El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24

as the only saloon in camp has been
ConN erted INTO a railway station. and
c0iiSIuerapIe other changes and grad
ing down hills and dumps for the snnr
made A large cement office bni1dt,,l.
is being constructed a short distance
rom the Santa Rita Store conpanv.s
oulIulhg- Other necessary buildings
TO mousse the employees, eating houses.
etc. are also being erected nearby
one OF the old adobe buildings. erected
many years ago when the camn was
operated by the Spanish, with its three
tS walls. indian lookouts. ETC.. has
oeen remodeled and is now occuniAd nv
oven Bros as the camp saloon
Under the supervision of 7 r NFosa-
icy nine large drills are day and night
DorlnG deep into the earth. Regular
districts have been marked out and
hoies are drilled at the corner. of each
IoV Ieet square Of grund. In what is
Ano"n as district No g. all virgin
ground, and embracing a number Of
claims TO the east and near the foa+ %
/ the kneelfng Nun mountains. the work
OF crlu prospecting has been largely
completed, and the richest ore of the
camp mas been found in this section
Many feet of the drilled holes are in
native copper. This section of the
camp had heretofore been prospected
only slightly, gopher hole here
were OF the opinion that it was practi-
cally barren piece of ground Tba
large body of ore. in many instances
tested to depth Of 1900 feet, and it's
wonderful richness, has been the
greatest surprise of the camp.
The permanency of the Santa Rita
camp is positively assured and its ex-
ceedlngly large and rich bodies of ore
together with its huge tonnage Of low
10 l.
interesting in. the entire country. and
its future production will greatly ex-
coed the most extravagant estimates
OF the best informed mining men who
have heretofore endeavored to calcu-
late its possible production.
Interest Renewed In Pinos Altos.
Interest in the Pinos Altos mining
district, since the advent of the Rio
Tinto people into the district and the
unwatering of the Gillette and Hearst
shafts, is being again revived. after
some years of idleness in this gold
bearing district
Price Mckinney and Corrigan, Of
COrrigan, Mckinney & company. OF
cleveland Ohio. are still in the camp
interested in the progress being made
by their superintendent, George A. Eas-
ton. in unloading the above shafts of
water and waste These representa-
tives are pleased with the showing
thus far made and with the properties
Of the Western Belle group, upon
which they now hold an option to pur-
chase r. l. Hutchinson and E. L.
Robinson, connected with the above
company, are also here from Terraas.
Mexico, and will remain some DAYS in
specting Pinos Altos properties. There
seems little doubt of the sale Of these
properties and a systematic develop
ment Of them in search of the sulphide
ores known to exist in the district Mr.
Easton has made splendid progress
with the preliminary work The Gill
lette shaft is already unwatered and
It's timberings and drifts. are found
70 be in excellent condition Work is
concentrated on the Hearst shaft at
this time and the water is practically
pumped out, although considerable
waste has been encountered and some
time yet will be required to clear it's
large workings Of such waste and de-
briS
The Young property, situate near the
famous Deep Down mine to the east
of the town-of Pinos Altos, is now be-
ing carefully inspected and sampled by
mining engineer Peterson of Los Ange-
les, Cal, who represents an aggrega-
ton of capitalists of that city who are
properties. Recent samples run So
gold. 81 silver. IA percent lead, with
about II 10 Is percent zinc Il seems
that the greatest interest in this camp
at this time is because of the zinc the
ores carry. Instead of the former pen
alties to be paid for excess zinc, today
ores running 7 percent zinc or better,
are desirable. Much of the ore Of the
camp runs as high as 40 percent zinc
pa rfi Pf11 a-TIr 1,sC
critics on the west side OF the district.
George H. Utter has returned from
a mining trip to Denver. He is the
owner of the celebrated Cleveland
group of mines, lying on the west side
Of the Pinos Altos district, and which
has been largely developed In recent
years and carries high grade values of
gold, silver and zinc
Golden Giant Leased.
The Golden Giant Mining company
has just made a lease of it's properties.
the principal mines being the Golden
Giant and Mammoth, to Oklahoma City
capitalists, A F. Crane. William T
Croslen and Richard H. Towne. and the
lessees expect to begin active opera
tton of the properties not later than
October Is. These mines are among
the noted past producers of the Pinos
Altos camp. The 10-stamp mill on the
Mammoth will be overhauled and re-
paired and put into operation, treat
ing custom ores. until such time as the
Mammoth is cleared and ore is furnish
ed from it for the mill. This property
is owned by Oklahoma City people and
Alvan n. White Of this city and the
owners have given the lessees an op-
ton to purchase the property within
one year from date of lease
The starting Of the Mammoth mill
will cause a number of small mine
owners of the district to begin extract
ing ore for the custom work OF the
mill This district promises to again
become quite active and as IT lies only
nine miles to the north of this city, its
operation means quite a good deal 20
the local people and business inter-