El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-11

The shipment of ore from Florida
station, coming from the Cooks Peak
camp, now averages over one hundred
cars per month.
\ vein of fine coGing coal has re-
Gently been discovered near La Luz.
Samples of it were shown to the rail-
road CAPT alists and it was pronounced
by them 10 be a first class quality.
The Anaconda company owns over
100 localities at Butte. Mont, and has
expended over $4,000, 600 since 1881.
An average of ,, 800 men are employed.
The output of copper for 1896 is estl-
mated al 100 100000 pounds.
The output for Cripple Creek for
April is estimated at a little over ST.
900, coo. and it seems that for the first
four months of the current year the
product has been nearly, if not quite,
twice as great as it was for the CORES
poldlng time in 1896
At the mouth of Fresnal canon near
La Luz is q mountain of fine marble as
is to b. found anywhere and its colors
are d varied as the hues of the rain
bow. y party OF French capitalists
have recently orgaUized a company to
develope and work this property.
The Guggenheim Co, have resumed
development work upon their copper
properties at Nacosari, the reason, 1t
is reported, being that the Copper
Queen Co., want to have in sight
ore 10 justify construction of rail
way before closing the deal for pur-
chase.
Mohave Miner: Charles L. Price
tlOcated al immense ledge bearing
gold on the old Potts mountain trail,
Bill Williams Fork. The trail ran
| l,. "A n
| that the ore was coated with lime 1t
| never attracted the attention of pros
| De ctOrs. Those who have seen the ore
say it is big thing.
Mr.. J. B. Magruder is arranging to
erect Il smelter at Las Cruces, on the
Sonora river, about thirty-siX miles
| d bOve HermOSillO, in an easterly direc-
| ton. The plant will consist of two 30
| ton wa.er jacket stacks with all the
| necessary machinery. Ores will be
| wor ked from the Colorado and Los
| Muertos mines, both having large
| bodies of low grade. huxing ores. Low
| grade fiuxing ores from other mines
| Will also be bought. Coke will come
from Europe by the ship-load, and the
| bullion will be shipped out by the same
| route. Active operations will begin
about June fet.
| The hot-lakes district of New Zeal
and, covering an area of 1000 square
miles, is very actively and peculiarly
volcanic. The particular attraction of
| the district lies in the changes that
are continually taking place in it. AL
| most from DAY to day extraordinary
! transformations are worked by heat,
fire and steam. The greatest of the
vo.canIc mountains, Ruapelm, rises to
d height of 5000 feet: and one OF the
| geysers is estimated to throw water
and steam to a height of $50 feet,
while the lakes, ponds and pools con-
| tain water of every degree of temper
allure.
Digging for jewelry seems rather an
odd occupation, but in Central America
| it has been carried on for long time
with success and profit. Along the
Goa ST of Costa R,c4 are vast cemeteries
in which the original inhabitants of
lOpg ago were buried. With them
were inferred great quantities of gold
ornaments, that metal being found
abundantly in that region. Many of
the graves have b5en opened and from
them gold has bee n taken to the value
of at least 81 900, 000. The first dis
cOveries of this treasure trove caused
rush for the field of exploration
which promises to rival that of 1919 to
California. Thousands of the graves
st 1t remain unopened ana IL Is com
mon prac ice for visitors in search OF
curiosities to rob them.
The Tasmania Gold Mining company
is about ID install d hydraulic pumping
plant, consisting Of Il trip -e-eXpaneion
vertical inverted engine to Indicate
about 700 horse power, with hydraulic
pumps under each cylinder, says Lon
don Engineering. This, with four
large boilers, will be placed on the
surface at the pit head, and hydraulic
engine to work at a pressure of 200
pounds per square inch will be fixed at
a depth of 900 feet, the water being |
conveyed to it through a 4-:nch pipe |
carried down the shaft from the pump |
at the top. The hydraulic pump will |
actuate existing plunger pumps raising |
water 200 feet ID point where it can