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Show B. CLARK WHEELER SUCCEEDS IN MEXICO Special to The Tribune. CITY OF MEXICO. March 24.-B. Clark Wheeler, formerly Stato Senator from Colorado, Is operating a sliver property lh the Stato of Zacatecas which prom5fC3 to make him a great fortune. Tho prop, erty Is In La Norlca district near the town Of flnmhrnrofn nnil nt nrfuont Xv WW,-,.! er Is working It under a lease und option. The bulk of the oro runs ono .tllo of silver sil-ver to tho ton, but some asaaya have shown as high as COO ounces to the ton. Tho ore Is being treated by amalgamation, and a mill with a capacity of fortv tons nor day has been erected at the mine. Not long ago Mr. Wheeler bougnt up the claims of all the litigants of the Vacas-San Vacas-San Marcos mines, two famous propart'es In tho State of Durango, organlzoi a $2,-000,000 $2,-000,000 company and sold a controlling interest in-terest to New York capitalists. |