El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-17

The Golden SC pier mice at q AZ ~
Mont, has beer sold by the ma>te il
chaDcerv for $459,5 29.
The Mining ana Scientific p ess sa -.
that a Kingn an dispatch announces III
largest mining deal ever made in Mo
have county In the sale of the COnuor
| Minnesota mines to Thomas Ewing fUl
$3.50. GOO. THIS .'largest deal'' is som a
what in error. The Connor, MINI sott
and Cerhat mines. em hraeed in the
| deal it'll Mr.. Ewing are well worth
the $3.50, 600 to be paid for tbem.-Mo-
| Rave Miner
Charles Gracey, OF Ell Dorado canyon,
left on the flyer last Tuesday n ght for
the east to. purchase a big reduction
plant to place on the mines of the
Southwestern Miring company. The
mines have recently developed ore
bodies that rival the Comstock and
the mill now in usa is inadequate 10
handle the constantly increasing out
put. Mr. CIR cey is making u great
success of the company properties
Mobave Miner.
A ten stamp mill will be put in OPP
GRAFTON at The Ardath mine as soon as
the machiue Y reaches there from the
east. The says of the Ardath run
from $40 to 500 to the ton and the vein
is about thirty inches wide. Some of
the specimens taken from the mine
gleama d wi h the yellow stuff and in
dica'e that the property is remarkably
valuable. The intention is to put on
force of men as soon as the mill is up,
running night and day Mr.. White
thinks the company will furnish some
interesting reports from the Ardath
in a short time.-Mining News.
The Pacific Smeiter aud Mining CON-
psnv OF Los Angeles offers to put in a
SIS, 900 smelt;ng plant Ia Prescott npon
payment of Sl2, 600 cash and So. OOO i n
stock Of the home smelter company, it
he ny stipulated, however, that Mr..
Pritchard Of thst company be made
manager at salary of 5000 2 month:
or, the company will put in the pla Mt
for bonus of SIS, 900, $4,000 TO be daid
upon arrival of maabin ry, ard $1,000
when the plant is put up. AS stated
ell ewh ere. the miniog exchange com
mittee will hold aaother meeting to
consider the matter Courier.
Articles of Incorporation of the New
NJ, xico Iron Mining company have
b. en- places ou file ia Secretary Wal
lace's office, setting forth the follow sg
1ncorIorators, S. I. Gi ay:
Gray. n. NJ; L. Wallace Holt, Nc
NJ Ian, N. M Parker Earle, c. Wav-
cry JohHSoD, duu u y NJ "a &c "SoU;
Gray's Peak. n. NJ : objects of in or
poratio0, mining of iron ores and the |
of iron leTds. length of |
time for which the company ST al eKi t, |
fifty years: capital stock, $1,000, 900. |
Tie principal pace of busiuess is locat- |
ed at Gray, Lincoln county, N. Nj
Alb. Citizen.
Capt Ain John t. Smith, superinten
cent of the Harjshell, while in TUG /
son recently, told the CT izen that the
me- ter at Crittenl en- was tempors rily
closed down on orders from New York,
out for VIII 1t plrpose i } not known, as
The smelter was unders GOA to be a
paying prOpn>it on. The Hardshell,
rom which tt cro was supplied, has
developed in'o valuable property.
The o,e bouy is Is feet JetWeeu wall,
tud eve pound of it went TO the
,melter. An assay from the lowest
irift, 800 feet. sho" ed SlC5 silver and
81 lead. Col Rich ard Eames vii
leave for brief visit II New
York, and on his return the snelter
will again re blown in.-ProsE ector.
Another important mineral product
las been addei to the long list of use
ul minerals produced in Al iona or
h region tributary to it, An inves-
il Il ion just completed by Prof. w. 4.
olak= as me Arizona sen sOl OF LnldeS,
hOws that he crude ca bOna-e of soda
rom the b ad of tt e gulf of California
las high value for il dustrial purpOs-
. Ii is an excellent article ctrry ing
IN ar average over "a per cent of So
lium carbonate and may be-used an it,
IL ural state for the ssturation OF
rude bora cic &C d ard other purposes.
The drpGs t j, being exploited by cur
elbow cit zen, Andres Rebel, who pro
uses to supply the San Francisco mark
It with This valuable alkali. 1t is
s;dered by Prof. Blake to be vari-
ty of the mine raj known as ''trOua