El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-25
THE SIERRA MADRE
No DisCrimin alton in the Admins
trdtion Of the LaWS.-The Sdbin-
al DistriCt.-Not Poor Mans
Ground.-The Hammett Mine
Mining LaWs.-6Ood Railroad
Service

Service.
Special Correspondence of the HERALD.
The tenderfoot hears of, or reads
about, the unequaled mineral resources
of the Sierra Msdre range of mOuntains
now being penetrated by the Rio Gran
de, Sierra Madre & Pacific railway,
and starts out on prospecting trip as
he would in the United States, never
taking into consideration that he Is en-
tering foreign country, owned and
governed by q different race OF people,
who have laws and customs OF their
own, that must be considered and res
cross the Rio Grande entering old Mex
leo, encounter STUN bling blocks that
try their patience and bring discour-
agement before they have gone far
enough with their prospecting to prove
values.
If you can't speak Spanish and don't
know the law, you should not become
impatient at the custom house officials
examining your packages and stopping
them because they contain dutiable
goods. You are not being discriminate
ed against because you are an Amer
lean. The Mexicans themselves are
subject to the same laws and the Gus
tom house guards and officials are SIM
ply performing their duty, which they
must do to hold their jobs. Generally
speaking Mexican officials are more
cautious and considerate toward incOm-
| ing Americans than are our American
off cials.
When you want to take in dutiable
goods, even in small quantities, take
your time, spend day or two passing
inspection. securing proper custom
house papers and you will have no
trouble.
The Sabinal district, tributary to the
Sierra Madre railroad, lying between
Guzmau and Corrslitos, is in many re-
spects similar to Cooks Peak district,
New Mexico. The veins generally are
iron-capped, in contact with lime and
and porphyry or granite, and prove up.
in depth, as large bodies OF low grade
carboDates-very desirable tuxing
ores---running from 10 to so per cent
lead and carrying from to 20 ounces
small gold values of from 81 to $40 per
ton, with an excess of iron. 1t Is not,
as one might suppose. poor mans
section, as you have to go down from
% to 200 feet through the iron Gaping
to encounter a profitable shipping ore.
Near San Pedro station we examined
q very bold quartz-lode covered by 20
pertnencias, owned by John K. Friend
and B. F. Hammett of Ell Paso. A
~
feet in width, with chimenys of black
spar, that assay lead and silver, promi-
sing good returns on sufficient develop
ment work.
Also 10 pertnencias owned by G. E.
Friend, A Morales and J. M Caldwell.
the r. r. agent at San Pedro, located
on very promising lead In lime and
porphy. This vein Is making q good
showing for shipping copper ore and
- he iplx p n
it to prove up its value, before Offering
same for sale.
We met several American prospec-
tors, all of whom spoke in high terms
of the section as an excellent mineral
region. worthy of development work.
We found that every prospector had
way of his own, of interpreting the
Mexican Mining Code, oil of them diff
fering in some particular point, and for
this reason we give the following in
depreciation of the law, for location OF
claims, as coming from q Mexican
mining agent:
The government grants exclusive per-
mits to prospect on small sections of
country by making application to the
mining agency of the particular district
and describing as nearly as possible the
81 or SS in Mex. currency.
This permit ia good for month and
keeps out other prospectors.
At the end of that time anyone may
make permanent locations or denOunce-
ments of any number of"pertenencias"
of 100 meters square each and no one
can get another exclusive permit on
the whole section until months have
expired.
To make final or permanent locations
one pays about $50 for fees and for
advertising in the official newspaper at
Chihuahua or state capital of respective
state. Applicant must name surveyor
in his paper (Which is in duplicated
surveyor to be acceptable to min
ing agent. which surveyor
must do work inside of
go days from location notice on appli-
cation. He must file plot within an
other 80 days and must erect monu-
ments in mortar at each corner of pro-
perty mot each pertenencia) :and also
monuments on side line if necessary
owing to roughness of ground so each
monument is visible from it's i'm
mediate adjoining ones. Title is now
com pletely earned and claim may be
worked or sold, etc. Patent may be
delayed many months In arriving from
seat acknowledgements anosi cost,
on arrival, $1,000 for each pertinencia.
Annual cash tax $1,000 instead of as
sesment work is required to be paid on
each pertenencia, or after certain time
for redemption by payment of tax with
penalty it will lapse and become gov
eminent land again.
We found general traffic |
agent of Sierra Madre r. r. |
J, T. Logan very courteous gentle
man and thoroughly posted on the |
inducements lying dormant
along and tributary to his line of road |
and ready to give desirable Information |
to incoming prospectors and mining
Investors. Mr.. Logan is surely the