Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-02-23

Smelling company is to develop the
region by means of custom smelter
as above outlined and it proposes to
buy ores on a basis of leaving q proht
to both miner and smelter
The Pilon Mining and Milling Co.
is composed OF practically the same
people as the Rosario company and
is under the same management. It
has taken over the Pflon mine at Uri-
que This is a gold property and COW
ers 1900 meters on large bold, uu-
developed vein which samples on the
surface an ounce of gold to the ton.
Development work has already been
commenced.
The Unique Development company
is a corporation composed of Messrs,
Peterkin, Abel, Jacobs and Nesbitt.
Its object is to acquire mining prop
critics, water power rights, lands,
tramway rights, ETC. II has already
acquired water rights extending 10
miles up and down the Unique river,
wood and timber rights over 5000
acres and have bought 1000 acres Of
the municipality of Urique.
This company has located a copper
property in the Barranca de Gloria
pan which assays 10 to 80 per cent
copper, two silver properties in Uri-
que and the extension of the Pilon
gold mine. 1t has taken over from
the Becerra estate the old Santos
Reyes silver mine, which has a splen-
did showing, and work has been COM
menced thereon. The vein is is in
ches in width. The upper tunnel in
dicates an ore body 400 feet long and
averaging 100 ounces and over to the
ton The second tunnel is 600 feet
lower and when it cuts the vein, If the
same ore shoot continues in richness.
2, 900, 900 ounces of silver will be
blocked out. This tunnel will have to
be run 800 feet more to cut the vein.
On one side of this ore body is a
rich stringer which will run 1000 oun-
ces of silver to the ton.
The estate of the late Buenaventura
Becera of Urique, is the owner of a
large number of mining properties in
that district. The estate owns about
81 great properties in all. They are
located in Urique, BatCpolis, Cer-o-
cahui. Cieneguita and other districts
of that section. 1t has several prop
and Unique Development companies,
besides the famous Piedras Verdes
and Bahuerichic copper mines which
are under option to a syndicate OF
New York capitalists headed by Rob-
ert S. Town of the San Luis Potosi
smeIter. who has been doing a great
deal of work on both of them. 1t was
Buenayentura Becerra and ,Bernado
~ ~ he 70 I IYtx 10
Orc gold mine about 80 miles from
Unique for 100000 gold. The Becer-
"a properties are gold, silver, and cop
per, and many of them have been great
producers.
Martin J. Nesbitt of Unique is the
one man above all others of that sec
ticn who has done the most to keep
the mining possibilities of that dis
trict and the surrounding territory be-
fore the world and to him is due the
credit for getting much capital in
vested in mines. He is a son-in-la~
and was business partner of the late
Buenayentura Becerra. Mr. Nesbitt is
now the senior member of the mercan-
tile firm of Nesbitt & Mendoza, who
have large general stores at Urique
and Barranca del Cobre.
SDIle AUO nave DCSu HOIhSu
in the Urique district in its day and il
the history of the great camp could
only be written it would be as roman
tic as that of the famous Batopolis.
Like most cid districts there are sto-
ries galore of hidden treasure and a
number have been dug up from time
to time.
The oldest mines in the district are
said to be Patrona, San Marcos, San
Antonio and Colorado. The Patrona
was lost until about thirty years ago
when Jose Maria Becerra, a brother
of .Buenaventura, ran on to an old
door in the workings. According to
tradition this mine had been covered
up after the firece Battle OF the
Priests as it was called. 1t appears
that it was owned and worked in the
old Spanish days by priest known
as Padre Gallego. He mad struck many
bonanzas in it. He and another priest
whose name is forgotten were enemies
and the latter owned and worked the
adjoining San Antonio mine. One day
the ofrces of each met in the workings
and a fierce battle was waged be-