The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1910-10-01

The ere in Neco last Tuesday night
is said to have destroyed SO 900 worth
of property. The origin of the fire is
said to have been the overturning of a
lamp in the Naco livery stables.
O. N. White. formerly connected
with the Southern Pacific at this
point, now agent at EmpAlme, So :
nora, Mexico, spent Wednesday in
Nogales, on his way back to his
station from Ell Psao. Texas. where
he went to meet his wife, who &C =
companies him to Empalme, where
she will spend the winter. The
Whites have wide circle of friends
in the line city. All will be pleased
to learn that they are enjoying good
health and are prospecting.
Tom Gittins and j. F. Grove, the
former Of this city and the later CT
Bisbee. came up from the Black Noun =
tains Mining Oompsny's Oerro Prieto
mines thirty miles east of Masdslena,
Sonora, Wednesday evening. They re =
port all work in the gold mine sus =
pended, the entire force having been
laid off, after the pumps were with =
drawn. From here Mr.. Grove, who
is an experienced mechanical engineer,
went to Bisbee. Mr.. Gittins will for
the present scjourn in the city, his
home.
Fred. @. Emery, president and
manager of La Cobriza Mining Com
pany, returned Tuesday night from q
business trip in the east. During Mr..
Emery's absence Superintendent Tonk
ms has been very busy man receiv-
ing and installing the smelter at La
Oobriza. Reports from the mine are
to the EFFECT that every thing is NOV
ing along satisfactory, and In a very
short time the company will be pro-
ducing red metal, at a handsome
profit
Yesterday morning J s. Williams.
district attorneys of Cochise county,
and j. n. McFate. the mining man.
departed for Tom bstone, after spend
ing q couple of days here on their way
home from their placer mines In the
Altar district, Sonora, Mexico, where
they have been the past two weeks.
The gentlemen brought back with
them a number of beautiful large and
small gold nuggets, discovered on their
property, which both claim is worth
all the money they aud their associates
will ever be able to spend. The gentle
men are experienced miners, and know
whereof they speak.
Mr.. Richard Coleman, president of
the Zambona Development Company,
came up from Minas Nuevas Thursday
evening, and continued on to Los
Angeles, California, the folio wing
morning Mr.. Coleman reports active
operations at the big silver mine pro =
crossing in q very satisf- Glory man =
Fer, thirteen large bars of silver bullion
havin been placed to compAny's credit
while he was there. The stockholders
of Zlnbona will be pleased to learn
that the company is now making
money, and if President Ooleman's
plans don't miss carry. they vii! at no
distant date receive long looked for
dividends
Superintendent Phil Ferguson. of
the Sonora Copper Company, &C =
companied by his wife and little son,
visited the city Monday night from
Cobre Grande, Sonora, returning south
the Same night Mr.. Ferguson re
ported the mine looking 6n". a recent
new strike of ore having been made
carrying high values in gold and silver.
Last wetk a number of stockholders
and prospective stockholders visited
the camp from Kansas and Missouri.
All were pleased with the wonderful
amount of development work done 10
the mine and the splendid condition
of the big copper camp. under the
supervision of President A. M. Conard.