mr..
Talbot has fine ore body some times
widerinr out TO | feet He Is down