El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-25
Mines and
Mining.

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A big copper strike is reported
from Animas Peak,-Arizona Ex-
change.
beth town, Arizona is nearly the 400
foot work.
Some Germans have denounced de-
post OF iron ore and lead in the Santa
Maria mountains near Cuencame, Mex
ico--Exchange.
The output of the Hillsboro gold
2S5 tons, making $3.50 tons since jan
uary, 1S99.-Exchange.
The old Valenciana mine on the San
| ia Barbara, Mexico, near the old San
Pedro castle, is agaio being worked
Mexican Trade Review.
The Senate-Bobtail in Arizona is
now producing some as good ore as
was ever dug out of these hills. The
group will soon be as famous as ever
the Aztec was.-Ex.
Crawford & Derbyshire have made a
big strike on their leased ground upon
the Yosemite mine. They have q I
foot vein of ore that averages % per
cent copper without assorting.-Ex-
change.
At Hillsboro. New Mexico, an agent
of Andrew Carer, has been sampliug
the manganese iron deposits of the dis
trict in order to ascer tain their value
for the manufacture of srmor plate
Exchange.
| Considerable excitement has been
caused in Bisbee, Arizona, during the
past few days, owing to the discovery
OF several lodges of gold bearing quartz
about seven miles below here in the
main canyon.-Bisbee Orb.
Within the past few weeks there has
been a new discovery of q very rich
copper mine by some railroad contract
Isabel on the line of the Chihuahua
and Pacific railroad.
Hillsboro offers free site for the
home for old and disabled miners
which the Western Federation of Min
ers proposes to build. Sites for the
institution have also been offered in
Utah, Colorado, and Nevada.-Ex-
change.
| The American Flag Extension mine,
about one mile from Elizabetntown, is
| being worked day and night by three
shifts of men. Seine delay had been
caused this winter by the erection Of
blacksmith shop, cabins, barns and
other necessary buildings. The mine
is owned by Cleveland, Ohio, parties.
Exchange.
Ed. M. Hand, formerly of Silver
City, is prospecting in the Philippines
has q large concession. He reports:
'Out of 30 assays SO far have only
found trace of gold and they were
from places that were supposed to go
500 or over. "-Exchange.
Thirty to forty men are employed at |
the Aztec mine, which is one of the |
producers at Elizabethtown. The |
largest veins run from $40 to S15 gold !
per ton. The ore Is free milling and |
the 40 stamp mill which does the work
was recently changed from the slow
drop stamp to the quick drop type
Exchange. :.
Last weekthe following new mines
were denounced in the state of Duran
GO: Prolongacion de la Mine San
Jacinto, silver and gold, near PanucO;
Lucrec a, silver, at Mineral de Yerba-
buena, near Rodeo: Porvepir. silver,
near Rodeo; Dos Santiagos, placer
gold, near Inde: and the Tres Naciones,
silver and copper, near Ell Oro.-Mexi-
can Herald.
Mr.. Alexander Hill, one of the prin-
cipal owners of the Ray mine, at
Piral county, Arizona has
gone to London to cOnsummate the sale
Of that property. The English compa-
ny ia we'll pleased with the property,
Ind will construct q railroad from their
nine to the Southern Pacific. The
company will erect extensive works on
he Ray, and is prepared to ex-
end 1,00O,O 10000 before expecting re-
urns.
Mining around Elizabethtown indi.
ates much activity. Competent judg-
q state that go per cent of the lode
discovered in that district
nd now in various stages of working
nd development are of refractory
ature. yet the free milling PROPOSE
ions are nything but significant.
here are fully 1,5O0 people in the dis
riot all busy and happy, and there is q
teady influx of new capital and new
The Rio Concho Mining company
ave begun to work the rich gold
LAGER deposits at Santo Domingo. They
ave expended $3.50, 900 in machinery, ,
jumps, buildings, etc. This company
hich is composed of Milwaus ee capt. Il
slists, have 1900 pertenencias de-
ounced. The company expects to
andle 1000 tons of dirt per day. with
lelr uyoraullC prOCeeo, WhiCh 10 GA
ected to give soc gold per ton.-Mex-
IAN Trade Review
There is considerable activity in the
liar district, Mexico. Several Amer
IAN companies are engaged in mining
Or gold with good success. The San
Ianuel mine is to be developed at once Il
pom an extensive scale; twenty men
re now at work and the force will be =
increased as fast as room can be made I.
Or them. This property was purchas-
by Messrs. Haggin and DAILY from