El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-20
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The latest reports from Sirra Moja-
de-, Coahuila, state that the fire in the
Veta Rica mine Is still burning.-Ex-
charge.
Mr.. J. Calisher of Magdalena, has re-
Gently located a six-foot copper ledge,
near that town, ore from which goes
thirty per cent.-Exchange.
In the Abogado niue, near Gavilan de-
velopment work has penetrated q body
OF excellent ore, and it is anticipated
that shipments will begin shortly
Exchange.
A rich strike has been made in the
CincO de Mayo mine in the EscOndida
noun tains. state of chihuahua. Assays
give 500 ounces of silver to the ton -
Mexican Exch.
A new mine recently discovered in
the Pilares district, of the state of So
nora, about ten miles west of the fam
GUS Cfnco de Mayo mine, assays 16 per
cent copper and IS ounces silver to the
ton.
1t is credibly reported that at Ell Ur-
banO nina, near Torres, the shaft has
cut an eighteen-inch vein, at depth
of 300 feet, which is yielding ore run
ming from 200 to 900 ounces in silver.
Mexican Hereld.
| A force OF men will shortly be plac-
ed at work on q group of claims in
Cola canyon and owned by Milo Hill,
at Santa Fe. Some very rich ore has
been found on these claims recently.-
Albuquerque; Citizen.
The bank of Deming last Saturday
purchased the valuable Dell mine in
the Hillsboro district, at the mortgage
sale. Consideration, SO, O12. Thos G.
Hall, claimant, entered q protest
against the sale.-Deming Headlight.
With resumption of work at Las
Cruces. and the work going on at Abo-
gado and Cavilan mines, there is q
stretch OF country, not more than half
q mile in radius, which will be very
lively the coming summer.-Mexican
Herald.
Specimens of huitzucuite, q new ore
discovered in new mine opened up
near Huitzuco, Guerrero and belong
ing to the heirs of the late Sr. Rome
no RubiO, assay ten per cent mercury.
The ore also has considerable arsenic
and anthony.
! John Luke has twelve men at work
on his Gretna mine near Crowned
King. He expects to have 1000 tons of
ore milled very soon. He has encoun-
tered quite volume of water in the
tunnel which is now In 500 feet
Journal-Miner.
The Black Warrior Copper company
is building q track 61OO feet long from
the Dadeville and Montgomery mines
to the site of the proposed teaching
plant in Lost Gulch. Everything for
the teaching plant will arrive within
thirty days. Silver Belt.
W. D. Luce has purchased E. San
| guinetti's interest in the Castle Dome
Lead mines. This gives Mr.. Luce
complete control and he will imme-
diately put in machinery to work the
same on large scale. The property
is one of the best mining claims in
Ynma CONTRIBUTIONS Sentinel.
very lively, two and three carloads of
valuable copper ore, concentrates matte
| etc, being brought in daily from
Harshaw, Washington Camp and Du-
| quesne for shipment to reduction works
at Ell Paso, Denver, Pueblo and Kan
sas City.-Tucson Star.
| The King of Arizona company is
rushing the work of putting in the
100 ton cyanide plant, and will in few
days begin prospecting for water in
the valley few miles from the mine
They propose to sink q we'll 1000 feet
deep, and if sufficient water is not
found at that depth, pipeline from
| the river will be imm ediately put in
| Yuma Sun.
Amended articles of incorporation of
the Spenzazuma Gold Mining & Mill
ing company of Arizona, were filed
with the territorial secretary Wednes-
day morning. The New Mexico office
of the company is at Deming, and the
expected operations of the company
will be on pretty extended scale, for
their capital is $40, OOO OOO. -Al5uquer-
que Citizen.
| The old Juno mine, one of the Walla-
pal mining company's new acquisitions,
is having it's 100 foot shaft lately be-
gun, driven down with three shifts of
men, and will soon be complete as far
as the contract calls for, when q drift
of indefinite length will at once begin
to cut the ore body. The work is be-
ing done in excellent shape and speed.
ARIZONA Republican.
The contract let by the Lone Star
Mining company to drive 100 feet on
the lead in the fifth level of the Lone
Star mine has been completed, and it
is thought that the company will let
another contract at once. The entire
distance of 100 feet was driven in q
solid body of ore, and there is now in
sight in the Lone Star q sufficient
amount of ore to keep the mill running
steadily for several years.-Bland Her.
aid.
During last week the following new
mines were denounced in the state of
Durango: The old Magueyal silver
mine, denounced as Los Angeles, sit
uated near San Juan del Rio: Sacra-
mentO, gold and silver, three kilo-
meters north of Cuencame; Carmen,
silver, lead and iron, near Cuencame:
Aurora, gold and silver, near Ell Orc