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

SO, 100000 gold. FL Rayo is another
cIean-cut dividend payer, paying at the
rate of II percent annually Geo. A.
Schroeder is consulting engineer of FL
Rayo company, also
Famous Indian Camp.
An old and long neglected silver
camp which was big producer in an
tigua days. is that of Cushuiriachic,
only g miles from the Mexico North
Western railroad, which runs westward
from the city of Chihuahua 1t is be-
ginning TO attract attention now be-
cause the company which owns that
railroad has thought enough OF 1T to
commence building a 24-kilometer rail-
road into it and will have the line fin
ished in five or six months
Another thing that has opened the
eyes of mining men to latent possibi1i-
ties Of the district, is the remarkable
success Of the Cusi Mining company. Of
which Potter Palmer jr., Of Chicago, is
the head, and NJ. F. CrOsette manager.
In 1909 this company took over the
Promontorio mine, then only very
promising prospect, and in less than
year had the mine, equipment and
development, paid for and the company
has been on velvet ever since, ship
ping from one to three cars of ore ev-
cry month, which brings Is, 900 pesos,
VI pei CdA, A4Ol " nACAS4OA SCN-
eral cars of other ore of excellent
grade Several English companies.
represented by l. Maurice COckereu
of Chihuahua, are developing num-
Der of properties in the Cusihuiriachic
district.
GuaynOpa District.
This Canadian English company, the
Mexico North Western Railway COM
pany, is also causing considerable at
tention to be shown to the Guaynopa
district and its antigua mines This
company is building a 116-mile line OF
railroad from TerrazaS, Chin, on its FL
Paso division, to MADEIRA, on its Chihua-
hua division. This will run within So
miles of the Guaynopa district with
its great veins carrying silver. copper
and gold. Already development work
has been started on a number OF
properties in this district This rail-
road company'S lumber enterprise. the
MADEIRA company. Ltd, at MADEIRA, has
great saw mills where 100000 feet or
lumber is being turned out every "a
haurs, and is of no incOnsiderable i'm
portance to mining in Chihuahua and
northern Mexico
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24

DR.. Joseph A. Holmes, appointed
head of the new bureau of mines over
the objections Of secretary Ballinger,
is a real conservationist That may
be why BaIlinger opposed him. At
any rate that is why he landed the
job.
while other men have been pro-
noting conservation by the converse
tional process" says a student OF ms
work in the October number Of Hamp-
tons magazine, Or. Holmes. as chief
of the technologic branch of the geo
logical survey, has been devising
methods for doing such practical
things as extracting the largest ton
mage of coal from given area OF coal
measures, and then producing from
that coal the largest possible amount
of heat and power. He has been teach
ing scientific mining, to save coal and
to save human life. He has devised
administrative machinery for accom-
plishing these purposes through gov
ernmental supervision, and has induced
congress to create a bureau Of mines.
sDr. Holmes studied mining meth
DDS in France, Belgium, Germany, Eng
iand-wherever there was thorough
understanding Of proper mining and
of protecting the miner. He found
that we were killing three times as
many men out of each thousand work
ing underground as were European
countries.
Flaws In American Methods.
s'Dr. Holmes set himself TO find the
flaws in American methods. When
such disasters occurred as those at
Mononga, at the Darr mine, at Palos
in Alabama, and at the Cherry mine
in Illinois, he hurried TO the spot,
donned an oxygen helmet which he
had borrowed from Germany, and
went below. Where noxious gases
had snuffed out the lives of the miners
he penetrated. His organized rescuers,
with the safety equipment of the EU-
ropean miners, saved many lives.
Holmes hung doggedly to the trail OF
the cause of the disaster. He set other
strong and daring young men on the
same trail, and soon was announcing
scientific discoveries about the causes
of disasters such as even the experts
of Europe had sought in vain.
The discovery of the explosiveness
of coal dust is typical The mining
world had always attributed mine eX-
plosioas to gases. DR.. Holmes noted
that these explosions usually occurred
in cold weather. 1t was found that
mines were dryer in the cold season,
because the cold air which was pumped
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24
The Head OF the New Bureau OF Mines

