El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-15
GREAT PROMISE
Held Forth BY the District,
and the Problem of Iran
sportation VIII Be
Solved.
+ ecial Correspondence of the HERALD.

sIecial Corresponds of the HERALD.
TERLINGUA, Texas, Dec. 12.-For
the past several months, rumors have
reached here of wonderful rich find
of mineral, of vast extent, said to have
been made in the state of chihuahua,
on the border of Mexico about midway
between the Shafter and BoquiIlas
mines. Owing to the interest centered
around the cinnabar mines here. and
| the natural SecretiveneSs of the finders
wishing to keep the matter quiet until
! they should secure the property, coup
/ led with the inaccessibility of the
country, nothing of definite character
could be learned about it.
However, from the few specimens,
that drifted into the mines here, it was
shown to be a galena ore. very similar
in appearance, to that taken out of
| the famous Shafter mines, and very
| rich in silver. lead and copper.
Your correspondent. in an interview,
| with L. V. Steele one of the partners
in the find, cleaned the following fact
Mr.. Steele is an old Californian mining
prospector: prior to his coming here,
| he resided about fourteen years near
San Angelo, Tex, and his many old
friends there, will no doubt be glad to
hear of his good fortune. He gave a
| very interesting and graphic account of
the discovery of the mines and of the
subsequent anxieties and hardships
| they endured. in their efforts to de-
nounce and secure titles for same,
chiefly caused by their ignorance of
Mexican mining laws. and their limit
ed means. They finally were success
fu- in obtaining their titles.
He was very enthusiastic in speaking
of the future of that section of country
anu their mining prospects They lie,
he says, about fourteen miles. nearly
due west from here in Mexico. and
are unquestionably a continuation of
this same mineral belt. The main vein
or lead. running in an eastern and
western direction. is from 10 to 40 feet
wide, and lies in contact between lime
and granite.
I'VE have not done much develop
ment work, up to the present, but for a
mile. the distance our claims extend
on the lead, we have uncovered an
almost continuous body of ore
Enough is in sight to guarantee suffi-
cient ore to last a large plant a life
time. We have sunk three holes. one
on each end and one about center of
our claims. They are about eight feet
wide. ten feet deep, and eight to twen-
ty feet long and almost every pound
that has been taken out is ore.
I'VE have had three separate assays
by different parties, and results show
SO per cent silver, IA per cent lead and
$50 gold. We have also discovered in
the vicinity of our mines deposit of
3 per cent mercury.
The country is natural grade from
the river up, and sufficient wood and
water can be easily obtained for all
| mining purposes. Labor is also plenty
and cheap. AS regards transportation
| if the main line of the A. E. Stillwell's
X. c. M. & o. r. r. does not pass
| tnrough mere, on the most direct and
easiest grade from San Angelo to Chi
nuahua, their own interests will in a
short time necessitate them to extend
line down Ia distance of probably 60
miles, to tap the now thoroughly de-
monstrated rich coal fields in the Chi
SOS mountains and the rapidly increas-
ing output of the quicksilver regions,
to say nothing of the many other en-
terprises, now lying dormant, for
which it would. open new fields. and
whose products would form staple ar
ticles of commerce. Also the many
mountains of low grade ore that are
known to exist in this locality, that
only await the advent of railroad
to become source of mutual profit to
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