El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-14
Mines and
Mining.

Bent and SIMPSONS Tucson iron
mine is developing into good copper
property.-Ex.
A party of Americans have bought
the rich mines of Jalisco, Mexico, for
5000, 900 in gold.-Two Republics.
The King of Arizona mine will be
supplied with water from q we'll 1000
feet deep, five miles from the NINE
Silver Belt.
Nothing but good reports come from
the Silver Bell district, thirty miles
cific, Pima county.-Ex.
An average assey value of the ore
from the 100 foot drift in the upper
chitidistrict, is $77.77 per ton.-Silver
Belt.
J. A. Naugle and George Kranz.
Prietas, have arranged to sell their
property for 5000, 900 in gold.-Monte-
rey News.
fits of the Stratton Independence mine
at Cripple creek, for the fret eleven
weeks after the property was bought
by the English company, at $44O, OOO.-
Elk.
Missouri's zinc and lead output for
the fiscal year breaks all records. AL
ready enough returns have been re-
ceived to show that Jasper county's
output exceeds 5000, 00O.-Mexican
Herald.
Copper properties are being develop
ed in Northern Mohave county, and
the ores are shipped to Salt Lake City
for treatment. It is said that a smelter
will soon be operated in the grand
gulch.-Ex.
The Silver King mines, on Groom
creek, Yavapai county, consisting of
100 acres of patented ground. have
been sold to Peter and James Mackie,
the consideration being 316, 00O.-Min-
ing Journal.
The Place mine, an extension of the
Crowned King, in Yavapai county, Is
yielding up some very rich specimens
of wire gold. Superintendent Foltz is
credited with having several specimens
worth 300 each.
The copper mines of the United
States furnished last year 3d. per cent
of the worlds output, the amount be-
ing 243, 900 metric tons. Spain follows
the second in rank, her total for 1898
being 54,O77 Constituting Journal.
The great advance in theiprice of
copper which has taken place within
the last year, is likely to be permanent
because the demand for it is governed
by it's increased use and not by any fcti-
oious or speculative prices of the metal.
-Ex.
Ell Cobre Grande, the great copper
mine at Sonora, Mexico, has been plac-
ed in shape for developments. A Gym
dictate of Buffalo. N. Y. capitalists
have purchased controlling interest
in this big mine and put competent
men in charge of the work.-Ex.
Robert Martin quite recently dis
covered q galena mine in tho San
Andres mountains that contains 80 per
cent lead and 80 ounces silver. There
are old workings on the property and
it is supposed the former owners were
driven out of the country by the In
dians.-Ex.
The workings of the Fortuna mine,
In Yuma county, have reached q depth
in width having maintained its uniform
size the entire distance, until now the
vein has widened out and the values
increased. 1t would seem by this
only one of many similar evidences
that Arizona mines do "go down. -
Elk.
A noted event for the mining inter-
est of the territory is the organization
of the Modoc Mining company, to work
the Modoc mines in the Organ noun
tains. Chicago, Detroit and local
capitalists have combined to develop
these rich mines according to approx
the company is 81, 1000, OOO.-New Next
can Miner.
Copper in ore is generally believed
to be detrimental to the successful
operation of the cyanide process.
Such. however, does not appear to be
the case. Oxidized ores cause more
trouble than sulphide'ores. Some cop
per sulphides fresh from the mine
which have not suffered oxidation give
less trouble than those which are part
~ oxidiZed.-Ex.
A great copper field has been dis
covered in the Northwest territories
between the Dalton trail and White
Horse rapids. on the upper Yukon.
1t is fully SO miles in extent and con-
tains numerous lodges of great rich
ness. Investigations made by the
Canadian government show the ore
runs 3S to So per cent In copper, besides
carrying considerable values in both
gold and silver.-Denver Mining Jour-
nal.
A Michigan paper says: cat Hough-
ton. Mich, copper production is de-
creasing, though 1000 meu were en-
ployed less than year ago. Opening
of new mines in Arizona draws work.
men from the older properties. The
product of unsmelsed copper of the
Quincy mines was less than 700 tons in
July ian average of 800 tons had been
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