El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-13
THE DUNDEE PROPERTY.
Major Davis Writes OF the Develop
ment And Prospects In That
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Section.
| Major S M Davte, mineral collector
for the Chamber OF Commerce, 10 now
on . trip TO Lordsburg, Clifton, Globe,
Bisbee, ana other points In southern
New Mexico AND eastern Arizona. The
following is his first letter written On
this trip, from Lordsourg:
nave been looking over the Dundee
mine, situated about Two and . hall
miles from LordsburR Mr.. Is. w.
Randall, superintendent OF the mine,
kindly showed me over the property,
and from him l have learned mucn
about 1t. Mr.. A. w. Clifford, one OF
Ell Paso's citizens, who ID the general
manager, Ia developing the Dunoee
In an Intelligent manner that Will
mean much TO its future working.
ind four parallel veins In the width
of the claim. the strong mosner lode
cutting the formation In northeaster-
ly and south esterly direction. The
| main wOrkin shift On the mother lode,
sunk az the NORTH end OF the claim, Ii
down one hundred feet. The other
| veins have been prOspected with shAfts
| from twenty 60 nifty feeb deep, and all
the veins snow shipping mineral al
most from the top of sne ground. Inc
| mother lode has been uncovered Tor
over eight hundred feet on The surface,
showing q CON tinuOus vein OF mineral,
proving IL beyond oOubt true assure
| vein. The mother vein for the eight
hundred feet uncovered shows q width
varying from three and nall 20 seven
| feet. Along this vein the ore has been
mined and thrown ON the sides.
should think there ID at least four
hundred tOns of five to seven per cent
copper ore, and on the dumps OF the
working shafts and others at least
one hundred and fifty tons more OF
ore. The dumps, from my best infor-
| maJion, will run about Slo. Ihese
dumps are the profits of tho mine.
They are Q fine concentrating PROPOSE
lion for the future. 1t is like money
| in bank, when q concentratOr Ia erect
| ed TO treat them. The manager Ia
ALEC running q tunnel on she claim into
the mountain at the north end OF the
breast. find good shipping mineral
not over twenty-five feet from the
mouth of the tunnel.
| looked over This property very
carefully. When developed 1t Is bound
to make paying proposition for It's
owners. They have the mineral, and
the piling up of ore on the dump of
seven or eight per cent will bring
cOucentratOr, some day when enough
ore Is In sight. The sorted ore is
shipped TO the Ell Paso smelter, and is
paying two-thirds of the devel-
opipg work of the mine.
The mine Is shipping about two cars
per month, and the values in the ore
nave been doubled since the shipmer t
began.
/ asked Mr.. A. NJ. Clifford if he would
have any objection to showing me the
last four or five smelter returns He
kindly laid them before me, and 1 give
the exact returns from smelter to show
how depth will show up mine.
Carload No. l, Ssmelter returns 1907. OS
:, No.2 .. >, 1910
>, No. 3 ,, ,, 5l3 40
The FIRST car, No. 1, had thirty tons
in it and the fourth car had twenty
three tons. So you zee even at one
hundred feet, the ore values, gold oil
YER and copper, have about doubled In
talking with Mr.. Clifford about the mine
find his intention Is to develop the
Dundee in a manner that Is bound to
three horse whims in the developing
work and not put in machinery
until knew how such power
he wants for hoisting, pnmp-
ing, etc. Another hundred feet will
put them into plenty of water to run
q concentrator, ana then he eau tell
What sort of a plant he will need. The
Dundee In being developed with as
much Intelligence as any mine l have
seen in the southwest, and l hope the
Ell Paso people will reap 8 good re-
ward for the money expended in
the mine.
The treatment charges and the rail-
road charges on tbs ore are from Sl3.-
rs to els. 25, so all ore that does not run
up to the $40 mark is thrown on the
dump. There IL about five hundred
feet of work done in the mine this
year. Another five hundred feet will
block out q considerable amount of ore.
The people around Lordsburg are
interested In the cham
Der of commerce. effort to bring the
mineral resources of the country be-
fore the mining world. At the Dundee
mine lot of the mining boys got to-
gether and Mr.. Clifford made them a
good talk about the intentions of the
chamber of commerce and what it was
doing TO advertise the resources of the
sou IA west and it's needs, and how the
efforts were meeting with success In
sll parts of the south west. The miners
at the conclusion of the meeting passed
a resolution, thanking the chamber of
commerce for its efforts in their be-
b alf, and promising to send In a good,
honest exhibit of the whole camp.
l will send you also full infor % alton
about the Superior mine and . num-
Der of prospects being opened up in the
district. The town of
is improving right along.
A number of buildings are going up
and the town is in fourishing condi