The border vidette., 1919-02-22
Tlte 8ortles &iaette.
FEBRUARY 9, 1919.
MINES AND MINERS.
Santa Cruz Patagonian.) )


 The Mowry mines are operat- ing steadily with an increased force.
 The FluS mine is being placed in condition for g. large tonnage of mill dirt.
 The Three R property is un- der examination by one of the largest mining companies in the state.
 The Castle Butte property has been taken under option. When the property is developed it should make one of the large mines of the district.
 Buck Reid, secretary of the Flux company, and Jack Me GregOr, who is interested in the same company. were in town Tuesday on their way to Bisbee.
 Hiram Whitcomb, general manager of the Worlds Fair mines, was visitor in Nogales last week and gave favorable re, ports of operations at his prop erty.
 w. D. Gray, who is doing de velopment work o1 the Colle- cello mine adjoining the Three R. property, was in Patagonia Tuesday and reports favora ble progress.
 Ore is now being hauled to town from the Hosey property. This is an excellent grade of copper silver ore and it is re ported that the operators have good tonnage of it.
 Colonel R. R. Richardson is displaying at his office, samples of high grade copper ore re gently uncovered on the TOO foot level of the Three R mine The ore assays 75 per cent.
 A number of mining men have been looking over properties in the district during the past week, including examination of properties by parties from Je- rome, Arizona, and New York,
 J. F. Johnson, whois operat- ing silver property on Bear creek, in the Huachucas, was in Patagonia Tuesday. MT. John son states the prospects of de- veloping a producing mine, are encouraging.
 William J. Mitchell, superin- tendent of the Ell Paso mine at Mowry, has recently installed a new air compressor on the prop erty. Development work is pro ceediag satisfactorily and it is reported good ore is being un- covered.
 The Pierce Gardner property is looking bigger than ever The vein is eight feet wide in the bottom of the shaft and is widen ing as work progresses. This property has shipped two cars this week and has 8 third about ready to be loaded.
 MT. Schreiver and G. F. Stuckart, vice president of the Anthracite Trust Company of Scranton, Pa., who are inter ested in the Southern Arizona Mining and Smelting Company, were in this district on business last week. They have returned to their home in the East.
 The Worlds Fair mine is de- veloping large tonnages of fine ore. The company's mine mill has been closed down on account of the big Fairbanks Morse en- zine breaking cylinder head. As soon as the power plant is in operating condition this prop erty will be turning out a good | tonnage of excellent grade con- centrateS.
 Arizona is the premier copper | mining state. It produces an nually one third of the copper | output of the United States, be- ] ing about one sixth of the en- tire world output. The value of | the states copper production for the year 1918 was over S2OO, ,OOO,- | GOO, while the annual output of | gold, silver, lead and zinc aggre- | gated $13. 3.OOO,OO
 John Hoy, general manager of | the Trench Consolidated Mining Company, which property is To- cated near Harshaw, was trans acting business in Patagonia Tuesday. The company is at | present cross cutting on the 700 foot Iouo1 and avnootS fO cfriIzo