Show GREENES GREENE'S MEXICO TOUR Col William G. G Greene who ha amassed a great fortune In the development development develop develop- ment of copper properties In Old Mexico and who has made some money out 01 ol silver and gold properties as well Is making making mak mak- ing a tour of inspection of his various in interests interests In in- In that southern republic He has har Just written to his Ms ls New York office some favorable news regarding operation at the Greene Silver Gold company anan an ant and an extract from his his' letter follows The principal mining operations of th the Greene Silver Gold company are being pushed at t the Navidad mine with a force of about men IncludIng Including includIng ing about Americans It has added forty s stamps more to Its seventy stamp mill so as to Increase e the capacity to tt tons daily dally Later this will be Increased Increased In In- creased to 1000 and eventually to 1500 tons every ery twenty four hours Great activity and improvement Is the order of the day In the camp The forty fort new stamps are to be In within days The management Is hesitating be between between tween putting in an all aU slimes treatment plant or a cyanide plant Ten new Frue tie are being installed About 1St tons per day are being treated The railroad from the mines town flown tc the mill at Is to be made standard standard stand stand- ard narrow gauge thirty thirty six six Inches instead In in- in stead of thirty as at present and with heavier rails This means about five miles of track Two Baldwin locomotives are to be used The company's mining g and civil en en- en ibl gl J. J C. C Oliphant is m maturing r plans for r putting h In Ia a hydro electric power plant io 10 furnish I about 0 1000 power horse e for running the mill and use in the mines It has not been been determined whether this will be Installed on the creek or whether dams will be put In to impound water so as to utilize the falls of Base- Base achie which are feet tet high In one sheer fall faU Both of these sources of water waterpower waterpower waterpower power are aie within fifteen miles of dad and The company's four principal mines are the Zaragoza San Ciriaco Navidad and Virginia Engineers estimate that there them Is blocked out In these properties tons tOlls of ore In sight which averages 14 In gold values to the ton tori which gives gold and feet is the greatest great great- est st depth yet attained |