El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-14


wooden sticks make hole In the
powder, insert cap end of fuse, being
careful to see that at least one-fourth
of an inch of the cap remains out of
the powder, and draw the paper
closely about the fuse and tie 1t with
strong cord.
Don Ked zie On the Dundee.
The Liberal went out and had q look
at the Dundee nine this week, and was
considerably surprised to see the
amount of work that had been done
and the development made. 1t had
known In q general way that Manager
Clifford had had force of meA at work
for several monshs, but as the property
was SO far from town 1t had not been
visited. There are several openinGs
ON the property, and the one that
sttr acts the most attention 10 IN open
cut that commences near the north
end, and extends for some eight
hundred feer, the object of which 10 to
safety the owners that the vein 10
continuous
Assays and shipments were made of
the ore taken from these open outs, and
1t was found that not only WAS she vein
continuous for these Gig hs hundred feet,
but that the ore chute was continuous
and profitable. The vein Is from two to
eight feet wide, aud the pay streak 10
from two TO twenty -four inches. The pay
streak 10 shipping ore, that IL, it carries
enough value so that IL can be shipped
to the smslter, paying freight and
smelter charges and leave . profit to
the miner. The remainder OF the ore
IL of lower grade, not containing
enough value to pay shipping and
smelter charges.
This ore Is being piled on the dump
with the anticipation that a. some
time in the future q mill will be placed
on the property which will &C concentrate
this ore, when the concentrates can
be shipped TO q profit. A shaft has
been sunk about TWO hundre feet
from the end of the claim. This is
about q hundred feet deep and on 1t
is whip, used for bringing tho ore to
the surface. Asthis depth levels are
being run In each direction. Sumo
i've hundred feet south of this another
shaft is being sunk, which is now
down ffty feet. 1t will be eunk until
il is on q level with the level from the
irss shaft, when a level will be run to
meet 1t.
Some three hundred feet south of
this shaft the vein rune into tho hill,
which rises abruptly. A bout on
level with the top OF the shaft tunnel
has also been started into the hill.
This 10 also on the same vein, which
has been traced to IL. Between tie
shaft and the tunnel, living to the west
of the ledge, Ia a shallow develop
mept sc aft, from which some 6ns ore
bas been taken. Is appears TO be on q
different ledge. and this ledge trends
toward the main ledge, and Is thought
to meet with it in the hill.
Al about the place where the two
lodges we're supposed to come to-
getner Manager Clifford cross cut she
tunnel, and started a Wine. He found
the ledge to be eight feet wide here.
and in sinking on she WINS he found
much richer ore than he had encoun-
tered . few feet higher in the tunnel.
II looked ~ though tho bottom of the
tunnel had been running on top of the
high grade ore. He will sink the wipze
until he has about ten foot breast of
this ore then will continue the tunnel
into the hill on this ore. The second
shaft mentioned, the one fifty feet
deep, was star ted a. 4 double compart.
mens shaft, and ulti mately will be used
rs the main working shaft of the
mine.
AS the levels are run they block out
tho ore, leaving 1t In suoh . position
that man can 60 on three sides of the
ore, and measure 1t up, and very close
~ calculate its value. Sinking will be
continued on both shafss, and will con.
tinue as long az ore 10 encountered.
Manager Clifford says he is taking out
enough high grade shipping ore to
pay the expenses of Development, in
fact he Is taking out enough from each
opening to pay the work in that open
ing, so that one shaft or tunnel does
cot have to pay the expenses of An
other.
Up the bill to the east of this main
la@. ,af~
been encountered that seemingly runs
into the main ledge about one hundred
fe ct south OF the present face OF she
tunnel. A fifty foot shaft has been
sunk on this feeder and a drift started
Ia bo:h directions, on fine shipping ore
varying from eighteen TO twenty-four
inches. This shaft will also to con-
tinued down fifty feet and Q second
level opened up
The total shipping output from the
Dundee for the next three months,
until other levels are opened up. will
be two or three tons per day, and
shows most satisfactory increase In
values as depth is gained. The first
car from near the surface netting
shout $500 while the last car from
levels at fifty aud one hundred depth
net,ed about $500, showing over 100
per cent increase in values. Besides
this shipping ore that be 10 taking out
he is Dilipg on the dump every day
come six or eight tons Of second olass
ore, ore that will assay from ten to
twenty dollars in value, but which will
have to be concentrated before Is can
be realized on.
Mr. G ford IL in no hurry to put up
concentrator. He says he wants at l. asst
dve thousand tons Oh the dump before
he begins 10 talk concentrator, ADD
besides that wants plenty of second
class ore In eight. II be continues for