El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-04

IF. Lacy is shipping two cars OF
iron ore per day from his mines lear
the city limits of Silver City to Pueblo,
The Silver City Reduction Co. 8
plant is being altered SO that LEAD
ores may be treated there. Up to
this time no lead ore has been treated
at this company's works.
Prospecting upon the 'McKinley''
claim, which adjoins the Gold stand
ard - near San Pedro, is progressing
favorably under the management OF
Francis Hall. one of the owners.
A gold spring is the latest mineral
novelty: it is up in British Columb a
and the water contains gold and cop
per in solution. The daily output ls
lO. 900 gallons, and how to gather In Tn e
riches of this Pactolian spring Is the
problem.
NAV he hauled to the Kansas City
commands smelter at Monclova, Mex,
now in course of construction, but tnls
will not ma erially interfere with snip
ments to Marathon, as the MoncIoVa
smelter cannot use very Iar ge amount
of the class of ore found at the Carmen
Observation-Disclosures.
Mining men az Elko, New. are IN
ferment over the robbery OF S4O,O
worth of bullion from the Dexter mine
in Tuscarora district. The the1t oc-
curred several weeks ago but no action
was taken in the matter until recently
when the sheriff started for Iuscarora,
with warrants for the arrest OF two OF
ticials of the mine suspected OF the
robbery. Meanwhile the supposed
culprite had left the camp and are
being watched for all along the
line.
1t is reported from Montana that
the Big NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. people are ne
gotiating for control OF the Montana
Ore Purchasing company with view
tn consolidating it with the Boston q
Montana and Butte and Boston compa-
MES. This would make one OF the
largest copper mining companies In
the world. The Lewiesohn Bros. are
the principal stockholders of the Santa
Fe Copper company, whose extensive
mines are situated at San Pedro
Rustler.
A big strike has been made in the
vicinity of Cusihuiriachic by native
prospectors. From all reports it is one
of the richest discoveries ever made IN
the state. The vein is eight feet vide
silver and runs from 800 to
, 900 ounces to the ton. The new hnd
Is about twenty-five miles southeast
from Cusihuiriachic. EXcitz ment runs
high among the mining men ana all the
territory within miles of the rich Ind
is being denounced. The finders OF the
bonanza have refused an offer OF SOU
600 for their discovery Chihuahua
Enterprise.
The past week has been great one
for Six Nile canon and the Terry min
ing district. On the Gold Star a
large body Of ore has been catered oy
the shaft more than meeting the eN-
pectatiOns of the owners. Two shl1ts
are pushing work on this valuable
property which is improving with every
foot. A body of very rich ore was
struck on the Key stone" a claim be-
longing to the Terry brothers and now
being worked under lease. More dis
coveries are looked for, as work Is
pushed on several promising prospects.
-Socorro Advert ser.
THE New York Engineering and
Mining Journal, in its report OF the
metal markets for the week ending
May 18th, says that foreign demand Tor
copper CONTINUES on scale sufhclent-
ly large to absorb what surplus there
is" and that the consumption ABROAD
continues on marvellous scale, and
there are as yet no Indicators OF
fallinh off" This is due largely to the
fact that Europe is just beginning to
utilize electricity on large scale
for light, heat aud motive power;
With a steady and Increasing demand
for copper at good prices, the building
of the White Oaks railway, will open
up at FL Paso's door one of the richest
and most extensive copper regions In
the United States, outside of tue Lake
Superior county-that of the san An
dres range of mountains In New Mexico
and make of this city copper mart
second only to New York.