El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-17
} Mines and
! Mining.

1.-The G. aim recently made in the west
that the famous Lost Cabin gold mine
has been found recalls the fact tn at the
mine has been found before" remark
ed an old miner to a Washington Star
reporter the other day. 1.-The Lost
Cabin mine is in the bad lands in Wy
oming, near the headwaters of the Big
Horn river, and about 60 miles from
FIT. Washable. In 1874 five men set
out from the fort to prospect. was
invited to go along with them, but
have always congratulated my
self that did not &C
company them. because few weeks Ia
ter, when one of the miners with a few
small nuggets in his pockets wander
pletely gone. All he could murmur
was plenty of gold in Lost Cabin Ex-
petitions were at once sent out, but no
trace was found of the mine or the mis-
sing men, who, it is supposed, were
killed by Indians. In 1884 cowboy
rode into Fort. Washable and said that
he had found the Lost Cabin by acct
dent'and ,as every one believed that the
Lost Cabin mine was fabulously rich,
crowd of eager miners were soon ready
to start with the discoverer. They
found q decaying cabin, with
four skeletons in or near it and tun-
nei sunk in the hillside. The ore
found in the tunnel was black and
heavy, and the first man who got out
with mule load never went back, for
the assay showed no trace of gold
the finding of Lost Cabin got out
and for months miners fiocked there,
only to be disappointed. After while
the excitement died out and the old
mine was deserted. But still the
problem remains. Where did the
crazy miner get his nuggets and what
became of his four companions? Many
prospectOrs think that the crazy miner
found his nuggets while away from his
companions. and lost his mind as we'll
as his way, in trying to return to
them"
The Penoles Mining company of Ma
pimi, If not one of the largest mining
concerns in this country, certainly
ranks among the highest for the COM
pleteness of its arrangements for doing
work on large scale and handling the
output to the greatest advantage. This
company has cog railroad, the only
one in the country, and proposes to
build suspension bridge over q gulch
nearly 400 feet deep. and which will be
but very little smaller an Undertaking
than the celebrated Brooklyn bridge.
The company hopes to have this new
Improvement finished within the next
six months. The railroad alluded TO
overcomes a grade of IA per cent
and works beautifully. There are
few mining companies in
the country that more enjoy the alb
solute friendship of their men than
does the Penoles company. All that
could be improved, and undoubtedly
will be in the near future, are the ar
engagements for feeding the men. 1t
wi Ho n he
prising and energetic managers of the
company to remove every cause of
complaint in that direction as soon as
they get to 1.-two Republics.
The Globe Times congratulates the
lOcatOrs of mineral claims on The cut
off strip of the San Carlos reservation
No prospectOrs in Arizona have strug-
gled harder for years past to hold their
claims. AT times their cabins did not
contain any food, but there was q
neighborly feeling that caused those
who got a sack of flour or a side of
bacon to divide. This state of affairs
mas gone on for several years. The
10th day OF Novem Der will be q
of the poor men who have
staked their all on this property.
There are many fine copper properties
on the strip. The gold and silver
lodges are not so numerous, but after
the reservation is thrown open, deve-
lopment work will begin, and soon we
may hear OF another valuable camp in
this section. On this strip there are
many fine springs, good timber and
plenty of grass. The altitude in the
best mining section is some 3, 500 feet.
The famous Cueva de Orc mine near
Rio BlancO, which WAS worked by the
hnf0r.a ho he
vein nearly loo feet wide say the Mex
lean Herald, will again be operated.
The various owners of this mine, q ten
stamp mill on the Rio Blanco, and a
silver and another gold mine, who
have been in litigation, have combined
their interests and begun active work
The output of the "Cave of Gold,"
some forty tons day of ore running
$40 gold to the ton, will be treated at
promptly opened. The new company
own all the mines, mills, arrastras and
water power in that section, making
the property valuable one.
K. w. Case, of Colorado Springs has
let contract to l. T. Burns to do a
considerable amount of work on his
properties in the Red River district,
Mr.. Burns says that lot of money
will be expended in that district this
fall, and that the camp will feel the
influence of the money thus put INTO
Miner.
The McNary mine, in Copper Basin,
Yavapai county, has been sold to E. B. |
Gage and others, and large force of
men will be employed to push the
rapid development of the property. A
large percentage of the ore from this
mine runs 800, and more, per tom
Star.
Judge Bradley brought over some
gold ore from Pearce and W. A. Har-
wood acted as escort. They say the