El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-24
Mines and
Mining.
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The Tres Amigos two-stamp mill in
the Orc Blanco district, has started up
on good-lookinR ore.-Tucson Citizen.
| Seventeen placer mining claims were
hled with the county recorder this
| week. There seems to be q boom in
placer mines. The locations are oil I'D
the Colorado River.-Yuma Sentinel.
The gold output of Queensland, Aus
tralis, for May was "A 494 ounces, be-
Ing an increase of 1928 ounces over
May OF last year. In. value the gold
output for May of this year is about
81 SOC, OOO.-London Mining Journal.
The Colorado mine, owned by Althee
Modesti and Frank Avila, still gives
promise OF proving bonanza. TWEEN
ty.nVe men are now at work on the
mine and $4,000 worth of ore will be
shipped during this month.-Yuma
Sentinel.
The Cochise Mining company is now
down to depth of 800 feet in its No. /
shaft, and has started to drift at the
3OO-foot level. Supt. Mulhelm reports
proving as development progresses
Bisbee Orb.
Superintendent Dillon of the Jerome
|
ment work on the cOmpany's claims
east of where the 1OOO-foot tunnel is be-
ing run, and the showing now, al
though but little work has been done,
Is encouraging.-Jerome News.
w. w. and r. A. Thomas, owners
OF 3 group of copper mines near the
United Verde mines, Jerome, Ariz.,
announce that. they intend placing q
limited amount of stock in the proper
ties on the market. They have taken
offices in she Douglas building in this
city.-Los Angeles Mining Review. .
The Garnet Queen Gold Mining COM
pany, whose properties are in Riverside
ounty, Cal, held its annual meeting
en- August a, when the following off
oers were elected: Judge J. D. Pope,
president; J. D. Pope. Jr.. secretary
pnd treasurer. E. w. Payne is no
aonger manager of the company's
lmines.-Ex.
have mines over 5000 feet in depth.
There are several shafts now down to
the 2,OOO-foot mark, or near it, and
some below it. When the new Kennedy
shaft In Amador county reaches the
proposed depth Of :, 1900 feet, It will be
about 1000 feet below sea level.-Ari-
IONA Republican.
The contract to supply the smelter,
samplinR works and roasters of the
Val Verde. Arizona, Copper Company
has been awarded to the Colorado Iron
Works company OF Denver, Colo, and
q payment OF $40, 900 has been made on
account by the company's manager.
The smelter will be of the latest inn
proved style.-Ex.
The Sierra Pintada placers in Lower
California ri e..
nation is volcanic and several veins of
ore have been discovered running from
q half to two ounces of gold and 10 to
70 per cent copper to the ton, but only
the picked portions. Food and water
are. very scsrce and high in price.
Monterey Globe.
As was stated in our news columns
last week, the Yellow Aster Mining
company of Randsburg, Cal, declared
. dividend for last month JULY of $40
600; This makes the total amount paid |
quarter of million dollars. Now that
their new mill is crushing more ore an
increase in the amount declared In |
may be looked for.-Ex.
The Mining Journal of London re-
ports an important discovery of tin at |
Eskdale in the northeastern part of |
Victoria, Australia. The Journal says: |
The prospectors have been working |
on this ind for some time, and had |
tried to keep the discovery a secret,
but the moment the news leaked OUT |
the country was rushed, and the whole |
country side has been pegged out for
leases"
It is stated that the United Verde
mine has been explored by means of a
drill to depth of 1000 feet,
says the Miner-Journal, and the drill |
core shows the continuation OF the ore
body for the entire distance. The
deepest workings at present are only
,OO feet, although work is now in prC.
yress sinking another 100 feet, and
when completed level will be opened
It 700 feet.
There are in Mexico 1914 mioinp
divided among twenty
classes, as follows: Gold, 1913; gold and
'ilver, 1915; gold and copper, 81; silver,
1924; silver and copper, 1856; silver and
cad, 1925; silver and iron, %: silver
md manganese. 2; copper, SOL: copper
md lead, 6; copper and iron. 40: lead,
3; lead and iron. Z; iron, 80; anthony,
g; tin, 8; mercury, So; sulphur, 20;
pal, ID; rock salt, 2.-Modern Mexico.
The deepest workings in the White
Hills mines show large bodies of high
trade trembling ores. The veins run
'ast and west in the White Hills. They
AVE two shafts on the Cook Bros. &
3lythe mines at Virginia Camp over
90 feet deep and the size Of the ore
'ody and the richness of the goldore |
las increased with every foot in depth.
These mines are under bond to Frank
Rockefeller, brother of the Standard
)il president, and a sale is aseured.-l
dineral Wealth. 6
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