El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24
Mines and
Mining.

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A New York company has boueh
the GuerigO mine near San Pedro, 81
naloa, and other mines near Tapisce
for S15O,O0O, gold.-Mexican.
European capitalists are turnin
their attention to the plum bagO mine
= of Ceylon, and the whole industry wi
shortly be in their hands.-Ex.
: The Vizanga mine, Lower California
Mex, lately made shipment fror
Ensenada OF twenty-five pounds @
gold taken from a twenty days run c
ore.-Minlng Review.
There is quicksilver mine in Per
ITO fathoms in circumference and As
: feet deep. In this profound abyss ar
streets, squares and chapel wher
religious worship is heid.-Ex.
Charles Connel, city recorder o
Tucson, Is having his copper proper
ties in the Santa Rita developed. 81
expects to ship ore from Pantano sta
ton on the Southern Pacific railway
I-Ex.
In the state of Guauajuato Jesus He
rrera denounced the Pasionaris gOlo
and silver mine, near Porhrio Daz
and Richard 81. Williams the Pastors
of gold and silver, near VillalpandO.-
Mexican Herald.
| Reports come from the Santa Maria
district, in the extreme northeastern
corner of Yuma county, that several
rich copper strikes have recently been
made in which Marcus DAILY, the Mon
tana copper msgnate. is interested.
An ore body, two feet wide and show
ing very we'll in free gold, is reported
to have been struck on the 200 foot
level in the Phoenix mine, on upper
Big Bug. Ore from q cross ledge about
six feet above the new strike. gave an
assay value of six ounces gold per ton.
prescott Courier.
The Panuco Copper company Limit
ed,) has been formed with a capital of
$500, 900 to acquire and work the Pan
ucO Copper mine, Candida Mining Jur-
isdiction, State of Coahuila, Northern
Mexico. The purchase price ia e375,-
600 payable as to e166, 666 in shares,
credited as fully-paid, and as to the
balance-viz., s20S, 1874, in cash.-Lon-
don Mining Journal.
The Bunker Hill aud Mayfower
mines were sold last week in San Fran
cisco, at auction, the price realized
being $50 800. The mines were part
of the assets of the Spring Garden Ma
tionsl Bank of Philadelphia. The
bank had advanced 100000 on the
and on the failure of the
bank several years ago, certain CAPT.
talists offered the bank $500, 900 for the
but the offer was declined.-
Elk.
Cartoons in diamond drills are usual
ly reset for 40 feet of quartz, or $50
feet slate. These and their settings
constitute the greatest item of ex-
pense. Six or eight 3-carat stones are
used to each bit, and they cost about
SIS per carat; as it costs SlO to set bit,
this should make each 6-carbon bit
cost $3.50. The cost of wear and tear
per foot varies from 80 to so cents, &C
cording to the hardness of the rock.
An average drill, incIudineI saw. 600
foot rods and 2 bits, would cost about
81. OOO.-Mines and Minerals.
n the case of heavy and unexpect-
ed flood of water in mine, which it
becomes necessary to stop by the con-
struction of bulkhead, q pipe with a |
valve or gate should be constructed in |
,he bulkhead, affording an outlet for |
The water while the bulkhead is under |
course OF construction, and which may
be closed when the bulkhead is com
oleted. A pressure gauge attached to |
his pipe will indicate the pressure per
square inch. Divide this pressure by /
434 and it will give the vertical of
water that has been encountered, but
his gives no Indication of the volume |
If water.-Ex.
Among the great gold producers of
he Transvaal, South Africa, are the |
Ieldeuhuis Deep mines. Their yearly |
output Is about $4,000, 900.
Their Weld for last April was Ia. $50
ounces, having value of about $780,
q the Transvaal that exceed it. They
re: The Robinson, the Rose Deep
nd the Simmer and Jack. The Gel
enhuis Deep paid dividend last Sep
ember of go per cent on its capital
took, amounting for that one dividend
lone to e120, 900 1900, 0OO). 1t is of in
crest to note that Mr.. Beverly Chew,
of these mines, is now
listing Los Angeles.-Mining Re
lew.
The following mining announcements :
ere made last week in the state of CHI !
uahua' By Arnulfo Vega, the Cruz, |
nd Rosario, of gold and copper, near r
atopilas; by Francisco Jaquez, the +
irgin, silver, gold and copper, near
ldsms: by Jesus Madrid and Felipe s
ainz, the Juarez, gold, near ALBANIA: I
Y Arturo Shepherd, the RetribnciOn, {
;. Krafts and Charles j. Alleman, the +
an Miguel, gold and silver, near Chi r
uahua; by Angel P. Araizs, the Ron d
,svalles, gold and silver, near Ga 2
ana; by Engineer Irigoyen. the old u
ocorro, silver and lead mine, near z
anita Eulslia; by Rafael r. Rodriguez. q
le old Estrenadura, gold and silver,