The border vidette., 1917-10-06
MAY BUILD CUSTOMS SHELTER.
Representatives of Eastern Capital
 Visit Rich Mining District.

|
 Patagonia this. week of F.. R.
 Shaw, c. w. Daughs, represent ing San Francisco and New York capital, customs shelter
 to be built at Patagonia is one
 of the possibilities of the very l near future. These men were 1 sent here to obtain options upon some of nearby properties If
 possible. and also to investigate
 the feasibility of blishing a
 smelter. They are now compiling statistics of the various mines in | the Patagonia district, with. special reference to the past and | present record of producers, and
 also estimating the, probable | production of many good pros
 poets in the district, provided
 shelter was located here to treat | the ores. When this mass of information has been secured and compiled, MeSsrs. Shaw, Casab and Daughs will present it to their Eastern clients, and it
 is believed favorable action will
 be take upon the proposition. Many things combine to make
 Patagonia the ideal place for the location of customs smelter, some of which are the very favorable sites, the abundance
 of water, lime and iron, all
 needed for a smelter, and more
 important than all, there is at the present time enough ore
 being shipped from this district.
 with that which could easily be
 developed. to keep a small ssmelter busy in this community.
 Besides treating ores from
 this immediate vicinity, a shelter in Patagonia could doubtless 1 secure the ores from the Rose
 mont district, now being shipped to El Paso and other smelters, and in times of peace in Mexico, should be able to get much ore from Sonora. Already the pro: duction of the district, from the l big DuqueSne and Three R, with | a dozen smaller shippers, IS al | most enough to keep a 800 ton | shelter going, and the output | would probably be doubled if a shelter was built here, thus | saving the freight charges to distant smelters.
 There is a large body of fine | lime on the Southern Pacific tracks a few miles east of town, also lime in the ores of some of the mines, especially the body of lime at the Flux mine, which from the shelter, if built below ~f @l f4 able sites, where the fumes would not interfere with farm ing, and where a spur track of only a few hundred yards could be built to connect with the rail- road.
 Perhaps the high price of silver has something to do with the proposal to start a shelter at Patagonia, and to be success the smelter would necessarily require two stacks, one for cop. per, the other for lead silver ores. Chief of the silver pro- ducers in the district is the famous Worlds Fair, but there are many more very near town, in the HarShaw district which in early days vied with old Tomb tone in the amount of lead silver 
 The HardShell and Flux mines, within ten miles of Patagonia, have large bodies of low grade lead silver ore. It would require a concentrator at the mines, and then production of 50 tons daily of concentrates could be made The Trench mine. adjoining the is now down 500 feet with a fine ledge of lead silver ore and should soon be turning out 100 tons daily. The Morning Glory, near the Hardshell and Trench, has fine body of cop per and silver ore, with a zinc ledge in the same mine. The old Mowry will soon be opened by the owners. It has large bodies of lead silver ore with great record of production in the early days. It is 13 miles from Pata- gonia, with good wagon road from the mine, all down grade. The old Hermosa, Blue Nose and all near the Hard shell, would all go to producing with smelter at or near Pata- gonia All three have good re- of