El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-08

The Urraca and Bonito mining dis
trict, near the old historic town OF
Cimarron, ColfaX county, n. NJ, is now
| attracting wide attention. The assays
| recently made and their character, Is
sufficient evidence that the district Is
all right.
The Standard mine, up Canyon
Greek, Idaho, paid its owners $4,000
profits last month, and its profits for
the past year have averaged more than
$50 900 monthiy. 1t is owned by John
A. Finch and A. B. Campbell of SpOk
ane, and by capitalists in Youngstown,
O. The mine is now putting out alb u
| eighty tons of concentrates daily. In
! requires the treatment Of eighteen cars
of crude ore, amounting to about so
| tons. The capacity OF the mill Is oUO
| tons. Although the Campbell tunnel
opened large ore reserves, arrang e.
ments will soon be made for blasting
out a cham Der on the tunnel level pre-
paratory to sinking deep shaft.
The increased cost of deep mining is
not serious where the output is con-
siderable. Only two miues-sbafts in
he Lake Superior districts reaching
1900 and t, 450 feet, respectively
yet been sunk below 1000 t ct, but
four mines in Germany, two in Belgium
and one in Austria-Hungary range be-
The deepest British mtne-the Pendle-
ton. near Mancbe ter-is ) 414 feet
deep; the deepest in Scotlaud-the
Niddrie, at Porto Bello-is 2,1l0.
Steel cables hoist loads of six tons at
| the rate of a mile a minute and hall
at the deep mines of Calumet, ana in
England the speed has reached fifty
seven miles an hour.
The miners of the Jelico district.
| TennesSe, in secret session on May 20
heard the report of the sixteen local
assemblies on the proposals of the
operators. There are 10 per cent
reduction on day labor. reduction on
cutting entry way from s. 40 10 S1.l0
| per linear yard, reduction OF cents
| ton on all coal mined in addit on to
| free handling of cars and other work
heretofore done by the companies.
| The miners claim they have been max
! ing a bare living, and that these terms
| would mean starvation, while the
operators say they are losing money
and can do no better. The miners
ass -mblies have voted to reject the
terms and prOtracted suspension
seems likely, 1000 men being now
| idle.
In the suit of J. O. Briscoe against
the Mlnah Consolidated Mining COM
pany he is allowed to foreclO-e the
vendors lien for which he cOntended.
The Minah group Is located near
Wlckes, Mont. 1t was opened by Bris-
cOe. who operated 1t Until March, 1890.
| when he sold TO the Minah company,
composed OF Engli-h capitalists. He
was 10 receive 1919, 900 in pald-up stock
and $500 900. OF the money 100000
| was paid, 500, 900 to be paid out of
the mine, ana $4,000 was to be paid
Jan. l, 1891, and to secure the payment
I L II,
was PLACED in e-crow. 1t as to secure
jud gm ept for unpaid moneys and to
determine the ownership of the stock
that the snit was brought, and for
vendors lien on the property to secure
payment.
The Golden aud San Pedro gold
camp again comes to the front with
strike In the Old Timer mine, one
and half miles south OF the former
place.
Messrs Davidson and King, who are
operating this mine under lease, have
struck pay streak of gold ore a foot
wide. which runs from $50 to 5000 10
the ton. This discovery was made
last week, and information received
from the mine on Monday last is to the
effect that the streak is increasing in
width.
This mine has been lying idle for the
DdSU TOUR years, uuIIl lue pIeSCuU
sees commenced work. In former days
it produced quite quantity OF rich ore,
ana it now appears to be redeemlng its
Old time reputation as one of the rich
est claims in the camp.
To the twenty-five ships the Bes-
semer Steamship company OF Min
neSota owns or contracts 1t has Just
added fifteen more for June and July,
and its carrying capacity will be in
creased by 500, 0O0 tons, giving it about
100000 tons capacity for the year,
This increase is caused by additions to
the am cunt of ore to be moved under
the contract for carrying the Carnegie
ore, and some sales by the Lake Supe-
rior CONSOLES ted Mines, which are the
property of the same interests as own
the ships. These increases and the !
large tonnage to be moved for the Min
nesota Iron company and the Cam bria !
and Mahoning interest Indicate that all
previous records from Minnesota mines |
will be largely exceeded this year, and
that not less than 5000, 900 tons Will |
be shipped from the state.
The Tres Amigos is owned by Gro |
comb, Mcnamara and Llama. They |
are called the three frIends-COr0ish-
man, freshman and Mexican, hence the |
name of the mine. Tres Amigos, in
English ''Three Friends" Here is
BONANZA. TIE body of ore is very
large and high grade. In driving
tunnel on the vein some days ago
six-iuch streak of ore was struck which
yields 81, 250 in gold per ton, and there
are four feet of ore that averages over
$50 per ton. During the last week
the rich streak was widened to twelve
inches, continuing its richness, and
the remaining BODY of ore keeps up its
grade as the drift is pusht d forward.
The ore is shipped TO Denver. They
have ten-ton mill on the mine, but
find it pays better to ship the ore than
to work it. The mine is bonded TO
eastern parties, which expires on the
goth of this month. IL is claimed there
is enough ore in S gnt to pay the pur-
chase price.-Star.
Mining In New Mexico.