El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-02
CASAS GRANDES NEWS

Surveyors Report Soon to Be Sub
mitted To the Company,-Dis
appearance of a Mining Man.
Rich New Pocket of Silver StruCl
In the piIares Mine.-ToWns Al
Growing.
Special Correspondence of the Herald.
Work on the extension of the station
platform is going on, 1t will be ex-
tended tie length of five cars.
Dublan, the metropolis of the colon
les, continues to forge ahead, new build
ings going up in every direction.
j. h. James, the local merchant ant
hotel keeper, was at Colon1a D1aZ OF
business the fore part OF the week.
Captain Curry. of the force of sur
veyors, left for Ell Psso on Wednesday.
Truman Carpenter Is now ably filling
the position of baggage master and
express agent on the Sierra Madre
railway.
Casas Grsndes people are looking
forward to the beginning of work on
the new line as the opening of season
Vi new prosperity W tuSh.
F. S. Dubbs has moved his family
here from Sabinal. Mr.. Dubbs is con-
peeted with the Mexican Ore company
and will open an assay Office here.
The death of Andrew Brainholt,
aged 20 years, occurred at Colonia
Juarez of appendicitis. He had been
but few dsys.
Assistant Superintendent Parker of
the San Pedro mines and his wife,
hospitsble young couple, have gone to
ST. Louis to visit relatives and friends
and will probably be absent several
weeks.
who have been working at San Pedro
since last october, are in Ell Paso.
From there Mr.. Ransom will return to
his home at White Oaks and Mr.. Rob
erts will go to Cripple Creek.
I'D. Matthews, the hustling member
of the Sierra Madre Supply company,
and ex-manager of the company's large
business, Is now engaged in building
houses on lots he owns here and giving
his eutire attention to his real estate
business.
A report comes from the Pilares
Mining compsny's property that rich
new pocket of mineral has been dis
covered that will run sixty per cent
silver New men are hired every day
to 60 to the great gold and silver fields
west of here.
Thirty-one cars of cattle went up
from Casas Grandes to Ell Paso on Tues
day an6 Wednesday mornings. Twen-
ty-five cars will go to 7. j. Coggin in
the Pecos valley, five cars to John
Ell Paso. Two cars of lumber were
consigned to Pierce 81 Wilson.
While temporarily derapged Charles
Ortia, Swiss miner engaged in doing
contract work at the Candelaria mine
at San Pedro, wandered away from the
town on Tuesday and has not been
heard from since, though parties are
securing the hills in search of him.
Ortia bad about 800 on his person
when he left the mines and it is feared
that he has been waylaid and murder
ed for this sum. Ortia is a single man
and about 40 years old. This is the
third time he has disappeared from his
BOARDING place in the same manner.
He was subject to fits or spells that
caused him to believe that someone
wanted to kill him and he wished to
run away from his supposed assailants.
He and his partner, another Swiss,
own 8 valuable mining property in the
Pilsres district. They were working
for the Candelaria company for the
purpose of securing money with which
to work the prospect. Ortia also owns
property in California. Both men are
citizens OF the United States.
General Manager j. P. Ramsey came
down in his private car on Monday &C
eompanied by j. Fewson Smith, the
chief engineer of the railway. Mr..
Ramsey was On one of his regular trips
of ms pection aad Mr.. Smith came to
consult with the heads of the survey
ing parties and assist in preparing the
report of The new survey to submit to
the company. Neither gentleman
cared to say anything about when the
actual construction of the narrow
gauge branch would be begun until
the directors of the road in New York
had been furnished with full infOrma-
ton Of the survey, the probable cost of
construction, and other matters per-
tanning thereto. The cheering in
formation is learned. however, that
the cost of the survey will not be near
40 much as anticipated and this fact
coupled with the anxiety of the com
PAW to reach the timber belt and
mining field will hasten the Inaugural
ton of work on the new line. In all
probability the work of construction
will be begun at an early date.
Casas Grandes, Mex, June l.