The border vidette., 1907-08-24
COWARD MAKING GOOD RECORD
Sonora Copper Co. Property Continues
 to Increase in Value.

The writer spent last Sunday at Buena Vista, the lively mining camp owned by the Sonora Copper Oom- pany in Sonora three miles east of Noria, a newly established station on the Sonora branch of the Southern Pacific bet tween Llano and Puerto, for the accommodation of the Dig copper company, La Cobriza Mining Com pany, and other growing IT ming camps in the vicinity.
 The trip to Buena Vista is made over fine, smooth wagon road. Here the showing made on the company's immense property under the intelligent, economical personal management of President A NJ. Conard of Nogales, is truly wonderful and proves beyond a possible doubt the wisdom of the board of directors in giving him free hand.
 Since December 8th, last, MT. Con- ard has possibly done more work at Buena Vista than any other mining company in the state of Sonora, with the number of men employed and the amount of money expended.
 He has built pleasant quarters for the miners-about fifty, many of whom have large families-a large substantial building has been erected which is used as a company store, of fee, etc, and accommodation of of- ficers and stockholders when at camp, which lies at the base of the mammoth copper-silver vein that can be plainly seen from the railroad three miles west. Besides the Big Vein, there are three other well defined veins upon the property of extraordinary size be- ing traceable for several miles, the Big Vein more than two hundred feet high.
 Already nearly thirteen hundred feet of profitable shaft and tunnel work has been done which greatly enhances the value of Sonora Copper Company's property and proves beyond perad- venture of a doubt that it is truly wonderful mining proposition, and that every dollar subscribed is being intelligently and honestly expended.
 The property is being developed by tunnels and shafts; 1000 foot cross cut tunnel, now in more than 300 feet, will cut the Big Vein at the end about 75O feet below the out crop.
 A main working shaft is being sunk
 
 250 feet and at the 200-foot level a cross cut is being run toward the Big Vein and will cut three smaller cop per silver veins.
 Machine drills and air compressors will shortly be installed by Mir. Con- ard when the work of taking out ore will be pushed with greater vigor than in the past. although no time is lost, eight-hour shifts being employed in | all the workings.
 On Sunday the telephone line from Noria to Buena Vista was completed; about the same time that connection was made with the out side world, | Mine Foreman Michael announced the striking of new body of high grade copper on the Cobre Grande mine east of the Big Vein, selected samples of the ore being now on exhibition at this office. Since then, the ore body has in- creased in size and richness. Tunnel No. ? on the Washing gton mine has been driven 25O feet, all in ore better than $7OOO to the ton. l When seen by the writer the pay streak was over five feet wide. This copper-silver-lead mine alone looked worth the money.
 Tunnel No. 3 on the Washington, lower down on the same vein, is show ing even better values as depth is at tained.
 Certainly the Sonora Copper Com pany has the making of wonderful property and with the present splendid management, cannot help becoming g one of the biggest, most valuable pro- ducers in the state of Sonora. Of this all who have seen the property are convinced.
 President and General Manager Conard has just cause to feel proud of the excellent showing he has made Tn very short time, and cheerfully invites stockholders of Sonora Copper and their friends to visit the property at Buena Vista, when they will see a mining proposition "worth the money