El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-28
Mines and
Mining.

\ Mining. !
Don Francisco Fernandez has dis
covered near Nogales rich deposit of
gold ore.--Ex.
A large deposit of coal was recently
discovered near Z!tala, Chiapas, Next
| cox.
| Gustavo Stein has denounced tae
Santa Rosa silver and gold mine near
Ocotlan, state of Oaxaca.--Ex.
| Srs. Carlos Dessen and Jose F. Ulloa
| have cold mine near HermosillO to an
Elk:
Fred. S. Harris has denounced the
Santa Monica, an old copper and silver
| mine near Ayutla, In the state of ia
lisco.---Ex.
It is said that the house of Roth
childs proposes to buy a ricn copper
mine in the district of Fronteras, Son
nora, for 81, 100000.
The firm of P. Saudoval g. Co., of
NOgales, have bought the manganese
| and Iron mines, recently denounced
near Ures by Rodolfo Vazquez.-Mex-
| lean Herald.
Tiburcio Gonzalez has denounced the
| Banco Minero lead and iron mine and
| the Valenzuela of lead and copper,
| both near Villa de Garciss, state of
Neuvo Leon.---Ex.
During the last three months there
| were exported to the United States
from Quay mas gold and silver to the
value of 1914, 762; copper, $55S, 1856; ores,
Sl73, 263, and graphite valued at 81, S35.
A vein of tin has been found near
Chihuahua by two we'll known mining
experts; the vein is l to inches wide
and in value from BIO to 3 $40 and
is located three miles from town.
Tx.
In the copper mines at the foot of
Monte Rosa, France, which are being
worked by an English company, a vein
eff gold has been found which yields
two Kilograms of gold per ton of min
erals.
A force of sixty men have been put
to work by Lewis Bros. on the antimC-
ny mines 20 miles northeast of Srnta
Ana, Sonora; and some of the produce
has already been shipped To New
YOrk.-Ex.
The Chihuahua Enterprise says: w.
j. Jones, mining man of EmpOrla,
Kansas, has leased a mine near Santa
Rosalla. where he Is starting opera
tions with large force of miners and
timbermen.-EX.
The Nogales Oasis saye. Ore ship
ments from La Bufs mine have been
discontinued until after the rainy sea-
son on account of lack of feed and
water on the road. About 300 tons of
high grade ore have accumulated
Elk.
1t is credibly reported that on Mon
day OF last eek q Mexican found near
Suaqui Grande gold ledge about TWO
feet wide, very rich on the groupings.
Thirty-hve ounces Of gold was pounded
out OF the rock in a hand mortar with
in very few hours.-Ex.
The Val Verde Copper com psny.
whose properties are IN Arizona, and
head Offices in Boston, have announced
the withdrawal from the market of any
more OF their stock, the par value of
which is s. per share, and that the
price of the stock will be advanced to
such figures as the directors of the COM
pany may determine.-Ex.
1t is announced that the gross value
of the output of Stratson's Independ- |
ence for the first month under the new
management is $247, 900; and that the |
total cost of production, including 81 |!
600 properly chargeable to cOnstruc- !
tion account, is S57 900, leaving net |
profit of $3.50, OOO.-Los Angeles Min
ing Review. !
The new stamp mills of La Union |
mine at POrral are running and are !
the heaviest stamps in this section. !
Their increased crushing capacity ne
cessitates putting in another large con-
contractor which will be done next
week. Under the able superintenGency
of Mr.. F. 0. Pelham this property is
now one of the foremost of the camp.
Mexican Herald.
The State Mining Engineer has re-
GENTLY published in the Government
Gazette a report on the operations at
,he gold mines in the Transvaal during
asst year. 1t states that the tonnage
mined was 1927, 500 tons whilst the
lumber of tons crushed was Z ,30S, Alb.
The average stamp duty was 1880 tons
Der "a hours. The total number of
white workingmen employed in and
Lbout the mines in 1898 was 10, FOL, and
kaffirs 80, los. The value of gold OBJ
aimed from the mills alone was 9lO,-
7S, 1913, and from subsequent methods
n treatment, 95, O57, ZIG, the total re-
overy being given as Alas. per ton,
he yield from the mills being Pills.
'er tou.-LOndOn Mining Journal.
What might have proved serious