El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-30
CHLORIDE. ARR.
Big New ConCentrator At the Ten
nessee.-SpIendid Strik~ On the
Hughes and Mitchell Clsim.-Ac-
tive Development Going On In
All the Mines OF That District.

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| CHLORIDE. Ariz.. Oct. 27-The ma
chinery for the rebuilding of the 200
| ton concentrating plant at the Tonnes
| see mine has begun to arrive and the
work of erecting it will proceed as
| rapidly possibly. 1t is quite likely
| that with the large force of men avail
able for that purpose. the mill will be
| in operation by or before the first of
January. The 400 foot level connect
ing the two main working shafts. dis
| lance of go feet. is almost complete
and some fine ore is being taken from
both breasts of the drift leaving a
large amount of valuable stopping
ground. work upon which will begin
the first of the ensuing month. Other
work in the mine looks extremely well,
and is yielding up good quantities of
concentrating ore.
The new discovery of a large body
of rich gold. copper and silver ore in
Hughes and Mitchell'S claim mile
southeast of town is attracting a great
deal of attention from mining men and
others. The main ore body which is
now exposed in the bottom of the thir-
ty-Seven foot shaft. averages sixteen
inches in width. and is stripped of rock
and dirt nearly three feet down. The
work of stripping and leaving the ore
body stand will continue till water
level is reached. which is yet from
twenty to thirty feet away, when the
great mass of rich ore left above will
be broken down and hoisted for ship
ment.
Thomas Thornton and Son are en-
gagged in developing quite a fine body
of ore an a claim they have been
working for sometime past on the
mountain some two miles southeast of
town. They are now preparing a
| sample lot of about five tons to the
sampling works of Ewing & Helm
rod at kingman, assays of which gave
204 ounces silver to the ton. When
this is done they will begin preparing
| a large shipment to smelling works.
and think some of sending it to Ell
| PaSo. Texas.
Judge William Brakeman has just
| received highly satisfactory returns
| from the sampling works of Ewing e
| Heimrod at Kingman of a two ton lot
| of ore taken from new prospect he
| is developing. Sample returns gave
ia ounces silver and good percentages
in both gold and copper.
| Good shipping ore continues to come
| from the Badger mine. northeast of the
Elkhart mine. The main shaft from
| which most of the ore is coming. has
| been driven to a depth of about 225
| feet, and all in ore of a high grade
| concentrating character. Drifting and
| Stopping Is soon 10 DeSln. Wnen the
present output of ore will be more
than doubled. The Badger belongs to
Thomas Chadwick who has opened up
| his mine to its present paying pro-
portions mostly with his own hands,
| but it will now be more largely worked.
The Samoan mine. under bond sale
| to a Denver company. is about to re-
sumo work after long season of liti-
cation in the courts of that city. The
| mine is well equipped for the begin
| ming and continuance of work for an
| indefinite period and there is much ore
| in the shafts and drifts of former
| workings. The mine has recently been
surveyed for patent and other pre-
liminaries made towards beginning
of work.
The Lucky Boy mine, which has
been producing such aStonishingly
good ore for the past several months.
continues in as good and big ore as
ever. During this time. the ore that
has been taken out and shipped. aver
aged $3.50 a ton by the carload. A
new gasoline steam hosting plant is
now being installed over the deep
shaft. it having arrived at a depth
| too great for the horse within which
| has been in use.