The border vidette., 1907-07-20


 assistant to the vice president of the Mexican Central, was in Fl Paso Fri day on his way to tue City of Mexico to assume the duties of private secre- | tary to his father He was secretary to the superintendent of the Sonora road in Guaymas when his father was there as general manager of that road and did not leave when his parents did.-Star.
 Superintendent Andrews has advis- ed general manager c. T. Roberts, who is l.. Zeckendorf's mining repre- sentative at Tucson, .hat he has struck good lead and silver bearing ore at 300 foot depth in the Montana, Gro Blanco district. He will crosscut on the ms.n body at 325 feet, where he is confident that good ore body will be opened up. There are fifteen men at work on the Montana property American Mining Review.
 The property of the Detroit Copper Company, at Morenci. Arizona, is one of the most valuable and inter esting in the Southwest Its principal pro duction is concentrating ore, mixture of carbonates and sulphides. The power problem in the region is an inn portant one and has been solved by this company by the installation of gas engines in nearly every depart ment except for hoisting and ioco- motives.-A American Mining Review.
 The Mohave Miner states that Ed. Williams made shipment of tung- sten concentrates from his mines which netted him $500 per ton de- livered in Kingman. The same paper says it is understood that Chicago people have put up $5,O00 to sample the MeOrackin mines and make samples of the properties. Estimates will be made of the cost of building a railroad to the mines from the Santa Fe at or near Yucca. The Guiding of this line of road would open up a great mineral section. as 1t would cover the Bill Willians Fork section to Planet, and the Owen and Rawhide mining districts.
 Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee, and Captain McDermott, formerly con nected with the United Verde at Jerome, are operating full force of men on the Black Buttes property. located about four miles east of the Houston Arizona mines. They have large ore bodies opened up on the shaft and drifts. While they have been operating only about a year yet they have between TOO and 800 feet of work to their credit. The company is composed of strong men and they are contemplating installing a smelter later when development will have blocked out sufficient ore.-Wicken- burg Miner
 Al Brockman this week began work on the Silver Greek property owned by him and John H. Slaughter, the we'll known cattleman and rancher of Douglas This promising group adjoins the Duffner property as we'll as the claims owned by Albert Fink. A 75 fit. shaft was sunk here in 1905, and 40 it. shaft last year, both containing favorable ore showings A new shaft is now being started on an incline in porphyry, on lead that crosses the main lead and Mir. Brockman, em- ploying one miner, expects to strike ore in 20 feet. Should the incline show up we'll some kind of hoist may be installed and the incline sunk to greater depht.- Record.
 It is learned that the property of Mayor Eduardo Arnold in the Santa Cruz mountains has been placed under bond to Denver and eastern mining interests for the sum of $5OO,00O gold. The terms of the contract, further than that development work is stipulated, are not known. Mir. Arnold has had title to his ground for several weeks It is in the same vicinity as the Announcements of Col. w. c. Greene, Dr. Carpenter and other Cananeans in the new copper district between the city and Nogales. Dr. Carpenter re- turned Sunday from q week spent on his ground, bringing back report of continued interest in the district and of the finding of further valuable showings on his own ground through recent prospecting, -Cananea Herald. I. C.. King, owner of large, valuable mining interests in Santa Cruz county,