The border vidette., 1923-05-05
PATAGONIA.
interesting News Items Clipped From
the Patagonian.

J. Preston and George Sayre
are registered at the Commercial
Hotel. They will prospect in
Josephine Canyon.
With such an ore body that
property alone can make a sub.
stantial camp Of this town. And
there are others that soon will
be producing.
G. Carreon reports a substan.
tial strike in the Squaw Gulch
country, and the samples which
he had the Patagonia Engineer
ing and Assay Office run, we're
very good.
J. 3. Shannon and Mr.. Roland
arrived in Patagonia from Rands.
burg, Calf, Sunday and im.
mediately went to work for A.
P. McCarver at the Exposed
Reef property.
The Worlds Fair soon will be
working a fair sized crew. It is
understood that Mr.. Ferry al.
ready has employed several men
who went out to the property
Wednesday morning.
J. E. Babcock is unwatering
the Barnett shaft on the Rupert
property and is having to tim
Der this shaft in places on ac.
count Of some badly caved
ground. If conditions justify,
be will make producer Of that
shaft.
David Dowd, one of the own.
ers of the Exposed Reef mine,
and we'll known in Patagonia, is
laid up in the Jerome hospital
with broken leg. The injury
was sustained about a month ago
when Mr.. Dowd slipped on the
sidewalk.
II. K. Welsh of New York,
president of the Hardshell Min
ing Co, arrived in Patagonia
from the east Wednesday after
noon. Plans will be made i'm
mediately for resumption of work
at the Hardshell mine, which
has been idle for some time.
A. P. McCarver of Randsburg,
Calf. has started work on the
Exposed Reef property with ten
men. They expect to do exten
sive development work in the
near future. Keep your eye on
this property; big things may be
done there in the near future.
What appears to be the big
gest strike ever made in this dis
trict was reported lately. It is
stated that the American mine,
in the Harshaw district, has
opened up a body of ore of un
determined length and bredth,
but is go feet wide and averages
60 ounces in silver.
A. M. Thomson of Salero has
taken options on several prop
critics adjoining the Baca Float
and has located number of
promising claims joining his op
tions. 1t is also stated that Mr..
Thomson is now erecting the
foundations for a smelter upon
the fat just below Alto.
Louis L. Ferry and wife of
Kelly, N. NJ, arrived in Patago.
MIA Monday. Mr.. Ferry is the
new general manager of the
Worlds Fair. mine and commenc.
ed operations with ten men. AS
the work progress more men
will be put to work. Mr.. Ferry
is very optimistic over the future
of the mine.
The Exposed Reef mine is un,
der bond to substantial mining
men from Randsburg, California,
with A. P. McCarty at their
head. This means that the Alum
Gulch country, with it's wonder
full colorings of red outcrops,
will soon be active again. It is
such people as these that will
make this camp and make money
for themselves, for they can af-
ford to prove our vein system to
a depth.
The Morning Glory mine is
keeping up it's heavy production
record, and to those that are
skeptical regarding this district
it would pay them to take Sun,
day drive over the Patagonia,
Mowry road and take a look at
the American and Morning Glory
ore bodies. IT seeing is believ.
ing," they will return convinced
that we do not have to go to