El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-07
THE JARILLAS

Years.-Some Good Sized MUG
acknowledgment Work Coin
Ahead Actual Results Shown
Special Correspondence OF the HERALD.
Austin g. Rivers are doing assess
ment work on their group Of claims II
the north end.
J. L. Taylor is sinking on his Lon,
Hill claim and proving up possibilities
of shipping ore.
Smith & Kelly are doing development
work on their Setting Sun claim anG
taking out shipping ore.
Uncle Billy Bird is prospecting his
Mollie Gibson claim, and showing up
some good looking copper ore.
T. S. Robinson, owning claim down
from II feet below the surface which
proved on panning to be pay dirt from
the surface.
A prominent gentleman from Thur
Der, Texas, came last week to examine
our placer gold find, and considered 1t
sufficient Importance to carry large
samples of our dirt to New York city.
Capt. J. 81. Denny, representa- a
die Texas, who are developing several
claims in our camp, has been operating
a small rocker for several days, testing
their placer ground and SO far has
proved that it yields from SIS to $40
per ton.
A. A. Bruce PANIED dirt from his
claim that showed up nuggets, ribbons,
wire and flake gold; one ribbon being
! of an inch wide and of an inch long,
and one nugget weighing 50. 40 in value.
This nugget was taken to Ell Paso by A.
w. Clifford and set for scarf pin by
the jewelry firm of Geo. W. Hickox &
Co., where it can be seen by your read
ers who care TO examine gold mug
get from our camp.
The knowledge of the placer ground |
IN this section is not a new discovery, |
% some might suppose. 1t was known |
about eighteen years ago miles of it |
was located and efforts made to work it,
which proved nou-commercial, because
II the lack of water and danger from
Indians. The gold at this time was
pronounced as fine gold, that would
,nly yield average wages per man, by
he use of dry washers. The conditions
odsy are different now it can be work.
ID for one tenth the expense of former
avs and the recent discovery of coarse
nugget gold on bed rock, will play an
part in the rapid develop
aent OF our camp, and the growth of
Il Paso. The work now being inaug-
rated for the testing of the ground, BY
ockers. improved gold pans and
ry washers will soon prove its value,
nd when the clean ups go into the Ell
'aso banks in ounces and pounds to be
xchanged for Uncle Sans coin. the
i Pasoan's eyes will stick out in
and he will say, "Why Q
Idn't grab the bail when it was Of i
red to me with tempting trimmings?" t
recent arrival from New York, o
to another party, "You do b
u know how rich 1t is. It is no SIO,- 8,
10 pocket, but an old placer miner, Z
'er sixty years of age has carefully al
'ospected the claim on which the N
st nuggets were found and says that Ia
it'll rocker it will pay over slO per c.
an per day, and he proved his faith T
Offering to lease the ground on so ii
n cent royalty. It has been found in q
'y1nR quantities as far down the b
Itch IS it has been prospected and d,
Is regardless of the channel, as no al
q as yet can positively locate the b.
annel.'' w
We don't claim to be mining camp 81
yet, but keep an eye on US, for we &c
3 liable to get there with both feet CT
short notice. We are only pros SO
citing, now to first prove that we co
We the making of a camp, after
lich we will cast off our swadling 81 81.
thes and proceed to lay founda- sc
n that will astonish and please Ell VIZ
scans, for we are a part of Ell Paso. 1e'
2 buy our goods of Ell Paso houses. OF
Paso Ia our only city, and we are tn
Y spending In Ell Paso about $4,000 pr
: month. A word to the wise is suf- Sp
emit. Would it not be wisdom and ex
nmon horse sense for Ell Pasoans to pa
ke this their frat mining camp? SCI
" is your opportunity. and if you ha
1T grasp it, the day is rapidly ap- OF
aching when other cities and peo- sci
will take it in and then you will be tlo
Ing over lost opportunities. The Tel
I've practical prospecting work of eX
camp is represented as follows: we
Mamie Baird;inclusive drifts e ef
Lucky; shafts, drifts and
cross cuts: ....... ........... 500 feet ,
Maggie: inclusive and drifts -
........ 300 feet ~ ~
May; shaft and drifts. 100 feet lbs
come IL; inclusive ... $50 feet cts
Iron Mask tunnel. .... $50 feet 1
be above all owned by the Eddy rot
hers. or the Jarilla Mining COM pol
2. res
ne Three Friends shaft under con- L
t for 100 feet now down IS feet own res
y the Orion Mining company. are
le Pass and Over the Hill shot. linn
Or contract for l25 feet now 6own Bis
,et, owned bv an FL Paso comnann
,e.St. Louis United Gamer con-. pat
holdings shafts.and drifts about fret
eet. vtc'
the enterprising men who have II:
the courage to spend the money L
his work is due the credit of the