El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-28

Mines and
Mining.
Ore From 6uZma an.

Ore From 6uZman.
&c. Nee and MIR. Trask, mining
men from Guzman, Mex, came up OF
the Sierra Msdre. Mr.. Mee came &c
accompany car of ore from his mine
near Guzman.
Tennessee Mill Burned.
The Tennessee mill at Chloride, Arl.
IONA, WAS totally destroyed by fire las,
the fire IL unknown. The mill ccs,
about s35 0G0 and was insured for
half that amount.
Mining Active.
B. L. Berkey, manager OF the FL
Paso Mine, Mill & Smelter Supply
House returned from business trip
through Mexico Saturday, and reports
the mining business in healthy condi-
ton in that country.
White Oaks Coal Selling for S12 90.
Old Abe coal is now being freighted
to Roswell, 100 miles, aud selling 10
competition with Colorado coal, she
Old A be coal being preferred at Sl2 90
per ton over Colorado coal at 9S. 90. G.
hauling Tuesday morning. The coal
is being used in the blacksmith and
machine shops, and will be marketed
there in considerable quantities during
this year.-Whits Oaks Eagle.
New Railroad Proposed At Jerome.
Reports from Jerome, Ariz., state
that interest has been revived In .
railroad which has been proposed for
some time to enter the Jerome mining
district and connect all the promising
properties of that district with Jerome.
All the mines that could not be easily
passed by the main line would have
short branches run out TO them. II
would De great thing for Jerome and
that mining district as It would give
the operators of ell the properties
south Of Jerome easy access 10 the
Jerome market and would cause a
greater development of the mineral
deposits which in turn would give
Jerome q business boom.
Globe, Arizona, As Described BY
Major Davis.
Major 5. NJ. Davis writes the
cham DER OF commerce as follows from
Globe, Arizona:
The smslter on the Old Dominion
Is running one stack, treating about
l2o tons per day, running on ore
The United Globe mines are working
q uise force of men and shipping To
the FL Paso and Silver City smelters
about fifteen hundred tons per month.
The returns are from IL TO I3 per cent
copper. At eight hundred feet they
have run into a sulphide ore, with spots
of very fine copper elaucing through
o -
tramway from she mines to the rail-
road, with capacity of from fifty TO
sixty tons per hour. Mr.. E. b. Cook
was away when l called at his office
and woul I not return for four or five
days. am very sorry that l did not
get to see him.
The Black Warrior is shut down at
present, putting in larger reverber-
atory. But they are doing consider
able development work At the Gold
Gulch, and hope to strike good sui
phide ore rich enough to make their
sulphuric acid. rs they are contemplat-
log running Teaching plant OF consid
cradle capacity. Pinlett s. Harry are
shipping some good ore to the Ell Psso
smelter. The Pinto Mining Comps ny,
sixteen miles out from Globe, shipped
BAR OF ore last week running we'll up in
copper.
upO IudJ mOsL OF the mines 1Orn6r- |
" comprising what was known as the |
Globe territory, are situated from |
twenty to forty miles from Globe. I |
cannot visit them this trip. There are |
rood reports coming in from the |
different camps. From Globe the |
railroad runs down the ella valley for |
} considerable distance. tits q lovely |
valley, with some very fine ranches
md fruit tarms. But the whole val |
ey is in bad fix for want of water.
Msny of the orchards are parching |
lp. The trees in some places lcos Ae |
4 they had gone through . fire. But |
'till see they have some very dine |
pears and plnms on the |
market here in Globe.
Personal Notes.
William Crawford, who owns mining |
interests In the Jsrillss, went up today |
n business con nected with them.
Robert Anderson, operator OF the |
Topper King mine, 10 the Apache die
riot, H. down frcm that district, hsv-
ng accompanied a Car of ore from his
nine To the market.
D. W. R,ckhart, tho asssyer, and
,hsrlas BeisswsnGer. p:ops!s tor Of
'ivoli Hall, wet up 20 the JErillss
bic morning TO take u look az the min
ug inter--ts la these wonderfully rich
1ountaics
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