El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-15
Mines and
Mining.

Many American miners and prospect
ors have gathered at the new placer
gold diggirgs recently discovered near
Cucurpe, Sonora. The mine in that
section belonging to Sr. Ruiz and re
Gently sold to an American company.
assays SO adarmes of gold to the tom
Two Republics.
The Wanderer, another good tunnel
proposition. has been in operation for
some time under the supervision OF j.
w. Bowman one of the owners; the
tunnel is In beyond the 200 feet mark.
Hematite camp will be heard from the
coming season in a material way.-Eli-
zabethtown Miner.
James Chambers Saturday last
brought in seven tons of gold rock
from his Good Hope mine, Hassayam-
pa district. and sold it to the sampling
works for $130 ton. He also has out
a few tons of second-class ore; carry
ing $40 ton, which is being packed
to Silver Lake mill for treatment.-
Prescott Courier.
| There is a report, says the Tucson
Citizen, that the English syndicate
which bonded the Roy group of mines
on Mineral Creek, has closed the deal
and contemplate narrow guage rail
road to connect with the Southern Pa
cific at Picache distant some thirty
| five miles. The mines have been
stocked on the London market for 81
| 900. 900.
The New York Suns City of Mexico
cable says: General Gaspar S. Ochoa,
the owner of mining land on Popocate-
pelt, the volcanic mountain, has just
closed deal for its ssle.the price being
$3.50, 900 in gold. The most extensive sui
mi in, he 10 in,
the crater of the volcano, and it is the
intention of the syndicate to build q
cog-wheel railroad to the top of the
mountain in order to handle the pro-
duct.
The chihuahua Enterprise says: The
Lewis company of New York have pur-
chased the Mendoza copper property
situated on the western slope, at
Barranca de Cobre, about one
pilss. The property is one
of the most extensive deposits of
copper in this country, extending. as
it does, for three miles. The veins are
thirty feet wide. The price paid,
could not be ascertained; but it is said
to be quite large.
The Live Oak Copper company is
|preparing to make shipments of ore to
Ell Paso Smelling works, having re-
celved very good terms as the result |
of q sample shipment made several
KAISER of the Live Oak, Informs US
that they have IS tons of high grade |
ore on the dump and hope to ship 100 |
tons OF ore this month, although they
find it difficult to get teams to haul the
ore into town. Day and night shifts
are being worked In the mine which
continues to show Improvements
Globe Belt.
Some years ago when copper was
very low the Arizona Copper company
was forced to make a red uctiOn of
wages of its employees, amounting to
about ten per cent, the old wages to
be- restored when copper reached
thirteen cents again. Last week a
committee of the employees waited ON
the officers. showed them the market
report in the papers, which reports in
dictates that copper is selling at price
q little better than seventeen cents,
and asked for restoration of wages to
the old figure. The restoration was
promptly made, and ali the employees
are consequently happy.
Jas. B. Seager, who purchased the
Helvetia group Of copper mines in Dec
em Der for the Calumet & Hecla COM
pany of Michigan, yesterday paid to E.
which, with $1,000 which was paid
when Mr.. Seager bought the property,
represents the purchase price of the
nine. Although the purchasers had
)ne year to pay the balance, they were
'ully satisfied with the property after
out short time spent in development I
work, and decided to liquidate the en-
ire amount at once. The owners were
represented by Chas. E. Udell and D. I
T. Dryer who effected the sale in Dec
amber. Mr.. Hughes was here .and af-
er the money was paid over to him, he
eceived the congra' ulation of friends
lpon his good fortune. The Helvetia
will no doubt become one of the lead
ng mines in the southwest, as the
Michigan Co. propose to thoroughly
evelop it. and development in Arizo-
3 almost every instance shows. The !
J nited Verde is the best illustration of
his perhaps. This mine which is re-
urning net profits of 500, 900 month,
Tas unsuccessfully mined by Mr.. Trit-
lie because he did not have the means
D develop the property.-Tucson Citi-
en-,
The Phoenix Republican tells the
blowing story of the familiar 'Lost
quaw Mine" In the early days of
ne territory there were few white men
nd prscti cally no woman. A prospec-
,r, who by utilization, had become
.miliar with the Indian tongue, was ]
he object of the desperate love of one
theasquaws of the tribe. He was
nally induced into marriage, partly in
he hope that his wife would reveal q N
Her trust was one sacred
, the tribe who traditionlly held
utter contempt any who had been so
nfaithful as to betray it. The couple \
we'd without any visible means of sup
ort. but it was discovered that the