The border vidette., 1915-12-25
PATAGONIA.
Interesting News Items Clipped From
 the Patagonian.


 his property in the Santa Ritas Tuesday for supplies. c. H. Schultz and brother are sending down burro trains of ore this week from the Royal Blue mine in the Salero country.
 Bierce Bros. are shipping a car of concentrates about every other day from the big Flux property, few miles from Pa- tagOnia.
 Mark Dixon and Gus Jaeger were in town this week from Bisbee, and will work their claims in Jefferson Camp, near the Buffalo group.
 Three shaft men arrived in town Monday from Bisbee to go to work in the Trench. A couple Of miners also came in from Tue son to work in the same mine.
 Mayor Powers had a piece of lead ore on exhibition this week from the Dixie, a few miles north of town, which attracted a lot of favorable mention from ore 'ex- pertS."
 B.. E. Bethell is having the assessment work done on the Hum boldt group, between the Worlds Fair and the Trench, owned by Bracey Curtis, H. Gordon Glore and others.
 James Richie has started de- velopment work on the Con- stock, near the Three R. His friends in camp hope the claims will produce as much as their famous namesake in Virginia City.
 A. Fuller has discovered a. ledge of free milling gold quartz near Greaterville, five tons of which has given an average assay of $26O. A 2-foot vein was followed to a depth of 20 feet. The nearest railroad sta tion is at Sonoita.
 w. F. Dreyfuss of Los Angeles has telegraphed Mayor Powers of Patagonia to have. men put to work doing the assessment work on claims which he owns in the
  fuss has three claims adjoining the Flux, Chief and Three R, 8 very desira ble location.
 Work at the Ruby Copper the old Mansfield camp, IS. expected to start up again about the first of the year. It is understood the company is planning drift 100 feet from the 450 level, and if this crosscut encounters the veins expected other work will be prosecuted.
 The Duquesne Mining and Re- 1uction company ships on an average of two cars of concen- rates and one car of ore a week rom Patagonia. It is estimated hat over 15O head of work stock $ required to haul the ore to his station, being made up of pig freight teams of 8, 10 and 12 horses.
 Wm. Schuckmann, Manuel Els ,alada and George Januel were ID from Nogales Sunday to in 'pect the work going on at the rizona European mine. in the B.. R. R. vicinity, in which they Ire interested. They were we'll with the outlook at the nine, and expect to get into the nigh grade within short time.
 w. R. Morrow of Douglas re- turned to his home the latter part of last week.. after. several lays spent in the San Rafael 1alley, visiting with friends and ooking about, for a possible chance to secure some of the ., government land yet available o homesteaders in that part of Santa Cruz county. He was much pleased with the beautiful San Rafael and may return at ater date.
 A. l.. Harroun, mining man of Kansas City, who is heavily in crested in Patagonia properties, las been in the district this week., accompanied by c. M. Heron, an engineer in the em- ,loy of the El Tigre Company of Sonora. MT. Harroun devoted nost of his time while in camp 'n the Bradford property, few niles west of town, which is 'wned by one of the companies le represents, the Sonoita Cop :. lar Cono roan'u ..-- -':....-t