El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-14
Ia REPUBL|CA IS
VALUABLE MINE
PROPERTY
Ell PaSOans Get Returns Past
Year in Spite Of Great
Expense.

The report of operations at La re
publica mine for the fiscal year endlrS
June 80, 1910, by ]. Gordon Hardy or
FL PaSo, the consulting engineer, ~ OF
more than ordinary interest, as num-
Der of FL Pasos substantial business
men are large stockholders in the COM
pany. In the original purchase and de-
velopment of this mine nearly $500 Vro
of FL Paso money was invested.
ut will be remembered, says Mr..
Hardy, that the mine was drowned out
on July 4, last year, and the company
faced the present fiscal year without
any hope Of getting ore suppl from
below ground. Fortunately, 1t had on
hand a failing dump estimated To con-
tain over 1000 tons, and still more for
tunately 1t was found that the area OF
the vein exposed on the surface vas
considerably better than previous sam
ping had promised. With these Two
main sources of ore supDlv the company
has been able to keep running through
out the whole OS the fiscal year: has
been able to meet the extraordinary ex-
pense of recovering the mine. and las
built up a modest surplus.
Tonnage AMI Values Treated.
THE tonnage and values of ore treat
ed during II months Of this time was
1900 tons. containing 71?.622-"3 ounces
silver. The ore averaged 1886 ounces
silver per ton"
While the mill was reconstructed and
improved, so # was ca pable of treating
1900 tons per monJn, yet an average or
only 1882 tons per month were treated
The mill is in good condition. che OK
traction effected by the mill tabula:es
as follows:
Gross ounces of silver milled. -712,cz2
Ounces produced as bullion 1880
Ounces produced in concentrates. 199 69S
Total ounces recovery Il
months. 627,39S
Thus 6O57 per cent of the silver con-
tents was saved as bullion and 1888 Ier
cent saved as concentrates, or a total
saving of $40 per cen: of the Styer
content.
Produces Silver a. Low Expense.
The cost of mining, milling. market
ing, general expenses AMI unwatcring,
made the cost per ounce only 3e15
cents. The average price from sales OF
bullion was 51k cents an ounce. Or
profit of - cents on eaca ounce Il
silver.
The recovery of the mine was he
most important work Of the year, re-
cessitating the laying in of great supply
of fuel and a large boiler and pumping
plant. The mine was finally unwater-
ed to the 300 foot level on June IL al
cost of S4O,739.32, Mexican money. lut
from now on the great pumping plant
will keep the mine dry.
Outlook and Recommendations.
at will be understood" said Mr.. lar
dy, that the company has been living
from hand to mouth for the past year IN
regard to ore supply and unfortunately
it has now about cleaned up every
thing in sight above ground. The fu-
ture lies altogether below ground, as
it will take several weeks to get the
works into condition to supply milling
ore, a time long enough to hitch up the
electrical plant to the mill engine The
mine will be in full swing again in
August.
Viewed strictly from a technical
standpoint, the company has no reserves
in the mine, although in several places
above the 900 foot level ore can be
broken. Other shoots indicated on the
surface are TO be vigorously developed.
The main shoot is going down strongly
in the bottom of the mine.
MicrOScOpical Test of Permanecy.
I'm connection with the future or
supply and the continuance of the main
shoot in depth, a. micToscOpical study of
the ores was made by a competent pc
trographer, with the result that he re-
ports the deposits of a primary origin
even in its enrichments. This means
that the company has greater reason
TO expect the continuS--ce OF good ore
to a greater depth than anticipated