El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-09
AMONG THE MINES.

Some Notes About Different Properties
in Different Parts of the q. s.
The Detroit Copper 0 company will
soon build a hospital at Morenci.
An Italian fell into a shaft, at the
Ryperson mine at Morenci, and was in
stantly killed falling distance OF e
feet.
The Tres Ami Cos mine in ORC Blau
co district, has been bonded to eastern
parties for $4,000 1t is one of the
best paying mines in the region.
The Mommonier mine at Pearce is
claimed to be showing up favorab'y
Recent assays taken from the bottom
give fidttering results and encourage.
| ment.
In the Orc Blanco district the Fran
CO. American M ming company is carry
ing out extensive development work
which is uncoverlng large body OF
high grade smelling ore.
The Copper Flat smelter blew in
Wednesday and is running full blast.
Large ore reserves are in sight in the
mine, and is under.the efficient practical
management of N. S. Berry.
The Denver mint receipts for the
| two months ending February q show
remark BILE increase over tn the re-
| ceipts for the two months OF 1896. The
| Post says this is really the most en-
couraging sign upon which we can
| build our hopes of prosperity that has
| been noticed STAGE 1893.
DR.. P. B. Purcell and Martin Lynch
have located what is believed to be a
rich gold prospect about twenty two
mi les east from Tucson in the Rlncon
mountains. A sample of two sacks OF
l @k,<.
en- mill test at the University the Oath
and gave result in gold of S24 SO and
81 Sc in silver. The vein is strong and
force OF men will be put to work at
once on the new claim which will be
christened the "Gold Bug"
The group of gold mines above Cliff
on owned by Mase Greeulee, revis and
others, has been bonded to New York
company for a large sum, the exact
amount not learned. 1t is understood
| that the company pays fifteen thousand
for six months. They intend to put a
large force OF men to work and thor
oughly develop these properties. A
tOwnsite has been located and large
mill is to De erected at an early day.
1t is rumored that deal will soon be
consumated by which some valuable
mining properties in t-e Huachucas
will pass into the hands of eastern
capitalists. If the deal goes through
valuable machinery will be bought and
placed there which will cause demand
for the mines in that section, as the
ore there is very richin gold, but is not
worked extensively as the lodges are
very morrow.
J. Reilly, who has several proper
ties in this section, in a recent letter
from Chicago, says: There is a great
demand for good Legitimate gold propo
who were never known to take risk
of any kind are eager to get in on a
good gold mine. This means good
times for Arizona, as she has the best
field today for such Investments, and 1
can safely predict that before 1897 rolls
out, that she will have placed to the
credit Of eastern capitalists greater
mum Der of bon anzas than ever before. ="
journal Mi her.
Marcus Brunswick, of Las Vegas,
and associates recently organ zed the
San Jose Placer Mining company To
work the placer mines vi Sac jose sand
Whitewater gulches near Central,
Grant county, N. NJ. These mines
were wo. ked by the Spaniards centur-
ies ago and in more recent years by
the Mexicane and American The
ground is rich, but at a depth of Is or
20 feet q large watercourse is encoun-
tered which requires pumping machine
ry to control the flow of water. With
rich ground above the water level it is
almost a certainty that exceedingly
rich gravel Will be found nearer bed
rOck.
The Henrietta, Ariz., mill has start
ed up. it has been shut down on &C
count of the boiler, which was replaced
by a new one; it has twenty stamps and
eight fine vanners. Managers have
put on full force of men, besides let
ting several leases These lesses will
get their ore treated at the company's
mul. The ore is richer and the mine
looks better than it ever did. A great
deal of first class ore is shipped from
the niue. Although the milling ore
D a1es well, it is the heaviest cOnceu-
Lratng ore in the camp The mine is
well developed and there is a reserve
of ore which would take years to work.
The Silver City Reduction works
are running full time. Besides ban
ding The local product of ores FROM
the surrounding mining camps In
Grant county, the company is receiv-
lug shipments from other sections of
the territory, also from Arizona and
old Mexico. During the past week
six cars of ore were received from
Sierra Blanca and Hillsboro, Sierra
county N. NJ, and one carload from
Hermosillo, on the Guaymas railroad.
Ola Mexico. The business of this firm
is gradually extending over the south
west.
A sale of the Billiard mine between
Congress and Harqua Hala is pending
This mine lies north of Callen's well
and about thirty miles southwest of
Congress. 1t is said to be rich pro-
perty, but only partially developed,
though three shafts give fair idea of
the extent of the ore body. The in
tending purchasers are Chicago people
and the prize is said to be $500, 900.
The sale hinged on the result of test
run on fifty tons, which was completed