into the mine became heated, absorbed
the moisture and on leaving the pit
carried it out Analysis of the air en-
tering and leaving certain mine
showed that this current was taking
out so tons of moisture a day. In such
conditions a mine became as dry as
a bone and filled with dust.
Coal Dust Explosive.
Then arose the question whether
coal dust is explosive. The technologfc
branch had an explosives chamber at
Pittsburg for testing just such things.
It was filled with coal dust and til
was exploded over and over again!
"Dr. Holmes organized a life saving
squad with headquarters at Pittsburg,
the duty Of which was to rush to dis
asters, go below, save lives, and, above
all, demonstrate the possibilities OF
life saving devices
The value of the work is demon
strated by the falling death rate since
DR.. Holiness work began to attract at
tention. In 1907 one man was killed
for every 900 tons of coal mined
in 1908 one for every 167, 900 tons; in
1909 one for each $4,000 tons. And
people who know, credit this improved
condition largely to the Holmes propa-
ganda.
'eThe saving of life is only one pur-
pose of the Holmes program. Only
second in Importance is the effort to
teach operators to get the maximum
tonnage from their mines, to save ma
terials in propping roofs, and to leave
an exhausted mine in such condition
that it will involve the least menace
to surface property.
Conservation Problem.
I'm the field of metal mining the
problem of conservation is to get all
the value out of the ores In gold and
silver mining many millions of dollars
have gone over the dump from incom-
plete mining. Great bodies of low
grade ore have been beyond develop
ment because of the expense of known
methods. DR.. Holiness effort has been
to amass all information upon these
subjects, and put it at the disposal
of the big and little operator alike
ITO develop boilers, CRATES and ap-
paratus for steam power plants, OF
such scientific construction as to as
sure the maximum energy from every
pound of coal, has been one of the
efforts of DR.. Holmes.
Small wonder that so practical a
service should have grown rapidly.
The demand for the creation of a bu-
reau of mines, TO take over and expand
all these activities finally attained
such force that congress at the last
session, passed the law. Dr. Holmes
whose work made the bureau inevita-
bic, is naturally the man to be its chief
and it is gratifying that president Taft
has named him as director because
it is well understood that strong pres
sure was used to prevent the appoint
ment
The public Endorsement of Dr.
Holmes for the directorship was al
most unanimous. 1t came from mine
operators and miners organizations as
well. That is, it was the strongest of
all Endorsements, one of his efficiency
from the class of men who had bene-
fitted frequently by his efforts"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24

, per carboniferous age, while the fos-
sis found in the rocks of the oil fields
of California are of the Tertiary age
but this is the only difference, which
is apparent to the most scientific ge-
ologist only. This difference proves
that the rocks of La Luz were depos-
tied millions of years prior to those OF
. the California oil fields.
About one and a quarter miles in
side the canyon the La Luz river
strikes the overthrust fault shown in
the chart. which it follows for a half
mile and then is found to have cut
through the anticline on the east SIDE
; of the fault, the walls Of the. canyon
here giving a good exposure OF the
bending strata also
a Striking Landmark
The overthrust fault shown in the
chart is one of the most interesting
of the geological features of this field.
1t is traceable on the surface for miles
Streams and canyons from the higher
Sacramento mountains, when they
strike this fault invariably turn and
follow the course of the fault for some
distance
To the east of La Luz, the anticline
on the west side of the fault is much
higher than that on the east side, but
about two miles to the north Of La Luz
the anticline on the west of the fault
has dipped into the San Augustine
plain. and the one to the east OF the
fault has raised to some four hum
dred feet in height, and gradually
growing lower toward the northwest
the outer edge of the foothills follow
ing the course Of this fault for another
dozen miles.
On the anticIine to the east Of this
fault there are numerous exposures
of gilsonite, asphaltum, shales ana
sandstones containing liquid OIL ana
giving off gas, some Of the caV1tles IN
the shale giving off gas so that 1t VIII
burn for hours.
know of but one oil seepage in
the anticline to the west of the fault,
hut at this place the oil is seeping
from the rocks for a distance of fifty
yards and mixing with the dirt at the
foot of the rocks forms a mud that is
much softer the hotter the sun SHINES
on it: this mud. or oil gives none OF
the bitumen odors, and for that rea-
son 1 think it probably paraflne
oil.
There can be no question that this is
an oil belt that the oil is here Indl-
cations are that it is as abundant as
in California, but it will require the
drill and some enterprise to prove just
what fortunes are to be maze alohs
the line of this fault.
Logs of the Wells.
Plat No. 1.-Wen No. 1 gives log
as follows: Starting the we'll about
1000 feet east of an exposure or sano
(supposed to be oil bearing) in "a
vine the first 20 feet is in limestone
End, Conglomerate,
3rd, Shale,
4th Lime,
5th. Sha1e (heavy),
9Th. Sandstone (strong gas pressure)'
18th. Shale,
Sth. Lime,
9th Conglomerate 22OO feet deep,
no signs of oil below 9Th tsand).
Well No 2-Start well in hollow 800
feet east of No. 1 in conglOmerate,
End, Shale,
3rd. Limestone,
4th. ShaIe (heavy),
5th. Oil sand so feet thick good
producer)-
Well No. Start well 100 feet east
of No. on hill, in lime and shale,
End, Conglomerate,
3rd, Shale,
4th, Lime,
5th, Shale (very heavy,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24
MANY FOREIGN MINING COMPANIES
DEVELOPING ALL CHIHUAHUA FIELDS
Industry the Northern State of the Mexican Republic
Has Been Revivified Since the Famous Panic of
19O7-Some of the Work Going on There
and Companies Operating.

