The border vidette., 1921-06-11

c. L. Northcraft, general manager of the big Sonoita land grant, received 75 head of cattle from the San Rafael valley last Saturday and branded the herd on Monday.
 Col. R. R. Richardson at the present time has five men em ployed working the lower tunnel on the Hermosa mine in order to make connections with the deep winze. The tunnel has now been run to a depth of 115O feet.
 Mike Hogan, who is working a portion of the Abe Lincoln property under lease, has recently made most magnii cent showing at a depth of 16O feet, and has already extracted 60 ounce ore of the high grade variety.
 The Patagonian is informed that the state highway from Sonoita to the Cochise Santa Cruz county line, now being built by the state highway com mission, is moving along with great strides, and that during | the past week excellent progress has been made.
 Messrs. Farley and Hall are vigorously pushing work on the tunnel in the Bender group, in order to get under the big out crop, and in order to accom- plish this something like 50 or 100 feet of additional work is requir- ed. The Bender group is a part of the Hardshell Mining con- pany's property.
 Manager Welsh, of the Hard shell mine, has just succeeded in closing contract for the diamond drilling of the mine. Active operations along those lines will be started by June 9th and the first hole drilled to a depth of 1000 feet, at which depth it is expected sulphide oIes will be encountered.
 James M. Layman, who has bond on the Abe Lincoln mine from Col. R. R. Richardson, has succeeded in ably financing the property. All debts have been paid off and every thing is being put into shape to work the mine on large scale. The Abe Lin coin property was formerly known as the Blue Nose.
 From Robert N. Keaton, the we'll known cattleman and ranch CT of the San Rafael valley, we get the informatio that heavy and serious losses of cattle in l the southeastern section of Santa Cruz county, and adjacent locali ties, are reported by cattlemen due to the dry conditions of the ranges and the lack of water. 1 It is rumored in Patagonia that her citizens are taking very kindly to the tip of Seeing Ari zona First", and while it will be far more cheaper in the end, it will be much more interesting than watching the bear skins" parade up and down the sandy beaches of California, when they can see real bear in almost any of Arizona'S mountains.
 Work has been started by Col. R. R. Richardson on the Termi nal and Grove claims, which form a part of the Flux group. It is understood that the Flux Mining company, composed of Bisbee promoters, has forfeited all it's rights to the property, and Col. Richardson, who was the original owner, has again taken possession of the same.
 The big Red Mountain is now 128O feet in length, and up to date has uncovered but little ore, which is of a high grade copper and shows that the vein dips downward from the present workings, which is now at a depth of 65O feet. Many carloads of rich ore were shipped from the upper workings of this mine, and ore assaying 12 percent cop per and about ounces in silver has been extracted from the 100 foot level of the shaft. It is thought that 100 feet more of development work in the tunnel will uncover the main ledge on the property.
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