El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-02
HONEYWELL Gold Camp.

, This law will come into force on thu
t 1st of July.
HopewelI Gold Camp.
: The Optic has published the follow.
ing account of the interes ing golo
camp II Hopewell, New Mexico:
The Cinnsb bar mining company have
their new shaft down lao feet. They
will commence drifting at once to cut
The main lead which is within fifty feet
of the bottom of the new shaft. Assays
from the C,nnabar" run up a. high "a
$4,000 per ton, but the average assay
is 5000.
Within 200 yards of the 'Cinpabar''
is the ''Lit1le Nary mine, owned by
the Eureka Mini G company, composed
of Las Vegas p Ople. Work on this
property has heen song 90 all winter.
| Tuey have fine showing. In drifting
| west from their main shaft they cut q
seven foot lode and have driffed 100
| feet in this lode, but they are now sing
ing a shaft about the middle of the
drift and are taking out some fine ore
III fact, everything between the walls
is ore. This large lode has been ope ned
up in three places, showing a contin-
uous ore chute for at least 400 feet.
Parties holding interests in the Little
! Mary" mine are very fortunate.
Just acr,-s the gulch from the ''Cin-
abar' mine is the Good Hope" prop
erty, owned and being worE ed by Bur-
l.pgton railway officials. They have
Jh, ir tunnel in 800 feet and they ara
pushing ahead 10 cut the main lode.
| which within fifty feet from the
| breast of the tunnel. A few days ago
they cut a blind lode tt at is quite rich,
it showing free gold, with some copoer
ard silver. AS sOOn as they cut the
main l"ds, drift ing will be dore, in
both the lodes. and shipments of ore
made This property makes fine
showing now-oue that any camp
SHOULD be proud of.
A little further up the gulch comes
the great "Tenres-ee" miue, ownet
and worked by Mr.. Lsymaa. This mine
shows a fifty foot vein that runs from
So TO $50.
Ado ming the Tennessee" is the
''Golu Nugget" claim in Jones gulch,
that shows fur distinct lOdes running
in width from two to eight feet. This
miue has wonderful showing and it is
on y a matter of lit lie development to
make il one of the best mines in the
te ritary.
Close to the Gold Nugget" is the
"Slduey" mine. This property has been
developed sufficiently to show a solid
body of ore about forty feet wide, that
averages so per ton.
Next comes the patented properties
rich ore. Specimens can be seen
in the ore chutes now that are very |
rich
Work was started, short time ago, |
by Mr.. Sterling and others. on one of
'hese mines AID they expect to have it |
in good shape by the 1st Of May. The |
ore chutes that have been worked in all |
the patented properties are all contin- !
Gus d lot ngle one has pinched |
in nf no
las increased with depth.
Adjoining b, pa5en1e1 prope ties |
comes the "BIack Horn" claim, owned |
by Wisconsin Poop e. This property |
will be wor ked very extensively, this |
spring. A 1.OOO-p"und mil run from |
tn S III ne gave r. turns f $40 per ION ,
Next comes the Mineral Pointn |
Miller & Thomas. Two shifts are
pu- hing WORK In their large tunnel, |
which is in now 100 feet. They have
ID ut 2UO feet yet to go to cut their
main lode. This property makes a |
wonderful showing liz the shaft that ia
sirk on the main lode and some of the |
rest free-eold nipples tr"m this or
any other camp come from TINS lode.
Lying parallel with the Mineral |
Point m ne is tn "R-d Jacket mine
This mile has fine hosting plant and |
stamp m II This mine will be started |
up on the 1st day of April. The stamp
NIL ha, been re-mOdelrd and a concen-
ira or added, which will successfully |
treat the '.R d Jacket ore.
About or mile north from the Red |
Jacket property, wilt be found the |
great iron mountain that is being |!
bored by J"hu J. Pace 81 Co., all Las |
Vegas PEOPLE. Mr.. Pace is pushing
work, day and night, while the country
rock IN his tunnel is very hard be mas |
made nearly 800 f1et since he COM
mence1, and expects tt cut one of the
main lode, in he noun ain, IN a short |
iime Mr.. Pace has had several years
a humber of railroad men, who w II
ma Ike money out of This undertaking,
beyond any doubt, as the gold is there,
Articles of incorpora ton of the
South western Copper company have
b filed tn ere airy Mil er. The
C rJor .tion 3 organized by Thomas +.
CONWAY, and others, OF Silver Ci V, N
NJ and GeDrg S. Curt S, Char eS +,
jones and J. BoarImAn Cam. OF Bus-
ton. Mass, for the purpose of ca 'ryjng
on a general minIog and reducti
business. Cap.tal stock, S5O0,O0U;
princi pal place of business, Boston,
Mass New Mexico office is to be To-
Gated IN Pascal, Grant county.
Gar1ner, Worthen & Co.'S are push
Ing Work on the big Ro-emount smell
err. They are under contract to COM
p'ete the work by Saturday next. In
order TO push it rap dly along boil-r
makers had to be br ught fro "a Ell
Paso and now unless something unfore-
SEN happ n it will oe in rad n-, s 70
load by Sunday or ~onday morning at
the fartherest. Cit.zen.