The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-09
MINES AND MINING.
Some Interesting Information from u
Wen-KnOwn Expert.
A Mountain Of Pure Marble In HermOsillO,
Governor PeSquera's Hacienda
and Other Subjects.

Mr. Joseph Lorbcr, an expert miner of whom
mention was made in the LIGHT several days
ago, gave reporter some interesting Informal
ton yesterday "Ot all the rich mines in Ari-
is situated near Apache Pass 1t il gold bear
ing and from it have been taken nuggets of al
| most pure metal rs big as my fist The richest
silver mine is the Silver King, from which are
| taken humps of metal half silver. 1t was sold
by the original owner to Barney Williams for
$;N,oO i've years ago; Since then it has been
paying dividend of 81 q share on D,UU shares
of stock. The rock from it is worth 81 Il
pound in its raw state. This is shipped to San
Francisco and there reduced.
1.-The Globe mining district of Arazona is also
very rich In 1t are found pancheS or mug
gets of solid silver. Metal was discovered in ii
by half-starved deserter from the army, who
gathered nuggets and thought they We're lead
After he had amassed nearly u wagon load he
sold it to several men he CHANGED upon for All
old horse to Use in getting out Of the country
The lead, on being tested, proved to be almost
| 1.-THE next district of note is the Tombstone
| in which metal was found about ) years ago
| From there large quantities of rock are sent to
San Francisco for reduction.
Most of the leads are richest at the top. No
true tissure vein has yet been found in all the
| state of Arizona The miners dig down few
| feet and then see the vein give out.
"Between Tubac and old Fort Buchanan
near the Sonora line, is q section where thou
| sands of tons of lOw-grade ore has been exca
yuted-but never in paying quantities. Lieut..
'
who vainly strived to make a fortune there.
| Old Fort Buchanan itself was not many years
| ago destroyed by the Indians and there is now
nothing left but adobe walls.
"DOwu in Sonora the first place OF note Ii the
| Planches La Plata, where chunk of solid gold,
| l;aO pounds in weight Was found. Pure sill
| 1t is shining and closely massed, presenting
much the appearance of molten metal.
Considerable mining is done about Santa
Madalina, but the greatest excitement had lately
in % StIlf
| in which many Americans are deriving large
profits from by operating reduction works
| established on small scale. Hero are seen
numerous abandoned mines worked hundred
| of years ago Near them all are large deposits
| of Stag containing such proportion of silver
| that it may be plainly seen by the naked eye.
These are being worked over and successfully.
THE richest and best managed mine in SonO-
| ia is the Trinidad in connection with which /.
70 stamp mill is run. About $0,0U worth of
metal is sent from it to Hcrmoslla monthly t"
| be coined. The skilled labOrcrs in it are ali
| white The ledge Of this mine is in some places
30 feet wide. The owners do not work
| any rock paying less than $50 a ton. The ore
| is reduced by the matchmaking process.
"'The Alhma is another mine extensively
| worked. Some OF the metal found in it is
| worth half II dollar a pound. Four different
| modes are employed to extract the precious
| metals: Smelling, amagamating, leXivatiOn
"Yast quantities of metals would be extracted
but for q lack OF intelligence among the opera
| ing apparatus ladders are used and Indians climb
| them with ore in rawhde sacks on their backs.
If improvements were made u ton could
| he brought up instead of fifty pounds ut II
| time.
zone of the most perfectly organized mining
| hacicndas is that of EX-GOv. Pesqucra, on the
sonora river The name of the place is Deli
| cias. Gov. PeSquera has a E5-stamp steam mill
and Il lO-stamp water mill. Ore is gotten from
| three or four mines, The Governor has been
working one OF his gold mines for many years
but it is still SO rich that now ana
then the matchmaking machinery is
clogged up with gold: To get the ore reduced
| 81 is paid for work with a Carga or 800 pounds.
| The average pay, OF the miners is 80 cents II
| day, they furnishing their own food. The
Yaqny Indians are the only persons who do
much work: very little is done by the Nexi
cans, Around Gov. Pesquera's mills is a vii
lage with seven or eight hundred inhabitants
| An engineer is employed who can cast and re-
pair any OF the machinery in use. miniature
foundry Is on the premises.
"While in HermOSlO saw In the middle of
the town mountain Of pure white marble
hich sounded like bell when touched. No
attempt has thus far been made to utilize it.
c"rhe heat in HornosillO is intense, never be-
low 1W or 5, even in the night, all summer.
The town is noted for its beautiful senOritaS
and it's musicians. During the hot part of the
day, from 10 to BORA O'Clock all work Is sus-
pended and the residents enjoy the siesta
They are rs 4 rule very friendly to Americans
but some of the Older people are very suSpi
cOus of the GringOs, who, they say, are coming
to take possession of their country"