El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-07
The White Oaks Mineral District.

Following is continuation of the
letter recently printed in the HERALD,
from jor S. M. Davis, who is in the
field collecting specimens and descrip-
tive matter for the chamber of COM
merce:
WHITE OAKS, N. Nj.
To write up thoroughly the resources
of White Oaks would take me a month,
but L will give the people of Ell Paso
an idea of what Is up in the mountains
at the doors of Ell Paso, waiting for
development.
The Old Abe mine has twenty
stam p mill, pounding away day and
night on q fine grade OF ore; also fine
ly equipped cyanide plant. 1 will not
say anything about what is in the Old
Abe, but will let the people of ElPaso
wait and see what will be put in the
ohsm Der of commerce building. It will
make their eyesbulRe. went down 1900
feet and found every level, even the
twelve hundredth, as dry as Ell Paso. l
will only say that the Old Abe exhibit
will be simply immense. Mr.. Hewitt,
president of the Old Abe Co. told me
that he would come down with the ex-
hibit.
In this letter can only give you
q general outline Of what l have seen.
The mining part will come later in
all listed in the chamber of commerce.
The manager of the Home Stake told
me that "a soon as he could get permits
sion of it's owners. he would also make
q gold display and It too will be an
seye-opener, from what hear in the
camp. They have now over two hun
dred tons of fine ore on the dump, and
are only doing developing work at
present: and not stopping any ore su all,
miners working in the camp.
1 want to cay to all who have not
visited White Oaks, come up and know
these whole-souled people. They are
alive to what the chamber of COM
merce can do for them, and they want to
buy every pound of goods they can use
in Ell Paso if they can do 30 in justice
to themselves.
Mr.. J. Taliafero, of White Oaks, is
developing some fine property in the
Gsllanas, forty i've miles northeast of
White Oaks. The Spencer Brothers
also have some fine property. They
have concentration on their mine,
putting four to five tons into one, aud
are only shipping the concentrates,
which are rich in copper and lead, and
some silver. The ore from Mr.. Talia-
-erO's mine Is fine, a solid mass of cop
per and lead, the finest f1uxing ore l
have seen In years, and much sought
after by the smelters. The district will
have fiue exhibis, which will come
down with the White Oaks. This dis
trict has bright future, and l would
say to mining men, watch the Gallanas
district. You can always get good
teams or saddle horses from Mr.. Paul
Mayer, who Is one of White Oaks thor
ough-going business mel, to whom we
are under obligations for his kindness
While at White Oaks.
l want 10 say to the members of the
chamber of commerce. Don't get i'm
patient; these large exhibits cannot
be got out In day. Large blocks of
coal, sand stone, marble, etc., take time
to get cut and put in shape, and have
to the railroad land it costs
% oney to do this work. The people are
not going to do this by halves, but are
getting up an exhibit and will not be
with anything small, as they
know their exhibit in Ell Paso means
much to them In the future prosperity
and development of these industries.
When the country north of Ell Paso is
developed, 1t will be an enormous
producer of mineral.
DR.. Nichols, of Tularosa, formerly
Of Ell Psso, has charge of huetling up
the exhibit from the district of Tula-
rosa, and the east slope of the San An
dreas, and will, know, make credit
sble one.
The weather Is pleasant, and the