The border vidette., 1919-08-02
PATAGONIA.
Interesting News Items Clipped From
 the Patagonian.

John Hoy has recovered from
 his recent illness and was in
 Mexico this week looking after
 his mining interests.
 Frank Reichert was in Pata-
 gonia last Monday from Alto
 and reported mining conditions
 in his section as improving.
 The Rhea Mining Company,
 with property near Patagonia, is
 now cutting a station on the 23O-
 foot level, from which point the
 company will run a drift.
 Gus Holmes of Pittsburg, Pa. |,
 a mining engineer, and MT. Cairo
 of Phoenix, interested in mining property in the Salero district,
 were in Patagonia early in the
 week.
 Tuesdays freight brought in a car of mining timb for the Layman Syndicate, to be used at the Blue Nose mine, and cal of oil for the Hardshell Mining company.
 Richard Roe, Chester and Err | nest Brodine spent Sunday in Patagonia. coming down from 1 Jefferson Camp, where they are developing the Golden Rose, a promising silver property. Wednesday morning Charles Mead took out a large load of supplies, consisting of tools, ore cars, powder, etc., to the Eureka mine on the Baca Float, now IPr Collie.
 The last load of machinery for the American Boy was hauled out to the mine Wednesday by Rafael Amado. A 12 horse team was necessary to handle the heavy hoist, which weighed sev- eral tons.
 George F. Wieland, mining man of Jefferson Camp, is build. ing a new cottage on the rear of his property on Main street in Patagonia. The new home will later be occupied by MT. Wieland and family.
 The Layman Syndicate, oper- ating the Blue Nose mine under the direction of B. B. Smith, has finished cleaning out the old works and is now drifting on the 16O foot level. The outlook is | encouraging.
 The building of Gardner Hall, suspended some time ago on ac- count of shortage of material, | was resumed Tuesday morning | and it is expected the new place | of amusement will be completed | within. short time.
 The brick cottage belonging | to Ed. Mainline is rapidly near ing completion. This week Geo. | N. Curtis is building the fues | and finishing the masonry work. 1 It is understood this property | has already been leased for a 1 long term.
 H. H. McCutchan has been busy during the week hauling | lum Der and supplies to the Hosey mine, now being developed by Eastern capital. The machinery | has been installed at the new shaft and sinking will now pro ceed without interruption.
 Sam Parent, one of the own CTS, and O. J. Fenner, leaser on the Twentieth Century property in the Santa Ritas, were in town Monday after supplies. They brought in some fine looking ore and report that their ground is rapidly developing into a real mine.
 The San Rafael valley, one of the beauty spots of Southeastern Arizona, will this year produce enormous crops of corn, beans, maize, sorghum and other pro- duce. The rains have been abundant in this section and the farmers and cattlemen are en- thusiastic over the present out look, since the promise is for fat cattle and abundant yields to the tillerS of the soil.
 It is reported that arrange ments are practically completed which assures the erection of a mill in the Santa Ritas by the Bland Mining company. It is reported there has been $2O,OOO worth of development work done on the Bland property and that enough milling ore has been