The border vidette., 1913-05-10

regular monthly meeting and
 transacted ' considerable busi-
 ness, besides auditing and al
 lowing the monthly bills.
 Jack Campbell, superintend-
 ent of the rich Havalena mines,
 situated near NOgales. owned by
 the Havalena Mining Company,
 spent a couple of days here this
 week, having come in to meet
 J. Wells Smith, owner of a big
 bunch of stock, who on Tuesday
 arrived from Los Angeles, to
 visit the property, where a big lot of high grade ore is now piled up ready for shipment.
 Tim O'Keefe, brother of U. S.. Collector of Customs Con O. Keefe, well and favora bly, known in NogaleSl where he resided several years, as chief deputy collector of customs, died in Yuma last Tuesday, from con- sumption, contracted in Noga- les. Collector O'Keefe left here Tuesday evening to attend his brothers funeral. News of Tim's untimely passing will be learned with regret by wide circle of friends and Iacquain tances.
 Last Sunday while riding along the international line, one of Uncle Sam's lieutenants, un- intentionally got a few feet across the line in Mexico, and was immidiately arrested by So- nora state troops. The lieuten- frll f0 cuartel, but at once released by the officer in charge of the So- nora troops, with due apologies The next time the lieutenant goes joy riding he'll keep his eagle eye on the international line.
 The Kunny brothers are busy with their core drill prospecting the property owned by the Float Gold Amalgamatiug A Co.,, of which Mir. Nicholas Kunny is secretary and treasurer. When they get through prospecting the mininggsection north of No gales a short distance, their company will know how much they have According to Secre- tary Kunny who was in. town the other day, the drill is. doing splendid work and is very satis- factory.
 W. P. Wilson, who with his brother, J.: w., and Miss Mamie Donahue, own the Gold Egg gold bonanza, situated forty miles southeast from Magdalena, arrived in the city yesterday bringing with him a nice bar of yellow gold, the returns from a recent cleanup. When it is known that the ore from the Gold Egg runs better than $50 to the ton, an idea of the value of the property can be had We wish the Wilson boys and Miss Mamie continued good luck.
 Wednesday w. Beckford Kib bey. of the Alamo Cattle Com pany, accompanied by Captain Milan, the well know eX-Boer officer, returned from a long hike in the Altar district, where they had been on business con- nected with the rounding up of fourteen hundred head of cattle, sold to American buyers by MT. Kibbey's company. They rode horse back over three hundred miles since leaving Nogales, and report having had a great time ,roughing it. The cattle will be inspected here, crossed, dipped and shipped north.
 John Brickwood came in from the Irish Corner mining district, situated on the west side of the Pata gOnia noun 5ains, a short distance from Nogales, last Tues day bringing the news of an inn portant strike on the property bonded by P. T. Mcintyre from H. J. Cunningham. John owns a group of claims adjoining the new strike, and is naturally | pleased over the good fortune of his neighbor. The Mcintyre claims are being worked by | Bert Taylor, Ed. Collie and | Bryan Lawler, three experienced | American miners who will ship | the high grade copper ore they l are now mining. George D. Gross and MT. Cunningham also own good looking mining properties in the Irish Corner.
 The Mexican constitutionalists in NOgales, Sonora, last night | the reported defeat |