The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-23
John MOOrehOuSe Returns With
Interesting Details of Rich
Southern Mine.
BEST VALUES FOUND
AT LOWER LEVELS
Property Began Successful Ca
reer With Advent of Ameri-
can Mining Men.

Mr. John Moorehouse, who has spent
several months visiting tho several mining
districts OF Mexico stated Thursday even
ing that in his opinion the Mexico Con-
3olldated mine, In which several Salt Lake
investors are extensively interested gives
promise of being the greatest mino in the
whole OF Mexico. This property, like
many others OF that republic, has been
worked for countless years by the Mexi-
cans. whose imperfect methods have al
lowed an enormous output of rich ore to
be eaten up by useless expenses.
Big Saving Being Made.
With the advent OF American manage
ment. however. this mine. as well as
numerous others has become n wonderf
ful producer. and within very short
Jime has paved the way for substantial
dividends The Mexico Consolidated prop
erty is managed by Frank Moore
house well and popularly known In this
success in the operation OF the eighty
ton per day mill on the ground OF the
company. This mill is saving larger per
cent OF values than ever before. the saw
Ing being at present 19 per cent most of
which heretofore has gone down the
streams n dead loss.
Will Build Large Mill.
The company is shipping seven or nine
tons a day of very rich concentrates by
pack mules seventy miles to the railroad,
his expensive method OF ore tr1nSporto-
ton is expected to soon give place To the
railroad 10 be extended to the dis
jrict In which the Mexico Consolidated is
located 1t Is within the contemplation OF
tho company to erect small test cyanide
mil. and IL their expectations are carried
20 definite conclusion the management
viii proceed with the erection of q mill Of
100 tons capacity.
Richest Ore at Depth
1t has been a tradition In Guanacevi
that the country would bottom at 400
feet but the Mexico Consolidated people
have driven their main shaft to still
greater depths, with the result that the
values increase below the fictitious level
TO pcrceptiblc extent Mr. MoOrchouse
brought back with him some extraordl-
nary specimens of brittle silver ore that
will run 1900 ounces Of silver to the ton.
These specimens come from the l1o-foot
level and no finer specimens could we'll
b conceived OF than these.
Salt I.aker Is Running Mill.
At ParraIl Mr. Moorehousc came
across a former Salt Laker I'm the person
Of a. II. Lubbock who Is running one Of
the numerous mills in that booming dis
trict. Mr.. Lubbock expressed the opinion
that Americans could not find more IA
vorabe opportunities anywhere in that
republic than In Parrall, n district much
in need of American enterprise and
methods. Mr. Moorchouse stated that
there was no danger TO Americans in
MoXico, He met a fine class OF people In
Mexico he ever encountered anywhere.
and the conditions In his opinion. are IA
VoTablc for mining men OF this country
there,
Fortune in Raising Corn.
he is OF the opinion that a few energetic
Americans can make a huge fortune with
I'm few years BY raising corn near
Guan3ccVi. This cereal is very much In
demand at almost prohbitiVc prices, and
the situation presents n most alluring
state of affairs for the right kind of men