El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-20

be included in the cOnsOlid alton, as
there will be an understanding thai
the present arrangements respecting
the interchange OF business will not be
seriously disturbed.-Wall Street
Journal.
| A bill has been introduced in the
| house that provides that no tax shall
be levied, assessed or collected on any
claim in the territory located un-
der the mining laws of the United
States, nor on any shaft or workings
until the claim has been patented.
Improvements and the net product OF
Nearly three hundred Hillsboro
miners waited on the principal mine
operators of the camp Tuesday even
ing, asking for an S-hours working
day instead of 10 hours as at present.
Their request was granted in q ma
jOrity of cases, q few of the operators
requesting further time for consider
alton of the Observation-Disclosures Advo-
cate.
The drift on the 500 foot level of the
Crown King mine has been run for
about fifteen feet or more through the
rich ore body recently discovered.
pocket. The ore extends both above
end below the drift also, but just how
har can only be determined by the
further development work.-Prescott
The Inferno tunnel on Black Noun
TAIN, up Pioneer Gulch from Red
River. has struck several blinds. the
orasDf which, being tested, shows values
Qt61OO per ton. These parties are do
helping out the district over in that
camp. They are still driving the work
on the tunnel as fast as two shifts can
push the work.-Elizabethtow Miner.
Chicago capitalists have taken up
copper mines in the state of Colomina,
Mexico. The mines are said to give
excellent promise. There is much
activity in copner property. A large |
amount of money for preliminary work
is being spent on InRuaian copper
mines by Rothschild and Mirdeand of |
Calumet and Hecla and Anaconda
mines in dividend paying.-Dallas
News.
The Ajax mine and mill has been, by |
order of the court, turned over to the |
company. J. A. WolcoGt now has |
charge, as representative of the same.
1t is the purpose Of the company to put |
in new machinery and to increase the |
number of stamps, and with other re-
pairs to put the mill in first class CON-
dition. The Ajax will be good pro-
position to watch, and under proper |
m Management one that will pay we'll for |
the outlay of labor and money.-Las |
Vegas Optic.
The most recent big strike made at |
Santa Rita was discovered during the |
past week by Dan Hankins upon the |
Oxide mine. He broke through into |
In old tunnel upon the property which |
had evidently been covered to secrete |
;he big body of ore therein. In this |
I'D working they found body of cop
per ore developed for a length of fifty
,r sixty feet and four to six feet 10 |
width. The ore averages from Is to
IS per cent pure copper. The fortunate
esser Is said to have a fortune in
ight.-Silver City Enterprise.
II. h. Argus, manager for the Mo-
emo Mining and Placer company, is in
he east and has written some of his
riends here that the company will put
a q pipe line intersecting the Lynch
itch at the head of Hematite creek,
which will convey the water from that
'oint directly to the Elizabethtown
'lacers, which will save two thirds of
he water and two thirds of the dis
ance. This will make the pipe line
bout nine miles long and will cost
bout $4,000. The enterprise will
i've the camp new life this spring
saton Range.
The Live Oak Copper company is
to make large shipme It's of
re to the Ell Paso smelling works, {
aving received very good terms as