Bisbee daily review., 1912-11-21
ROOSEVELT MAY
VISIT ARIZONA
Late Bull Moose Candidate
May Visit Mine in
Patagonia District
at Earlv Date
DISTRICT is ACTIVE
lspeclal Correspondence. }


PATAGONIA. Ariz. Nov 1S.-That
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will soon
make a visit To Arizona and the Pata-
gonia district is the information given
ont recently by Mr. A W. hamilton.
former superintendent of the Alta
mine. which has heen a good pro
Queer and paid back TO its owners a
large sum OF money Mr.. Hamilton
was a visitor to Patagonia last week
and went out 10 the Alta with a party
OF eastern men. On his return he said
that Colonel Roosevelt had been in.
terested in the Alta TOR a number of
years but never made a trip here on
account of being so busy but that he
has often expressed a wish to see this
section and the property in which he
and his friends are partners. The
Alta is located between Harshaw and
the Duquesne mine near the Wash
ington camp and smelter owned by
George Westinghouse, the millionaire
electrical manufacturer OF Pittsburg.
The Alta mine, from information
given by old timers in the district, is
credited with a production of silver
and lead ores, carrying some copper,
aggregating more than a million dol
lars In value. Parties state fifty and
sixty sixteen horse teams on the
road from the mine TO Patagonia for
a long time bringing down the ore
which was sent by rail to FL Paso.
Delegate to Mining Congress.
W. II WorthingIon, consulting en-
gineer of the Chiefs property has been
appointed as a delegate to the Mining
congress in Spokane which meets
soon. Governor Hunt appointed Mr..
Worthington short time ago and Mr..
Worthington is endeavoring to make
the trip and will read a paper before
the congress on the famous copper de.
post found in the Three r mine which
commercial ore after six months work
under the Amster management.
A Ricn Strike Reported.
] NJ. kellogg and Paul Crawford OF
Cripple Greek who recently took a
bond and lease from the Johnson es
tate have made a rich strike of silver
ere on the property. A dozen different
assays have been taken and the lowest
ran s6210 while the highest went
$1s4SS. They now have opened up
about 20 tons of this kind of ore and
expect 10 make shipment TO the Cop
per Queen smelter at Douglas.
Costello Group
On the Costello group owned by J.
J. Evans a strike of some importance
was made recently The ore carries
considerable silver and lead, and Mr..
Evans has gone out to arrange for
opening up the property on an extern
sive scale. He now has a good size
shipment of ore ready to send down
to Patagonia.
The Grady Group
Parties claiming TO represent the
Calumet & Arizona people OF Bisbee
have been in the district for the past
four days making examination of the
Grady group OF claims adjoining the
Worlds Fair on the northwest. Nego-
tiations are said to be pending with
George Grady the owner who is an old
time Cripple Creek miner, and who, it
is alleged viii do all he can to have
the Michigan people take over his
ground as he wants to sell to a strong
company who will go ahead and de-
velop the property. The consideration
was not given as the deal has not
been finally closed up.
Westinghouse Company.
From Washington camp comes the
news that a party of people connected
with the Westinghouse company Will
soon reach Patagonia and go to the
mine to make an examination and see
If things can be gotten in shape TO
start up again and make shipments OF
their good ore to the smelters. The
company has ample money TO carry on
| large amount of development work
and they can dispose OF their ores TO
good advantage at any of the smelters
in the southwest.