The border vidette., 1907-04-20

week from Cerro Prieto. the property
of the Black Mountain Mining Com
pany. Noble @. Banks, general man
ager Pete had number of new
interesting stories for his friends. He
reported everything at the great gold
camp moving nicely, everybody icing
we'll and happy. 1t is one of the best
in Sonora.
George Morris, who with his asso-
ciates own number of splendid
gold mining properties on the west
side of the Patagonia mountains, a
short distance north of Nogales, re-
Gently bonded to MIR. Ebin Crowell of
this place, was here a couple of days
this week purchasing camp supplies
Certainly George end his partners
deserve success and THE VIDETTE
hopes they will have it.
The first of the week a party of
gentlemen drove out in an automobile,
to inspect the new copper discoveries
| in Sonora, about twenty five miles
The party was chaperoned by DIR. w
| F. Chenoweth, who with his brother
HI. K has group of claims in the
heart of the copper belt. A number
of other Nogales gentlemen have
taken up property there besides Col
w. @. Greene, who has 5000 per-
| tenencias.
L. NJ. Raines, manager of the
Columbia Consolidated Mining Com
pany, accompanied by Mrs. Raines
and their little son Hampton, came
up from the Pinto mountains Thurs
| day morning, and continued on north,
| going to Cananea, where MIR. Raines
| went on business connected with pro
perty in that district owned by his
| company Mr.. Raines is workin =
hard for his company and if they
don't success it will be no fault of his.
Lee Reagan, John Callahan and
Walter Strickland, with a number of
friends, have acquired valuable minin g
property in the famous Aiamos
district, and are now making arrange
| ments to operate the same. The
gentlemen are organizing mining
company under the laws of Arizona,
and will sell small amount of stock
| to their friends to obtain money with
which to open up and develop the
mines. We wish the gentlemen good
luck.
DIR. Maude Wilde. accompanied by
her little daughter, returned home
Wednesday morning from short
pleasure trip to Guaymas. During
their absence MIR. Wilde was about
| the lonesomest man in all of Arizona.
For some time past Mr.. Wilde, who,
Blythe way, is one of the best mining
engineers in the country, has been
operating gold property in the Orc
BIanco for the Goddard Syndicate. of
which he is general manager. The
gentleman is a prince of good fellow;
we wish him abundant, we'll earned
success.
Superintendent McGovern's prop
osition to Nogales property owners,
is about the most generous ever made
by any agent of any railroad or other
big corporation, and our people should
lose no time taking advantage of it,
The Southern Pacific has done much
for Nogales in the past and the
splendid proposition submitted by MIR
McGovern proves conclusively that
the company feels friendly to our town
and has confidence in her future. By
all means gentlemen, get busy and
remove the "wedge" while you have
an opportunity.
John Henderson, the mine man
ager was here thursday from the
Altar district, Sonora, Mexico, where
he had been on private business. MIR
Henderson is financially interested ii
number of good copper proposition!
out in the Altar district, near thu
coast. He reports work at Ell Orc
out from Poza station fourteen miles
progressing in very satisfactory
manner. Alex, his broLher, Ii
superintendent at Ell Orc, where fiv'
Huntington mills and a cyanide plan
are busy night and day. MIR. Hen
derson has done much to assist il
developing Sonora's great unboundst
mineral resources.
William s. Cranz. president of thu
Zambona Development Co., owners o
the great silver bonanza mine nea
Alamos, Sonora, spent Sunday il
town with friends The gentleman
was on his way to Los Angeles, wher'
Mrs. Crauz and their daughter E'nma
reside Mr. Cranz stated that thu
Zambona was looking fine and tht
big mill and concentrate plant doins
good work. The Cananea, Yaqu
River & Pacific railway survey runs
within four feet of the corner of the
concentration. After spending a few
days in Los Angeles MIR Crane will
return to the mines which are now IL