El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-25
EXPERTS CONSIDER
APACHE COMING
COLD DISTRICT
Colorado Capitalists Inter
ested in Black Range.
To install Mill.

r. G. Mullin and W. ]. Murray OF this
city have returned from trip through
the Apache district of the Black Range
n. NJ, where they have been sampllng
the Polar Star mine. These men are
mining experts with a record in the
famous district of Cripple Creek and
other camps of Colorado and their
views on this district are of unusual IN
terest to mining men.
Coming Gold Country.
Mr.. MuIlin says that he considers the
Apache country the coming gold coun-
try of the southwest. Indeed, he says
that Colorado people with experience
predict that the next gold excitement
will be in the Apache district OF the
Black Range. The great difficulty TO
be overcome is in selecting the proper
method of economically treating the
ores The cause of the delay in the
past in the progress Of that district
was due to the difficulties encountered
in getting the values out OF the ores
economically.
In the old days the simple methods
of milling and concentrating, or the e1-
pensive method of hauling and shipping
to smelters, was only practicable on
the richest ones. The old timers knew
nothing of the cyanide process.
The modern methods employed in the
great UilneS Ol <aA1AOe-s -
district, Mexico, and in the Homestake
mine of South Dakota were unknown;
and only till now when the modern
methods of treatment have been evolved
could the ores of the great Black range
be attractive to the uptodate mining
men The great diseratum is to treat
the great mass of ores on the ground
Whether by milling or by smelling, the
problem is now being solved by these
modern mining men,
Different methods Will be used in IN
dlvidual cases. Experiments will de-
termine these.
To install SmeIter.
Job & Son, bankers of Kansas CITY,
No, who have purchased the Eureka
mine, are putting Il force OF 10 men 10
work on the property and are figuring
on installing a smelter as soon as their
experimental tests are completed There
is abundance of fuel and water in the
district.
Some Colorado people are arranging
to put in a cyanide plant and mill or
1OO-ton capacity for the Polar Star mine,
close TO the Ben Cox ranch, which Will
do custom work for other mines of the
district. There are about 80 properties
opened UP there now and enough ore Is
in sight to keep a 100-ton plant run
ming about "a year. This property is
owned by Colorado and FL Paso people
Frank Costello, H w. Wolcott
and other Colorado capitalists are
interested in the district, and plen-
ty of men are going in there
from various parts of the country. buy
| ing mines and developing. Mining ma
chinery has already been ordered. with
a view to extensive development on sew
eral Of the properties Several trlai
shipments have been made recently TO
the shelters, giving returns from $40
to $50 a ton. The distinctively gold
belt. saws Mr. Mullin, is about 10 miles
! long and five miles wide
Ore High in Values.
Col Murray brought a lot of samples
from the Polar Star of quartz literally
filled with telluride of gold and silver,
that ran from $500 to $500 The min
eralized lode, he says, actually measures
across from wall 10 wall 4S feet, and
| four feet of this lode, a phenomenally
rich streak, runs from $500 to sSOO
ton. Both Of these man have become IN
terested in the Apache district and VIII
begin operations in the near future