The border vidette., 1925-09-19

Ford's private secretary or Babe
Ruth, AN automobile tour through
miles of beautiful irrigated weed.
less fields of cotton, alfalfa and
black eye peas - nearly 1000
acres, all set to yield bumper
crops-was enjoyed by the hap
py enthusiastic pilgrims, all of
whom will long pleasantly re
member their all too short visit
as guests of Albert Conard at
his beautiful Hacienda Santa
Rosalia, with it's quaint old.
fashioned. large commodious
, two-story southern residence,
where the latch-string always is
on the out side.
Returning to Hermosillo in
Mr.. Conard's car the Bowman
party was met at Hotel Cohen,
of which our good friend, Max
Marks, is the efficient, accom-
modating manager, by Don Ar
turo Cubillas, state treasurer of
Sonora, Bowman and Mitchell's
mining partner. who escorted us
to waiting high power seven
passenger automobile, in which
the trip to "Placeritos" mines,
was made.
"Placeritos," which comprise
eighteen claims, (pertenencias)
are situated 80 miles west from
the Sonora state capitol, within
a stones throw from the Hermo
(, sillo-Kino Bay highway and
within the shadow of the high
Agachado" mountains, many
years the play grounds of the
wonderful wild mountain sheep
of Sonora. pair of which will
some day be presented by Mr..
Bowman to the zoo at San Die.
go, California, provided his
Papago Indians can catch the
sheep when they are young, or
asleep.
"Placeritos," a mountain ridge
of lime stone impregnated with
a net work of we'll defined veins
and chambers of silver-lead sui
phide and carbonate ores, much
of which is high grade shipping
ore, are being actively worked
in an intelligent, economical man
ner under the personal supervis
ion of w. J. (Mowry) Mitchell,
who has an international reputa
ton as successful eeologist
and mining engineer of many
years practical experience since
be graduated from one of the
best school of mines in the Un.
tied States.
The properties recently bought
from the Mexican owners by
Messrs. Bowman and Mitchell,
were merely scratched" over
many years ago for the high
grade ore when silver and lead
were at q low price. Very little
exploration and development
work was done and until 4 few
months ago this wonderful prop
erty which has all appearances
of becoming world. beater, lay
at the foot of majestic Agachado
mountain, and within q few miles
of Hermosillo-and the Sonora
Brewery.
Now, however. there is q diff.
ferent pleasing story to relate.
The Bowman motto: Hop To
It." is the watch word, and Man.
ager Mitchell is making things
hum, sizzle and pop, at '.Pla
ceritos," where Foreman Miguel
Loustaunau. and every body on
the pay roll is hitting the ball. !"
| At the "Buena Suerte" mine
| there is a gasoline hoist, and q
full crew of experienced silver.
lead miners are working day and
night sinking and drifting on
veins and in caves, from which
ore is being mined, much of
which is bonanza, carrying 500
ounces silver and 40 per cent
lead, which will be hauled to
Hermosillo on motor trucks and
shipped in 40 ton carload lots to
El Paso for treatment.
White and gray metal. just
now means yellow gold to Bow
man, Mitchell and Cubillas.
In the 25 foot drift at the Is
foot level in the "Buena Suerte"
incline shaft, which on Monday
was down 100 feet. all work was
in ore; in the bottom of the shaft
nearly all was in ore, the DO.
nanza streak being four feet in
width, and getting better. Ask
Bowman, Mitch, Washburn, Gu
billas, or Don Miguel, who, by