Will have by the close of this year two
large cyanide mills in operation and
both of them doing custom work. 1t
has long been realized that the cyan
ide process was and is the proper one
to treat profitably most of the Parral
ores. The Parral, Milling company
will have its first unit of S33 tons dali
Iy capacity of its 1000-ton plant in OPP
GRAFTON in October. The Veta Colorado
Mining and Smelling company is push
ing the work on its 300-ton mill and
cyanide plant at Minas Nuevas and will
have it in operation before the end of
the year. The now absolute certainty
of the early completion of these mills
is encouraging the miners greatly, for
they now see a chance to get their ores
treated at a profit
New Mine Railroad.
The San Francisco del Ora Mines
Ltd, an English concern, is building a
7kilometer line of railroad from the
Parral and Durango railroad to it's
mines, is grading the site for it's 300
ton reduction plant and the machinery
for the plant will soon be arriving
from England
In the district of Nina, in extreme
southern Chihuahua. the West Mexico
Mines company, an English concern, re-
Gently took hold of the old Rosario
silver-gold mine at Guadalupe Calvo
and is ordering from England the ma
chinery for a 200-ton mill and cyanide
plant to be erected as rapidly as pos
sible. The Rosario is one of the ia
nous antigua mines of Mexico, but
1t is claimed that it still has vast
bodies Of ore which will run $40 in
gold values to the ton
French Capital at AImOIOya.
In the Almoloya camp, about five
miles from the Parral branch of the
National railways, it is said that a
powerful French company is negotiat-
ing for the purchase of the great Ci7
garrera silver-lead- copper mine, and
a large number of other properties
there, for 100000 pesos. This com
pany is reported to have purchased
mining properties TO the amount of
100000 pesos in the state of Nuevo
Leon.
Naica a Mexican Camp.
The Naica district less than 20
miles from Conchos station, on the
National railways, is noted as being
the Mexican camp of Chihuahua; that
is. of the several companies there
which are all now proved successes,
they are controlled by Mexicans; the
Naica Mining company is the only
American concern. The ores are sill
ver-lead, and in vast uantities The
principal mines are the San Pedro.
owned by the Cha. Mines de Naica, and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24

9Th, Lime Qight).
18th, Shale { heavy,
8th, Sandstone (water flows over
top of casing) 2230 feet.
Well No. Start well 500 feet east
of No. 8 on slope of hill in cong1op-
crate,
End, Shale,
3rd, Lime,
4th, Shale,
9Th, Sandstone (heavy gas pressure).
9th, Shale,
18th, Sandstone, $50 feet (oil flowing
over casing) 1920 feet, (this well was
later sunk deeper, turned to a water
we'll, and the casing withdrawn, caus-
ing the ruin of several good produc-
ing oil wells, the pressure of water
driving out the oil for long distance
along the belt.)
Well No. 800 feet east of No. f..
in shallow ravine; star, IN conglom-
crate;
2nd, Shale,
3rd, Lime,
4th, Shale (heavy),
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24

