The copper era., 1906-12-27
HOW GREENE FOUGHT
 WITH OPPOSITION.
An Interesting History of the Cananea Copper Maenate's First Experience in
 Mining in This Section.


 The news which came last week telling of the joining of the Greene and Cole interests in Cananea inti- mates that Col. Greene will surrender the active management of the great property which he has so success fully managed since it was mere prospect hole. Col. Greene has at tracted the attention of the world by his indomitable energy and ability to control unlimited capital for the de- velopment of his mining property in some of the greatest financial sharks on Wall street to dislodge him from the head of the Cananea mines after their great worth had been demon strated. Greene has been able to cope with the shrewdest financiers in the country and while practically directing every stroke of work in the mines at Cananea he has also stood at the head of Wall street in New York and defied the hungry wolves who were continually snap ping at his heels; according to report from Boston, Col. Greene is to have $S,000,0 ,000 in cash as the result of the coalition with the Cole interests. Ten years ago Greene lived in the San Pedro valley, where he owned cattle and conducted small farm. like many other people in the west he had some mining claims which he had held for many years, among them the mines south of the line, now included in the holdings of the Greene Consolidated company. Finally Greene determined to risk all his earthly possessions in the develop ment of his Sonora mines. He was able to rake together about l2,000 and with this he established a camp where Cananea now is and began the development work which was destined to amaze the copper world. For long time the struggle was hard and sufficient to have discour- aged a man of less courage and de- 1 terminatlOn; expensive litigation grew out of an attempt of others to development work had begun to show their great value; this litigation was fought through all the courts of Mexico and at many points in the United States-Phoenix, Fl Paso and New York courts being called upon to decide certain features of the various cases before Greene finally won perfect title to the property which he had held undisputed for many years.
 During all this litigation Greene held possession of the mines and con- tinued development work; in New York he advertised the property, published daily pages in tine great metropolitan papers, descriptive of the mines and offering stock for sale. It was several years before it was possible to get any returns from the mines and during this time it was up money for the construction of the great plant, build the railroad from Naco to Cananea and still hold the control of the company and the con- fdence of his early associates; during the early days there was shorage in the supplies at the Greene camp many times and often the men in charge grew Respondent over the future of the camp because of the non-arrival of promised supplies, but Col. Greene never wavered and his personality was such as to inspire re- newed hope whenever he put in an appearance whether he had funds to meet the payroll or not.
 After the plant was started things began to come easier for the Cananea magnate, but still he was pursued by | first one and then another on Wall street: it seemed that the Wall street sharks had got the idea that the man who could down Bill Greene and remove him from the control of the Cananea property would not only win millions, but would also win fame as a financial hero; mania seemed to have taken possession of all the Wall street magnates to strangle the intrepid fnanCier and mine owner from the sage brush. Often premature reports reached the public prints that Bill Greene had been put down and out of the management of the Cananea company, but always Greene was able to count the coin at the critical time when there was no other way of settlement of obliga- tions.
 Whatever may be the future of Col. Greene, whether he is to reside in the west or in the east he will al ways bear the good will of his large acquaintance in Arizona, as during the years of his prosperity one dis tinguishing character of his manage ment at Cananea has been his stead fast loyalty to old Arizona friends, many of whom hRsr1e been given posi- tions and appoktunits to engage in profitable business lii the big Greene camp.
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