The border vidette., 1911-05-13


 of the Empire ranch at Vail. was
 in Benson last week looking
 after the shipment of four car
 loads of range horses to Chicago,
 which were gathered from the
 company's ranges in Pima l county.
 The Penn Sonora Mining com i;any, whose property, the Du-
 raznO mines, are located about
 twenty five miles southwest. of l NOgaleS, is sinking working
 shaft to enable them to get
 under the ore. The shaft is of one compartment and a manway. l The shaft is now down to q depth of about 13J feet.
 The rever5eratory furnace which was recently blown in at ] the Tl.iunfO mine, near Arizpe, 1 has been working for two weeks with excellent results. From the. time it was blown in no trouble has been had with the furnace At present there are a number of inSurrectos in that neighborhood, but they do not interfere with the work at the camp.
 The Calumet & Sonora con- pany which is operating near the Alamo ranch, southeast of Llano, has sunk it's shaft to depth of 123 feet. A station was but at the 1OO-foot level, and d crosscut run to cut the ledge which has opened up six feet of high grade copper ore. The in dicatiOns are excellent for find ing q large body of rich ore.
 w K. Meade has returned from several days visit to Pa tagonia and vicinity, where he the various mining properties. He reports conditions in tire section visited fiourishing. The activity in the development of the many different properties was much in evidence and Mir. 1 Meade feels confident that the 1 Patagonia section has a bright l future and that it will be soon l numbered among the best pro- ducing districts in Arizona - PrOSpectOr.
 The cross cut from the 4CO-foot l station in the Coronado shaft. sitated IS miles northcst of Flor ence in the Mineral Hill district: from the station. The crOSS-cut has penetrated the vein dis tance of. 2J feet and is still in ore. This work not only proves the downward continuity of the vein but also that the latter expands in width as it goes down. It was only i feet wide on the surface. The ore on the 4OO level runs wells in both copper and gold. Blade Tribune.
 The old Colorado gets restless and objects to being harnessed every now and then, and the latest attempt to get away from the restraining hand of the force not trying to hog tie it is about five miles below the Bee river break. The levee is reported as broken and a big stream of water rushing through the gap there formed. It will have q tendency to lessen the pressure of the Bee river dam and allow that to be permanently closed, but just , now much hard work it will to close the new break is 
 Nearly ten thousand head of , :attle will be shipped out of f Pima, Pinal and Santa Cruz i this month. California f people arc the purchasers Most { ,f these have been contracted : or some time for delivery. when :. .alled for. The contracts call . or not less than eco head in each delivery and on up. The small holders consolidate their | "a tile under some leading cattle |. nan who makes the contract. | Contracts were made with Cob ,rly X King, John Nelson, Anna ! ! To Bros, Arivaca Land & Cattle , Jo., Sturgis & Aros, Frank : SabinO Otcro, Fred 3onstadt, and tho Mammoth ( Land Cattle Co. Prices range t rom S17 to S23 per head. Some 3 hree-year-o owned by John l which are in prime con- iition brought S29. This about I deans up the spring delivery in $