Columbus daily courier., 1920-07-17

tnieu practically IN the ctnlnr 0l
lNIn Immense ore zone.
The eulphIde ores carrying silver.
lead, zinc, sold. iron and some cop
per, Al present show IA seven shafts
and are a. much AZ two miles apart
The Evans property. which Is 10
Gated within one mile ~ ihe Rom
nhos malh shaft. shows ll.e I'M
mcnelly of this rome and consists
OF seven claims 70 claim being 20
acrca).
The Manning property, knnwn ~
the hOmeslake Group. adioina the
Evans properly un the north. and
consists Of four claims.
The South Trail properly adlolna
both The Evans and Manning prop
critics on the east. and consists Of
uinc claims.
The Kentucky group consists OF
eight claims ad adioins the south
Trail group ON the north.
The uymkana Mining Campsnys .
property, consisting Of ten claims,
ndjolns The Kentucky group ON the
northeast.
The Fitzpatrick property consists
Of eighteen claims adjoining both
The Kentucky and Gymkana groups.
The Gold Flats. group consisting
OF fourteen claims, adjoins the Ken.
lucky group on the west aud nearly
adioins the Manning property on the
north. II also joins the Alexander
mine on the east.
The Tarzan Mining and Milllne
Company's property consists OF nine
claims and adIoins the Alexander
mine on the wosi and nearly adiolns
The homaho property on the east
The Tarxan Company has the mines
That have produced IN the early
days, there having been taken oui
over one half million dollars In ore.
principally in silver. In fact. Il may
be mentioned here that the entire
Tres Hermanas Mining District y
essentially a silver district.
Tho Eleventh Hour Rroup, con.
sisting 0f fourteen claims. adioins
the Romaho property on the west.
This group Is 80 called because the
majority of locations were made hy
lanterns at night aud literally at the
eleventh hour.
The Oversight group. CONSISTING of
five claims adioins the Romaho
property on the south.
Mr.. John p. Mack. under whose
active management the present Dc.
velopment Is being done. controls
the Tarxan Mining Company. the
Eleventh Hour group. the Romaho
properly being the principal stock.
holder together with General Robert
L. Howxe), the Evans property. and
also thirty other claims In this dis
iricl.
A report has been made on the
Tarxan mines by Donald McKcnzie.
one Of the hest known and recoT
nize mining gcologisls In the world
Much importance u attached also to
opinions 0f Mr.. Ambrosius. a high
standing mining engineer. who rep.
resents some of the largest corpora.
lions IN The United States n u
understood thai Mr. Amhroshns
made statements Ia some of the
prominent citizens Of Columbus that
the Tres Hermanas Mining District
Is of such immensiiy that hundreds
of years of work with steam shovels
would only scratch Il.
Mr.. Wiser, an expert meiallurgisl
and mining engineer, who has IN
past years been employed by the
Chino Copper Company. has also re.
ported on the property.
Many prominent engineers and
mining experts have reported favor,
ably on this district In the last seven
aud one.half years. thus attracting
more prominent men in the last few
years and doing much toward the
awakening Of the district.
Mr.. John p. Mack. general man.
ager Of the Romaho Mining Com.
pany, Is comparatively a young man,
being 30 years old, and came 10 the
United States IN i0Oi. lie Is from
Germany and was originally by pro.
fcssiOn a brewer Of beer. having
followed this IN Alexandria. Vir.
ginia, and Washington. District Of
Columbia. for four years. He joined
the United States Army and served
four and one.half years In the 18th
Cavalry band. Mr.. Mack also had
two years service in the Philippines.
His interest and knowledge of the
Tres Hemanas Mining District came