El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-15
Mines and
Mining.
New Copper Furnace.

New Copper Furnace.
which is being installed At the smelter
is nearly completed. The pit into
which cars will be run to receive their
loads is being dug and the incline over
which they will be transferred to the
| furnace is being built. Heretofore the
ores have all been smelted in the came
furnace but when the new one is CON-
pleted the copper will be handled in it
exclusively. It is expected to be ready
for use in about thirty days and after .
| trisI, II it proves eatiefactory, more OF
them will be built. The outfit no y
being constructed will cost about four
| thousand dollars.
Activity In Barreal District
A mining man who haa just returned
from the Barresl district on the Sierra
Madre line says that the work on the
Caples Il Kelly property shove it to
possess . paying vein and the firm
expect 70 put on q force of men in q
short time and 60 to taking out ore to
ship.
Also that man named Coleman, of
THE city, has eeveral good looking
prospects In that district, ON which he
Is down only . few feet but has in
view a vein rich In silver and gold.
And that On the north side of the
track across from Coleman'e, Pete
Davenport. Of this city, has good cop
driving an incline. In the face OF which
can be seen . good deposit of ore.
Mr. Mead, of the Sierra Msdre line,
has . claim at kilometer 96 upon which
be 10 sinking . shaft that is now down
forty-siX feet and has encountered Q
good vein Of iron, gold and silver.
Repairs To Silver City Plant.
Master Mechanic Kipp, of the smell
make Improvements in the machinery
Of the smelter At that place.
A Good Property Close At Hand
Frank Bsrnum has returned from
his mining properties down ~ Ktlome-
ter 81 on tho Sierra Madre line. He
brought In some ore specimens that run
about ten per cent lead, thirty ounces
of silver and about eight dollars In
gold. The vein that this ore was taken
from is eight inches wide at q depth
Of six feet and widening with depth
and also getting .ishsr "a it gets deer.
er. The increase in width is about nn
ich to the foot.
The property is about q stones throw
from the railroad which makes IL
hsndy for Frank to get water and to
chip his ore. He has . tract of land
there that he has owned for years
and was the first man to ever prospec,
for ore there, doing so before the rail
road Vas built. In this tract of land
he has three distinct lodges. One il
copper and gold, one copper, gold,
and silver, and she other lead, gold, and
silver.
The copper, gold and silver property
be has worked the most and has 9
shaft sunk eight feet into the vein. he
has shipped ore from this TO the e.
Paso smelter and realized net profit OF
ab.u. Eve hundred dollars per car from
It. He Gays shat there has not been
much development work done In thst
district but what has been done shows
it to be we'll provided with good paying
lodges and that II she owners of claims
there would do come o Aft sinking they
would be we'll paid for their work.
The ore that he has found is 90 rich In
auxing that he has nothing to pay t,
get 1t sheltered and tho property 10 60
near the railroad. and Only sixty niles
from Ell PAso, that It does not cost much
TO get Is to the market.