El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-23
THE IJARILLAS

AS Seen BY OtncTS.-FISltOTS rs
tonished At Progress ShoWn.-
| A Feeder For FL paso. New
Commlssary Building.-Work o
the Compressed Air Drills
Mining Activity.
Special Correspondence Of the Herald.
Water is now supplied to all consum
ers at 30 cts per barrel.
It is rumored that regular weekly
trains will run up to camp from Jarills
junction.
| w. 81. Skidmore Ia doing some pro-
speeding on the Three Bears, sampling
or assay.
spending q few days in Ell Paso, wrest-
| ling with q dentist,
| The camp is shipping one car of ore
per day. But this will soon be increas-
ed to two and three cars per day.
| Ed Kurmeir has been promoted to
| manager of the company mercantile
| interests in this camp which has been
changed from the Jarills to the South
western Mercantile company.
Yesger & Curran report good find
| from q 38 foot shaft they are sink
ing on fraction recently located, ly-
ing adjacent to the ST. Louis company
holdings. ASSAYS give from sl4O to
$3.50 in gold per ton.
The commissary have removed into
their new building and E, M. Clark
and Ed Kurmeir are busy shelving q
| very complete stock of goods in very
commodious building for 3 mining
camp only year old
Ad. Breeze, is still sinking on the
Monarch, claim owned by Breeze,
Garrett. Hogan and other. The vein is
ore, It Is improving and the outlook is
certainly very encouraging.
The air compressed drill in the
Lucky shaft is doing good work, max
ing Al feet per day in hard rock. as
against 10 to IL inches formerly made
~ man power. Six more of these
drills will soon be in operation on the
Lucky and come IL.
The Orion Mining company let con-
tract to Lewis & Dunn for 100 feet Of
work on the Three Friends which will
be pushed Immediately; DEVELOPMENT
work has been going on for the past 80
days on this claim, but more as
prospecting to learn the ground. This
prospect promises to be shipper OF
profitable ore, and for the interests Of
the camp every miner hopes it will
be.
G. Beissenger has bonded of S. M
Perkins, an old time prospector, two
claims on the same lode as the ''Three
Captains, known as THE Pass" and
"Over the Ill.," and has let the con-
tract for 100 feet Of development work.
The price of the claims Is S10, 900, I'M
der q very favorable bond, and the par
ties to be interested are j. P. O'Con-
ner, John L. Bruck, Peter Wehner, L.
81. He'll, r. SPRINT, and possibly q few
others.
Charley Beissenger, representa-
several prominent Ell Pasoans, Let con-
tract for assessment on the Three Cap
tains, located On q bold vein about
three miles north of Lucky camp. As
gave trace In copper and gold, Al OF.
silver, SO per cent iron, 10 per cent
lime and per cent silicate. The par
ties interested in this prospects are
Capt. J. 81. White, Capt. w. II. Vim,
Capt. John 1. CHM, r. Sprintz and @.
Beissenger, who said: 81 think Jarills
q good gamble, Some one is going to
strike 1t rich and the some one who
does must come from those who take
the chances and L propose to be one
OF them. II miss 1t I will only be
buying,mining experience cheaper than
can get by going hundreds of miles
away from home; again, If lose and
the other fellow makes it, have help
ed in keeping up action and I will get
some benefit out of the camps prosper
ity. I think every business man in Ell
Paso ought to be interested in a mine
in the Jarillas, and be spending little
money in developing same, simply as
an approval, endorsement and en-
couragement of what the Eddy broth
ers are doing for u.s."
A. W. Clifford, realizing the import
ance of New Workers. opinion OF our
camp in it's crude state, if favorable.
requested of G.. w. Fitzgerald that he
give his impressions of our camp
provided he landed safely, free from