El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-29
c D NSTRU c Il D n
WORK IS PUSHED
At ChNANEA
Triumfo Company Receives
Steel for New Smelter.
Schwab Sells De-
nOuncement.
nOuncen1ent.

Cananea. Sonora, Mex, Nov. 29.-
company is operating with six fur
naces. Construction work is going
steadily on and most of it will be COM
| pleted by the first Of the year.
/ The Cananea-Boston is opening up
! considerable ore at its properties north
Of town
The Triunfo company has received
all the steel for its SO ton smelter and
work is now being done at the prop
erty constructing the plant
The Santa Fe has opened up from PA
to four feet of ore for a distance of
100 fet on the 200 foot level of it's
Montoya shaft
CASTOR Schwab has sold his Schwob
No. announcement to the Cananea-
Boston company for 5000 pesos.
The shaft Of the San Jose mine, in
the Alamos district, has reached q
depth of 10 feet. The ledge is 80 feet
wide and carries good values.
The Rosario mine in the Nacozari
district is employing 80 men at present
and large tonnage of high grade cop
per ore is being extracted. The ore is
shipped to the FL Paso smelter.
The recent strike at the San Salvadoe
property, southeast of Cananea. has
shown an average value of $50 United
States currency, per ton in gold, silver
and lead.
Installing Hoist and Pump.
The Prieta mine, at Sobia, is install
ing q hoist and pump The shaft has
be sunk to the 200 level Over $50 feet
Of work has already been done The
ledge is II feet IN width. The average
assay is IL ounces in gold.
The Penn-Sonora property, located
80 miles south Of Nogales. has recently
begun work on its DURANGO denounce-
ment
A new hoist has been installed at the
Nuevo Promontorios mine, in the Ala
mos district. and the shaft will be sunk
from the 100 to the 900 level
Considerable customs work is being
done by the mill Of the San Javfer
Copper company. It IS located 35 miles
west Of Alamos.
A concentration will soon be installed
at the property Of the Creston de Co
bre, located SO miles west Of Hermo-
sil1o.
. Ol AldUuOS, Is QcN6l-
oping copper property near Aqua
Caliente, on the east side Of the Yaqui
river, between Cumarina and Rea1ito.
The new mill of the Mesa Rica com
pany, in the Sahuaripa district, will be
ready for use the first of the year. The
property contains ledge 20 feet wide
which yields free milling gold ore
which averages SIT U. S. currency, per
ton.
Thirty men are employed by the
Mayo Mines company, which is operat-
ing near the Rio Mayo about 80 miles
from Alamos. s. G. Burn is superin-
tendent
North Tigre Examined.
The property of the North Tfgre
company has been recently examined
by an expert representing Canadian
capitalists. Samples across Is inches
ran 325 ounces in silver and 4.3 ounces
gold. The vein averages 80 ounces sill
yer and so ounces gold, little over $50
United States currency per ton.
The La Junta shaft, in the Sobia dis
trict, has reached a depth Of 1s5 feet.
A small smelter has recently been in
stalled and some Of the ores are now
being treated. Most Of the ore is sent
to the San Javier mill nearby. tt is a
gold proposition.
me new concentration of the Santo
Domingo company, at Alamos, IS now
operating with success
Spur & Cox are prospecting with
churn drill on the Jojoba properly in
the Magdalena district, which they are
holding under option.
The new smelter of the Nina Mexico
property, owned by the Chicago Explo-
ration company, is almost completed.
The property is located in the Sahua-
ripa district
It is reported here that a strike has
been recently made at the Santa Rosa
liza mine on the $50 level