El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-21
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| Ia re Mexican.
The output of Hillsboro gold mine g
for the week ending Thursday, Decem-
Der 8. 1898, was: Wicks, 40 tons, K
;. Opportunity, rs; Sherman, 10; Rex
| (silver-lead) Is, Eureka, TO-; Freiburg
Is; total output since January 1, 1898,
9,575 tons.-Las Vegas Optic.
| A tunnel ia being run on the Aztec
property 100 feet lower than the old
workings, which will cut the ore chin
ney that produced SO, 900. 600 in early
days and made the property famous.
The Aztec go stamp mill has been re-
paired and is being supplied with low
grade ore from the many minor
Mexican.
The Carmen mine near Hermosillo is
| worrying at the depth of 70 feet on q
vein inches wide of ore, running 200
to 300 ounces of silver to the ton. The
Purisima which is near, has various
veins, one foot wide running 1000
ounces and another with 200 to 25O
ounces, of silver to the ton. La Cruz
has been running on ore paying 2, 400
ounces, but the richness of the vein has
fallen greatly.-Chihuahua Enter
prise.
The Rio Concho Mining company
have begun to work the rich gold
placer deposits at Santo Domingo, in
the state of chihuahua. They have
expended $4,000 in machinery,
pumps, buildings, etc. This company,
| which is composed of Milwaukee
capitalists, have 81, 300 pertenencias
denounced. The company expected to
handle 5000 tons of dirt per day, with
their:hydraulic process, which Is ex-
pected to give 500. gold per ton.-Mon-
terey Globe.
Sr. A Gonzalez, of Chihuahua, has
returned from visit to Denver, Col
orado, where he went for the purpose
of buying a mill to treat the ores of
the chihuahua Gold Mining g.
Milling company, who own q large
number of valuable claims near there.
$50 ton, though some is shipped run
ming as high as $500. Values are a bou
equally divided between gold ard sill
yer. About 80 per cent, of the value
is free milling, the remainder being
fine concentrating materisl.-Ex.
The Timber Peak mining company
ia erecting mill to treat the low
grade ore of it's mine at Socorro. The
mill win be of steel, and will have q
capacity Of $50 tons daily. The equip
ment will consist OF two 1Ox2O Blake
36x14, six sets OF conical screens with
hydraulic s'zers, elevators, etc. The
product is TO be finished on 20 Gift. Re-
lance vanners. The mill will be one
of the largest in New Mexico, the only
other one of greater capacity being
the mill of the Cochiti Mining compa-
ny at Bland.-Exchange.
The sale of the. San Xavier mines,
owned by Leo Gol6schmidt and Gen.
Manning, to some of the owners Of the
Kansas City Smelling Works lie an
nounced, the reported price being
$500, 900. The mines are located Is
deal of development work has been
done on them.@The ore, though not of
high grade. lies in an enormous body.
About 0,0OO tons of it have been ship
ped to Ell Paso and the Kansas City
Smelling Works, and no doubt the
sale resulted from the satisfactory re-
turns yielded by the shipments.-Bis-
bee Orb.
One of the oldest mining camps in
the state of chihuahua is Hidaleo del
Parral. 1t is located fifty miles from
the Mexican Central railroad. Old
mines that have been lying idle for
several years have been purchased
by companies and work will begin at
once. This promises mining boom
for Parral, which is caused by the
Central building branch road from
Jimenez to Parral. Stalforth Bros are
running their thirty stamp mill day
and night. The Jesus Maria will start
up at once with new set of pumps,
and will build large concentrating
plant. Manylmining concerns are pre-
pairing to begin work on a larger
scale. Fl
It is announced from Ottawa that the
Canadian government is arranging to
on the rivers in the Yukon district at
public sale. The rights are to be div
ided in sections, with an outside limit
of miles in length on any stream.
The taker will be required to spend at
least So, 900 q year in development and
other work on each section, and to Dew
$3.50 mile yearly rent, besides 10 per
cent, on all gold taken out over S25, OOO
Preference Is to be given to miners
who have already located claims in the
region. The official announcements
will shortly be made. 1t is understood
that the leases will ontain strict pro-
visions for forfeiture In case of failure
to work, so that claims cannot be held
for specu alive gineer-
ing and Mining Journal.
A. Bauer this morning started four
men with tools and supplies to the
group of mining claims owned by him
self and brother, in the Dragon noun
ta1ns, about twenty-five miles north of
Bisbee, and near Antelope sprinE.
These claims have some years been he
by the Messrs. Bauer, but althoug
gold silver and copper, in valuable
quantities, exist, no large amount of
development has been done. However,
a depth of from fifty to sixty feet has
been reached at several points.
1t Is now the intention of the
owners to prosecute development