The border vidette., 1904-12-10
DECEMBER 10, 1904.
LOCAL ITEMS.

| J- ID. Rlce was among Tuesday, ar
 rivals at the Montezuma. He came
 from San Francisco.
 Earl Sparks and Murray. the dee,
 hunter, are out in the Pineto noun
 tains hunting big game.
 Henry Oohn of Hermosillo spent yesterday in town. Henry is one of the best known A mericans in the cap- ital city.
 The friends of Joe Goldbaum will be pleased to learn thvt he is rapidly recovering from his recent serious ill- ness. Joe is one of the best practical miners in this section.
 This week "Lucky" Mark Lullley of the "Wandering Jew" has been busy at the mine directing development work. The Jew looks better than ever and Mark is playing it for "sure winner"
 NJ. M. Conn and George Spindle left Tuesday night for Guaymas for a weeks outing Both gentlemen are fond of gun and rod and their friends daily expect to hear from them in the way of fish or game.
 William Schwartz. general manager of the Santa Cruz Mining Company, was here Tuesday from Patagonia. Mir. Schwartz reports everything run ming fine at his camp. While here he purchased lot of supplies for winter use.
 John T. Cave, president of The Coast Line Copper Company, one of John Henderson's big interpretations successfully operating in the Ores and Altar districts, is in the city. He is accompanied by Attorney Archibald. President Cave is very enthusiastic over the future of his company.
 Wednesday Mir. J. F. Tener. the Magdalena merchant and mining man, came up to the line city to spend day with his sister and hls little son John F. MT. Tener is the head of the well known firm of Tener Bros. X Politzer, doing business at Mag gdalena, Sonora, Mexico.
 Tuesday MT. and Mrs R. Castaneda registered at the Montezuma from Benson. MT. Castaneda is connected with the Hays Consolidated Mining Milling x Lumber company. He spends much of his time at Campo Hays in the Pineto mountains about thiIty five miles south of Nogales.
 I. NJ. King of the Presidential Min ing Company. owning splendid group of copper claims adjoining the Nogales Copper Company's Buena Vista cop per mines, twelve miles north of No gales on the west side of the Patagonia was in town the forepart of the week. Mir. King has been busy the past month doing assessment work on the claims owned by the Presi- dential company.
 Monday Mir. Holmes, John Roehm and Chas. H. Bower of Philanelphia, by MT, William Bower of of the Coches ranch situated in the Huachuca mountains, departed for the ranch where they will spend week the guests of Mir. Bower and family. Mir Chas. H. Bower is an uncle of William Bower who with his brother John, two years ago purchased Rancho de Coches from Sheriff Turner. John is back in Philadelphia and Bill is managing the ranch.
 Thursday Frank Cox, superinten- dent, and Ralph Morris, cashier, of the Black Mountain Mining Company, owning the great gold mines known as the Cerro Prieto. were visitors in Nogales. Ths Black Mountain Min ing Company was recently organized to operate the big gold mines for number of years owned by the No- gales Copper Company. It is said that work has been resumed on large scale under the management of Noble Banks, the well known Pittsburg min- ing engineer. Great machinery will be installed and Cerro Prieto will in the very near future become an active mining Camp, giving employment to many men and oreatlv t,enefit all lines