El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-20
Mines and
Mining.
ConCentrdtor

Concentration For New Mexican
Lead Co.
| G. c. Hopkins, superintendent OF
| the New Mexican Lead compapy's San
| Andreas property, came in yesterday to
confer with the representatives of the
| railroads entering this city in regard
to rates on the shipment of the concen-
trating plant that the company has
ordered for their mine. AS soon as
arrangements with q road can be made
the machinery will be shipped and q
mine.
Graphite In Mexico.
A report reaches the Mining Review
that good quality Of graphite has
been discovered near Willards station.
near Hermosillo, Mex, on the line of
the Sonora railroad. The property is
Prietas, Sonora, Mex. It is also learn
ed that during several years past ship.
ments of graphite have been made to
Saginaw, Mich. from another proper
ty in that neiRhborhood. No parti-
culars beyond that could be obtained,
Elk.
Selling Gold Dust.
Sam Bonner, who has charge of the |
business affairs of w. S. Barnum and |
son Frank while they are in California, |
received a letter from Frank this morn
ing. They were In Sacramento at the
time OF writing, having gone there to
sell some gold dust. He never stated |
how much they bad to sell but they
having gone there from Bangor to dis
pose of 1t, the natural inference is that
they had considerable amount. He
said they would soon leave Sacra-
m ento on another gold hunt but did |
not state where they intended going.
A Striking Contrast.
General Traffic Agent Logan, of the
Sierra Madre line, has an Interesting
photograph OF the Old Leon mine near
Leon station on the Sierra Madre |
road, This mine was worked by
Spanisrds 200 years ago and ia now be-
ing worked by the Csndelaria Mining
company. The picture shows Mex
lean coming out OF the old shaft with |
bucket OF ore on his head, IN the
same way the miners did when the |
property was first worked; while on too |
of the hill the modern machinery is |
shown. The contrast between the two
modes OF removing ore is very strik- |
Ing and the photograph is an interest
iug study.
The Leon Lead Camp.
At the Leon lead ca mp on the Sierra |
Madre railway the daily out put of ore |
Ia four or five cars, and when some new
m machinery, which is being ordered, is |
put in they will have a daily output
that will far exceed that. The princi-
pal mines OF this group are the Old !
|
ed by the Candelaria Mining Company
and the lola, owned and operated by
Col. 5. L. Bean, of the American
Placer company. Besides these there
are several smaller properties being
successfully operated, one of which is |
La Esperanza, belonging to ]. A.
Rogers, the real estate man of this
city: Mr.: Rogers has been offered
good price for this property but ba. 80 |
far refused to sell it. Messrs. Place
and Rsthmsn. of the Sierra Madre
line, also own promising property In |
shis camp.
A WONDERFUL Ore Deposit.
Mo Stuppi, who owns q ledge of rich
silver ore $50 miles west of Casss Gran
des, has brought up samples of ore
from his mine which run 200 ounces In
silver and carry SI25 in gold to the ton.
Ihe ledge from which this ore was
taken Is some 400 feet high and has
been traced for distance of seven
miles. The cost of extracting the ore
ls reduced to the minimum as all that
ls necessary Is to tunnel in and stope
the ore out.
There Is now good wagon road to
within few miles of the camp and one
can be constructed right up to the
mine, thus dispensing with the neces-
sity OF packing ore on mule or burro
back. Mr.. Stuppi and associates in.