The Columbus weekly courier., 1920-09-24
ROMANO Mine IS
PRIME MOVER
IN ACTIVITY
Brinndler-General Ilowzr and q.
Wciscr Responsible for nllsh
for Claims and Shares
Demand for Claims Unprecedented;
Roinaho Buyers Enthusiastic;
Prospeetors In 9Th IIeayen.

Last Saturday evening Brigadier
General HOWE Of NJ Paso and Fort
Hiss. arrived IN Columbus and re-
manned until Sunday. Something
more than Camp Furlong and eiih
Infantry affairs had The call on Gem
eral HowHe's lime and attention. II
fact his trip had 10 do only with The
'Romaho Mine In the Tres Hermanas
mountains.
General Howe In conversation
with the editor of the Courier said
that Al last he felt able 60 talk freely
In regard 10 this mining property.
lie outlined the minlnR proposition
In the Tres Hcrmanas and especially
the company he Is a director OF and
one Of the principal stockholders
the RomRho-as he saw a.
The general said thai when he
first became interested In the COM
pany he did 70 only after competent
seoloEisis and engineers had passed
upon the property ~ Il laid. and as
v,siilned ~ Promineni and reliable
experts.
Time, Money, Patience.
II has taken iime and money 10 Sc
cure tile and Il then required
time. money and patience 10 secure
prominent brokers and permits in
California 10 sell the stock issue.
Romah0 brokers had finally com,
piled with all the requirements OF
ihi strict California laws and u was
only last week that the brokers.
Tenny Williams a Co. 3ii-3t6 Pa
ciiic Electric Building. Los Angeles.
Cal., had secured their permit from
the STATE Of California to sell stock
A In this mine.
\ General Howe said from appear
= ances Il was more difficult 10 get
! the people OF Columbus Interested
than Il was 10 get permits from
California. However that may be-.
the General laughingly remarked
zone generally has 10 go 10 a far of
city to learn the news Of his own
home town"
Heal Men IN Romah0.
what the Romaho people want
and when ! say RomahO people,
mean Attorney Holt OF Las Cruces
your own A. Frcderickson, ]. p
Mack. w. X. Curry and Dr. S. 8
Warrca and myself. is not only The
moral support OF your people hut q
showing al stock buying 10 back ur
our brokers, Tenny Williams q Co.
In selling stock In the ROmaho mine
n the brokers can show that the
town people are behind the propo.
sition they will have easy sailing"
While the Courier IN describing
the nomaho mine has repeatedly
stated that the assay showed from
si2 10 SIS per ton Of low grade ore
General h7wze stated that he has
assays showing this immense bod,
of lew grade highly minernlized or,
running as high as s35 per ton.
Remarkable Statement
This statement Is remarkable
when II is taken into consideration
that these millions Of tons Of orr
can he mined for 81 per ton.
For the benefit of those who hav'
moi visited the site 5f this wonder
ful mining proposition Il may b.
stated that the nineteen claim
which comprise RnmQho holding.
are as Rvel o. a Texas plain.
Compressor Ordered from NJ PAS
The hOmaho people have In npcr
alton 30 horsepower Diesel en-
gine and have ordered n cOmpresso
from NJ paso.
Building Of hvlng quarters an
the installation Of a conmiasai'
will he started as soon as possible
Tho mine Is about ten miles fror
columbus and The return trip ma
he made IN an hour, The public
invited 10 Ro there any hour of M
day. The hoist Is now working, ais
crew Of miners going steadil
down 70 q 300 foot level.
flFig.-Gen. IIowxe Visits Mine.
Sunday morning nriRndler Grner
al Howe visited the mine site.
he party were A. Frederickson,
!. Evans, J. p. Mack. w. NJ. Curr,