El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-15
Mines and
Mining.

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Articles of Incorporation of the St
Louis Copper Co. have been field: In
~corporators, A. j. Shot we'll, Mr.. r
Chartrand. A. F. Hotter, w. 81. Hof-
meister. and j. R. Kinealy. Capital
stock, 800, OOO.-Star.
The rich New Star mine located
near Casss Grandes has CHANGED
hands. The price is not known. T
new management is putting in ad'
ditional machinery. The ore is said to
be quite rich.-Mexican Herald.
F. ank Miller of Payson, reports iu.
creased interest in the copper, gold
and silver deposits on Gun creek,
twenty miles east of Payson, Gila
county. The lodges of this copper de-
posits are said to be fl ON so to 10 feet
wide, covered with an iron Gaping
Bulletin.
night for Prescott and will go from
b. has a large number of men at work.
After Col. BrOdie has things running
good at the Crown Point he will go to
Porto Rico to Investigate some silver
mines.-Republican.
AT HALEY, Idaho, local mining men
estimate hat j. l.. Packard, in deve-
Looping the Tip Top mine, will have
spent 5000, 900 before getting any re-
turns. That's the difference between
| HALEY, Idaho, and Hillsboro. N. M.
Hero no man has ever spent 81, 600 be-
fore being able to make q shipment to
mill or smelter and secur returns
Exchange.
The contractors on the Sacramento
Valley railroad have been granted un-
til the 18th of December in which to
begin work on the road, and on their
part the contractors agree to complete
the road to White Hills by the first
day of June, 1899. The early compile
tiop of this roa is greatly to be desir-
ed by the mine owners of the West
Side.-Mohave Miner.
A report from good authority is cur
rent to the effect that an Immense
chamber OF even richer r than has
heretofore been DUE was discovered
last week in the Commonwealth mine
at Pearce. This property is certainly
q marvellous producer. The pres are
the richest in the territory If not in
the entire west, and the supply prsc-
tically limitless. and by the way Is one
of the' Cochise county producers
Prospector.
The Rio Concho Mining company
have begun to work the rich gold
placer deposits at Santo Domingo.
chinery, pumps, buildings, etc. This
company which is composed of Milwau-
kee capitalists, have $500 ~pertenencias
denounced. The company expects tC
handle 5000 ions of dirt per day, with
their hydraulic process, which Is ex'
pected to give SOC gold per ton.-Mex'
lean Herald.
The value of the November output
of gold from the dry washers OF the
Hillsboro gold placers, did not reach
the figures predicted by this paper a
few weeks ago, owing partly to the
Thanksgiving holiday and An unex'
pected snow storm. Instead of amount
ing to 81, 500, as we thought it would,
the November output of gold amount
ed to put 81, $50. 1t was purchased by
Keller, Miller & Co., T.. G. Iona and
Robins & Crews.-AlbuquerQue Demo
crat.
Four Mexican residents: of Ell Pase
have discovered and located what bids
fair to be one of the most valuable cop
per silver mines in the Mexican state
of chihuahua. The great lode, eighteer
feet in width and carrying or the sur
face As per cen copper nj thirty INT
ounces silver Ito the ton, is situate
about twenty-etght miles east sOf Ortis
station on the Mexican Central rail
road, 218 miles south of Ell Paso tand B.
miles south of chihuahua and 80 'milel
east of the ConchOs :river.-Chihushui
Enterprise.
Reports received from the Crane
Reef mine show an increase of riot
ore as depth is obtained. The biz
ledge has bee penetrated to q depth
of 467 feet aud q Gunuel is being driven
- z<-sl.1 49, Inn fo@k axv1 D@L At
ting and sinking are abeing vigorOusl,
prosecuted and the promise of the min,
is steadily growing greater. TIL,
policy of the owner in developing tn,
mine on a grand scale before erectin,
q reduction plant is in marked contras
with that of the impractical enthusias
who builds the smelter before he find
the requisite amount OF Ore.-Peco
Star.
Ell Cielo is the name of an antique
mine situated about half way between
Hermoslllo and la Colorado, which
has beeu recently denounced and /
now being worked with good results b,
Messrs. John Grant, j. CouRhell an(
J. Frazier. of Minas Prietas and
George Wanless, of Hermosillo. Their
is a five-fOot ledge which recent rs
says show to run about S25 in gold pc
ton, $40 silver and q large percentage
Of lead. A shipment of ore made som
time ago yielded S16 gold, about $50
silver and considerable lead. A tun
mel has been run on the vein $50 fee
long, in ore all the way.-Chihuahu'
Enterprise.
John Flanagan and Morris O'Don
nell have started from Chihushus TO
Rio Fuerte with q ten ton smelter
with which to treat ores of fine pro
missing properties in the district O