The border vidette., 1925-12-19

of El Paso is employing about
ten men regularlyin development
work. The mine is a lead silver
property and has had considers.
BILE Development work done in
past years. Mr.. Elliott reports
that he has taken out some very
good ore since he has been oper.
ating the property and expect to
put up mill to concentrate the
the ore. 1t is located about
seven miles from Patagonia, in
the Santa Rita montains.
A. F. GROSS HAS SPENT $116, 900
A. r. Gross of Duluth, MINI,
has expended $4,000 on de
velopment work on the American
Boy and other lead silver copper
properties. which he purchased
some time ago and consolidated
into one property. He is driving
a 1900 foot tunnel to tap the ore
body of the American Boy at
lower depth that the shaft has
attained. His operation have
not received much attention
lately, owing to the fact that he
has not been in the district for
some time. The work of driv-
ing the tunnel is in charge of p.
NJ. Etchells. Mr.. Gross has no
partners and is financing the de
velopment work alone. This
property. also, is in the Santa
Rita mountains.
THE CHIEF TO BE DEVELOPED
The Chief mine. owned by the
Washington Trading Company
(E. e. Bethel of Patagonia,
Bracey Curtis, president of the
First National Bank of Noqales
and Mr. Lindsay of Los Angeles),
which is in the Patagonia noun
tains, not far from the Big Jim,
is to be developed Immediately
by group of Los Angeles cap
italists, With Howard E. Davis,
geologist and mining ingineer Of
many years experience. in
charge. Preliminary examina
ton has been completed and ar.
ranReanent aresnowaunder to be.
gin development work to deter.
mine the extend of the ore body.
Great expectations are held out
| for this property, owing to its
favorable location in the center
of territory that has a long pro
duction record.
OLD ,HARDSHELL MINE
&. F.. BohliDger, administrators
of the estate of the late Col. r r.
Richardson, is working q few
men on development work at the
old Hardshell mine, i'm the Har
shaw district, where a new streak
of high grade silver ore his been
discovered. The Flux mine, also
Under Mr.. Bohlinger's supervi
sion lin the same district), has
been steadily shipping high.
grade lead silver ore for the last
two years, with but a few men
on the job.
SOLDIER BASIN. SHOWING ORE
7. In Soldier Basin, near Har
show, E. D. Farley of Patagonia
has been sinking a shaft on some
claims which he owns, and is
now in good ore at a depth Of
approximately 100 feet. The
shaft was sunk with no surface
indications that ore would be
discovered, but Mr.. Farley be
lieved the geological conditions
were favorable and has been re,
warded for his judgment. The
mine has every promise of be
coming a good producer. @
OLD MOWRY MINE
The old Mowry mine, one of
VIC LIS SVO1iSo1 t'lOPS1u uISS Va Vic
district, is steadily plodding
away with a few men under the
foremanship of Bert Logan and
the superintendence of W. j.
Mitchell, mining engineer. Lead.
silver ore is being shipped from
this property from time to time
and great deal of ground is be-
ing opened up.
JEFFERSON SHIPPING
The Jefferson group of claims
in the Salero district of the San
ia Ritas, has been steady and
consiftent shipper for several
years. A. S. Henderson has the
lease and Dan Dawson is in
charge of mine operations. The
mine is ON the Baca Float, which
has several other properties
working under lease to various
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