El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-31
Mines and
Mining.
On His Way Home.

| OH Ills nay IOuiO'
| B. F. Hedges, of Terre Haute, Indi-
ana, is In this city on his way home
from the state of Durango, Mexico,
where be has been since last October,
| superiuteudin1 q smelter for the Peno-
| les company. He Is going home to
spend several months recuperating.
Forty Four Cars of Ore From San
Pedro and Sablnal.
Forty -four cars of ore was brought
TO Juarez from the San Pedro and
Sabinal districts over the Sierra Ma
Dire line yesterday. From there 1t will
be TAX en- to smelters at different places,
the greater part to Aguas Callentes,
while . goodly portion will go TO the
Ell PasO smelter.
A Fine Ore Specimen.
A. j. King and John A. Jones re-
turned TO their mines in the San Bias
district yesterday after few days
visit to Ell Paso. As q token of regard
gent Logan, of the Sierra Madre line,
g beautiful little specimen of ore taken
from one of their mines. 1t is lead and
silver and of q very high per cent.
A Rare Specimen
General Traffic Agent Logan Of the
Sierra Madre railroad, is accumulat-
ing quite q little mine raj exhibit
in his Office in Juarez. When a man
that is Interested in mining visits Mr.
LoPan's Office he takes pleasure in
showing him the ore specimens.
Recently q man came in the Office
and commenced to air his mining
knowledge and he was shown the little
exhibit. The man of mines put on q
wise look and began to give Mr..
Logan q lecture on the speci-
mems, passing his Judgment on
the value of the mine that each speci-
men was taken from. Among them is
. piece of rosin and when the lecturer
came 20 it he stopped, turned it over in
his hand, scratched his head, turned it
over again aud scratched his head again,
but with all his turning over and head
scratching he could not reckon on the
value of the mine that produced that
specimen. Finally he very unwillingly
gave 1t up and, turning to MIR. Logan,
he said, That is q new one on me. Do
they mine that stuff down in Mexico?"
He Is Going Back.
S. Plunkett, of Denver, is in the city
today on his way home from Casas |
Grandes. Mexico. Mr.. Plunkett is the |
partner of Mr.. Ssndusky. whose exper-
iences we gave an account of one day |
last week. He accompanied Mr.. San !
week but returned at once to Mexico |
for the purpose OF continuing his
in the Guaynopa |
district but when out about thirty
miles from Cssas Grandes his revolver,
which he was carrying in holster too
short for 1t, dropped out ana exploded, |
TO ball entering Mr. Plunkett's right
eg just soove the instep on the inside
and came GUS about three Inches above
n the calf of the leg.
This prevented his going any farther
Add be decided to return home to re-
cover from his wound before making
my more attempt to prospect in Mex
co. When his leg gets we'll and the
Amy season is over he will return to
-esume his prospecting. Speaking of
,he rainy season. Mr.. Plunkets said
that the rain sets In down there at
noon and continues until night seven
mes week.
He ssys that is great country down
around Casss Grsndes and Chuschupa
.od in the Guaynopa district. The
Ind the grass is thick aud high. When
Isked If some OF the country wasn't
,rett sparsely habited, he said, "Oh,
is n t so bad: found two families in
distance of only ninety-hve miles"
he corroborates the story of his ex-
,eriences In the HERALD with the ex-
eption that the robbers did not detain
lin, only making travelling clover for
Tim by taking his burro from him.
ey let him keep bis blanket and this
le had to carry and walk sixty miles
lone. The Mexican that he had with
i'm deserted him fifteen miles back.
Mr.. Plunkett has with him q copy of
7ol. No. of the Deseret News pu blish-
d at Salt Lake City, June Is, 1850. A
dormon at Chuichupa gave IL to him
t is three column quarto, price five
ollars year or Is cents copy; your
anne put in a news item and a copy of
he paper for 25 cents, In lunches of
wenty in one item, 20 Ger ts each.
Mr Plunkett says the ore is as fire
oUn there a. any one could wish for.
{ ia tr lie that it is wild aud somewhat {
q acce ible but he can find his wsy
trough it all right and is going back.
he Dundee And Superior Mines ]
And the Mining Prospect OF
This DlstriCt-Nhat Legitimate
Mining Means.
Mrs E F Pearson, an extensive 1
ckholder in the Orion Mining COM
any, came down from the Shakespeare
istrict in which the compauy's mines
re Gated, Sunday, to secure drivers
I'D cooks for the work OF hauling the
re from the cOmnanv' - m Inca Tn ,Or0a-