The border vidette., 1908-07-04
PATAGONIA.
Four Metals, Red Rock. Old Mike and
 Buffalo Looking Good.

property. The ledge was cut three weeks ago. The tunnel cut through about fourteen feet of concentrating copper ore, carrying values in gold, silver and lead. When the writer visited the property Monday, they were still in ledge matter, twenty five feet from where they cut into the foot wall, but had not yet encountered the hanging wall. The rock they were then working in was streaked with ore to the management, as no ledge was looked for at that place, the tunnel being in only about 40 feet when the wall was cut. The main ledge at the Four Metals is large one and will be cut by the tunnel probably l5O to l75 feet further in and at a much greater depth, as it will cut under the big out cropping on the hill top. No drifting has been done on the ledge in which they are now working, and for the present none will be done. The tun- nel will be pushed along till the main ledge is cut. when drifting will be done on both ledges. As soon as the ledge was cut into liberal flow of water was encountered and the work men had a lot of timbering on hand right away, as thirty or forty tons of ore and waste ran down the footwall and into the tunnel. As soon as the run was stopped, the tunnelling was continued. Manager Johnson has notified the directors of the company of the strike and has asked for an appropriation of $5OOOO for the installation of con- centrating plant. With the money he plans to place 100 ton plant near the tunnel.
 A most promising looking copper prospect is the Red Rock, in the liar shaw district, about seven miles from Patagonia. It consists of a group of six claims. owned by George Weiland and Theodore Ge3ler of Nogales. The prospect work consists of tunnelling into a hill, across which outcrops in many places large ledge, highly cop per stained. A tunnel driven 100 feet in the hillside showed values in copper, gold, silver and lead. The ledge dips east about 50 degrees and is walled with bird's-eye porphry. We'll down the hill crosscut tunnel Is now being driven to cut the ledge. The tunnel site IS at place where the hill is so steep t!:at depth of about 400 feet will he had when the ledge is cut under the hilltop. wich tunnel ling distance of little more than 300 feet. The tunnel is now in 270 feet, and Mir. Weiland, who is doing the work, expects to cut the ledge about forty feet further in. Mike Doyle of Nogales has located five claims, the Old Mike group, on the east extension of the Red Rock, and has done con- siderable surface work in prospecting the claims during the past few months.
 There may be something doing in the near future at the Buffalo mine, in the Harshaw basin. The Buffalo, formerly the Jefferson, was worked years ago by Pittsburg company. The working shaft is down only 90 feet, 10 feet of which was used for a stump. At depth of so feet the min ing was done, and there is l ,OOO feet of underground work at that depth The property has been purchased by James E. Cochran of Bradford, Pa, who also owns the Hermosa mine, in the Harshaw district He has written to George Weiland in regard to un- watering the mine, and suggested mov- ing the machinery from the Hermosa mine to the Buffalo for that purpose. Mir. Weiland, however, says the mine can be drained for one third the out lay that would be necessary to put in the machinery and pump the water out, by running a tunnel 300 feet and cutting under the old workigns about 25 feet below the shaft. He Is now awaiting further instructions from Mir. Cochran MT. WeiIand has worked in the Buffalo in past years, and says there is a large body of rich ore in the mine.