El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-19
} Mines and
} mining.

rived at Cerrillos for the Edison com
paDy.
Henry Foy has returned to Las Cru
ces from his trip to Ell Pa5o and left
for the Organ minss.
The leading industry at Hanover and
FierrO, Grant county, is the mining Of
iron ore, though copper l. close sec
ond.
The year past his been the MOS
active enc in the Mogollop district:
Grant county, N. NJ, for the last five
or six years.
The annual work for 1899 has been
com pleted Oh the Dewey claim IL
mine a short distance south OF the
famous "Albemarle."
The turquoise from M. O'Neil's
"Blue Bell" mine is attracting much
attention, on account of it's "baby blue"
color and exc lent quality.
The Navajo Gold Mining company
has received their new engioe and
boiler which are to be used for the
purpose OF operating air drills.
Since New Year Mr.. McNulty has
been working on the M 10 shaft Of the
big turquoise mine of the American
company and with good results.
Edward F. Bennett, the veteran miner,
who has lived for nearly twenty years
at Bona1za,is now doing his assessment
work for 190Oon the "Consul'turquo.se
claim.
The most important fact concerning
the Ell Rita camp, Grant county, dur
ing the last year, was the sale of the
principal mines by j. P. Whitney for
81, 500, 900.
The ''Silver Bell" mine at Pinos Al
tos, which has recently been purchas-
ed by Colorado and Minnesota men, is
being put in good shape With view to
extensive operations.
1t is not generally known that the
turquoise mines near Silver City are
supplying about seveuty-fve PEE cent
OF the turquoise of the world and Of
the best quality produced in any part
of the globe.
The Santa Fe copper company is now
working dav ard night, with sixty
men. and doing an amount OF devel-
opment which insures en enormous out
put when they are ready to treat their
ore In the summer.
The Helen mining company at Ora
ously prosecuting the work of develop
mens and i'm p-ovement which was out
lined by Mr.. Graham aid Mr.. Parish
with excellent results.
Henry Mussett, of Fort Leaveu-
worth, Kansas, one of the owners of
the Reksom mine, on Mineral creek, is
now on the ground. This is the prop
erty In which General Nelson A. Miles
is also interested. and is rich in gold
Tribune.
Last years assessm ent work was fin
ished on the ''Portlaud" few days
ago by its owners, chronicles the Bland
"Herald." The property is located
nine miles south of Chihuahua in Cola
canyon and has produced some fine
specimens in the recent work.
The Cochiti gold mining company
has almost completed its line from
Madrid to Bland for the transmission
OF electric power and has now laid
ripe line from the Gslisteo river at
Cerrillos to Madrid, which affords an
ample supply of water for its opera
IONS.
The force of men which Messrs
Newberry & Steen have at work re-
commenced work on the "Belcher'
claim. This ore, besides being very
rich in lead, carries considerable
value in gold-said to be SIS per ton.
They intend to sink in the main shaft
to 125 feet:
The ore from the Lookout" mine,
Hillsboro, owned by Hon. J. NJ. Web
ster and Col. J. p. Parker. of Hills
boro, was asssye6 bv Chemist Alloys
Preiser and yielded the enormous val
ue of S55, 600 in gold and silver to the
ton! This is certainly the richest
strike of ore over made in this section
If not in New Mexico.
The Mary smelter at Cerrillos has
changed hands and ts now 10 charge of
A. @. Thomas, who came up from Mag
dalena together with Superintendent
II. w. Russell, OF the Rardscrabhle
group of mines, for that purpose. Mr.. |
Thomas is of the opinion that the
smelter will commence operations very
soon and will encourage mining in the
vicinity by treating the silver lead
ores of the Cerrillos district at liberal
rates.
The officers of the Industrial Placer
company, which operates on the Tuer-
to, about three miles below Golden,
arrived at Cerrillos with w. A. Swart,
the well-known expert from Denver,
and will commence operations imm edi- |
ately with their new machinery. The
company has two artesisn wells now
flowing, which are over 700 feet deep
and supply an ample amount of water, |
and expect to extract the gold from |