El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-12
Mines aud
Mining.

, VA1u1uX.
A strong company has been formed
in London with 100000 capital to
work the gold mines near Zimatlan,
Oaxaca.
The Bonanza mines are purchasing
smelter which they will install at their
works near Mazspil in the state OF "a
catecRs. Mexico.
The Norias de Bajan and Purisima
mines in the state of Nuevo Leon, own
ed by Monterey parties, are giving
very good results.
The Mexico Mine and Smelling Sup
ply company Is at the present time
erecting concentrating plants at elght
different points in the republic.
There are in the world nine copper
companies which have, since their In
corporation, paid dividends amounting INF;
to 1872, 532, 142. Even Standard Oll
will have to get q hustle on to beat
that.
The Arizona Copper company re-
ports the production of its mines at
Clifton in March at 974 long tons of
black copper. For the three months
ended March 81 the total was 27OO tons
of black copper.
Eliseo Ramirez, representing the
state of Dona Eligia Romero de PARA,
has denounced the Alta and Ampl1a-
cion Sur de Ia Condesa, silver mines.
situated near Jala in the territory OF
Topic.
La Dura Mining Co. has bought at
Minas Prietas an Ingersoll Sergeant
air compressor with fifteen drills. The
outfit will be shipped out of La Dura at
once, set up and put in operation
Mexican Herald.
La Bufa. Mining Co. have arranged
to operate the Ocotis mill, and will use
it to treat, their second class ores.
Sunday, Mr.. Davies, the assay er, went
out from Minas Prietas to take charge
of the mill and run it for the company.
Mexican Central.
A report is current that some of the
stockholders in the Little Butte Min
ing Company of Randsburg, Cal, have
purchased the controlling interest OF
the johannesburg water works at
Johannes burg, Cal.
Silver is up to 81 cents an ounce on
the New York market, with further
upward tendency. Let us hope that the
tendency will continue upward, 80 that
place in the metallic family.
The owners of the San Miguel mine
in the Moctezuma district, Sonora,
vein of ore which, it is claimed, assays
$4,000 gold per ton. The vein, how
ever, is small.-Mexican Herald.
Gen. Pablo Rocha Portu. as pre-
sident of the Candelsris, Montana de
ORC Anexas Mining company has de-
nounced the Nina Vieja, silver, lead
and copper mine, near Huajicos, in
the territory of Tepio.-Mexican Her
aid.
Last week in the state of Mexico the
following new mines were denounced:
by Guillermo Amante and partners, the
SiRlo XIX. silver, near Zacatula: and
by Manuel F.Loera and Pedro Castula,
the Fama de Ia Propietarios, silver,
near Tlatlsya.
The Sultana mine, about thirty-6ve
miles from Magdslena, has been sold
to J. L. Giroux, of Jerome, represent
ing w. A. Clark, the Montana mil
liOuaire. The Sultana is very val
liable copper property. and the pur-
chase price is said to have been S35, 900
in gold.
The value of the output of minerals,
exclusive of gold, in new South Wales
for the quarter ended March 81, 1899,
silver and lead, e429, 600; copper. e117,-
900: and tin, e34, 600. This ia an increase
of e97 900 as compared with the quar-
terly average for 1898.
The following mining announcements
were made last week on properties in
the state of Guerrero: By Pedro Luz
cena, the Maria Cristina, old good,
silver aud copper mine near TOtolapan;
by Agustin G. CossiO, the COnianZa,
silver, near Zumpango del Rio; and by
Jose Maria Sotels, the Victoria, silver,
near Ixcayuzalco.
A number of gold and copper mines
were denounced last week on the Mile
flores hacienda, near Manzanillo in the
state of COlima, as follows: By Carlos
the Maravilla of copper; by
cantadora OF copper, and the Progreso
Of gold, and by Arturo LIE Harivel, the |
B onita Vista of copper.
The Nogales Oasis says: The old |
Minas Prietas mill is being torn to
pieces, the heavy castings being rent
by blasting, the fragments to 60 to the
The ground where the pans
stood is said to be saturated with ANAL
gam, the accumulation of years, which
is worth many thousands of dollars.
This will also be treated and the gold
and quicksilver separated and saved.
Where two person locate two adjoin-
ing claims on the same vein, q is Of
ten the case in this district, and agree
TO sink shaft jointly on the vein at
the joining end lines, two hundred
dollars worth of WORK must be done
regardless of the size of the shaft, and
each locator should post notice stat
mo the fact that the assessment work