El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-01
RECORD
Of s40,O0O,00O
PRODUCTION
The Kelly, n. NJ, District
Worked Since 1867, Is
Still Profitable.

| "Ac aarlv az 1887" saws Southwestern
Mines. 1.-The Graphic and Juanlta mines,
| in the Kelly. n NJ. district were WORKED
| in a desultory manner and goodIy QuAH
| titles of lead carbonates were Iounu
| nearer the surface and mlned an
snelted in Mexican adobe furnaces anu
the bullion hauled in wagons over ~
old Santa Fe trail to ST LOUIS W
After the Santa Fe railway reacneu ~
| zorro. operations were conducted vi .
! larger scale"
The nroperties are located mile and
/ q half from the railroad branching OH
at Socorro and on the western slope VI
the Magdalena mountain range NC"
Mexico. The ore deposits extend along
the slope Of the range both north anu
south of Kelly, a distance OF SIX nllleS
by three miles wide from east TO west
The Lead Carbonate Era
Tn 1883 large bodies of lead carooh-
ates were encountered in the famous
Cranbic mine and a great boom set IN
q billings in 1881 purchased the mele
and erected a smelling plant at SocorFo-
In 1896 a 1O0-ton smelter was erecte"
on the Graphic mine and smelteo the
oI,+nu+ of the mine Nearly all the Ieau
ores OF the southwest and northern IN
huahua used TO be sent Slrough FL oSo
to the Billings smedter at 0ocoiio -
the early eighties
The Juanitas, Key, Young America
Cavern. Tin Top and other properties
IN the NagdaIena district have been
GOOD producers of silver-lead ores anu
south of Kelly are thousands of acres
well mineralized offering great lnuuce-
rnents for development into paying
mines
The Zinc Era.
For nearly 20 years zinc IN pou-
les was known to exist in THESE illiHes;
hut IN the early days it was considered
. graat detriment by the miners VINO
threw If over the dump as waste the
local lead smeAters could not treat It,
and charged q high penalty when TINS
,,nwelcome metal was in combination
With +be lead. There was noF market
for western zinc.
Eastern Decrease Brought Demand.
But in 1902 the rise in price anu ue
crease of zinc ores in Missouri createu
demand for western zinc and the
I[oI1v canp became Il great zinc camp
and produced for six years daily TON
mage of from 500 TO 400 tons Mean
while the great carbonate ores became
nracticallv exhausted and now the MIN
ing is of sulphide of zinc and leao.
-Four years ago after having maze
heavy shipments of sulphide ores, Ihe
Kelly Mining company erected large
concentrating mill, with auxlllar! Ioae
Ing and an electric separating plant
and have it running full blast
Large Companies Operating.
The Graphic mines have over nllIioh
TONS Of sulphide ores in sight and nave
,,oaT,I- comn1eted the new dry concen-
rating mill. There are three large com
nenies operating in this district. VIZ;
The Tri-Bullion Smelling and Develop
ment company; the Ozark SmeItlhg anu
@n
ing and Development company re
Gently the New Jersey Zinc company
D,,rchased number of properties
Production of S40,0oo,OOo.
IT is estimated by reliable partles
+bo+ the mines of this district have
Yielded over $4,000 600 yet it is only
in its infancy.
Another remarkable fact is that IN
the same district important bodies Oh
oo-,,ar ore have been found under the
zinc and lead horizon. Extensive ex-
plorations are now in progress