El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-06
Mines and
Mining.

y Mining. !
A Romantic Mineral Find.
like to congratulate E. L. Shackelford
OF Ell Paso on q rich gold strike which
an apparently we'll founded rumor has
1t that he recently made somewhere
near Texas Canyon in the Or
gsns. Mr.. Shackelford, how
ever. is very reticent about the matter
simply stating that it was true that he
bearing quartz, similar to the famous
ribbon quartz of CALIFORNIA;; that while
the free gold shown in panning the ore
| would indicate large values, he was
not willing until it's value was
determined by several assays made
by reliable assayers to lend co or to
the reports of its immense value which
for some reason, have gained credence
| here. He admitted however that the
report made on the property by Cali
fornia mining superintendent who is
now stopping here was flattering. The
most interesting portion howeverk
of this affair is the manner in which
the discOverer's attention was directed
to the section in which his claim is
|
connected with mining camps, and
| told so often that they finally are
enrolled among its legends, was one
that an old Mexican woman "Crazy
Maria" who lived alone in wild
gulch in the Organs under the great
rugged peaks visible from this point,
after the melting of snow falls, or fol-
lowing heavy rains, would gather
small nuggets and at times bring them
to Las Cruces merchants in amounts
ranging in value from S75 to $3.50.
That the old woman fiually died with
out anyone being able to penetrate
her secret. Mr.. Shackelford
laughinely admits that aside from
the promise of mineral in the forma
ton of the country that this old story
certainly Influenced him in selecting
the section for prospecting the ground
where>his claim is located. U"on such
chances sometimes hangs our fortunes.
Clark & Poland, leasers. take $40, 900
per month out of the Orc Plata mine,
which is owned by j. W. Gerrit. II
takes but fourteen men to do the work.
The Orc Plata was sold cheap about
three years ago by the former owner,
who thought it was worked out.-Yums
Sun.
John M. Fritter has discovered and
located near Blackhawk large ledge
of fine onyx. Mr.. Fritter has sent
several samples to the east for |
thorough tests and there is every rea-
son to believe that he has found q |
mighty good thing, to say the least. |
The stone is brilliant and clear in col |
oring and when polished presents q |
beautiful appearance.-SilverC City In
DEPENDENT.
Many Las Vegans have interests in |
the Red River mining country and |
these especially will be gratitied to
learn that r. L. Pooler has made q |
valuable new find in the Memphis |
started to cross-cut the vein, which he |
encountered about a week ago, he un-
covered q vein six to eight feet wide. |
Samples of the ore were taken by him |
to Trinidad and submitted to Walter
Deerden for analysis. The returps ex-
coed his expectations, showing 1920 in |
gold and S3O1.74 in silver to the ton
Elk.
Messrs. Crawford and Derbyshire,
the we'll known mill and concentra-
ton expeTts, have contracted with
6earst interests in the great copper
mines of this camp, to concentrate all
the ore in the immense dumps of the
various properties which the state
controls. For this purpose the
gentlemen named have ordered
q new team engine, crusher and set of
high speed rolls from Fraser & Chal-
mers, the great mining machinery ma
nufacturers Of Chicago. The capacity
of the plant will be Is tons of ore per
day, The concentration will be made
by the means of jigs and Wiley tables,
Silver City Enterprise.
Extensive preparations for q large
output the coming season are being
made at the Aztec mine. In the mill
several parts are being replaced by new
pieces, and changes made which will
greatly increase the capacity of the
mill; the stamps had formerly an 1s-in.
drop, 40 to the minute, but now have a
sin drop, of over 100 to the minute. A
contract has been let for l, ZOO cords of
wood, and eight to twelve men are
running drifts and blocking
)ut ore, so that the management will
loon be able to keep the 40 stamps
AS there is large vein of
IRE, that plates S12, great results may
De expected. So far this season Al
pounds of gold have been taken out - :
G-Town Miner. :
The discovery of tungstate or wolf
'amite, in quantity in Grant county 8
las given new impetus to mining, c
md prospectors are securing the hills
n all directions in search of the new
mineral. It has occurred to many old .
'rospectors that they have encounter
ID the mineral in the course
II their travels, and they are
litely locate it. It is said to exist in
everal places in the Burro mountains r
md determined effort will shortly he =