The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-04-11

feet thick, and Ia known 10 extend 10.
Meath n tract ~ 40 etres, how much
further N not known. On anaIyylr,
this cIny yielded iwcpty.one per cent
VI copper,
The next bcst specimen above this
was n suIphld, and yielded foriy-fVur
per cent. Some specimens have Yield
ded slxty-elght per cent OF pure cop
| rp1s 4od olle. plece which wAs subjected
70 analysIs this SUMMED, Yielded abovt
seventy-five per cent Of pure copper.
Tho average per cent OF metal, how
ever, taking the bulk ofwhat has been
thus far sinelted, II fifty-fvo aud a half
per cent. -sff
van important iten, not tn. brewer.
looked, II the fact that the richest, spe-
cimens contain gold and silver, and In
many Instances the silver Ia In. suffi-,
Client quantity to pay all expenses In
course leaving the copper proht The
~ EASE OF MINING ass'i K
Is no inconsiderable matter. The ore,
for the most part, exists ~ sulphuret,
lying on the top ofthe ground, and has
simply to be gathered up. In other
places 1t Is found IN pockets co1tain
\ iuu ~ 6O ar I'M v,ou,,dsis ~ ala ox, 1afa
In tme va,ns ~ - '''~ = .1'-
Mr.. Bullion. Of Hunt county writes
| AZ car load ~, M ,,,ornrs '},v,thontl
dlgging) from u $40 acre tract"
Rossler says. 'Four persons, In ten
hours, took out {, 900 pounds. averaging
60 per cent esess-,
WILL 1T PAY TO MARKET THIS ORE?
Thara ara faw !, I, ernr,sos |, ,,,,arto Ion
In this aga wi,hn,,t tba ""nita,ist raj
,.alcnlatIHy very closajv whit will hs
th.s nrat;ts nm * ,,,,,sst mani !, :"
IN re,ard to this orc ,ra ,nish wa had
every settler In thai vast rerion before
ne fsr'ona.h ajf hnnr. and ms. thi,,I ,,.a
could demonstrates 10 them that ii viii
pay to bring it In; bit as we cannot
gain the ear of every one, we must re-
sort to the newspaper, and trust that
the intelligence will spread from lip t.
lip until all shall know 1t. I,
iii England, copper ore containing
eight per centof metal, Is slrelted prof |
itably. There, however, coal and labor
are, cheap. ri A Mexican miner tells u.s.
that ore containing thirty per cent of
metal, Is as good athing as q man need
want, consequently ore containing 30
per cent of metal Is better, and will
bear transportation. Let us 80 through
llis various ses's ", iltine " tile
< 4 .aa.s. I! 4, sf's's 81
|. VI. fyt VA ". COST OF MINING. = g ~
a,,,,s 4. q, .
G, 600 pounds calling ten hours a day,
and paving two dollars per day " ages.
makes the cost ot3inlnlhg tnree Tons,
-, or - W per ton. I, But as WAGES g, Y may
pc my AM SeherSliy iare ~ INNING
couhtries, aug asst may De more SiIn-
Cult 10 get az the ore tnan ~ the ap s
instance, icy US ralse tue cost; we VIII
say lt'costs YEN doiiaf's per ton 70 hiihe
t.9s sssss Ftf's' ',ssfsF az t'sYsis ;stisslf
~ 's5yAf'' FREIoHTiNa.tsa ti5 40, ts''i
| through Texas is about "a 30 per- TOO
mounds Der 100 miles. This makes the
cost Of Transporting a to,, Of Ore Is
Denison $37 so. The carriage to New
York of cotton has been costing 81 10
per 100 pounds. Copper ore, occupying
! fan hnf M S..i,i !, ehr, n,lr calm,iaiion
at the highest figure. Al shipper has
the choice M the furnace ,f either sell.
| ing the ore or paying SIS per ton for
sn,cltinp. III fhe former, he viii re-
ceiye about i2cents Der pound or $40
per toni WI ~ f1S8l N 'sfls;sfI 4 e
t's5tssl ~, u,,c,,, ,,c,,v sif, isf
NIX, ,y, " -. ~. 49, Il 4
Eretg,, cost ~ "a pen y IA n NJ
Freight, cost 81 10 New 10 o.
- .,,,,I.. !. V, Is...sS gay 3tls $3.50
mon mr. M re psa ve er fon q %
= = MI
Profit per ton 90 si6v 90
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