El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-16

| New machinery ic arriving at the
Midnight iD the La Belle district.
| Extensive work on the Black Girl at
COchiti, is under way and the lead is
| improving as development is made.
The mum Der of prospectors at work
in the Red River district is estimated
to be 1000, with new arrivals every
day.
J. F.. Lacy is shipping two cars of
iron ore per day, from his mines near
the city limits of Silver City, to Pueblo,
Colo.
Manager Johnson of the Colorado
Tunnel Mining company, has q force
of men at work on the tunnel in the
| Colorado near La Belle.
Mrs. F. Leslie has bonded the Dead
hesd, located three miles up Rood
canon, in the Red River district. The
amount involved was 1000.
| Work on the Argus placers near Eli
zabethtown will begin soon The
bitches and pipe line are almost COM
p eted and in readiness for active opera
| tiOnS.
| The work of re-tim boring the Pacific,
|
Pinos Altos, N NJ is being pushed as
rapidly as cOnsis eut with economical
work.
| The Mexican miners at Pinos Altos
struck last week for an advance in
wages from S1.75 to $3.50 per day AT
last accounts they had not got what
| they were after.
At depth of 20 feet the b ack Wiz
| ~ ard in (l.,lf
| by Harry Braiuard, turns out ore worth
500. The ven, which is well defined,
| Is 22 inches in width.
About so miners are employed ia the
old Chloride Fiat mines near Silver
City making expenses nOtwIths Ia nd
ing the low price Of silver. The ores
carry iron, lead and lime which rem
| der them valuable as smelter huXes.
The return for April, as published
by the Arizona Copper company in
Scotland, shows an output of 252 tons
OIack copper ana 42S tons matte: the
total being equivalent to 452 tons black
copper. and Mining
Juo. nal.
A strike of exceedingly rich gold ore
on a new location in Atlantlc gulch
near Pinos Altos, n. NJ 3, is reported
The locator was exhibiting many
specimens of the rock which were
II orally covered with free gold and
would run thousands of dollars per
ton.
The Golden Giant mill was shut
down on the fifth OF this mouth fur the
purpose Of making necessary repairs.
La the meantime u large force has been
employed In the nine and a good ore
reserve is being accumulated to keep
tue mil IN steady operation when start
ed again.
The Montezuma Mining company has
rs men a. WORK on its placer claims,
four N les east of Red X Yer at the new
Tow n or Franklin. This latter town by
the way Is to be connected by a wagon
~ ad Win HematIte. Nine Owne of
tue two tOwus have raised the money
and lave force of men at work on the
new tnOrOughtare.
r. A. Strain made an assay recently
for the Pioneer GoIu Mining & Invest
meLt company On ore froLn It's property
On GOlI Hill which ran ST. 1863. 20. Toe
company naS two tons of tuls ore sack
ed ana reauy for shipment. Develop
ment Work on tn1s Properly consists of
d 69-IuoG sDatt, 1O4 fees of LunuelIns,
with half dozen or more cross-cuLs.
A force of Is men is at work on the
Band STAMP mill, and The pant is rap
oily assuming working shape. Ga az
count of Inc nlgn stage Of water IN the
no Grande, large shipment OF new
N machinery, now at TnOrnJOp, cannot
be taken LU the MIL, ana it will be sew
e, al weeks before active operations
Will begi in. When flushed tue mill
Will have capacity of ~ tons daily,
and Is so arranged mat 1t Can easily De
enlarged if found necessary.
The Galveston group of five claims
in h,aIIelte guicn In the Req River als-
trict, is beng worker by Sey more,
oauther q Reynolds. A crOss-cuL tun-
mel now 81 IeeL has been run on the
wesC de of u tracnyte dixie. In the
same gulcn the Victor lode is produc-
ing ore which runs ST. 40 per ton in
golu on The surface. The shaft is
down 22 feet. TINS property is owneu
oy b. +. Roberts, an Ola Leadville min
er, VINO exlecGs to go Gown 100 feet or
more before drifting.
A few days ago in front of the court
house at SANTA Fee, Special Master j.
h. SutherliD, sold The turquoise mines
owned by the American Turquoise
company, to satisfy mortgage he. q
against the property by the Farmers
Loan u Trust company Of New York.
The mines sold are the Old Castiilian,
Morning STAR, MuH1z, Gem and Sky
Blue, in southern Santa Fee county, anu
several claims in Grant county. The
property was bid IN by 9. w. Water
N an for Howard Career and w. r
Alllng OF Chicago, The price being $751;
80.
The last bar of gold bullion take n
out by Bell q Stephens in the final
cleanup, before transfer of their mines
and mill, was on exhlb ton at Agee &
Reilings drug store, yesterday. The
bullion was bright, yellow, melted
gold and the bar weighed IA pound.
avoirdupoIs or 2O4 1-6 ounces troy,
worth $40 per ounce, a total value of
S3266.66. The shipments of gold from
the Bell and Stephens properties for
years past has been made in pounds
and this tpe last sh pment is compare
lively a small one, the regular ship
ments usually running from 40 to 60 |
pounds sometimes as high as 100 pound
being sent out at one time.
The Treasure Mining company's
mill, at Pinos Altos, VIII Oh has been
remOd elled and new machinery nut in |