| Show ELY EL Y LAWYER LANDS I FINE MEXICAN PROPERTY Special to The Herald Ely Kly Jev Ner ilay Ia ay 11 Attorney Tom E B Mc McClelland McClelland Clelland has bas lia received a telegram from Corral Sonora Mexico which announces that he has succeeded su in his efforts to purchase property which he believes b will wilI develop into one of the richest rl best copper mines minet in Mexico a been negotiating for the purchase pur hase of at this property for fo nearly a year About one year ago while on a atour atour atour tour ot ut Mexico he heard beard of the copper wealth of that part of Sonora Son era and in com corn company company pany with Senor A R B DeCosta made a hurried inspection of the property The estate lies about thirty miles mUes from the proposed line of ot the Cananea Yaqui River Pacific Railway road surveys of which have been completed The read road is being pushed toward the Pa Pacific Pacific Pacific with all possible p speed with the aid and protection of ot the Mexican govern government government government ment and will pass the estate within thirty miles mUes within the next three months The estate comprises 16 acres at an elevation of feet teet The entire estate is heavily timbered and there Is sufficient dent Umber timber on the land to supply the mine with its building and timbering ma material material for tor many years There Is Iii also an abundant water supply originating In a number of ot spring rising on the estate as well as from a large mountain stream which bisects it McClelland had great difficulty In securing securIng securIng ing the tho titles to the land as the Mexican Mexican Mexican can owners were averse aversa to selling It ft To secure the land McClelland employed Se Senor Senor Senor nor A R B DeCosta who is I a man of much influence with the Mexicans who used his good offices to bring about the sale The property has bas never been thorough thoroughly ly I prospected and the only development Is the done by b the Mexicans Mexicans cans The deepest hole is 50 51 feet teet in depth but through h these workings without fur tur further ther flier development development McClelland says that from to a month can be tak taken taken en cn from the mines Half a dozen doze veins of oC copper ore run running running running ning from three feet in width to tt nine feet wide have been uncovered Average Ayera c samples from these veins eins run 1162 per cent copper while picked samples run from 70 0 to 82 per cent copper with good values in gold The new owner will make an eastern trip in a 8 short time for the purpose of taking the initial steps looking toward the nt of the property It Its s his opinion that with proper development and the use of or modern machinery tIle th can be made to turn ont nt many times the amount of ot ore are that is now ca en capable Sable pablo pable of being handled under present con conditions conditions |
