El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-08
Notes.

The deepest shaft in Colorado is that
of the Geyser mine at Silver Cliff.
which is now down over 2,4O0 feet.
The Cochit. Gold Mining company
shipped another large gold brick on
Tuesday: actual weight 80 pounds, the
product of one week q run.-Bland Her
aid.
Rich copper bearing ore is showing
up in the Copper King Co. g mines at
Solomon Springs, says the Prospector.
Another body is widening in the cross
cut. Larger ore bins are being built
to accommodate the increased output.
D. r. Lockard has an assayer's GER
titicate on some ore taken from q mine
in which he ia interested. 1t shows
5, 497 ounces of silver to the ton of ore.
At present value this ore is worth So
298 20 per ton. If you had such ore
ybe you wouldn't want to tell where
it was located.-Rston Gazette.
Reports are that a big strike has
been made in the Storm Cloud group
of mines, located about twelve miles
south of Prescott, says the Courier.
Six feet of good gold rock is exposed
in the main shaft. A cross cut was
driven from this ore body and at a
depth of 200 feet another large ledge
of the same character of ore has been
struck.
George Marsh is back from trip to
his mining properties in Cochiti. He
reports the great camp as booming.
The Cochiti Gold Mining company Is
turning out $12, 900 per week, and
other properties are doing finely. The
promised custom mill will be built by
Chicago capital, but whether 1t will be
q general custom mill, or only for a
group of properties, is not yet deter
mined.-Santa Fe New Mexican.
| chihuahua apparently wants coal
as badly as FL PasO. The following lie
from the Enterprise: The discovery
of one good coal mine would do more
for them individually and more for the
prosperity of the city of chihuahua
than the discovery of a dozen silver or
copper mines. A gentleman says he
came across q coal bed, within fifty
miles of chihuahua this week, and
says the outcropping in various places
showed a fine quality of steam coal.
One cropping of the vein was thirtyfive
| feet wide.
| Last August gold nugget was
found in Western Australia weighing
between 95 and 100 pounds. The dis.
coverers confded the secret of the To-
cation of the find to their local clergy.
man, who, according to agreement, an.
nounced that on the, 18th he would
divuIge the locality. At the hour nam
ed 5000 men were present and before
the clergyman had finished telling
where the nugget was found there was
a stampede for the locality named,
everyone hoping to at least make q
location that he could sell on the
strength of its proximity to the place
where the big nugget had been found
at depth of Is feet.-Miner.
Carved turquoises are at present al
the rage, and new industry has
sprung up in London during the pas,
few months. AT first sight there does
not seem to be much connection be-
tween turquoises and wood engravings
but 1t is stated that owing to the fall
ing off in wood engraving, numerous
workmen have taken to turquoise cary.
| ing, being known among their fellows
as ''turquoisers. The American wo.
man is beginning to look upon this as
her national stone, for while the Per.
sian output has diminished 80 per cent
during the last few years the mines OF
New Mexico, near Silver City, have al
most atoned for this. A recently dug
turquoise just arrived in England, and
when carved, intended as a royal pre-
sent, is nearly three inches in Diane
ter.-London Mail.
That Mexico is most wonderful
silver producer is beyond question
The great mine Cinco de Mayo, neal
Oaxacs, in the Sierra Madre of Sonora
is bonanza. At depth of 100 feet
an immense pocket of ore has beer
found that runs 20, 100 ounces to the
ton. The entire lead is full of pocket!
averaging from 1000 ounces to the
ton to the great pocket just discovered
It is estimated to be worth $4,000 gOl(
to the ton. It is pure horn silver
There are also several fine producing
mines adjoining the Ciuco de Mayo
and the entire district is very rich
The country has never been prospect
ed, and In a few months it will become
most active mining district. Thu
owners of the Cinco de Mayo will opel
up road for the shipment OF ores
and operate their mines extensively
This district is one of the wealthiest II
minerals in the Notwithstanding