El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-26
} Mines and
! Mining.

! Mining. h!
The fire at the Blossburg coal mines,
near Ration, New Mexico. has caused a
scarcity of coke at all the smelling
plants of Arizona and New Mexico.
The Piuos Altos, New Mexico. Gold
Mining compauys properties are De-
ing thoroughly developed prior TO the
erection of a large milling plant where
in the ores will be treated.
Placer mining in the Humbug, .Ariz-
Ona, district is quite prOtitaoie. All
the gold secured Is extremely heavy,
and with plentiful supply of water,
mining in that district Is renumera-
tive.
The mill connected with the mining
department of the University of Arr
IONA, is beng put in order for a test
run upon couple of carloads of
wolframite ore from the Dragon noun
iains.
Considerable stir in the Jicarills :,
New Mexico, mining camp lately. F..
NJ Atkinson has obtained some very
satisfactory results from the tests of
his placer machinery during the past
week.
Information comes from Los Angeles:
The South BIsbee, of Bi.bee, ArIz.,
has just purchased from Messrs. &. b.
Boosne & Co., Of Los Angeles, COM
piete steam noisting outfit for use on
their properties at South Bisbee.
Grscey's mill is running regularly
and crushing about eight tons of ore
daily. Lee Raugot, who has the con-
racL for hauling the ore from mine to
mill, is in town LOOKING after more
animals TO pull his big wagons. says
The Moiave Miner.
Judge Lew Davis has returned from
a visit TO the Jarlllas. He says the Ed
dy Bros. at present have Az men en-
ployed at one of their gold miues and
that they are taxing out 30 tons of very
rich gold ore each day which is snip
ped To the smelter here.
Ira Haight wss in Tucson, Arizona,
yesterday from Silver Bell district.
tie is connected with the smelling
operations of Carl Nelson. He states
that three tons daily is the product of
and everything is most favorable to q
red copper producing camp.
The Baysrd Smelling & Milling
company, with principal place of bust
ness anu offices in Pniiad el phia, has
filed u certificate in Secretary Wal
lace's Office designating Central City,
Grant county, as the pace of business
of the company In New Mexico and ap-
pointing II. Niles as resident agent
Exchange.
Word comes from Solomon Springs,
Arizona, 10 the effect that the ore bod y
in the incline shaft of the Copper
King mine at that place is increasing
both in quantity and quality. This Is
most encouraging news and the hap
pest man is Charley B ackburn, who
has charge Of the company's affairs in
that section.
The establishment of q mining land
Office at Cusas Grandes, in northern
Chihuahua, which now seems certain
in the near future, will be OF the great-
est benefit and convenience to pros
pectors and mine owners in the north
ern ST ezra Madres, as it will save them
the expense and time of long journey
to Guedrero.-Euterprise.
The Corliss engine for the Texs:
mill arrived at Central, n. NJ Sunday
nections made. The delay in the man
ufacture of this piece OF machinery.
the factory being crowded with prior
orders. has to some extent retarted
progress upon the mill. The mill viii
probably be running within two
weeks.
Superintendent +. j. Martin of For
tuna was in town Wednesday. He
states that the cyanide expe rimen
which have been recently conducted
near Yuma, Arizona, with view o.
determining the best methods for the
ire stment of the immense pile of rich
| tailings at Fortuna, have demonstrated
the superiority of the percolatior
method.
Water was turned on Thursday a
the big hydraulic plant of the Temple
Bar Consolidated Mining company a.
Temple bar on the Colorado river, neal
kingmsn, Arizona. The washing o
gravel by direct press ure as done q
Temple Bar is great achievement Ii
hydraulic mining, and has hereto fore
been considered by many an impossi-
| bility.
Official orders have been ISSUED
| from the surveyor generals office for
the survey of the Annie Code mining
claim in the White Oaks mining dis
trict of Lincoln county, New Mexico
| Alexander G. Lane claimant. AL
amended survey mas been ordered o
the Bonita mining claim in the Pit
tsburg mining district of BernalillI
county, Moritz NJ. clsimant.-Neu
Mexican.
There has been considerable acti
witty in the "White Signal" N. NJ
| camp during the past thirty DAYS
caused by some recent discoveries OF
veins of galena and copper pyrites
carrying good values in gold and sill
yer as well as lead and copper
/ Chapman and Carter, two experienced
| nrnsnectnra whn racentlv came to TIL