El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-07
News From
Organ Camp.

Cruces Will soon assume charge OF tn,
hotel at Organ, and it is rumored tina
a number of his guests who are seek
ing health IN the city Of The Crosse:
will take up their abode in his new 10
cation.
The epidemic of Influenza which af
flicted the camp for the past three
weeks has about subsidized Many O.
t the cases developed pneumonia. ant
four deaths resulted from this compli
; cation.
A A. Mclaughlin, one Of the camps
old residents and holder of valuable
mining clamis, died here on March 1st
A petition for the appointment OF
Miss Kathe Hess to the postmistress-
ship has been circulated and signed by
nearly every resident of the camp Miss
Hess is continuing the business estab-
lished by Mrs. Carolyn Townsend at
the Organ store.
George Dubois has returned from
Denver where he was on business con-
nected with claims he has bonded here
Mr.. Dubois has obtained options on
some valuable pieces of ground and
probably will soon commence work on
a large scale.
The importance of the Oragn mining
district to the commercial interests of
Ell Paso cannot be estimated. All of
the camp supplies are now furnished by
Ell Paso business houses and the prod
ucI of the mine finds its market there.
With more direct communica ton, the
ore output will be greater as it would
then be possible to ship at a profit,
lower grade of ore as the freighting
by wagon to Las Cruces almost doubles
the cost of transportation. The min
eral as found here lies along the con-
tact of the lime and granite. The part
which as been prospected most and
worked to a considerable extent lies be-
tween the Modoc mine on the south,
and the Excelsior mine on the north.
Between these two mines are the Ben
nett-StepheCson, the Torpedo, Copper
Bar. and Memphis properties, all of
which have developed coed ore at a
depth varying from one hundred to two
hundred feet. From the Excelsior mine
which is now a steady producer, the
contact extends north and east probab-
ly a distance of fifteen miles. A thor
ough investigation of the merits of this
district by the business interests of Ell
Paso would open the eyes of the people !
of that city to the aggregation of !
wealth which lies almost at her very |
door, waiting only for little financial |
encouragement to furnish her smelters |
with large amount of silver. lead and |
copper ores. Most of the claims now |
located are held by men who are unable |
to do more than the assess |
claims may now be obtained at very !
figures by parties who are
willing to invest a little to put them on
a paying basis.
The Modoc Mining company has not
operations. 1t is the inten-
ton of the company to erect a fifty-ton
at this mine When this
is done the Modoc will be one of the
best paying mines in the district as
enough work has been done to demon
'trate that the mine contains IN i'm
nense body of lead and silver ore.
The Bennett-Stephenson mines are
till idle. These mines have been for
nerly worked by leasing company. s
t is probable that this company will
enew work at an early date as this is
90 valuable mine to remain idle :
ong. IL
Work at the Torpedo mine is steadily L
Progressing. The new steam plant and
Jump which was put in during the win I
er. has proven very satisfactory. For /
he past month most of the labor ex- a
ended on the mine has been devoted
D pushing development work, and for ,
hat reason their ore shipments are be- r
DIV the average, compared with the I
lonths preceding. When the ore body
) reached at the lowest level the out r
ut will beg reater and the indications i
re that the values will be increased. l
ecent work demonstrated bodies car
wing native copper and black oxide of +
upper of high grade. R. Y. Anderson. f,
lperintendent of the company. has re- t
lrned from Chicago where n meeting
the directors of the Torpedo MiningI
>mpany was held.
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