El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-05
About the JdrllldS.

Special Correspondence or the HERALD.
LA LUZ, N. M, Nov. 3, '9S.-At
1890 on the 31st ult. L reached Jarilla
station, on the Ell Psso and Northeast
ern railroad, and was escorted thence
to the Office of the St. Louis United
Copper Mining Co., four miles north
of the station. Here 1 found locations
reaching from the canyons bed to the
tops of adjacent hills, in every direc-
ton, covering an area which has been
'prospected" repeatedly during the
last half century.
If any of the old-timers who pros
pected in this range fifty years ago
who shot buffalo and antelope, and not
un ire quently made 'good Indian"
of q painted fiend-could be recalled
from over the divide to former familiar
haunts, they might recognize rugged
peaks and bold rim rocks which have
resisted the rust of ages
and the power of man.
But all else would be new-the herders
dugout, the prospectors tent and the
more pretentions DOLLHOUSE of the mess
land he would find himself surrounded
py sights and sounds less cOngenial to
his tastes than was the lethargy from
which he had been aroused. He would
be ''out of the swim, In the midst of
modern appliances, where natural Gu
riOsity could not over ride acquired
stoicism-''a gone fawn skin"
The St. Louis United Copper Co. has
q group of five claims, but short dis
lance from their Office, in all of VIII ich
copper. bearing gold, predominates.
While Mr.. Gibbs, the Co.'S. superin-
tendent, was neutrality-suspicious., and
gave me the freedom ofthe camp, he
was cautious and non-committal in re-
ply to questions as to values yielded,
81 cannot state just what per cent OF
copper or value in gold, is at present
returned: but 1 may be able to speak
more definitely, for publication, after
more development is done". Why this
reticence, it is somewhat difficult for
pencil trimmer to comprehend.
But-Mr. Gibbs led the way to q new
location detached from the group,
which had but little work done by two
men who were pounding" at the bot
tom of an inclined shaft, about twenty
feet below the surface. This vein, the
Mabel, dips to the N. E.. and, in a few
days, yielded about seven tons of
pyrites and red and black oxide of cop
per, from a:.twenty inch. edge, averag-
ing about IL per cent OF copper, and
carrying gold. The formation is lime
| stone. r,..
N On the southeast of Mr. Gibbs IS
the "Turquois King the producer
owned by A. J. DeMules. Mr.. DeMules
has done an immense lot of work, hav-
ing sunk to considerable depth four
shafts, and done q large amount oil
dead work while 'stripping'' for an
out crop of this valuable product. From
this work Mr.. De Mules has had re-
numerative returns, one item of which
is said to be the largest stone ever
cut in the United States.
The Jarilla turquoise ia said also to
show better analyses than those OBJ
tanned from the Mogollon or other dis.
tricts, in the possession of more dur.
able and truer color.
L also called on III. S. Church, super
intendent of the mining properties,
within two miles of Jarilla station, il
which Messrs. @ B. and j. A, Eddy
and Commodore Lowry are largely in
terested. This, also. is a new camp
and while the company is very strong
it appears to work with judicious de-
liberation, determined to ascertain i
the product is remunerative before ex
erting the full force of their ability il
the development of these properties
But like Supt. Gibbs, Mr.. Church i;
very reluctant to anticipate results
and is as cautious in speaking of pre-
sent values only-expressing the hope o
being able to gvie information in TIT
future. et-.--
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