El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-03
Mines and Mining

Arizona Miners.
B. B, Clark. T. A. Pope. and p. e.
Murphy, mining men from Arizona
we're in the city on business yesterday
New Machinery Ordered.
J. s. Eldridge, the Mexican mining
man, is placing additional machinery
10 one of his mines, and bias hopes Tor
yet greater results from this and other
mines than have yet been found
To Increase Capacity.
1t is obviously the intention OF the
United Globe Mining Company, OF
Globe, Arizona, to make an increase In
their capacity, having ordered from
the FL Paso supply house q large
amount of supplies calculated TO enable
them to do more effective service
A Big Order
The Ell Paso Mine, Mill and Smelter
Supply House has just received an
order from the electric light company
of Psrral Mex. for two eighty horse
power boilers and other machinery for
the repairing of their plant.
Organs Turn Now.
Msj.S Davis left yesterday for L ,s
Cruces from which place be will go to
Organ to attend the Fourth OF July
cele bratior at that place. He also ex-
poets to meet there the prominent
mining men o that region aud
secure from them knowledge concern.
ing the mines of the Organ aud San
Andreas mountains which will lead to
good results In h!s collection OF min
eral exhibit for the chamber of COM
MERGE.
Spreading Our Fame.
B. L. Berkey, manager of the E,
Paso Mine, Mill and Smelter Supply
House, is representing his company 10
Arizona and New Mexico this week.
MIR. Berkey reports his business on an
increase. He sl.o hes good word
for Ell Psso. He is enthusiastic over
the way the city took care of the vis-
itors st week, saying that II would
redourd 20 our business and social in
terests n wonderful way.
Prof. Seamon Likes FL paso.
Prof. w. n. Seamon received let
ter from proper authority yesterday.
Offering him the the position of state
biologist of Missouri. The position Is
one of considerable honor and neat
salary but Prof. SeamOu refused, say
ing he preferred 70 stay in Ell -Paso.
Some of bis friends understand that be
ia to make Arizona his home but, al
though he has been. placed in charge
of mine property IN that territory, he
will still max Ell Paso his home.
The Miners Inch.
F. A. Clifton, the experienced min
ing man, talked very interestingly TO a
HERALD man yesterday. Upon being
asked what was meant by miners
inch" he said, THAT is question that
is frequently asked and l believe al
most as FIRE queDtly answered in a way
which fails to give perfect satisfac-
ton. The term is mere or less ipdef
mite because all water companies do
not use the same head above the center
of the aperture in the box and the
Inch" varles' from l 36 to 1.73 cubic
feet per minute, but the most
common measurement is through
an aperture two inches high, and of
whatever length is required, and
through plank II inches thick.
The lower edge OF the aperture should |
be two inches above the bottom of the
measuring box and the plank should |
extend five inches more above the
aperture thus making u six inch head
above the center of the stream which |
passes through the aperture. Each |
square inch OF this opening represents
q miners inch, which is equal to q
Captain And the Mining Exhibit.
MsjorS M Davis, of Ell Paso, is in
Lincoln cuunJv securing mineral speci
mems for the Ell Pa % cnam Der of com
merce exhibit, says the CAPTAIN Miner.
Major Davis Ia a thorough, practical
mining man and his mission Is y most
Iaudable one. He should receive en-
from every person in
Lincoln county. FL Psso ia the gate
way to the mines in Lincoln county,
and it is there that many people csll
or information regarding tnis section
Of country.
Ell Paso people are just eRinning to
realize that Lincoln county Is rich in
mineral, agricultural and pastoral re-
sources aud the chamber of comm rce
has signiied its willingness to assist us
n bringing our resources to the notice
If the public.
It has cheerfully employed Major
Davis to come up here and personally
iuperin.end the collection of our
pies of natural wealth: all that is
asked of our people is to bring in the
samples, properly labeled, to the rail-
.oa1 station and the chamber of COM
nerce Will pay the freight charges to
Ell Paso.
Nogal has already responded with q
rood collection of mineral and White
Oaks and CAPTAIN are preparing to do
%. BLANKS for filling out eud further
Information can be obtained by calling
u the Miner office or writing to the
ecretary OF the chamber of commerce
It Ell Pa-o. Don't stop with one or two
amples but whenever you secure good
me send it along. 1t is the intention
f the chamber to keep this collection
q exhi billion in their building 1t Ell
he nils |
n exhibition At the Worlds Fair In .
Ii. IxQu1 After which H. will anain