El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-19
Mines and
Mining.
The hiIIsboro Mining District

Hillsooro, New Mexico:
II you hear anybody cay there is
nothing In the Hillsboro mining dis
srict and that the camp is dead you
can say for me that II ts not so. have
looked over the district and | find
onsid cradle life and energy displayed
by abe mining men In the district.
The district may be compared to an
immense wagon wheel, all the veins
converting to one common center the
hub). That center Is q basin about one
half mile south of Senator w. n. An
drews' mill. The Andrews Company
owns seven claims south OF the mill, all
being opened up and blocked out. Be
sides keeping the 100 ton concentrator
going day and night, the company
has . splendid mill, using four Frue
vanners and four Wiley tables. They
employ about 100 men at the mine and
things look quite lively. This Pnila-
delphia company has done much to
start The whole district up and give 1t
new blood, and has demonstrated that
. dead camp can be made live one
with Intelligent mining. When all the
dead campo in the southwest get live
men OF means, IL will open up and sur
prise the people of Ell Paso.
Senstor An irews has just returned
from Philadelphia and will visit Ell
Paso 10 u few dsys and will call at the
chamber Of commerce The company
will commence the erection OF church
and school house and also put In
library for the workmen.
South of the mill, about one-half
mile, the Copper King Company owns
some claims thAS Q number OF these
veins must enter. The center ls
basin Of good size where oil the veins
converge. Over % distinct veins are
opened up, all going to the one batin,
ha
on each claim are about elk, making
In all about $50 claims In this one dis
,rict. These veins are not strings but
big, strong, healthy veins from three
to i've feet wide, with pay streaks OF
six inches TO three ieet wide.
The leading mines located, IS one
may cay, on epokes Of the big wheel,
are the Mostresl, Enterprise, Golden
Era, Garfield. Eldoradc, Richmond,
Bonanza, Snake, Bobtail, Opportunity,
Mckinley, Wicks group, Bull OF the
Woods, Blacksmith, the Trip, Andrews
Ell Ora and Mrs. b. The Blacksmith
group OF two claims has just been sold
by Mr.. W. f. Nelson to St. Louis coun.
sSar, developing it at once. They have
. good piece Of property and IL develop
ed properly IL will turn out boeaBzs
for the 81. Louis county officials.
The Bonanza has produced over
81, 900. 600. the Opportunity over half
million, the Sn AXE and Bobtail on |
the same vein considerably over $780, |
able ore and has now blocked out over |
. 200 tons. TheRichmond has produced |
over $3.50, 900, and the lessers At the |
$50 level are In sl60 ore. The Garfield |
Is steady shipper to the Ell |
Paso smelter. The last
car shipped gave returns Of
81 ounces OF gold, l6 per cent copper
and % ounces OF silver. The Eldorado
group is the latest to enter the list of
railroad while / was there.
The Eldorado, the X. K. and the
Key West are on the same vein. The
owners OF these properties are G. A.
Mel, G. E. Bonnet, and F. L. Buchanan
OF st. Louis; G. A. Jones Of Spring field
Illinois: and W. E. Nelson Of Quincy,
Illinois. These parties have gone to
work In earnest to develop these pro-
perties In good shape with the inten-
capacity as soon as
sufficient ore Is in sight to justify
IL. They have splendid con-
property. They have q
shaft down, 160 feet and drift 10 800
fe ct and are cross cutting west as their
mother lode runs parallel with the
one they have opened up, and in cutt-
Ing across they have encountered two
veins carrying good values. They will
In eight or ten feet more out the moth
Or lode near an old caved-in shaft
saved in on the parties in 1887. TT ese
will make big mopey If
hey put In a concentrator, as they can
get all the water they want at 10 feet.
They have opened up the veins for the
whole. length, of the three claims, 4, 500
'ees, and found ore the entire length,
and when they cut she vein In the
mother lode they have four feet of
Mr.. w. f. Nelson will get up the
mineral of III. whole district and ship
t to the FL Psso Chamber OF Com
nerce. he IL very much impressed
With the chsmber OF commerce plan ,
or letting the world know OF the mi
,ersl resources OF the southwest. He
aye he will see to it that a good fair ,
exhibit OF all the mines in the district
3 placed In Ell Paso. Mr.. Nelson is
i've man and pusher.
Mr.. w. o. Thompson. editor OF the
'aper, will assist Mr. Nelson In get
ing up the exhibit, and they will have 4
good one. They have the ore in the
lsims Ia this district to get IL from.
The ores OF the camp are gold, silver I
nd copper. Mr.. Thompson will send
is paper regularly to the cham Der of
ommerce and do all be can to assist 4
lie camp and Ell Paso in her efforts to
dversise the resources OF the south {
rest
Mr.. Nelson has just sold the Black
NTH group of two claims to st. Louis
art'es aud they will start developing 4
hem in a week or SO and push it for
al L..