El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-05

of ore. The shaft will be continued t,
depth of 500 feet with a fine scientifi,
development. Some 250 tons of the
ore have bean seat to Pittsbury, Pa.
for a thorough test of all methods of re-
duction, to determine the best. That
settled, large reduction plant of the
necessary kind will be put up at the
mine.
A rich lead mine has been struck on
Main street, Joplin, Mo-, and half
inter est in it was traded for 2OO-acre
farm in Clay County, KY, worth about
$4,000. About three weeks ago, while
workmen were grading Main street,
near First street, they struck body of
dry bone of lead. H. D. Graves and
Sam Vaughn, two miners, leased the
lot near where the lead was found and
began sinking a shaft. At the depth
of ! feet from the surface they struck
a rich body of lead ore and took out
over a ton of it near the sidewalk to-
day. A Kentucky capitalist visited
the mine and offered to buy it. Graves
would not sell Or trade his interest, but
Vaughn traded for the farm as stated.
Machinery will be put on the ground,
and Joplin will soon have a big lead
niue working on Main street, two
blocks from the business center.
| Preparations are being made at
Phoenix for the development on large
scale of the onyx dep ,sits at Mayer.
| The property was sold few months
ago to party of Eas ern capitalists,
| among them Congressman Fowler, of
| New Jersey, for $50, 200. Six new quar-
ries, in addition to several now in op-
GRAFTON, will be opened as soon as the
| outfit for mining can be made ready,
and the force of men will be correspon-
dinghy increased. Eighty tons of ma
chinery are now on ground, including
! two double-lever channeling machines.
The company has contract to furnish
100 tons of onyx to Eastern partie-, an d
this shipment will be made as soon as
possible. The onyx deposit is 260 acres
in extent, lying in circular form, and
| in continuous strata, and including an
infinite variety of colorings.
Col. J. r. Williams, who is we'll
known in ST Louis. last month. made a
sale of two fine gold mining properties
to Frank L. Bliss, of Cory, Pa. One
is the San Martin, situated in JaliscO,
about four hours ride from Ameca;
the other the Oroche. The new owners
will erect mill plant. to cost S25, 600,
will be further developed before a
plant is put in. Col. Williams retains
an interest in both properties Another
mining property, called the Colorado,
was sold by Col. Williams to Youngs-
town Ohio capitalists, represented at
Ameca by Mr.. indie Grove, general
manager. Mr.. Grove started to de-
velOp it at once.
G. L. Hartsfeld, the contracting
agent for the National Ore and Reduc-
ton company, 415 Locust street, st. Louis
has just returned from ninety-day
trip in California and Mexico. During
this time Mr.. Hartsfeld has travelled by
train, stage, horse and burrO- back, over
5000 miles and has erected for his
places: AT Ore-Grande, Daggett and |
Suverado, Cal, furnaces of 2OtOn
capacity. and at Visalia, Cal, one of
5-ton capacity. In Mexico, one of 5 tons
at OjO Caliente, and one of 20 tons at
chihuahua, and Mr.. Hartsfeld states
that indications for future business in
that territory are very bright. The |
Mexican agent for this company is MIR. |
w. II. Brown, of chihuahua, Mex.
A. L. Vlllagrau, general manager of
the Two Republics mine in Jalisco,
was in ST. Louis last month on his way
to Pittsburg, Pa, where the annual
meeting of his company was held. This |
company has all the machinery on the
ground for a twenty-five ton chlOriua-
on plant, aud will erect it as soon as
the Amy season is over. Some time
Since the L WO 1lopuOlJcS DOuRQU
ranch of $4,000 acres in JaliscO. Mr..
Vallagran says that it is now entirely
paid for, and they have perfect title
to it. They have thirteen or fourteen
good mines. Recently a cross cut tun-
mel was driven 300 feet in, and in that
distance five different veins were cut.
M. L. Burr. of Milwaukee. is president,
and Julian Kennedy, of Pitt-burg, Pa,
secretary and treasurer of this compa-
| ny.
The mining industry in Sonora was
| never more prosperous than at present,
and the number and magnitude of the
enterprises can be family conveyed by
the following approximation of the
| number of men employed in the differ
| ent districts into which the state is
divded: District of Hermosillo, 4 800:
District of Ur S, 200; District Of Ariz-
pc, 1000; District of MocteZuma, 800:
District of Sahnaripa, l 800: District of
Magdalena, 1000; District of Alamos,
1.50O; District of Altar, $500: or over
production of the precious metals. The
| to about 3, 900 and many of the proper
ties are beneficial producers. The
district of Guaymas is omitted from
the above list, as statistics for it were
not available. 1t would not add mater
tally to the total.
New Jersey is sending great deal of
| money to Arizona to be Invested in
mining. 1t is sa d there is plenty: of
money idle there and as times improve
| it will come west. The success of a
ma will bring thousands of dollars The
| hard times Gave capital better fields