El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-22
Mines and
Mining.

In the San Andres and ORGAN noun.
tains there are ten copper claims and
several lead properties shipping ore to
Ell Paso.-Ex.
Preparations are being made to put
10 air drills and sink the shaft to the
depth of 1000 feet in the Mamie Baird
in the Jarillas.-Ex.
DR.. Chenoweth and Jesse Grant are
erecting a smelter near Maedalena
and within few weeks they will have
1t in operation.-Prospect
Another shipment of high grade sill
yer ore is being received in Casas
Grandes from the Cinco de Mayo mine
in the Pilares district.-Mexican Her.
aid.
| The Esmeralda del Frsile mine, near
the famous Santa Maria de la Paz pro-
perty at Matehuala is giving very
good results and promises fiue return
for its owners.-Monterey Globe.
Seventeen placer mining claims were
filed with the county recorder this
week. There seems to be boom in
placer mines. The locations are all up
the Colorado river.-Yuma Sen
tinel.
Neither the high water nor the va
qui Indians have stopped several large
outfits from starting from Casas Gran
des for the mining districts of Sonora
during the past few dsys.-Mexican
Herald.
| E S Tilden has denounced big
proposition forty miles south west OF
the Pilares district, Sonora. which as
says so per cent of copper to the ton
| width of 20 feet.-Ex.
The mica deposits near Tres Piedras,
New Mexico. have recently passed into
be steady producer. The quantity
of mica is said to be very great and
the quality excellent--Ex.
The Old Dominion Copper company's
mine at Globe, Arizona. will be closed
down for two days this week in order
to rearraDge the steam lines on the
boilers. prepar atorv to putting their
new hoist In operation.-Ex.
The Colorado mine, owned by AL
thee Modesto and Frank Avila, still
gives promise of proving q bonanza
twenty-five men are now at work on
the mine and Sc, 600 worth of ore will
be shipped during this month.-Senti-
mel.
Superintendent Dillon of the Jerome
Copper company has started develop
ment work on the company's claims
east of where the 1.0O0-foot tunnel is
being run and the showing now, al
though but little work has been done,
Is encouraging.-EX.
Chris Harryhouser, who for nearly
nine years had charge of the mines of
the United Verde Copper company as
foreman, will have charge of the work
on w. A. Clark's properties on Equa-
tor Hill. The work will be started in
. few days.-Jerome News.
B. J. Home, M. D., left Casas Gran
des Friday for the famous San Ignacio
silver mine, near Guchanara He took
force Of men with him and train of
pack mules loaded down with supplies.
FL Peso parties are backing up the doc
tor, and 1t IL intended to lose no time
In sinking shaft on the property
Elk.
William Berge and J. E. Palmer
have struck . rich vein of silver ore in
their mine In San Joaquin mountains,
Is miles from Casss Grandee. The re-
turns from the smelter on their first
carload of ore we're very 1attering, and
they expect to have heavy shipment
OF high grade ore ready by the latter
part of next week.-Ex.
New Mexico lie the producer of very
rare and precious stone-turquois.
This exquisite turquois is considered
by experts to far exceed in beauty the
gems of the Orient. The American
Turquois company, owning the tur-
quois mines near Cerrillos, was award
ed the first premium at the Worlds
Fair at Chicago.-New Mexican.
Last week in the state of Coahuils
the following new mines were de-
nouced by Amador Cardenas. the Re
forma, lead, near Viescs: by Juan E.
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