The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-21

year Of great Importance to the company
because Of the practical completion or tire
great Porfirio psax tunnel, on which work
has been In progress for a number OF
years. This tunnel was intended TO con-
meet the various properties 81 the COM
pany. TO enable the managers.to carry out
the drainage and mining works economic
ally, to utilize the great bodies 81 low
grade ore on the property ana 70 continue
systematic exploration Tor the bodies OF
high-grade ore believed 20 exist Coy.
Shepherd VIII be remembered "a the
Boss" Shepherd who hcanttfed Washing
ton, D. c. while building up a local pollt.
ical power that resulted In the abolition Of
suffrage in the District of Columbia ana
his exile. Bitterly pursued by his political
enemies. he Is one 81 the great characters
OF his time. md RUor nearly generation
OF labor with the problem which he has
nearly solved. "A Monte Cristo-like fortune
seems TO be within his grasp.
Tho BAtopiias mines are IN the state of
chihuahua. about 20 miles from the city
OF Chihuahua. and are 283 miles distant
from the nearest railroad. Part ~ this
distance n covered by n good road, the ball
anco by mule trails. which arc kept IN
order by the company. The concession
covers an area % siXtY-oue square miles
and contains a number 81 mines which
have been worked and a number 81 veins
which have been located, though not set
developed All these are valuable. chiefly
for silver. bat on the property there are
also Foid-bpafing veins some 0f which
have been worked by Mexican companies,
Of which tho Ccrro Colorado - the best
known. The district has been known Tor
30 years, ana for fully = century. from 100
10 i7sA. when several ~ the mines were al
different times IN bonanza, very large
quantities ~ silver we're taken out In
fact, the Yield wac large 9p 20 tsi0 when
the troubled times az the revolution set So.
and IN a few years the region wnH almost
abandoned. Later several Efforts were
made 20 reopen he miusa. hut nothing
was done syatgmatically cr on q large
scale until the San Miguel mine was
bought Ia 1873 By Coy. shepherd ana aHap-
ciates. who organized the Batogiias Mining
Company. Tho concession WAS extended
later 60 ttF present size THE company has
done a yerY large amount ~ work SCI op0u-
img and developing its mines an0 eane-
ciallY Ora huNdlng the great fUhnet which
WAS soon umdsrsfsat So be essential De-
has also hnlIf dam 80 feet i1uE across
the Batopiins river at San Autputu. aud q
water There ia fair iu thls distance ~
nffy-f0ur feet ana over a@3 hDgAe power
can be obtained in ordinary seasons Two
mills have been Guiit Rhd other necessary
buildings and machinery prayiHed
This ia a very brief description ~ tho
work done. and it has been agBr win
very small WoTslng capital Most - & haH
been paid fer from tha output ~ the
mines. This method n ggridnw hos naease
zariiv Involved aeiaFa. and progress has o.
fiHnrF been very af0@
The report above referred to giv.a the
total work dome in the mines ~ i'e tHs
wears ~ = Fs fesf n witch 81 f-es aaa
On the furDet The tatal ore ftkan ast
was First class. 1ls6*28 feHcaa. tH-wpt
1lafs. g - ~ laln1f fhif4 class. faiss ~
pounds tpaal fiafos tu papuas. of $3.50
sons The average YaiHe ~ ihe oTe trest-
81 waF $50 - rer ten ThT EafH B.rfe3 lot
Nhs in bars 81. sif. iu Hairhiie~ 500 ef
total 81 iE f@ TIE total payments we're
81 81; so ~ ~hlcf 1859 rQat ~ 'ac tuprsi
rerreaebtca f17iH
me aonu.eraer after Gffsra yesa ~
woyk ~ me r0rlfa pias gHaci makes %
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