El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-26
Mines and
rl1n1nR.
Looking At Prospects.

Looking At Prospects.
Prof. w. q. Seamon has ben exam
lining mining proper ties in New Mexico
and Arizona for the past ten days.
Gordon Granger, his partner in the
S. anon Assay company, Is In Globe,
Arizona, on business connected with
mining.
Sierra Madre Copper.
E 8. Olmstead, who has a new cop
per mine in the Sierra Madre county,
was in town Saturday. The work OF
developing his mine has not been In
progress but a short time yet be hnds
at a shallow depth good paying copper
ore and expects to 5000 have enough
to go to shipping.
Gold In the Sierra Madre.
S. Davenport. OF this city hss good
paying gold mine in the Sierra Madre
district. He has recently received
some excellent samples Of gold ore
from it. The ore alec contains both
silver nd copper. He says he believes
he h7s struck q good permanent vein
OF the yellow metal.
An Old Time Miner
E. A. Clifton, of San Francisco,
came in from Albuquerque last night.
Mr.. Clifton says he has been in the
minir e business all his long life. He
has mined In New Zealand and South
. America and knows the whole of this
great West like a book. He thinks
that boom for Arizona and New
Mexico is about due and explains that
all other great mining sections having
had their booms It Ia their turn now.
Mr.. Clifton says that a smelter is
coon to be erected at tie San Pedro
copper mine and that the brick for
1t is now being burned.
San Pedro Mining Men.
A party Of mining men from San
Pedro, Mex, are at the Zeiger. They
are J. Q. Grant A l. Parker. c. w.
White, r 81. Haynes, A. j. Fitch, and
Bert Whitehead.
Mr.. Fitch was the only one that
could be found this morning and he
was mot talking''-wssn't even in
town. He was formerly ofthe Candle
severed his Connection with that con-
pany and lie on his way to Magdalena,
N, M, where his father owns q large
smelling plant.
Mr.. Whitehead Is cashier for the
company and came here to meet q
young woman from some eastern Tex
as town to whom he will be married
arrived Sunday night. Mr.. Whitehead
has quite reputation for his ability
An handling the cash to pay off the
hands of his company there being at
times 1900 men lined up to see the ghost
walk. The company values his services
very highly and it has built him a
home.
The Old Abe on the Boom
Tha Old Abe mae is again
to become, as Il once was, one of the
most profitable gold producers of the
West. 1t will be remembered that the
underground workings of this mine
were destroyed by fire when it was at
the height of It's rich productivenes s.
The work of reconstruction was
commenced at once even though at q
are being realized.
A carload of Its rich products Is On
exhibition at the Exchange Bank in |
White Oaks and naturally attracts
much attention. TIE ore on the
lower level does not appear in pockets
but sticking to and 6ligreed in the
rocks, thus apparently establishing |
the fact that the mine is becoming |
richer and richer as development work /
proceeds and greater depth Is at
tanned. The output is all treated at
the stamp mill of the company near
at hand.
The Graphic Mine.
= The Graphic mine near Magdslena
Sooorro Co. N. M, is proving a great |
money maker, the output being from |
IS to 100 tons day. One important !
feature of this mine is that 1t contains
limestone quarries, from which the
me needed in the shelter ia taken.
The compsny's smelser is located
mic from the mine and is connected
with it by an ore-car tramwsy which
in THAT distance drops 500 feet. The
pre- from the Graphic contains iron,
red and brown hematites, mag
q etic ore and lead oarbonates, sui
phides, silver and copper.
There is also q large body OF zine
,ulphide in this mine but as yet there |
has never been any of it taken out !
There are three veins in the mine,
varying from Eve to fifty fee. in width.
machinery Ia used In both
The mine and melter and the manage
nens of both is considered ideal.
In Brewster County.
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TERLINGUA, Texas, June 19.-Mr.
Scott has arrived from California with