El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-09
TALK OF A
TRAVELLER
And Mining Expert About
Fl Paso's Pros
poets
A MINT THE Thing
The City Most Needs To
Make Her a Great Gen.
ter Of Mining Ac-
tiyity.

w. l.. Bradley, mining expert of
national reputation, is in Ell Paso for
an indefinite period, having reached
here few days ago from the rich min
eral districts that abound in San Pedro,
Mexico. Mr.. Bradley is an eminent
authority on mining and all it's various
connections, he having devoted the
part fifteen years to that progressive
branch OF industry. He gives very
interesting and valued interview TOT
HERALD man, characteristic OF Ell
Paso's location and prominence as q
mineral center, being the esta ablished
and only large icity in vast mineral
district.
Mr.. Bradley has 'pene trate d into the
snow bound regions of British Colum-
bia, and. in the Kootcnai couI try where
geld and copper mining is successfully
operated, but miners compelled to
abandon their lucrative occupation
five months out Of the year on account
OF snow and ice, and the block aiding
of passable routes by wagon road to
the mining district, the work becoming
excessively expensive, an outlay Of
four to five thousand dollars being exl
pended to build suitable ard easily
accessive road to the place of occupa-
tiop. The states of Washington.
Idaho and the northwest generally ara
subject to the same obstacles, but in
this region, says Mr.. Bradley, these
impediments are unknown
GEL Paso today, and for many wears
hence, should be one of the most
universal mineral locations as base of
transaosing the business end OF one of
the most important branches of indus
trialoperations in existence. Being ia
close touch with the extensive mining
districts of Mexico, in easy access to
the vast mineral producing neigh bor-
hood of New Mexico, Texas and Arix-
ons, with railroads moving In either
direction. car loads of the precious
stock piling into the one smelter To-
Gated conveniently, the help working
day and night converting the
earth's lucrative production into
bullion, mining machinery and other
implements being purchased in this
city, prosperous MIXERS making their
headquarters here and others moving
through to locate and work properties,
certainly Ell Paso is in a state of i'm
mediate and continued prosperity from
q mineral standpoint. Another smelter
in this vicinity, however,
would mean much for mining and 81
Paso's interests generally. The one
9 nelter on this side OF the river, 1 un-
derstand. is incapable of handling
all the work thai is being brought
t) it. Competition and auother smeI-
ter would tend to benefit mining men
3 nd employers and In other avenues
further Ell Paso's thriving onwar5ness.
"The HERALDS advocacy Of q
branch mint, being established in this
city, is a worthy and commendable sug-
yeston and is sanctioned approvingly
by mining and business men whom I
ave conversed with. 1t is not neces-
'ary to go into details of what this re-
'ult would accomplish If SD actually.
After all Of my travels in mineral re-
yions, thoughous the United States,
British Columbia and Mexico, l nm
more favorably impressed with Ell
oaso."
Mr.. Bradley will leave shortly for
he La Purisima mine in the San Pc
no district, Mexico, which he has
'een operating successfully for q time.
lie will also divide his mining abilities
q developing a property ct Kilo 97 on
he line of the Sierra Madra railway.