El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-07

The miners in jerome dlsburSe
$4S, 900 each mouth in cash arc this
camp is destined to be one OF the
largest and most prosperous mining
towns in the United States.-Ex.
Report is that the twenty-six inch
vein of rich ore in the Silver Trail in
Yavapai county has widened to thirty
six inches. This property is one of the
Sun Dance compauy's group.
The tailings of the old Nul.ure mine.
for long time one of the standard ore
producing camps of our territory, and
whichha lately passed into the hands
OF new owners, are to be treated b ] the
cyanide process.
In Bundle Bee district, near Ante
lope Falls, Mr.. Goring has claim,
with shaft only twenty-five feet deep,
from which he Is said to have mined
so, 900 w )rth of very rich gold ore.
Many recent locations have been made
close to Mr.. Goring's strike.
The new Empire smelter at Critten-
den was blown in and was run one day
this week, in " hich twenty-seven tons
of ore were smelted, from which was
realized sos to the ton in gold. This
ore came from the Hardshell and FluX
mines, which are owned by the compa-
ny.
BerpalilIo county, n. NJ, has prob
ably the greatest area of copper bear
ing ground in the world: an area sixty
miles long by not less than twelve
miles wide, on every square mile OF
which copper ores of great value in
both quantity and quality may be
found.
The Copper Queen company is max
ing another shipment of 200 tons of
70 rrnaN- nd oo
ment of this size last mOlth, and ex-
pect to make similar shipments during
each of the next six months: this in ad-
dition to their regular bullion output.
Tom bstone Prospector.
At the present rate of gold produc-
ton Arizona's put for this year wilt
reach S12, 0O0.O with the chances Of
an even greater output if the remark
able discoveries which have been made
during the last six months continue
and the development Of the same are
pushed with that vigor the present in
dictates, 1897 will be cac sheaf for Ari-
zona's gold Observation-Disclosures
News.
Cerrillos, n. NJ, dispatch. Mon
day, in cross cut on the Gold Stand
ard mine, about Il feet from the sur
face, piece of ore 14XllX6 inches, was
taken out which surpasSeS in richness
anything before encountered. even in
that wonderful mine. The ore weighs
about 60 pounds and is literally filed
with gold. The estimated value is
about 81, 600. The ore from the rich
vein in this mine has all been sacked
and stored, and the owners estimate
the value of ore stored to be from ST.,
200 to So, 900 a sack.
The mines and reduction works of
the United Verde Copper company, at
Jerome are at present employing over
200 men and are handling approXi-
mately 400 tons of ore per day. The
principal shaft is about 800 feet deep
from different levels tunnels have been
driven, and the underground workings
are extensive. The engine capacity of
the plant amounts to 20UC-horse power
which is utilized in hosting ore,
operating air drills, copper converters,
machine shop and /, 40-:On crane. A
vast amount of new iron work is being
put in, consisting of structural works
for buildings covering the entire plant
consisting OF engine and boiler rooms,
converters, blast furnaces, machine
shops and foundry. Additional en-
gineS and boilers and two new converts
are being put in. y new reverb aratory
furnace has just been completed which
will be used IN smelling the finer ores,
those rich in silve~. The
ore when taken from the nire5 is first
roasted in heapes, whereby it is de-
1t then goes TO the blast
furnaces and finally 10 the converters.
The copper bullion which is thus rrG-
duced is about 80 per cent pure copper.
Cor. Mining & Scientific Press.