El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-12
MINING INTELLIGENCE.
Valuable Statistics and Various Notes
of IGtereSt to Miners.


claim jun ping was INDUCED in on New
Years eve at Las Cruces, and a great
many parties feel injured over the re
suit, and in some cases litigation will
follow.
The highest commercial value of the
American silver product was S57 $50, 600
in 1891 1t was 500. 563, 900 in 1892,
S46 800, 900 in 1893 and S3l, 422, 600 in
1894 In 1891 the value of all the sill
yer imported was S27, 200, 600, in 1892 it
was 500, $50, 900, in 1893 it was S3I, $780,
600, in 1894 it was over al, OO0,OOO
ga leading assayer OF New Mexico
says he considers that mining business
there is improving very rapidly.
much better class of ore is being
brought in for assay and the number
of ntrol samples is increasing. a
great deal of assessment work is being
done, and the mine owners are declin
ing to take any chances of losing their
claims"
AS an instance of the growth of the
Jerome mining camp it is cited that
Mr.. Hull of that place within the past
few months has sold building sites to
the amount OF 81, 055 and that on near
" every lot sold there has been erected
building which is at the present time
occupied.
Los Angeles Times says that the re-
cent discoveries of petroleum in COchise
county, will afford cheap fuel for the
reduction of gold and silver ores in
that country. In regions where wood
is worth from So to IS per cord such
discovery is not to be undervalued.
In silver from Mexico there was some
falling off in values imported into this
country from Mexico, the treasury
official report for the ten months giving
81. 100 321 as against 81, 909, III in 1893
Therefore the total for the year is not
likely to exceed SIS, 640, coo. To these
figures we have to add the value of
gold and silver imported from Mexico
in the form of ore, which on the aver
age of the first months of the year
would amount to about 81 800, 600, thus
making the gold production from Mex
leo, which the ,epublic has sent to this
country s., l03, 00O
An order has been issued from the
Office of the United Verde Copper CON-
paDy that every man in their employ
whose wages are garnisheed for debt
will be discharged at once. That's
business.-Jerome News.
The 1O-stamp mill at the Richenbsr
camp, 90 miles north of Phoenix, on
the Black Canyon road, is the only
electricity. The dynamo is short
distance from the mine in a canyon
and is run by water power and Pelton
wheel.
Although the production Of copper
has been pushed, the worlds supply in
stock is continually decreasing. The
total on hand at Dec. 1st of each year
from 1891 to 1891 inclusive was about
80, 900 tons. In 1895 it was 81, 481, and
for the past three months it has been
10000 tons. American exports to
against 81 595 for the same period last
year. The large increase consump
tion of copper will be the cause of deve-
Looping the many new discoveries made,
says the Mining and Scientific Press.
Jerome News says that Bert Morton
and DR.. Wood have succeeded in get
ting lease and bond on the Ring mine |
in the Cherry creek district. This is |
said, by old prOSpectOrS. to be the best |
claim in that district. They will work |
the ore at their mill on the Verde |
river.
The San Francisco Mining and Scien- |
tific Press says: Arizona has mining |
law which will not allow the relocating |
of claims to avoid assessment work. |
1t compels the locators to do develop |
ment work. Such law is a necessity |
in California, and it is to be hoped that
it will pass the next legislature.
The Excelsior Cold & Silver Mining
Co, at White Hills, Mohave county, !
are arranging for prosecution of work |
on an extensive scale, and will let a |
contract for transportation from King
man of more than 1000 tons OF building |
material and mine supplies.
An idea Of the richness of some of |
the copper mines of Michigan may be
gained from the fact that they have |
thus far paid their owners dividends of |
fully SO, 100000. The dividend of S25 |
a share just declared by the Calumet & |
Hecla Copper Mining company for the |
current year is especially noteworthy |
because it is the greatest dividend ever |
paid by this remarkable property. |
There are 100, 600 shares, so that the |
total sum distributed among the share
holders was 81 800, 600. When it is |
considered that the original value of all |
these shares was just the last amount
the tremendous earning |
powers of the property will be appre-
ciated. The selling value of the stock
is about thirteen times it's par value
San Bernardino Times Index.
The increase of 100000 pounds is
in the productien of anthony
which came wholly from California
mines. The increase in copper has
been extraordinary the total amounting
to 81. 80, $50 pounds. The gain was
made in spite of large decrease in the
domestic demand, but was more than
absorbed by the extraordinary exports
for the year which are the largest on
record. The gold production for the
United States in 1896 reaches the total
Of S51 900. 600, gain over 1895 of no
less than SO, 169,S09
The most stubborn skin and scalp
diseases, the worst forms of scrofula,
ali blood taints and posOns of every
name and nature. are utterly rooted