The border vidette., 1909-07-31
THE PATAGONIA SECTION.
Few of the Mining Properties Seen by Mining Journal Cores
 pOndent-

say of properties adj .cent to Patago- mia. the second city in Santa Cruz county:
 "Patagonia, Santa Cruz county, Ariz., is between Benson and Nogales. | A rig about 400 miles from Fl Paso, and is reached by either the Southern Pacific By or the El Paso South western. It is the center of rather aDout 20 miles from Mexico. One of the first things that attracts one is the trees growing on the mountains. and then the mountains themselves, which "rise up" as it were in every directior. The rocks which form these mountains are of various kinds. and the colorings which Nature has added lends beauty to the picture. Except for the differ ence in the kind of trees, one might imagine be was Tn the mountains of Colorado.
 1.-The rocks of the district covtr quite a. variety. and if one is intsre sted in petrology he c.n make a collection covering wide range In the Du- quesae district and at Washington camp, about 20 miles from Patagonia, and the end of the stage lIne, one finds a light-grey granite with quartz, feld- spar and biotite, or hornblende, and also the limestone with some porphry, and lime-porphry contact with large .'blowouts" which so often are associ- ated with copper deposits. On ono hill near the Duquesne the limeseoneis changed to white mar rble, which makes the hill landmark. The country rock in other parts of the district is principally quartz-porphry. andesite. rhyolite. rhyolite- porphry. quartzite. diorite; (generally occurring in dykes) basalts and some which approach tine glassy varieties, such as pitch stone.
 "Oopper and silver are the principal matals produced. but gold and lea d are also found in paying quantities. The mines in this (Patagonia) district have been worked from early times, and the Mowry has produced for a number Of years past. Some of the camps which are reached by the sta ge roads are. Harshaw. miles, Mowry, l5 1niles; Washington camp. l9 miles. and Du
 quesne, 20 miles. The fare is $2. The road lies through canyons, and the scenery is fine. There are other camps in the district, to 30 miles in other directions. SoHe of the properties of the district are: Hardshell, 500 it, shaft, idle; Flux, 25O it shaft; World $ Fair, owned by Frank Powers, is a rich property and has produced some very rich shipments. Reports are that the district has produced some $SO,OOO,OOO. The Salero mines owned by w. E. Balcomb and associates are on the other side of the hill. and the outlook is encouraging. The Alta, owned by Richardson and others of Patagonia is a good property; ore is gray copper, with some gold and gale ma. The Mo wry, which is one of the oldest and largest producers of the camp, has a mill and smelter. It has been closed for about years, but they expect to resume operations in a short time. The Happy Jack, of which w. H. Barnett is manager. is a copper silver property. The Big Gringo Mining O., is a good property, and has 20 stamp mill. but is not work ing at present. The Alamo l 4 miles from Patagonia, has shipped several cars that are said to have netted $l2.- 900 each. The Hermoso. located in the Harshaw camp, IS silver lead property and has 20 stamp mill. Tue Trench mine. formerly wned by the Oalifornia Hearsts Is lacated near by. The Norton and the January are owned by Denver people. The Blue Flag, Blue Nose. and America are owned in Tucson. The Ivanhoe. James Johnson manager, is good property and making a fine showing. About SI2,OOO is said to have been spent in development, and the ore taken ont in this work has paid ] of the expense. The vein is strong and promises to hold out. The country rock is quartz