El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-23

Smelter
TO BE ERECTED AT THE MINES
OF NEW MEXICAN LEAD COM
PANY VERY SOON.

OF NEW MEXICAN LEAD COM
PANY VERY SOON.
The Progress of this Country Has Been
Remarkable. and the People of Ell
Paso Do Not Realize What a Big
Thing the Mines are for the Develop
ment OF this Great Section.
1 c. Ii. James. president of the New
Mexican Lead company with h%eadquar-
tiers in the block. returned yes
terday from the company's mines at
Piomo, New Mexico. To h Herald
reporter Mr.. James stated that the
work of development was progressing
most satisfactorily and hat the ore
was improving both in quality and
quantity. A car load of lead concen-
trates was shipped by the company and
will reach Los Cruces tonight.
During Mr.. James's visit to the mines
an important change was made in the
management of the properties. George
c. Hopkins, the former manager. has
been compelled by pressing personal
BUSINESS which prevented him from
giving the necessary time to the COM
pGhS . dndiiS " Stuu III his TeSlSna-
ton AS his successor S. w. Sherfey
OF Mesilla Park has beer appointed by
Mr.. The new manager is well
Known in New Mexico. he having for
n'erly occupied the position of land
agent at Las Cruces He is a man of
ability and energy and the
are anticipating good results from the
appointment.
1t also transpires that a party of cap
italists have visited the properties and
made a thorough investigation of their
possibilities. AS a result they became
cutie enthusiastic and have
their intention. if satisfactory arrange
ments can be made with the company.
to at once erect a large smelter on the
company's ground for the purpose of
treating the ore direct. This smelter
will have a capacity of 100 tons a day
and 1T location there would have an i'm
Portant effect upon the output and
profit of the concern.
Though this mining company is
known in a general way in Ell Paso
its importance and probable benefit to
this town is, perhaps. not thoroughly
appreciated. From the area of the
property. the quantity and quality of
the ore bodies, the development of the
workings. and the improvements that
4 bCiIS ldtit thclc 10 eNIN pIOIlllSe
that this company will be one of the
biggest lead mining concerns in this
country. The properties an area
OF 120 acres. divided into the following
claims: The Jumbo. Base Clio. Pre-
cipice. Darwin. Missing Link and the
Summit. 1t is situated about 50 miles
from Los Cruces and about IS miles
from Ell Paso. in the a Andreas
mountains. The ore body is right at
the surface of the ground. the wash
ing of the rain and elements having
exposed the vein. This vein is 325 feet
wide and the ore is very heavily i'm
slight values in gold and silver. This
vein runs clear through all of the
claims. and is practically inexhausti-
BILE.
At the present time the
have on the ground a concentrating
mill for making lead concentrates.
These Concentrates remove all the 81
lica and cave almost pure lead sui
pkide. If the smelter is constructed,
as proposed, the high grade ores will
be handled through the smelter in or
der to get all the gold as well as the
lead values. The low grade ore will
be handled through the concentrating
mill.
The topography of the land is said
tt be an ideal one for the working
OF the nine. The concentrating mill
is situate about 300 yards from the
slope of the mountain. A shaft is be-
ms sunk from the top. and a tunnel
$50 feet long has been driven int the
side of the which will con-
rect with the shaft. The shaft is in
ere and has been all the day down,
while the tunnel is only so feet away
from the ore body. This tunnel has
a grade of about 40 per cent from the
interior workings to the mill SO that
the ore is easily handled between the
two points. When the tunnel cOn
pects with the ore body it is expected
that the output will amount to $50 tons
"a day. This will mean employment of
a large force and the work will be con-
Quoted on an extensive scale. FL PaSO
will materially benefit from this for the
reason that she will furnish all the
supplies and much of the honey paid
cut on the pay roll will be spent here.
Mr.. James began the development
of this property about a year ago and
placed the stocks on the market at Is
cents per. share. After a few months
work the stock went up to % cents Inc
has gradually increased to slips. At
this price orders have been received
from most every part of the country
until now the company is entirely in
dependent with everything paid for
and plenty of money on hand to carry
out the present plans of the company.
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