Bisbee daily review., 1908-11-18
Mining, SmGltgrS and Stock Quotations

Some well defined slabs of silver sui
phide and native silver naye been
found next to one OF the yein-walls
A shipment of is tons Of ore was
made that yielded $3.50 ounces of sil
yer per ton. This, Of course. was Sc
lected and sorted from the highest
grade in the mine. A 25-stamp mill.
operated by water-power, is situated
on the river and a 1400-foot tramway
conveys the ore from the mine to the
mill The latter is equipped with
stamps, Card tables, Wheeler pans,
Pachuca tanks, and Moore filters. Al
electric plant, with generator run by
water power. is under construction.
The Rio Plata is New York com
pany, of which Henry w. Miller is
president, with D. W. Shanks, of Chi
anahua. as general manager. Mr.,
Shanks has directed operations and
constructions from the start and has
had some strenuous experience in
transporting heavy equipment by pack
animals long distance and getting II
installed in double-quick time.
John Breckenridge, manager for the
IllinoisrJalisco Mining company, was
shot by Carlos Madrid at Ajutla on Oc-
tober 49,. He was wounded in the alb
domen. and died on October so. The
Certueaena mines, in Topic, have
been purchased for $4,000 by a syn
dictate headed by NJ. p. Wright. who
is said TO represent Epes Randolph, of
the Southern Pacific Railway The
Certuchena mines have been owned
for many years by Lonergan ana
Stanhope, two Englishmen. J. P.
Casey is 10 be manager for the new
company. The Magistral and Las
Moras copper mines, in the Ameca
district of Jalisco, have been bonded
to James P. Harvey, Patsy Clark, and
others, for 100000. The Company
owning these properties was organ
lied by L. H. Taylor, Jr., of Phlladel-
phia. A good deal of exploratory
work has been done this year, under
the direction OF Mr.. Harvey.
The San Toy Mining company Is
shipping 100 to 120 tons of ore daily
from its Galdeana and Juarez mines,
In Santa Eulalia district, the greater
part Of it coming from the latter. The
ore runs 5 per cent lead, 20 to 40
ounces silver, and Is to % per cent
iron. The lead occurs as carbonate
and the silver as chloride The
ore body is continuous for over
mile. striking through the limestone
Of the district, and is contiguous to
well defined fissure which for I'll,
most paTtcontains barren material
While the ore-zone has a definite
strike along this assure, it does not
occur as a vein. but as a deposit of
irregular width in the lime, and has a
dip of Is degrees, which corresponds
to that of the bedding planes. It's
width ranges from 10 to 200 feet, the
gangue being an altered lime. The
limestone of the district. in which the
ore bodies occur. Is oyerlaid by
rhyolite cap, which on this group 40
$50 to 400 feet thick. The GaIaea..z
shaft is ITO feet deep, cutting one ore
deposit at 400 feet, and another at
HOO feet. The Juarez shaft is down
564 feet, with its main level at 464
feet. The working force consists of
200 men at the Juarez and so at the
Galdeana. Development to the ex-
tent Of 1900 feet per month is being
done. A 340O-foot aerial tramwav
with wood towers, carries the Juarez
ore from that mine to the Galdeanu
terminal of the main four-nile tram
way, having steel towers. The latter
conveys the ore to the bins at San
Toys railroad that connects with the
Mexican Central On the operating
force are W. N Fink, general superin-
tendent; c. P. Halter, superintendent
of the Juarez mine; H. J. Lynch, fore
man of the Galdeana. Donald B. Gil
lies, president Of the company, is in
specting the property at this writing.