El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-28

The president of a Canadi an bank
who paid $4,000 for a gold brick"
had the good taste the resign his posi-
JiCn.
The receipts of gold from Australia
during the past two months have been
about So. 600, 900, while since July 18th
but 100000 has been received from
the klondyke. Il is estimated that dur
ing tue past year SI,aOO,OOO has gone
in for supplies.
Mr.. Dawson returned on Monday
from the Yaqui river after long aud
weary prospecting trip. He brought
oack few thousand dollars in gold
dust, besides some big nuggets.
Everyone is excited and going to the
Yaqui river.-NOgaIes Nidette.
The Detroit Copper comp any has Sc
cured charter for a RAILROAD extend
ing from Guthrie to MOrenci. The
narrow guage road connecting Clifton
that it cannot attend to all the work
the Detroit company has for it, hence
the new road.
The recent sale of 10000 tons of cop
per at liz cents to European parties by
the Ca umet " Hecla company gives
stiffness to the copper market. Mex
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more valuable and wilt add to the
wealth of the country as they are
opened up, and provide work for
thousands of men.
+ The King of Arizona mine is certain
Iy gold bonanza. The last clean up
of ten days run of tive-stamp mill
and three foot Huntington gave re-
sula of $4,000 The boring of the well
S being pushed, it is now down 100
feet and the company is prepared to go
down 1000 feet if necessary. From
present Information the Short Horn
mountain gold district bids fair to
eclipse anyth ng in the territory
Star.
Shipping gold ore from Texas to
COlOradOIS rather an unusual thing,
but such is now being done. as car
load Of ore from the gold mine of Col.
Schrivner, near LlanO, was shipped
over the Austin & Northwestern and
Houston & Texas Central railway last
Saturday. There is no longer any. use
of going to KlOndike for gold when
we've got several rich mines right in a
few hundred miles of us.-Ganado
Gazette.
The new shaft at the Old Abe mine
has Iassed the 400 foot level and is
going down az q good pace OF the 200
feet completed since the late work was
commenced ITO feet has been in ex-
tremely hard rock for RAPID work, but
she past week or ten days have made a
good showing, aud if the ground re-
mains as it now is the first of the New
Year will fud this mine at the desired
800 foot level, where the company last
encountered fine ore.
Co. II. F. Hafford and A G.. B0w-
man of Rand burg, California, have
sold the HatfOrd mine in the slate
range TO j. b. Black of Salt Lake, for
$4,000 cash. The Bowman mine, au
adjoining claim, they have bonded for
$40, 600 to George Montgomery, of
Panamint. The former mine is opened
by l00-foot shaft, AID the ore assays
from So TO S15 per ton. 1t carries a
small amount of free 60 d, but is rich
in sulphurets. But little work has
been done on the Bowman mine.
A strike was maze on Saturday in
/ the Pauline Lucky, about one mile
from r. d River, which assayed S146,-
0C0. The assay WAS made by r a.
Strain. / was one eighth inch streak
of sylvanite 10 an eight-inch vein. 1t
is owned by the Pauline Lucky COM
p4ny, with head quarters at Red River.
= nsiderable excitement exists on the
SIT0SIS VI INcu INlNcT, duO : pSClIut rs
which have been placed on exhibition
at Buffers store attn act large crowds,
who are eager to see the formatiou.-
Albuquerque Democrat.
The Simpson smelter is running
steadily and turning out four to X
tons of copper matte daily. The prin-
cipal ore supply is produced by the old
Hanover mine near The head of Htno-
yer gulch. The ore is highly silicious
clay, carry ing lS to 20 per cent OF na-
tive copper, very hard TO smelt on ac-
count of the great excess of sili"a. The
ore is mixed with the rich carbona tie
and oxide ores uf COPPER Flat to facill-
'a.e smelling. The mapag ment has
leased the Owens mill and will expert
ment upon cOnce ntration of tie Hano-
yer ore. The Hanover mine is produc-
ing about 40 tons of ore per day and
fifteen teams are kept constantly en-
ployed hauling the ore TO the smelter.
About fifty men are employed in the
mine.
AT the greatest depth ever attained
by miners In the history of the world