El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-11
in THE ORGANS
Interestlr Fro m S. N. Davis
Nj Mines.


Major S. M. 7is, who ts in the
field collecting Tor the chamber OF
commerce exhibit, writes Secretary
Russell Of the chamber as follows from
Organ:
The Fourth of July was celebrated
here in the old fashioned way barbecu-
ed meat in abundance, parade, a
base ball game, fireworks, and ball at
which over hundred couples danced.
| The baseball gs me was evenly contest
ed until the last inning when the Las
Cruces beat the Organs by one score.
| Organ lei grand mining camp and will
come to the front soon as an ore pro-
Queer. 1 find every one in the Organ
camp willing and anxious to assist the
chamber of com merce In every way
possible in sending In ore and lnforma-
| ton about the camp. 10 looking over
| the country 1 find an immense mineral
zone running east and north, extend
ing through the Organ Mountains and
tains. seven to ten miles wide aud
about fifty miles long.
| The Modoc lie good property with q
bright future. 1t is a contact vein be-
tween lime and porphyry. Consider
| able development work has been done
on it. They have one shalt down 80
feet. In the new shaft at 80 feet they
struck q considerable How OF water,
| but not enough as yet for milling pur-
poses.
Imet Mr.. G. B. Rogers. the super
intendent at the mine, and he kindly
gave me full Information about he mine
and it's future operation. AS soon as they
can develop sufficient water to operate
0 fifty ton pant, 1t will be put In. The
plant Is already contracted for. 1t will
consist of % horse power engine, and
large compressor, also new pattern
air drill, and q tram way from the mine
to the mill. All this work will be
done Just as soon as sufficient water is
developed. They have ore on the
dump to keep them running several
mon tbs They will send down an ex-
hibtt this week.
All the mining men appreciate the
interest the Ell PasO chamber OF COM
merce Is taking in the mining camps,
and will do all they can to make the
exhibit from here representative one.
In the Organ district, l find many
claims that could be put on a paying
| basis if capital could be interested.
Among them are the Excelsior,
Monmouth, Little Buck which took
out In 1888 20, 900 pounds of horn silver
in one carload: the Jim Fisk, which
| has 400 feet of work and carries lead,
silver and iron; the Merrimsc which
/
present under a $4,000 bond; the
Eureka, running heavy in lead, with
good values in silver and considerable
| iron; the Black Prince. which In 1883
shipped 500 tons OF ore TO the
smelter, the returns giving 40 per
cent lead and eighteen to twenty
dollars in silver. All the above claims
are in the vicinity OF Organ city, and
all could be made good paying mines
| with capital behind them. This
would give work to thousands OF
miners.
The Mormon mine, which is about
"seven miles east of Organ city In the
gold DISTRICT has we'll defined lead
about four feet in width, the pay
two feet wide. One carload was ship
ped averaging about $500 per ton.
Very high assays have been obtained
| from this property. The vein matter
| is white quartz. Two men are at work
stopping out ore at present. The walls
are granite and trachyte. Plenty of
| water. The depth attained is $50 fees.
we'll, New Mexico, and Mr.. Enix.
There are hundreds of prospects on
| this zone running north and south that
could be made good paying properties
with a little capital. Why this district
has not been brought more pre-
m1nently before the mining wOrIo L
do not know. The mineral is stored in
this zone In large quantities, only
awaiting capital to develop it and
make Organ the Leadville of the south
west. Men working up in San Address
mountains say there are hundreds OF
prospects aud mines that ought to be
placed before the mining world. They
tell me that they find prospect holes
dug twenty-five or thirty years ago
that show up we'll, and that old pros
pectors ought to take in this locality,
and bring to light the hidden
treasures buried there.
Mr.. Hugh Steele, formerly Of Grip
pie Creek, has q bond on very pro-
missing lot of prospects, called Membri-
LA, Copper Boy and Copper Girl, which
are located twenty-five miles north OF
Organ City in the San Andress
mountains.
The Torpedo is working forty odd
men. 1 will write you about it later
when 1 go through the property, as
also the Bennett.
The people here will get up good
display of their mineral at once, and
ship to Las Cruces. l find plenty of
resources all over the territory wher e
have been to make a grand exhibit q t
Ell Paso, and it will only take work 20
get it together.
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