El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-07

worked by the company and is on a
paying basis, and when the new ground
is opened up the property will be
a bonanza.
1.-THE next two mines at the south
end of the district, the Leon and Con-
gresso, are just simply world beaters.'
The Leon is producing over two thou
sac tons per month and the COngressO
one thousand, three hundred tons per
month. The Congresso could produce
four thousand tons If the mine had
hosting capacity, which 1t will soon
have. 1 speak Of these two mines to-
gether, as they are on the same con tact
and the shafts are only twelve hundred
feet apart. The returns from the smell
ter on these mines are as follows: Leon
mine, IA ouHees silver, rs ounce gold,
and 80 per cent lead. Congresso, 10
ounces silver, .16 ounce gold and AZ per
cent lead. Mr.. David B. Smith, the
superintendent, will make the greatest
producers out of these two mines inside
OF twelve months in the repub bile of
Mexico. he is an Up to date mining
msp, with push and energy. have
seen what there is down at the $50 foot
level. 1t is one macs of sand carbon ates,
lead carbOnates, and some very rich
iron carbonates. l know it will be hard
for people who read this article to be-
lieve what 1 am about to say, but 1t IL
true. l have seen chambers of ore forty
to fifty feet wide, one hundred feet
high, and 1 don't know how long. One
chute of ore at the two hundred foot
level they have been working on for
four months and IL may take four more
to get 1t out. The ore chutes come In
from all directions. When you get out
OF one you get into another just as big,
and 80 it goes on, in both the Congr ESQ
and Leon.
II have seen big chambers Of bon
ate ore in Leadville, but l have never
seen 80 many and SO large at $50 feet
deep. l know that saw in the Con-
to be taken out, at the very lowest esti-
mate could make. When these two
mines are sunk to 200 feet, no one can
tell what immense ore bodies will be
brought to light. But l will stake my
reputation as prophet that they will
be the largest producers in the repu-
bile of Mexico.
THE company is screening the old
dump of the Leon niue and getting
thrown out two hundred years ago by
the old Mexican miners who supposed
1t was dirt and had no value. It will
take fifty men at least one year and q
half to screen il. L saw the old work
iuRs where this dump came from. The
ore shutes come to t1e top OF the
ground, forming great caverns two
hundred feet long and one hundred and
fifty feet wide. l could not see to she
bottom CT than. They got wider and
dipped under the solid formation where
stood.
81 went down through the old work
ipgs on the CouRresso to a point where
1t connected with the present working,
shaft. and all through the old workings
1 found ore bodies that had not been
disturbed by the old time Mexican
hundred feet down l found quite q
number of ore shutes branching off
from the main working. and there are
thousands of tons Of fine ore In the up
per working yet But It is unhandy to |
work at present.
AT the bottom of the ; 80 foot shaft |
they have plenty of the purest lime
stone water. 1t Keeps the pump going
about eight hours Of the twenty four.
giving the town o. Leon plenty of good
water. The town has about 900 peo-
pie a. present, and the company is put
ting up buildings as rapidly as they can
to accommodate their help which is In
creasing very rapidly. Mr.. Smith only |
commenced TO develop these properties |
he will develop in the next twelve |
months will not only surprise the com
papy but the mining world.
You must remember in these large |
deposits there is very little sorting of
ore. It all pays. Every pound goes to
the smelter.
"These are the main properties work
ed by the company. My next letter
will tell you about eleven more mines
they are leased on royalties. The
company is prospecting on about
twenty more places on their ground,
and in riding over the district 1 saw at
least twenty more where ore was stick
ing out of the ground. This is good
place to come and get a lease tc make
a stake. But more about this in my
next letter.
"You may look for a magnificent ex
hibi5 from here -