El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-16
Notes.,

Very rich gold ore has been discover
ed on the black point at Cerbat. Spe-
cimens brought to Kingman are more
than half gold. For many years rich
float rock has been found there, but the
ledge was unesrthed only few days
ago.-Mohave Miner.
Work has been commenced on the
Portland, a promising claim in Cola
canyon, owned by Arthur i. Finch
and Geo. Hofheims. This claims shows
q strong lead of quartz which assays
development, become aproducing prop
perty
It is not generally known, but it is
copper bullion shipped from here 1s
shipped to Benson, reshipped to Quay
m as and then billed back from Quay
mas to New York City, the rate
being much cheaper by using this
method of shipment.-Bisbee Orb.
A mining man remarked to US one
day this week that Mr.. Porter didn't
s'care about selling the Snake and Op-
portunity mines" This bit of inform
alton did not surprise US any, possessin G
the knowledge as we do that the
royalties paid by leasers on these pro
perties for 1898 already amount to
OVER 0Id,o0o' AAood"SA d0o
ocrat.
The Bland Mining company have
men at work surveying pipe line
from Medic Dia canyon to their mill
below Bland, the object being to pro-
| cure q sufficient amount of water to sue.
| cessfully operate their present plant
| which is to be turned into custom
mill, and also the large plant to be
built at the Lone Star mine for the
treatment of its own ore.-Exchange
The Molina mines in the state OF
Chihuahua are at present in bonanza,
ths works are yielding fabulous re.
suits. The ores have silver, lead and
gold. The Mexican Ore company OF
Kansas City shas contracted for all the
ores from the mines. These ores
assay so ounces of silver to the ton
The company has ready for shipment
over 100000 tons of ore.-Two Re.
publics.
The excitement over the new find IN
tho Graham mountains .still continues
The strike is reported to exceed all
expectations and promises to be an
other bonanza like the Commonwealth
A new mining town will spring up as q
result, and this section will become
thoroughly advertised as the riches,
mineral section in the territOry-and
the mines ana discoveries 6ro mere IL
back up the claim.
From Nevada comes the doubtful
statement that VIM. M. Stewart viii
not be returned to the U. S. senate
This is too good to be true. The S. P
is powerful in Nevada, and that cor
poration needs him. The only interes
this paper has in the matter is the GOOD
of the mining industry; SO long as Sen
ator Stewart ia able to vote in the U
S. senate, so long needed changes IL
the federal mining law will not bt
made.-Mining and Industrial Press
Mineral creek, the new operators have
cleaned out aud timbered the 100 foot
shaft of the Poorman claim and sunk
it SO feet deeper and cross cut. Re
port says this cross cut pleases the
new people. In the Ray claim TIT
!, shafts have been cleaned out and re-
timbered. The ground requires tim
bering in these mines. Experienced
men who have lately examined othe
showing is good for the work DONE
Globe Times.
It is estimated that the mines at Ba
cerac, Sonora, which G. w. Wood re
Gently leased from Monroe Harper will
produce An enormous quantity OF orr
every day. The mine has been opened
up along the length of the property,
distance of 1900 feet, by about 300
feet of development work, all in or
and in many places of a very high
!, grade. The development work hat
!, been done principally by tunnels ant
with one exception of an uprise be
tween two tunnels with short stope
adjacent, sno STOPPING has been done
The minimum value of the ore shipped
to Ell Paso has been 225 ounces silver
The mine has yielded up to the pre-
sent time since its discovery over S96,
000. 90 U. S. currency of shipping orr
that has been marketed. The goli
value of the ore averages one ounce tt
the 100 ounces of silver contained il