El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-14
! Mines and
! Mining.

| took Into Ch1h u8hu8 10 bars OF silver,
valued at $4,000.
The Prietas mine at Parral, Chihua-
hua, is rapidly being pumped out and
work will be shortly begun on the low
er levels. Enterprise.
Eighty one bars of silver bullion
were recently shipped to the Culiacan
branch of the Banco Occidental from
Alamos the value of which Has $S2,-
74O.
Ore Is being shipped from the Is
foot drift of the Lucky in the Jsrillae.
The compressed air drills are doing
good work in the mipe.-New Mex
lean.
The LA Pirsmide" smelter recent
ly shipped to Culiacan 1S Kilograms of
gold, and the ''Anglo Mexicana" sent
in IL bars of silver valued at 835, O0O.-
Mexican Herald.
Last week James E. Boland denounc-
ed q silver and gold mine on the lands
of the abandoned Japanese colony, on
the left bank of the Zintalaca river,
near Escuintla, Cbispss.
The Esmeralda del Fraile mine, near
she famous Santa Maria de Is Paz pro-
perty at Matehuala, is giving very
good results and promises fine returns
for it's owners.-Mexican Herald.
One miner has q small, crude rocket
at work in the placer mines in the ia
rillas. He handles from one to one
and half tons of dirt per day with
two men and clears from els to $40 a
day.-New Mexican.
The mine known as "San Andres"
owned by E. G.. Creel is being worked
by Don Jesus Maria Carrasco in Chi
huahua. and the metal produced shows
from eighty to one hundred ounces of
silver to the ton.-Ex.
A new mining law went into effect
June 21st, 1899, in Colorado, of interest
to many there. It abolishes the extra
trial 10 ejectment suits which have
hitherto constituted a large part of
Colorado's mining litigstion.-Ex.
Probably the highest dredging for
gold anywhere lie that at Breckenridge.
Summit Co.. Colorado, over 5000 feet
above the sea. Placer mining goes on
In that locality near the source of the
Plstte river, At Mt. Lincoln. which is
IA 900 feet above the ocean level-Ex.
The Nogales Oasis says: ALI the
property OF the Francisco & Esperanz
Mining Co., consisting of mines, twen-
ty-stsmp mill, and other machinery.
will be sold by decree of court, at pub
lilo auction. at MsRdslens, on August
18th.
The mine recently located near
Lord'sburg by jeremiah Uries, of Ell
Psso Mining Company. hss commenc-
ed chipping ore. The ore essays $50
per ton. There are eight stockholders
In the company and SO far only $3.50
has been expended on the property
New Mexican.
Last week in the state of Jalisco the
following new mines were denounced;
by Lee Russell and Joseph D. Lewis,
the Pastillos, of copper, near Guachi- |
mango. by J. L. Trueheart, the Rosa,
silver, near Msscota; by Enrique Villa
senior, the Jalisciense, copper and sill
yer, near Temaselap.-Ex.
A good fux, suitable for ores, is COM
posed OF 6 pounds bicsrbonate of soda
pounds litharRe and pounds borax
glass. A cheaper composition, and |
one that usually gives satisfaction. is |
made OF pounds bicarbonate Of soda,
4 pounds 13 ounces litharge, and 5 |
pounds powdered borax.-Ex.
Uranium, or pitchblend, is usually |
associated with lead and silver, sulphur
and arsenic. The pure mineral con-
tains only the oxide. That Ia used In |
imparting fuorescence to glass and
decorative painting. Ore containing
less than 10 per cent uranium oxide is
At Los Catslsnes Mr.. Mauricio J.
Cons has been doing come Important
development work on his mining prop-
critics. of which he owns nine, all with
perfect titles: and two shipping good
pay ore. In one, LA Gloria, he hiss
a fifteen foot ledge of free milling gold
ore which promises to turn out a great
mine.
Senator Andrews, of Pennsylvania, is
again visiting his mine, the Trippe. at
Hillsboro. He IL making substantial
including q large bunk
house, an electric light plant consist
ing of ten arc lights and 500 16-candle
power incandescent lights, q we'll
boring outfit and also gasoline hoist.
ing apparatus.-New Mexican.
The great copper mine in Sonora,
Nj sxico. Ell Cobre Graude, in which MIR.
James Shirley and others are interest
ed. has been placed In shape for devel-
opment. Mr.. J. 81. Costello of Buffalo, T..
b as purchased . controlling interest in
this big mine and put Mr.. Con O'Keefe
IN cha rye as assistant general manager.
Mr.. George Mitchell will fill the posi-
lion OF metallurRist for the company
1t is said the Cobre Grande Ia the larg-
est copper mine now known on this con-
tinent.
Never before in the history of Chi
huahua has there been such general ,
aud idespread activity in mining in .
all parts of the state and for all the i'm
portsnt minerals. The Santa Eulalia
company under the direction {
of j. Mcdonald is taking out some rick
lead and silver at the present time.
The Kansas City Smelling company ia
ore from the "Miua Vieis,"
OF high grade. 1t is calculated that .