The border vidette., 1916-12-09
PATAGONIA.
interesting News Items Clipped From
 the Patagonian.

The new mill of A. J. Hooks, treating ores from the Wander ing Jew and Royal Blue, is said to be working splendidly.
 A. l.. Harroun. a Kansas City man interested in several min ing propositions in the Patago mia district, came in this week for a few days stay on a trip of inspection.
 Johnny Coombs, associa ted with Tony Kline in developing a very good copper property in the Harshaw district, was in town Monday, looking after a shipment of ore from the claims to the Douglas shelter.
 An option has been given on the Blue Eagle group of claims in Alum Gulch, one of the best prospects in the Patagonia coun- try. The option is of short duration, and if taken up will involve a purchase price of $3O, GOO.
 The American Boy mine. north of Patagonia in the Wrightson district of the Santa Ritas, own ed and worked by the veterans, Clark and Peterson, is said to be looking better now than at any other time in it's history. Sev- eral tons of goods ore have been taken out for shipment.
 J. E. Cochran Sr., of Brad ford, Pa., owner of the famous Hermosa mine in the Harshaw district, accompanied by Thomas Clark of Buffalo, N. Y., and Thos. H. Kane of Denver, Colo, are making an examination of the property this week, upon which a deal is pending.
 The crosscut from the new shaft at the Pinal, from about the 125 level, to the old shaft, from which many carloads of high grade copper ore have been shipped. has encountered a good ore vein. The road to the mine is being put in shape prepara tory to hauling ore to this station for shipment The Pinal, for melly the Hosey, is being oper- ated by w. R. Ramsdell, who is interested in many big mining propositions in Southern Ariz- ona at the present time.
 Hunters this year are not hay ing the usual good luck in get ting deer in the Patagonia coun try as formerly, owing to the many hunting parties from diff ferent regiments of soldiers, and from trips made by soldiers from Nogales to Fort Huachuca. However, there is still plenty of deer left in the country. Re- was out to the Chief mine, a few miles back of Patagonia, he laid his rife against a tree and walked few yards from it to examine some ore, when a couple of bucks hove into sight over a ridge, stopped and coolly sur veyed the rifle. Before MT. Be- thell could get to it they loped away.
 Wm. Reed of Tucson has been in the district several days this week, on deal for the Sweet Bye and Bye group, owned by Wm. Powers and others. MT. Reed secured 20 day option for the purchase of this prop erty, and says he has some Mon tana and Michigan men who are willing to put up the necessary money to work it. The option calls for a purchase price of S7O,O0O, extending payments over a course of two years. If the deal goes through, MT. Reed says about S45, ,OOO or $5O,OOO will be spent on the property, installing a suitable plant to treat the ore. Work at the Sweet Bye and Bye has exposed a good strong vein of copper ore, values of which are not of suffi- ciept high grade to ship, but which would make an excellent milling proposition. It has been worked recently on kind of quarrying system, and the full extent of the vein has not been fully determined, but it has been exposed for a distance of nearly 45 feet.