The border vidette., 1909-02-06
THE SANTA CRUZ DISTRICT.
Mayor of Cananea and Others Busy
 Developing Cooper Mines.

Like all other busy mining local ities in Sonora, the presence Of ore in Santa Cruz mountains, west ot here, was not unknown in the earlier days, when crude methods and lack of trans portation facilities turned the pros pectors face to fields of far less worth and promise, says the Cananea Bull letin. True, this region is part of the one in Southern Arizona of the same name, whose history has been a check cred and uncertain one; but present indications are that the characters of the two areas are widely different and the activity at the southern extremity of the mountain range will give an impetus to the old camps in the bor- dering territory.
 In, and for two years following, the year 1888, a man namend Johnston spent a small fortune in prospecting per being a such a low market value as to attack no attention. After a few years of unsuccessful searching, with his money exhausted and over come with disappointment, he com mitted suicide in Nogales; thus ending all endeavor in the region for over decade.
 About the first of the year 1906, the Cooke brothers of Cananea, and some local associates took up what is DOW the Arnold Mining Go. and The Aurora Consolidated Copper Go. An expert sent out to pase upon the pro- perty rendered very unsatisfactory report. ard the associatiDg parties de- cided to retire from the undertaking. The faith of the Cookies was too strong | to be shattered by the adverse opinion of the examiner, and they yet hold of | large share of stock in the Aurora Go. In the early part of June nearly all the ground that had been aban- | doned was re-denounced, leaving his company in the possession of the fol- lowing claims: Aurora; Aurora Oeste; Cooke; and Cooke No. ?. The Aurora has never teen thoroughly prospected, , but the work that has been done has been very satisfactory.
 Arrangements are under way to ex- plore the ground more carefully and to sink to greater depth from the surface. It's owners feel confident that subsequent events will show the pioneer mIne to be the equal of any in the locality. They have one hundred and twenty nine pertenencies.
 Dr. F.. M. Carpenter, of Oananea, was next upon the scene, denouncing the Eureka and the Carpenter claims, which consist of about 1000 acres. He has accepted no shares in his hold | ings. nor taken any steps to sell. Following Carpenter. came Mayor E R Arnold, who took up ground directly east of the Aurora, formed a company and obtained more material results than all of the other properties put together. He began to ship ore to the Fl Paso smelter four months after work started, and there has Lot been a single days cessation of oper- ation since the first pick fell. At the present time a force of one hundred men is steadily employed there The railroad runs within three miles of this property, and a mule tram way is being built from the mines to the ore bins that are in process of construction hy it's side.
 Jno. F. Evans. w. R. Peters. Luis Lease and others, shortly afterwards organized the La Suerte, which is located on the east side of the Arnold company, and is splendidly located, and full of promise.
 By this time Colorel Greene had taken notice of the great possibilities embrace1 in this section and, with characteristic energy and thorough ness, denounced everything, that had not already been filed upon. within a radius of fifteen miles Mess. Ricketts,
 Kirk and Cole, who Were associated l with Mir Greene in this enterprise started work at once, and good results have been realized. They have not separated far from the ecene of active