El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-12
STATEMENT
REFUTED
Regarding the SaIado Coal
FieIds-What Mr..
Eddy Says.
NO FAULTS IN VEIN
Company is Still Busy Driving
heading In First Opening
Diamond Drill for Prospecting
OnlV.

An article appe AIRED in q recent is
sue of the White Oaks Eagle to the eff
feet that the coal in q number of shafts
at Sslado had pinched out and the out
look was very discourag1ng.
In the Eagles article the statement
of the failure of the vein purported to
come from some 80 discharged miners
enroute TO Cerillos. These men, as q
matter of fact, were the fnstigators in
q mild strike, and were discharged by
the company. This inform alton comes
in special to the HERALD from Gray's
City. 1t further says the main source
of discomfort was that the eating house
wss run by Chinamen.
Rumors, however, are so persistent
that the vein is pinching out and
diamond drill is being used to re locate
the lead, that a detailed statement of
the company's SIDE of the matter was
obssiDed from President Eddy of the
White Oaks.
There Is no pinching out of the Sa-
lsdo vein" said Mr.. Eddy this morning.
There is no trouble about the coal;
it is there in abundance. All we need
is time to fully open a mine. AS q mat
ter of fact the term pinching applies on
~ to mineral, and not to coal. Coal veins
donot pinch out. 1t is true that what are
known specifically as faults under the
general term of troubles. and which
are, in effect, q seemingly a Or upt ter
min alton of the vein, exist in ours as
in all other coal fields.
sac any mining man knows, strata
OF coal extend evenly in wien of
practically the same thickness over
what was once the basin of lake. At
various times there have occurred
upteavals, resulting from volcanic or
other causes, and strips of this even
vein of coal have been thrust upward
above, or downward below, the level of
the main body; and so. when the
of these faults he seems to have
reached an abrupt termination of the
coal deposit, It is then necessary to
use the diamond drill either upward or
downward to locate the continuation of
the vein.
"Now these faults are just what we
are loozing for all over the field. and
we are at present using, and will con-
tinue to use, diamond drill because
we want to know our field thoroughly
and locate these 'faults' and other
troubles that we may drive our head
ings accordingly. But so far ss the
opening at Gray's Is concerned, there
Is no fault there, and we are not using
Q diamond drill, but are still driving q
heading.
''As a matter of fact, we are not yet
III GuOTOuRu oCuoO VI Gu0
word. It is necessary first to drive
deep headings and to drive air cham
bers, and it will be 30 days before the
headings are deep enough to turn
rooms. Even as we go on, we are send
ing out some coal. loading with the one
tippie now in place; and by Monday we
will be sending out 5 cars q day, but
this product is merely incidental to The
work of opening the mine for extensive
operations The work is in charge of
Supt. T. S. Wells, of Wilkesbarre, an
experienced soft coal mining man. 1
hear from him every few hours, and
know the progress being made. 1t is
frequently the case at years time
is necessary for the complete opening
OF q mine, but we expect, after only a
few months work, to have the first
opening in shape at the end OF 80 days,
to produce 1000 tons of coal day.
''This first opening is in excellent
condition, there are no trou bles encoun-
tered so far, and we anticipate none.
The 30 men who were discharged were
let out because of misunderstanding
with the SUPERINTENDENT, and their |
iIla res have all been filed. |
The Sslado deposit is all right; |
the coal is there: and we will have an |
output up to our most sanguine eXpec- |
tetions when the headings are driven |
deep enough to permit regular mining. |
There il nothing in the report that the |
vein is pinching out and Ell Paso peo-
pie who have counted on Salado coal |
deed not be alarmed"