El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1896-12-19
MINING INTELLIGENCE.
Facts of Interest from Various Promi
neut Mining Points.

In the course of his presidential ad-
dress at the annual meeting of the
south Stafordshire and east Worcest-
ershire, Eng, Institute of Mining en-
giueers recently, Mr.. r. S. William
son, referring to the question of min
ers' safety lamps, saiu the day was not
far distant when the use of naked
lights underground would be prohibit
| ed by law and electricity would no
| doubt form more important factor
J in the lighting of mines. All safety
lamps should indicate the presence of
tiredamp.
Germany and France exhibit features
of Increased consumption of copper, and
judging from the first four months in
these countries and England the in
creased amount of American copper
{ that can be sold and absorbed abroad
during this year should amount to 80, 900
or 90, 600 tons. From statistics it is as
certalned that the increased consump-
ton of England, Germany and France
is at the rate of 81, 763 tons per annum.
This demand for copper should serve
as an impetus to boom copper mines
and prospects of any promise should
not go begging for capital to develop.
! If the Rothschilds get all the proper
, ty OF the Anaconda Mining company
! OF Montana on the basis of which they
! have purchased part of it, the total
! price paid will be S34 ,5OO,O
! The Johannesburg, South Africa,
chamber of mines reports the gold
| output of the district for last Septem-
| Der as POP, SCI ounces, valued at SCI. so
| per ounce, or total value for the
month of s., AZ, 256. This shows an
increase over the corresponding month
of 1895 of 1867 ounces.
| Careful estimates On tho o,,tp,,t of
the Cripple Creek camp for October
| show that it reached the million dollar
mark at least Fully 10000 tons of ore
were marketed, the greater portion of
| the product being smelter ore of an
| average grade of $50 per ton. These
| figures show slight excess over the
| Septem Der business, and Novem Der is
| seeing an activity among the shippers
that means that 1t will be the biggest
month the camp ever had in both
| tonnage and value. Local mills and
samplers are crowded with ore, aud
| reports indicate the same state of
affairs at the Florence mills and the
new reduction works at Colorado City.
| With the draw backs of an unsettled
condition in national politics removed,
the great gold camp is taking on an air
of activity and progress that certainly
| Will outrlVal anything in its history.
! ADOuG lou miners are employed at
| the Carlisle camp, most of them work
| ing for the company which controls
many of the best properties in the
| camp. Several weeks ago strike of
t ore running an ounce to the ton in gold
| was made in one Of the cOmpany's
| claims. A crosscut was run on the ore
body which proved it to be so feet n
! width averaging high in ore through
out the entire ore body. 1t is stated
that ten more stamps have been ordered
| for the mill to reduce this ore.
The story goes that certain man
ufacturiDg company in Utah has dis
covered that the clay out of which
they make bricks carries gold in paying
quantities. 1t may or may not be true
| but it is true that in ali the gold
! mining regions of the west the CLAWS
and sands nearly all, and perhaps all.
carry small quantities of gold. Par
/ ticles coarse enough to be seen with
| the unaided eye have been found in
Denver, made brick and there is
probably enough in them all to cleo
troplate with gold the outside of every
BRICK house in the city But this is
far from being enough to pay.
| 1t is now becoming the proper thing
! for English and continental engineers
to come to this country to learn. Those
VINO come represent all branches of the
RfedI hS4heeflnS profession Even To-
connective engineers find much to learn
here
The Metallic Extraction works of
Florence, Col, are treating 5000 tons
ii month, and, with new rOaEters and
other engagements soon TO be com
pleted, expect to treble the quantity. /
For an assurance of steady supply the
Florence mill has the Immense low
grade bodies OF the Anaconda, Victor,
Last Dollar and Legal Tender.