El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-21
THE SIERRA MADRE.

F0SO q VI CoC 1Bh1l1Ih9 anu
Smelling Center.-The Undevel-
oped Richness of Northwestern
Chlhuahua.-The Sabina1 Min
ing District.
Special Correspondence of the HERALD.
To all Texans and Ell Pasoans in par
ticular: Know We that Ell Paso is des-
tined to be big mining and smelling
center without q competitor, because
of the great undeveloped mineral pro-
ducing regions now being penetrated
in Old and New Mexico by our two new
railroads; and to this end it behooves
every enterprising citizen, not only of
FL Paso, but of all Texas, to get q
move on himself, attend q shearing,
have the moss clipped off his back,
take off bis old fogy glasses and put on
the glasses OF the new conditions and
see the advantages and inducements
that are crying for recognition, and Of
fering fortunes as the reward.
If you want to help make Ell Paso the
big mining center Chat she should be.
and will be in time) quick prove your
faith in your town by doing something.
There are many things you can do that
would aid in this line even If you don't
instance every business man in Ell Paso
should have an individual personal
knowledge of the country for two
hundred miles out on the line of our
two new roads now under construction,
the Sierra Madre line and the Ell Paso
and Northeastern. They should be-
come acquainted with the mining
camps the prospectors, the miners and
the business men of the small towns
and trading points, know how to reach
points, cost OF same, accommodation
and what was needed to make the trip
as pleasant as possible, know people to
whom you could give card of introduce
ton to the future Incoming mining
capitalists, who will be attracted to Ell
Paso with the idea of investing inpro-
spects or mines. It would be business
for business men because it would de-
velope new business and increase your
old business and business is what you
are In business for.
| Well the above are only suggestions
to furnish food for serious thought and
now for the milk. in the nut. How many
of you know that within IS miles of
Ell Paso, on the Sierra Msdre r. r.
miles, now employing about 5000
miners the product of whose labors
amounts to from 5, 900 to 1000 tons of
profitable ore per month that is being
shipped daily into Juarez. This is be-
ing done principally by the following
companies:
The Corralitos Co., the Candelaria
Mining Co., the Juarez Co., and the
Aventurera Co., of which Britton
Davis is the general manager. These are
the tangible evidence of the possibili-
ties of the district. What these COM
panies are doing, other companies,
with like capital and enterprise, can
do, for the mineral belt is large one,
not even yet prospected, outside of
| thooa hn1AfnDc 1,%-
ing Thomas might question the per-
manency of the ore bodies and to such
we might casually remark that some of
these properties have been worked for
over 300 years and are still producing
more and richer ore than ever before.
This section is known as the Sabinal
district, and the mineral portion tribu-
at Guzman station, about II miles out
from Ell Paso, extending to Corralitos,
about lis miles out-all of which can
reach the railroad with from one to ten
miles wagon haul at from SOC. to SO per
( ton.
The labor is almost exclusively Mex
lean, (who are just as good as Amer
lean miners) receiving $3.50 per day.
The railroad freight from various
stations in this district runs from % to
So per ton, according to distance and
value. making it possible to handle q
very low grade ore.
The formation Is all that is necessary
for making good mineral and plenty of
| it.
| The veins are numerous and promi-
nent, varying from one to thirty feet in
| width, and can be traced down the
| mountains through the foot hills,
| across the flats as quartz lodges, por-
phyry dykes, veins of spar and occa-
sional immense iron blow outs, all of
| which carry the miner to pay mineral
with depth.
More about this country in my
next
CAV.
San Pedro, July Is, 80.