El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-01
MANY NEW MEXICO
MINES ARE ACTIVE
Large Forces Working in
BurrOs, MogOllOns and
Other Camps.

T. A Powers has returned from an
extensive trip through the mining camps
of southwestern New Mexico. including
Hillsboro. Kingston and Lake Valley,
Sierra county. and Silver City, the Burro
mountain and the Mogollon mountains
He says the BurrO Mountain Mining
company is doing development work.
working about 80 men. but is not ship
ping. The same is true of the Leopold
camp These are the holdings OF Phelps
Dodge company. The miners e-e Mex
leans, although the 0ffieAaIs are Amer
leans
district is working 100 men in develop
ment work. The Mangus Development
company and the Savanna. Development
company in the Leopold camp. in the
BurrOs. are doing extensive exploration
work with four cyclone drills.
Geo EastOn has leased from the Savan-
Copper company. the Boone property
and is shipping high grade copper ore
from the Burros and has a car on the
ma Copper company. the Boone properly,
has shaft 300 feet deep, $50 feet of
which passes through solid copper ore
In the MOgOIiOns.
In the MOgOllOn mountains at the
camp of CoOney, engineer Weatherby is
very busy taking elaborate samples in
the properties of the Enterprise Min
ing company On this property is a fine
plant. with rolls and a cyanide plant.
A main shaft connects the five levels
with the surface. and from the bottom
ore will be run through tunnel No.
straight to the mill. without the neces-
sity of hosting, at present Mr.
Weatherby has an assayer from Los
l. ,
ground.
The Cooney Mining company is doing
development work only at present, but
its mill Will be in shape in a short time
to begin real work
At Mogollon. the Ernestine Mining
company has recently taken over the
Top mine and is running 4 long drift
TO connect the workings of the Top and
the neighboring Last Chance mines,
which will give great depth of stopingf
ground and ore can then run direct TO
the mill. 1t is working $50 men and
constantly shipping concentrates to the
shelter. It's 20 stamps and cyanide plant
are running through 90 tons a day
The SOcOrrO Mines
The SOcorrO Mines company in MOgol-
Ion is working $50 men on the Fanny
mine, which is a high grade PROPOSE
ton This has a 80 stamp mill and
cyanide plant. at present running only
half capacity but running through 30
tons day The Confidence mine viii
begin working soon.
Ii has been in litigation for three
years. but matters are adjusted 1t has !
an electrical power equipment The !
Ernestine company also has an electrical !
power plant on the river to transmit /
power 10 the mines The Confidence has !
also a site for a similar plant on the !
river to be improved soon
The Last Chance mine was named /
from the fact that at one time Mr.. Craig .
had put his last pennN in exploring the !
property and was almost broke before
striking the ore body. His last effort 1
gave him money to enable him to con /
tinue and soon he struck the rich ore /
body that has made this mine famous J
The MOgollon camp produced in 1908 ,
so percent of the total gold output of
New Mexico.
Proposed Railroad.
The proposed railroad from Lords
burg will pass within eight or nine miles
of the Mogollon camp, over either of the
surveyed lines TO run to Durango, Colo
This railroad will be 4 great boon TO
the camp. as at present everything has
10 be hauled TO and from Silver City,
over 90 miles of wagon road, passing
over the lowest divide. at an elevation
If $500 feet. The cost of freight at
present is a cent and a quarter pound
md express is four cents pound