Arizona republican., 1909-05-10
R. V. LE GRAND BUYS
 ESPERANzA GROUP
Property Near Harqua Hala Sold
 Through Southwestern Realty Co.

Through Southwestern Realty Go
 Through Homer B. King. of the
 Southwestern Realty company, a sale
 was consummated on saturday where
 by R. V. LeGrand, of Pasadena. and
 Hawthorne, Nev., comes into posses
 sion of what is known as the Es-
 peranZa group of mining claims three
 miles east of the Harqua Hala mine
 Mir. LeGrand was seen concerning
 the sale, and verified it, though he
 said he did not wish to make pub-
 lie the figures at this time He said
 he was representing d number of
 Pasadena capitalists and this deal is
 the completion of a transaction that
 began with the bonding of three
 claims when he was here about q
 month ago, for $15,00O, and which
 fact was announced by The Repub-
 lican at that time.
 The property is in the porphyry
 belt near the Harqua Elala, and MT.
 Le Grand says he is certain it will
 prove to be a fine o5Ic He thought
 so when he first saw 1t, and he is more than ever impressed with it now. Development has exposed ore that NlNJ per ton, though the average of the assays secured has been $55 A force of men will be put on the prop erty at once for it's development
 There were three claims in the group originally bonded and five more have been added, making eight, which is good sized property.
 Mir. LeGrand is one oI the Nevada men who was inducec to come to Arizona through the rich strike made on the Arizona Northern. He came satisfied himself by personal .observa- ton that 1t was genuine. and while here acquired this o-ner property. which had been found for him by a representative he had previously sent into the country. He regrets. as all do. that the operations on the Ari- zona Northern were stopped for good many reasons, but primarily be- cause it Was the greatest advertise ment any country could have. There are so many people in the world. and good mining men, too. who Iln only be interested in a section by some spectacular discovery like that was, and who once on the ground see something else that looks good. In fact, MT. LeGrand came here that way himself, and he says he is glad of 1t. for he believes it to be won derful mineral field. However. he had d number of Nevada friends who were preparing to come and do just as he has done, out the stopping of operations at the Arizona Northern caused them to lose interest, there be- ing no longer an unusual sight to lure them into the country
 MT. LeGrand is opeTa;ing quite ex- tensively in Nevada, nas made some money there and expects to make some more. He says that Hawthorne is today the biggest s:Iver section he knows of in the country. A few years ago he secured some claims at what is now the Lucky Boy camp. for little more than a song, developed them somewhat anG sold them for a good price, thinking he had done well. However, they were developed into what IS kown as the Mountain King silver mine, and the man who bought the property has made a much bigger thing out of it than he did. Mir LeGrand retained a few shares in the company. and wishes now that he mad a lot more. The property is now under bond for another sale to the Lnited States and Refining company for $1.500,000, the same c-aims he once secured for what might be called a little pin money. The property is now producing silver ore that averages S1O5 and $110 per ton.
 MT LeGrand, however. expects to make some more mo-1ey on an ex- tension of the same property which he has owned. for q :ong time, and which he is now developing, having found considerable good ore, though he has not begun shipping yet. He still calls it a prospect, for he has not gained great depth, and that dis trict is essentially one of deep mine ! values. The Mountain King adjoin- | ing produced it's ore in punches. but | the big values were not found until | two or three hundred feet of depth | had been attained, so he is not wor- rying but that he will have plenty of | ore at depth. as he is on the same l formation. Hawthorne, or rather the 1 Lucky Boy seems to oe one of the 1 live camps of Nevada, and MT. Le Grand says that within the last two | or three months a dozen large oper- | ators in that district have got into | good ore and in formations that con | tinue to improve daiIy. But western | he says. has Just as good a 1 chance to becqne famous for the | ear marks of big mines are in evi- | 1ence everywhere.