El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-26
Mines and
Mining.

The :Azurits mine in Pima county,
Arizona, shipped lately $4,000 POUNDS
of copper bullion to New York.-Ex.
The Copper Queen company of Bis
bee, is to increase it's smelling capa-
city from 600 to 800 tons per day
Elk.
A strike of 1900 ounce silver ore has
been made on the American, Flag, in the
Wallapai noun tains, Arizona. This
mine is one of the old producers that
made men rich.-Ex.
The Jerome Reporter says that rich
dry placers have been discovered near
Ehren berg on the Arizona side of the
Colorado and that q large camp is
growing up at that point.
It is proposed to establish a large
smelter at Galeana, Nuevo Leon, to
handle the product of the ID mines re-
Gently denounced near there by rich
syndicste.-Mexicsn Herald.
Chloride mines ought to ship great
quantities of ore to the smelters as soon
as the new railroad reached that point.
The lodges are all big bodies of ore
that will stand shipment.-Kingman
Miner.
denounced the Ascension silver niue
near Taamazula, Durango; and Pablo
Soto the 20 de Mayo, of silver, near
ROdeo in the same state.-Mexican
Herald.
II an ore body lie upon top of the
ground or has no other covering than
superficial deposit of debris, it is not a
lode or vein in the meaning of the law
and the deposit cannot be followed out
side of the lines bounding the claim
Elk.
The Golden Gem shaft near Kingman
Arizona has been sunk to depth of
about 233 feet and will probably be
further developed by the owner, T. L.
Ayres. The mine is one of the best
gold properties in Arizona. Tucson
Star.
In the state of Guerrero during the
past week the following new mines
were denounced: by Jose Maria Ortiz,
and by Manuel Gomez, David Forces
ter and partners, the Palayo, silver
near Observation-Disclosures Herald.
Arizona, that the new management of
the Spenazums company has started
work in legitimate systematic man
ner to develop the properties owned by
the company. The company is said to
be possessed OF some very promising
clsims.-Tucson Citizen.
Work done on q ditch outside of q
placer claim previous to the location
of said claim cannot be claimed as eX-
| penditure to apply on patent, nor can
| the expense of preliminary survey for
ditch be claimed as required expense
unless the ditch be actually construct
ed after location of the claim.-Ex-
change.
Last week the following new mines
| were denounced in the state of Nuevo
Leon; by Pedro F. Cor zalez, the Nina
Vieja de la Reinera, silver aud lead
Democrat, silver and lead, near Busta
mantle; and by Agustin Maiz, the Can
grejo, silver and lead, near Monterey.
Mexican Herald.
An unpatented mining claim located
on the public domain is not taxable,
though the Improvements in the way
of buildings, machinery, etc., are. A
claim on patented agricultural land is
taxable in proportion to it's area, being
assessed at the same rate as agricul-
tural land, the Improvements being
also taxable.-Ex.
A rich copper strike has been made
at the head of Mineral creek, some 25
miles from Globe, where J. G. Goodwin
and p. Cole have located some six
claims. The ores are oxides and sui
phides and the average assays are said
to run 30 per cent copper and sever
teen ounces silver. The ledge is said
to be large one.-Tucson Citizen.
Prospectors from Sonora state that
Spaniard by the name of Sanchez has
located big vein of high grade cop
per, 20 miles from Moctezuma in that
state, and that he has been transport
ing the ore by pack mules to Guaymas,
where 1t is shipped in sailing vessels as
ballast to England. A wealthy Amer
lean company Is now negotiating for
stone Prospector.
Persons returned to Guaymas from
the Santa Clara gold diggings say there
are some 1900 people there now, ell
told. The expert miners get out So to
$5 gold a day and the poor ones from
so to IS cents worth. Food is very
dear. Flour costs 30 to 35 cents a
pound; meat S1.25, coffee 81; rice so
cents: and water Sl.25 for ten gallons.
A poor meal in the restaurants costs
e1.-Monterey Globe.
Articles of incorporation of the Con-
solidated Copper Chief Mining COM
pany were fled in the Office of the Ma
ricopa county recorder. T. II. Bacon,
F. Dabney. 81. P. Haskill, A. B. Arms |
berg and F. S. Parker are the incor-
porators. Phoenix is the principal |
place of business, but branch Office |
will be maintained at Detroit, Mich. |
Authorized capital stock is $1,000, 900, |
divided into one million shares at 81 |
each. Liabilities 1925, OOO.-Ex.
The Bisbee Orb says that the Roy |
mine in the Pilsres district, has been |
sold to Denver parties. The Roy prop
erty consists of IL pertenencias. 1t is |
a very high silver proposition, chlor-