El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12
THE JARlLLAS

Bio Ore BOd1eS.-PldCcT Oohu
manent Improvements.-ElP Pas
oans Visit Camp And See Its Pos
sibllities.
In FL Paso the other day we heard
nerson who was trying to influence q
party to invest in northern Mexico,
say: 1.-The trouble with the Jar1!ias
was that che had not produced shipping
ore"
To correct this impression we again
reneat Jarilla as yet is only pro.pect.
and the showing is worthy OF careful
consideration at the hands of FL
Pasoans and mining capital from any
The camp through development work
nv only one company on their claims,
during the year, has shipped over hve
thousand tons of profitable ore;
The Lucky is now drifting on goou
ore bodies from the 60 foot and 130 foot
levels and is loading 20 tons per day,
which will soon be increased to lOO
tons. The Mamie Baird has opened up
immense ore bodies which now requires
a working shaft as they have reached
the limit of hosting by horse whlm
and these improvements Will De lnau-
purated Immediately. This mine has
shipped over 1000 tons OF pay ore, elm
ground with a working plant In place,
it can ship 100 tons per day.
The Maggie has opened up gooo
boiy of ore and in few days Will oegln
shipping q car per day.
General Manager J. A. Eddy has
been in camp several days working
hard, under ground and above ground,
examining ore bodies, their course,
pitch, quantity and quality, and with
Superintendent b. S. Church planning
for more permanent Improvements.
Our visitors the past week were ..
N. Farris of Cripple Creek, A. Cour-
chesne and J. J. Murphy OF Ell Paso,
accompanied by A. W. Clifford, who
spent two days inspecting improvenss
and the camp in general:
Mr.. Farris, after visiting the work
ings of the Lucky and Mamie Balro,
and banning dirt from the placer
grounds, said: -,
Good: it looks all right; you Will
have q mining camp in due time. lam
coming out again to give It more
thorough examination. II l can get
ground on proper terms l may become
Interested, and I can Influence some
good people to take hold OF your
A. Courchesne, the enterprising bus
mess man of Ell Paso, saw the
advantages of this camp for Ell Paso,
and with others became Interested In
five claims some three years ago.
Their ground is good mineral ground
we'll located and they will coon 1naugu-
rate development work. Mr.. Cour-
chesne said:
81 have been reading the letters
from this camp by Cav. They strike
from the shoulder at US Ell Pasoans and
are just wha we need"
1--WE have become 80 wrapped up In our
Immediate business surroundings that
we become morrow, and Glow to look
into and take hold of the strings, that
must have our attention 1t we want to
build up a big city. This mining
bust ness is the one important factor
that needs our serious thought and
most active consideration. fully re-
alize this. It is rapidly becoming our
most important and profitable trade.
Even business men, as yet don't re
alize our position in this matter, but
the moment we visit and investigate
mining camp it dawns upon US as
on fire.
ASHAMED to admit it, but this is
nv first visit to this camp, although
1 have been selling goods to it for the
pass year. 1 am we'll pleased.