El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-14
Mines and
Mining.

4~~~~ 1909
A cash offer has been made and de.
clined of SIS 600 for the Ajax mine and
mill.-Lss Vegas Optic.
A new c~oncentrator has been set up
at the mines at Las Cruces, near Ortiz,
Sonora.-Two Republics.
Five Mexican dry washers OF the
Hillsboro placers sold $435 worth OF
gold dust and nuggets. They say 1t
was the result OF four weeks work by
the five of them.-Lordsburg Liberal.
The Harrison mine at Nogales has
been sold to a syndicate of Chicago
capitalists headed by l.. T. Leitner, for
$IOO, 900. 1t is the largest body OF low
grade gold ore IN America, being an
entire mountain of it. Experts figure
ID, 600 900 tons in sighG.-Monterey
Globe.
1t is reported that the Detroit Cop
per Co., at Morenci, will shortly install
an 800 horse power gas plant at their
works there. This move is rendered
necessary by the enormous ore bodies
that are constantly being opened up in
the mine of this company.-Graham
Bulletin.
The report of the rich strike in the
w 1AkoS hlaS h0o oSoA o~S
firmed; eight inches of unusually rich
ore has been struck on the lower level
of the mine. The average value OF
the ore is not known, but some OF 1t Is
said to assay S217. 900 gold to the tom
Prescott Courier.
Two bars of gold and silver bullion
weighing about fifty pounds each, were
brought up last night from the San
Miguelite mine in Sonora. The bull
lion was shipped out this morning by
express to the mint. 1t is said that
The mine from which the bullion was
taken is the one recently purchased by
the McKim Bros, and for which they
paid q handsome price.-Bisbee Orb.
Judge Stephen E. Booth, receiver OF
the Legal Tender and Golden Ajax
gold mines in the Badly country, ar
rived from ElizabethtOwn. A big deal
is pending for these properties, and he
is bere TO consult Chief Justice Mills
with respect to certain features OF the
transaction. Judge Booth says that
the mineral districts of northern Col
fax county give promise this spring
and summer of the greatest activity in
their history. Capitalists from Colo
RADIO, Kansas, Illinois, Ohio and New
Jersey are buying up large Interests in
the various csmps.-Las Vegas Optic.
Two prominent mining men, James
Breen and George Mitchell, superin-
tendent of the United Verde compauy's
shelters, are in town. They have just
concluded q big mining deal by which
a lot of copper claims owned by Mr..
Breen near Santa Ana. Sonora, have
passed to Mr.. Mitchell in considera-
ton of $3.50, 900. Mrl Mitchell already
owned adjoining ,%proeerty, SO
rhot o1fnnafhar he has q
group of 10 claims. The ore Is OF an
exceeding rich quality, some Of it run
ming as high as % per cent There is
so much of it that w. A. Clark, who
once visited the property, said there
was SIS, 900, 600 in sight. Mr.. Mitchell
il supposed to know as much about
the business of smelling as any man in
America. He is recognized as one OF
the worlds authorities on this subject.
Republican.
The popularity Of copper's position
Is that during the last few years OF de-
preston the production has constantly
been increasing, and yet consumption
has carried 1t all off. European stocks
have steadily declined until now they
have reached the lowest point ever
The electrical industry is a
important factor in the copper
business, and its need of copper is
growing greater. Wherever railway
other construction is going on there
is always a large demand for copper in
the form of brass and q variety of 9th
err articles. And as the electrical
business advances by leaps and bounds
it is no easy matter to tell what guam
THY OF copper will in this way be alb
Now that q betterment in
business generally is being felt,
a great stimulus has been
given to the opening OF new
and the de velopment of copper
properties. 1t is apparent hat the x
listing mines a not capacity to fur
nish the quantity that will be needed
in the near future. Companies with
good prospects of becoming producers
find that their shares are eagerly
after, and it is the general be-
lief hat for some time to come copper
mining will prove profitable Elk.
At Joplin, Mo-, zinc ore made another
jump of So Feb. 9 and broke the worlds
record, one lot of choice Oronogo ore
at S44 so per ton in the bin. To
night the best Bellevil e ore brought
S45. This is $3.50 above yesterdays
price and 81 SO more than ever be
fore paid in this district. This is said
to be the highest price paid for zinc
ore in any part of the world. The cold
of the past two weeks has re-
duced the zinc ore output of the Mis-
district about half and
the demands for ore are greater than
the supply. The Missouri and Kansas
Zinc Miners association and repre-
sentatives of all but three OF the Amer
lean smelters met here in joint session
today to arrange an equitable basis of
the prices of American zinc
ore. Heretofore the smelterS have
made prices to suit themselves. To-
meeting of ore producers and re-
presentatives of the smelters brought
about better feeling and harmon
lied their differences, Hereafter