El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-07

Mines and
Mining.

There are now IS men employed or
the Richmond, while the Trippe has
increased its force to 80 mep.-Hills'
boro Advocate.
Crawford & Derbyshire now expect
to have their new concentration In
operation at Santa Rita some time
within the ensuing three weeks and
their output will run from sixty to one
hundred tons per day.-Silver City In
dependent.
Conley & Underwood have commend
ed the annual work on the Copper
King. This property is claimed by
three different parties, and the courts
will very likely have to decide which
of the claimants has the prior title
Red River News.
The abundance of snow and rain in
the mountains will enable the prospec-
tor to do good work this year. There
Is room in ella county for 1000 pro-
spectors who can find many miles of un-
explored country. Our mountain air
and water in the summer season will
assist the hardy prospector in his eff
forts.-Globe Times.
Word was received in Bisbee from
Barrett, to the effect that the Copper
King smelter at that place had been
blown in and was running under full
head with ore sufficient on hand to
keep going indefinitely. The mines
are said to be improving right along,
both in quality and quantity of the ore.
This is good news and will make glad
the hearts of hundreds of stock hold
ers.-Bisbee Orb.
John Merwin came to town last Sat
urdsy with some as tempting looking
double standard ore as one would want
to feast his eyes upon. The ore comes
from an extension of the Crown Point
mine, Walnut Grove district, and there
ia vein two feet wide of the richest
kind of ore. It is said that when Col.
Brodie's camp gets in operation that
not less than Is men will be employed.
One of the best stamp mills in Arizona
is being put up. It has q capacity OF
20 stamps, but only 10 stamps will be
put in as starter.-Prescott Courier.
The Live Oak Copper Co. is prepar-
ing to make large shipments of ore to
the Ell Paso Smelling works, having
received very good terms as the result
of sample shipment made several
weeks ago, Superintendent John Kss-
ser of the Live Oak, informs us that
they have seventy-fve tons of high
grade ore on the dump and hope to
ship 100 tons of ore this month al
though 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 i'm
Belt.
When q body of rich ore is struck in
! mine in Co orado all home newspa-
oers are promptly furnishe with full
and the news of the strike
8 telegraphed all over the world.
When rich strike is made in this |
lection nine times out of ten every eff |
ort possible is made to keep the mat
er out a secret. People who know are |
Ifraid to tell the newspapers, and peo-
de outside are without authentic in
ormation: Result: Arizona, and es,
,ecially Yavapai county. with as good
mining field as Colorado, is half a
century behind that state in the mat
err of mining. This procedure of
hiding your light under bushel"
lay be wonderfully cunning, but it is
1Ore effective in retarding the devel-
pment of a country that almost any
Their imaginable means. Prescott
ourter.
The strike in the Crowned King
line near Prescott, Arizona. rumors
which have been in circulation in
'rescott, seem to be true. In letter
'ritten by Lester jackson from the
'radsbaws, where he is at present
eveloping the War Eagle, he states
nat 10-inch chute of ore on the 500
Dot level of the Crowned King had
cen run onto, which gave the marve-
JUS valuation from grab"
ample taken. Mr.. jackson does not
kn%4 90
nat ore was being taken out and stack
for shipment to Prescott. He also
,ates that for the first time in many
ears or since tho memorable Peck
excitement in the seventies, there was
revival of the old-time interest and
bat in every section of the Bradshaws
he mining element were, to q man,
cry much excited over the strike
Minneapolis Tribune.
Probably the most important mining
lterprise that was ever inaugurated
this mining district bad its birth
this camp on the 9th ult. 1t is the
town Tunnel Company. organized
most entirely by Elizabethtown
,ople, 1t is the purpose of this COM
my, which has secured concession
ON the Maxwell Grant Company. to
'mmence operations at once and
ng the form ations. The company has
zen capitalized for $4,000, and
Tough has already been subscribed
par-to insure the success of the
opposition. The course of the con-
mplated tunnel will cut the extern
ons of all the we'll known leads on
q south and west slopes of the noun
in. The continuous working of this
terprise will be an advertisement of
g camp and cannot fail to become q =
URGE of profit to the promoters
izabethtOwn Miner.
Eighty thousand dollars in cash was
id out today through the Kingman
nix. for the Mollie Gibson and Bull
~ Beck, ad jOinipg mine at Chloride,