The border vidette., 1927-01-29
OLD DOMINION GOLD HILL
Phenomenal Mineral Diecovery Made
by Senator !. L. Pyle

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by Senator !. L. Pyle
Elk Senator I. L. Pyle. former
ly of the State of Washington
and recently from Los Angeles.
California, has just taken over
the old Vasquez mining property
known as the Old Dominion Gold
Hill, situated 81 miles north OF
Nogales, Arizona. He started
the exploration of the property
about the middle of November,
1926, and has been working very
quietly and on his own resources.
He and his superintendent, MIR.
George Steele, a mining man OF
thirty years experience, have in
a very limited time sunk q shaft
to depth of about s. feet in the
head of the workings of the old
Jesuit Fathers who came into
this region in the year 1894. Be
fore sinking this shaft Senator
Pyle and his superintendent
through modern means examined
the inner workings of these
Jesuit Fathers and discovered
what they interpret in the min.
ing phase a "Jewelry Store"
After the preliminary examine.
tion it was decided to sink a
shaft to open up these old anti
que workings in order to get
sufficient air for the further de
velopment Of the same.
As the air was very stagnant
at the time of the examination,
it was imperative that the work
ings should be opened up suffi
ciently to get proper air in order
to carry on the work.
In the course of this develop
ment Senator Plye has uncover
ed three distinct veins of ore.
one Al feet wide carrying about
one ounce of gold, 30 ounces of
silver and Is per cent lead of
very refractory nature. His in
tentions were to erect 50-ton
mill on the property, but after
his recent discovery he is now
contemplating going to a depth
of at least 500 feet and cross
cutting on the different veins
that be has now opened up with
the intentions of placing at least
a 10O-ton mill. !.
Fortunately Senator Pyle has
one of the very best water sup
plies in the state of Arizona,
sufficient to supply mill of
thousand ton daily capacity,
which is very essential in this
arid state.
The history of this property is
very voluminous in the making.
Various works have been writ
ten concerning the mines of Pi
meria Alta, Province of Acct
dent, now known as the Nogales
Mining District. ia the state of
Arizona, and all of them agree
as to the extent, immense rich.
ness, and the causes of their de
cadence. None of these writer's,
however, whether from want of
time or reliable data. have treat
ed the subject with the attention
that it merits. The statements
which follow may be relied upon
as accurate, being based upon
authentic information from re
liable parties, who happen to
have the very oldest data accord
ing to records kept in various
missions of these Alta. Province
of Accident, State of Arizona.
| where several of the most bar.
barous tribes of Indians, among
whom were Apaches, of very sad
recollection all through the
frontier, made themselves strong
and until recent years kept bar.
ring out progress, and the pros
pector and miner. Since their
conquest the Jesuits operated
with great SUCCESS 60twithstand
ing the very crude methods OF
mining and of ore reduction.
Several of the workings of
Gold Hill" property. the sub,
ject of this article. date away
back and, in the literary work
entitled Apostolic Labors of
the Order of Jesus" published
by one of the members of that
order, is found the following
statement:
I'm the year 1859 a region of
Virgin Gold was discovered on
the grounds of Huebabi Mission,
in Pimeria Alta. at the place call
ed "Cerro de Oro' on a noun.
tain ridge about a half q league
in extent. The discovery was
made by a Yaqui Indian, who
rovoolo1 ~ RI fro dor ooI thu