The Columbus weekly courier., 1920-09-24


autos visited The nlss- sunday.
The Courier for the past year has
predicted q vcri,ablo stampede 10
The Tres Hcrmanas In the near fli-
luro and the stampede "a on now
for more than 600 claims have bccn
recorded nj Denning
slampede Has started.
The mountains are daily visited by
engineers and geolOglsls and u Is
llrir reports whirh ARE causing such
scnration IN mining noyer expert
cncrd before In Columbus.
Among the many deals and i'm.
pfpvemenls a may be mentioned
that n shaft wiz be- pink Immediate
W by ,. p. Mack on bis own claim
1000 feet west Of The Romaho mine.
Ssoq0o Tor 0a-Day Option.
Dr. S. :. Warren ind J. 4. Houg-
land. who only recently secured two
claims are among The lucky ones.
Their claims adjohl the Romaho
and were much sought after early
In the week. Dr. Warren was inter.
viewed by o reporter and stated that
be had received an offer hui that he
was not in touch with his partner
and that 50 far nothing had hecn
done IN regard 10 the option hut that
the offer still held good The offer.
he told the reporter for the Courier.
wasafor si0o0 down. $1,000 IN 30 day.
and s2s,ooO in 20 days -sa00oO IN all.
Drmlnn People buying Opliohs
One reason why Deming citizens
are becoming Interested a because
Mr.. Weiscr a year or 40 ago sold
mining shares Ia Dcming In the Twn
Republics mine al a nominal price
of between 25 and 80 cents a share
and shortly thereafter Mr.. Weiser
sold out and the stockholders re-
ccived about ~ for every one they
invested. Naturally Mr.. weiser's
reputation Is established and his fol-
lowing is increasing.
o. Weisr Spends s22.50o.
Last week the Courier published
that o. Weiser Of the Metals Ex-
ploraiion Company Of Hanover. n
NJ had. purchased claims OF the
Manning brothers In the Tres Her
manas for si5.OOO and were obligal-
ed % spend se.O00a month develop.
ing the property.
Also that the same buyer had pur.
chased claims from Tom Lakeland
J, N. Crump and Eugene Casey foI
$500.
llr. Warren Sells Mine Option.
DIR. :. s. Warren told the Courier
that be had disposed OF q QO-day 0p-
lion ON three claims IN the Tres Her
manas for n locator 10 DeminR peO-
pie for consideration Of several
hundred dollars. the total payment
io be- s2.5iO.
Stands Pat for 10000.
One Columbus business man. own
ing a bunch Of claims in the Tres
Hermanas, was offered 5000 cash
last Friday for his holdings. Ne Is
holding out for $4,000 or nothing.
Courier Owns Claim.
Adjoining the now famous Reia-
no mine Is a lonesome 20-acre claim
and II has been named The Dali,
Courier. From present prospects Il
looks like this claim may support
several dailies.
Options on several claims in The
Tres Hermanas which could hnvt
been purchased for the price Of fil.
ing the papers Just one month ago
were sold lo a Deming resident thi.
week by a prospectOr who had mol
performed the first years assess.
ment work, for 5000.
Crceman Property Taken Over
George W. Grayson working with
Mr. Mitchell. has taken over N,
Greenan property northwest ol
North Peak, one mile north OF IN,
homaho, and will commence worl
as soon as titles are verified.
Three Claims Sell for si.000 Apiece
q. N. Gates. mine surveyor. yes
lerday sold 10 "A. Dial Uf Dnmln,
three claims for $4,000.
Mining. Not OIL.
10 the Courier II looks like IN,
best proposition imaginable for Col
umbus and for the business men o
The community. II is not an oil pro
position. oil is very good in ia wa
: and q prospective gusher creates EN-
) thusiasm which like the oil. II 20,
get u. soon pcters out. But mine
and mining when you can see II ani
, when Il IL demonstrated that hefor
you and Under you are millions o
. Tons of pay dirt. that's different.
General HOWE said Salurda,
: night that Il means a mill for Col
+ umhus and hundreds of peopl