El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-05

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mountain. White county, Ca, hs:
been sold for 5000, 900, to a mining
} syndicate of London. It is the great
est amount ever paid for niue in the
state of Georgia.-Ex.
) The Comstock lode at Virgins City
Nevada, has produced gold md silver
in the last 20 years in the anormou:
amount of 1920, OOO, 900 and the most OF
this ore yielded but IS per ton in gold
New Mexican Mines.
The owners of the San Miguel mine
in the MOctezuma district, Sonora
have made rich strike uncovering 6
vein or ore which, it is claimed. as
says $4,000 gold per ton. The vein
however is small--Monterey Globe.
The Compania Huanchacs, of Boil
via, has had the operations of its mines
seriously interfered with for the last
two years by water and other mishap Is;
It's production in 1897 was 1886, 673
ounces of silver. This is not much
more than one half of the maxium out
put, which was reached in 1898 and
was 9,634, 1856 ounces.-New Mexican
Miner.
Heretofore Utah has laid no claims
to placer mining but from recent re-
ports, there is likely to be consider
able done in that line. 10 fact it is
believed for the coming season the out
put of placer gold from various parts
of the state will be enough to place
Utah in the list of a placer producing
state. Much is expected from the rich
auriferous gravel deposits in Bingham
Canon.-EX.
Colorado has added another new
named tellurium ore found in
her mines. Professor Hobbs of the
University of Wisconsin, after sna1y-
sis and crystsllographic examination,
named the variety Foldsmithite. 1t is
| related to sylvauite ana calaverite, be-
ing half way between two types of tel
| luride ores. The specimen came from
the Gold Dollar mine in Arequa Gulch
in the Cripple Creek district.-Ex-
change.
Mining operations are keeping up in
New Mexico. The earnings of the
applied to development and TO i'm
provements in methods of saving the
values in the ores. Many new lOca-
tions are being made, and new camps
are being opened all over the territory;
railroads are being projected and being
built. New Mexico is in the front rank
of progress, so far as mining and in
And now comes Idaho to the front
with it's big mining deal, of the season,
in the sale and consolidation of the
properties of the Trade Dollar and the
Florida Mountain mining companies,
at Silver City, the new com any is TO
be known as the Trade Dollar Consol-
dated mining company. The price
paid was S1,500.OO0. The properties
included in this transaction are both
old gold producers and under new man
agemeut it is expected that they will
be operated more extensively and to
better advantage than ever before
Elk.
The new machinery for the Bastilla
mine at Minas Prietas, Mexico is on
the ground, the shaft is being retim-
hoist will be set up and ready for
operation soon, when the work of sink
ing, the shaft will be renewed. The
new hoist is q gasoline machine, and |
its operations will be watched with |
much interest, as it is needing but lit |
tie or no water-which is quite an item
in this part of Sonora-is feature
Importance in sinking. |
Globe.
The following mines were denounced
last week in the state of Durango: By
Benito Moreno, the Fortuna, silver
and lead, near Pueblo Nuevo; by Sa-
nuel A. Shipley,3the San Miguel, gold,
silver and copper: near Ell Orc: by An
gel Murillo, the Cocinera, near Otaez;
BY Salvador Malo of Mexico the !;
Lady May, silver and lead, near Mapi [:
nj: by Jesus M. Valdez, the Fin del
Siglo XIX, gold, silver and lead, near,
Mapimi: by Steban Sparta and Anto-
lilo Diaz Mijares, the Cobriza, copper
md silver, near San Diego; by Arturo
:. Payne, the Tucson, Luna and PurO.
# iron, lead and silver, all near Cuen-
anne: and by Angel Murillo, the Ts
otal, silver, near Otaez.-Mexican
Ieral.
During the past week the following 7
aiming announcements were made in {
he state of Sonora: By William G.
ireen, the Campo, Pinto and Bonito,
eras; by William A. Hopkins and
)rson Nelson, the Hilo &c Cobre, cop
er, near Bacoachi; by Albert Azcona,
be Noventa y Nueve, gold, copper and 4
liver. near Cucurpe; by Julie Bonaud,
be Sara, gold and silver, near Opc-
epe; by Lucas r. Garcia and Frank s
1. Watts, the Camelia, silver and gold.
ear Cumpas: by LaureanO DurazO.
ne Carlos Quinto, copper, near Cum
as: by Antonio Olea, tue Poloms, sill b
er near Guisamopa; by Jose Maria
alares and Ampliacion de Morena,
liver, near Sahuarips; by Gabina L. 5
arcia, Antonio Baldenegro, Carlos
iegueiros and Feliz Monge, the An
sles, gold, near Trinidsd.--Mexican :
erald. p
Last week the following mining de- :
were made in the state of I
uerrero: By Guillermo Niven, the Z
U errero, iron, gold and silver, near !
otolapan; by Gustavo Navarro, of
exico, the Tres Ma las, silver, near I
juchitlan, and by the same party, the J
of iron, near Coyuca de Cata-
n; by IgnaciO Armenia, the Santa K
aria, silver, near Totolapan; by Jose j