El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-17

The Nogales Oasis | 8 informed on
good authority that the Gsrretson
Smelling company of Buffalo, N. Y,
has arranged to erect q 250 ton smelter
at Washington camp.
The Eagle Milling company have
now in their warehouse on the S. P.
track over 10000 bushels of wheat
stored, to be ground into Gold Dust
flour at their mill here.-Star.
Colorado's gold production has in
creased from Sc, 900 600 in 1893, to S22,-
900, 900 in 1881, putting it ahead Of Ca
lifornia in gold mining. Colorado has
also mined this year nearly $50, 600. 600
in silver, lead, copper and iron.
Twenty-Five pounds of gold, or near
ly s. 900, was taken from the plates of
the Senatea mill, near Prescott, as the
result of recent run on ffty-seven
toys of second grade ore from the Mon
to Cristo nine on Groom creek.
A strike was recently made in the
Rescre silver mine in Gila county.
The ore body shows a face OF twenty
inches and has been stripped sixty
feet. The ore averages 500 ounces in
silves and is growing richer, and the
vein is becoming wider.
The Old Glory mine in Arizona fas
again changed hands, Colonel Isaac
Trumbo. of Utah. having bought the
Stilson Hutchins' interest. E T. Hale.
q California mining man of wide ex-
psris nee and greatsuccess, has succeed
ed Major Eus Fechet as man
charge.
Specimens of orc worth at the rate of
$40. 600 to the ton have been taken
L. ko, TYnfo
Yavspai connty, where thirty feet OF
development work shows a twelve inch
VEN of remarkably high grade ore. In
the richer specimens the ore ID fairly
knitted together with wire god. A.
D. Lewis is the owner of the property.
Citizen.
The Jerome Copper company has
bonded the Hall interest in the suuay
South and seven other claims lying be-
tween the United Verde company's
main group and the Vulture, for &c..
coo. The company has commenced
work on what is known as the main
working tunnel, starting in the south
end of tbs Sunny South and running
north est about 1900 feet.-JepoMe
Mining News.
The Bland Herald brings the news
that strike of ve"y rich gold and sill
yer ore has been made on the 90-foOt
strip lying between the North Star aud
Lone Star mines and claimed by the
Washington Mining company. AT about
100 feet under ground in the tunnel
begun on North Star ground aud en-
tering the strip mentiOne7. blind"
vein was encount tered aud the quartz is
fairly plastered with native gold and
silver.
The efforts being put forth by Pres
cot people to secure smelter are re-
sulting in numerous proposi.i ions from
capitalists. The Pacific Mining and
Smelling coming of Los Angeles has
made several propositions, including
one TO put in smelter upon payment
Of S12 600 cash and 81, 600 worth of the
build and operate a smelter for a bonus
Of $40, 1000, to be paid weekly at the
rate of 81 so.
John Mitchell, superintendent OF the
Ell Paso compauy's properties. is prov
ing himself to be the right man in the
right place. The Othello and Dede-
mona are shipping regularly two cars
per day TO the Ell Paso smelters. This
is by no means the capacity of those
famous properties, but it may be said
til az the present output is wholly from
prospecting work, while the large
bodies, OF which here are several, are
held in reserve.-Ente rprise.
The strike of rich ore M ade near
Pearce, was at the Six Mile groupe of
mines. located at Fittshurg. Messrs.
Fits, Wright and johnson, the own
ers of the group. in development work
started an oren cut across the surface,
ard in running to strike the foot vail
the l-dgs increased Ia width, and body