The border vidette., 1909-05-08
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY MINES.
Active Operations in Progress in tie
 Vicinity of Patagonia.

V. again and shipping ore. The mine was recently sold to William Kemp and associates who are now put ting 1t in shape for ore production. The wagon road from the Mans field camp to the mine, about four miles, is being put in shape for ore shipping. As soon as the road is in shape the equipment necessary for the unwatering of the mine will be hauled in and work com menced. The shaft is down some thing more than 200 feet and con- siderable drifting has been done already in both the 1OO-foot and 2OO-foot levels, opening up part of the ore vein, so that stoping can be commenced as soon as the water is out of the mine. Capt. J. NJ. Thomas, recently of Globe is su perintendent and has a force of about thirty men at work on the road, which will be in shape for hauling in very short time. The mine is in the Santa Rita noun tains about twelve miles from Pa tagonia.
 Twenty men are now employed at the camp of the Saleros Mines Company, operating in the foot hills of the Santa Ritas, ten miles from Patagonia. The main shaft is down 400 feet and the ledge is being prospected at that depth by lateral drifts and crosscuts. Drifts are being run east and west along the footwall, with crosscuts at in tefvals of twenty five feet. The ledge at the four hundred is from eighteen to twentytwu feet wide, and has some very high grade silver ore. The ore is in chutes cutting through the ledge, which was pretty thoroughly prospected shaft was sunk to the depth now acquired. The diamond drill ,work k covered a period of many years and with the knowledge so ac quired the company knows where to sink, where to drift and where to crosscut to strike the ore chutes already perforated by the drill. On the Eureka property a new tunnel has been started to cut the ledge 12O feet below where 1t is cut by the tunnel. The upper tunnel showed the ledge to contain some fine gray copper and galena. The company again has men at work on the wagon road between the camp and Patagonia. Most of the road work being done is in the vii cinity of the big Aontezuma ledge, where 1t crosses the road. It Is a county road, but funds seem 10 be scarce for road work in Santa Cruz county and last year, also, the Sa- laros people spent several thous- and dollars on the same road. The company is also operating a dia- mond drill on the old Bradford mine, near the Sanford raRch, five miles south of Patagonia. Some sulphide copper ore (chalcopyrite) 7, was cut through between the sixty foot depth and the 1I5- foet depth Rock carrying silver and geld was also encountered.
 The Castle Butte property, about four miles from Patagonia, will be prospected by churn drill, which is now being put in place The znine was bonded some time ago by California people, who have already paid part of the price agreed upon, after having done some prelimina- ry prospecting, and they are now preparing to resume operations.
 Before this item IS published the raise to connect the upper and low CT tunnels 2s the Red Hill mine of the Four Metal Mining Company, will have been completed, connect ing tunnels run from opposite sides of the mountain. making a hole clear through the mountain and ventilating the workings thorough ly. The quarrel over the manage ment of the mine has retarded the work somewhat.
 A new camp will probably be started in the Patagonia noun tains during the next couple of months. The Border Copper Com pany, backed by eastern capital, and holding a large group Of claims covering the east extension of the big Red Hill vein, will established a camp close to the Duquesne- No gales road, on the Santa Cruz slope of the Patagonia mountains. 5. F. Johnson is the promoter of the new company, the first work will be done on what is known as the Cardinal group of claims just east of the Red Hill mine. The claims were purchased some months ago from