El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-31
THE JARILLAS
As Mining Camp For the Poor Man
And the Capitalist.

Special Correspondence of the HERALD.
JARILLA, May 3O.---In attempting tt
predict the future of this camp, l base
my statement and assumptions on wha
have seen and on Information and OPT
MON from disinterested people.
The formation has been described
several times in these columns, so it Ii
needless to go into that and anyone
who has any IDEA of geology, mining
fact, that the indications OF vast wealth
in ore are visible in every step in this
section of country. Walking over the
hills. you feel compelled to pick up
nearly every piece of rock you see. for
strewn about ls every conceivable kind
of float. This you think contains gold
this has red oxide of copper, this black
Otide, that is lead carbonate, this silver,
and SO on until you find you have uu-
consciously filled your pockets with
enough pieces of ore to start a small
smelter of your own
You hear the miners themselves, old
timers from the fields of California,
Montana and Colorado, giving their
unbiased opinions of the camp, while
sitting round the door of tent in the
evening enjoying pipe after hard
days work underground. They, the
sensible ones. have no intention to
there is plenty of rich ore. but too
deep for poor man to reach. You
hear how Bill Shocks has twelve claims
in different parts, with no chance of
doing his assessment work on half of
them, and in the end will forfeit them
ali, which, one by one, will be jumped
by others who are in just as bad q
financial fix as he
It is these would be possessors of
deep level mines that do a camp harm.
They know it is no poor mans camp,
but they do not feel poor somehow
when they have claims that possess
ricn veins of ore beneath, and refuse
decent offers from men who really have
the capital 10 sink. There are too
many of these men in the camp, and
the whole country is pierced by shall
low holes. l. would be far better,
where the ore is SO evenly distributed,
one claim only, and sink one deep
shaft, than going beyond his means
and power by attempting to sink twen-
ty. 1t is greedy and unbusinesslike.
Those hills have been known to
contain mineral for some twenty years,
but being far from water and having
no large open veins there was no
one with pluck enough to undertake
their development, until the Messrs.
Eddy, with that wonderful American
spirit of energy and progress, over
came obstacles, and proved the rich
ness of the locality beyond doubt.
People turned their attention to
KIondykes and Cripple Greeks when
they had as good propositions at their
very doors. Wherever shafts have
been sunk rich deposits have been
found. They brought water to the
camp, and are exceedingly liberal
with it, and one can help himself to
all he requires free of charge.
They say that the late Mr.. de Null
es knew where there is underground |
running water near the surface, which |
is carefully hidden by boulders and |
fststones. Many have searched for it !
in vain, but some day it will be dis
covered and add to the value of the |
camp, The fact remains that the only |
conditions necessary to success here |
are labor backed by money. 1t is the !
opinion of every practical mining man |
now, that by sinking almost anywhere |
in this camp, rich ore will be found. i
Capital will hasten and multiply, but
the poor man had better tur h,s at |
tention elsewhere and to wages.