The financial crisis of 1907 seriously
curtailed mining operations In the
state of Chihuahua as it did most eV-
erywhere else but since that time the
business has been slowly recovering
from that reverse. There are fewer
companies operating in the state than
previous to 1907, but they are strong
er financially and it is a safe assertion
that there is not a fake or wildcat
being exploited in the entire state at
the present time.
Powerful New Companies.
Some powerful new corporations
have entered the state since 1907, nota-
bly, The Exploration Company of Eng
land and Mexico and the Sierra Consol-
idated mines company. The former is
strong English concern of which r.
NJ Raymond, the well known mining
engineer, is the representative in Mex
leo. and the latter is composed princi-
pally of Duluth capitalists, headed by
Thos. F. Cole and Jos. B. Cotton. No
table in this connection is the entrance
of English capital into the Chihuahua
field as in other parts of Mexico; also,
the appearance. Of two powerful aggre-
cations of English capital.
one taking over Chihuahua railroads
and vast lumber interests, and the 9TH
er establishing the great hydro-elec-
trio power enterprise, all of which en-
terprises are having, and will have, an
important effect on mining.
New Lead SmeItIer.
During the past three years the
American Smelling and Refining COM
pany has built a. lead smelter just out
side the city of Chihuahua has four
furnaces in operation and will soon
have its fifth one, bringing the aggre-
gate capacity up to 75O tons daily.
At Terazas, % miles north of the
city of Chihuahua, on the National
railways the Rio Tinto Copper COM
pany, controlled by Corrigan & McKin-
zey, of Cleveland. o., has its 6OO-ton
copper smelter, with a converter plant
about ready for operation, and has
proved its copper mines there to have
immense deposits of ore.
The Cha. Minera de Naica, which
owns and operates the great San Pedro
mine in the Naica district, is setting
aside 200 900 pesos monthly from it's
profits to build a million peso lead
smelter at Conches station to treat it's
own ores and to do custom work as
we'll
ParraI is Waking Up.
Parral, the district famed for its
vast bodies of low grade silicious silver
ores. is awakening from the lethargy
which settled down upon it after the
smelters found, about six years ago,
other sources of silicious ores and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24

9Th, Sand (heavy gas pressure).
9Th, Shale,
7th, Lime,
8th, Conglomerate
9Th, Shale,
10th. Lime,
18th, Shale,
18th, Sandstone dry 1850 feet, no
indications of oil.
Well No 5000 feet east of No. 5
on slope of hill, start in solid lime;
End, Conglomerate,
3rd, Shale,
4th, Lime,
9Th, Shale (heavy)
9Th, oil sands (good producers, 1000
feet deep.
Well No. Z, 1000 feet east of No. 6.
on slope of hill, start well in broken
lime;
End, Conglomerate,
3rd, Shale,
4th, Lime,
9Th, ShaIe (heavy),
9Th, Sandstone (Artesian water flows
over casings).
]. F. Miner.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24
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Be sure and take a bottle Of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Dfarrhoea
Remedy with you when starting on your
trip this summer. It cannot be OBJ
tanned Oh board the trains or steamers
Changes of water and climate often
cause sudden attacks Of diarrhoea, and
it is best to be prepared. Sold by all
druggists.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24
The Geology Of Oil Fields

Interesting California Producers With the Conditions Along
the Foothills of Mountains in New Mexico
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24
ParraI is Waking Up.

Parral, the district famed for its
vast bodies of low grade silicious silver
ores, is awakening from the lethargy
which settled down upon it after the
smelters found about six years ago,
other sources of siliciouS ores and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24

The Dolores Mines company and Ell
Rayo Mines company. the latter own
ing FL RayO and other producing
gOld-silver mines near Sta. Barbara
Chin, are with the Creston Colorado
and La Dura mines in Sonora being
merged into the new Mines Company
of America, with a capitalization Of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-17
MISSING WORD CONTEST
By Austll Ewood Indian
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Write on one side of the paper, Civ
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Answers will be received between
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The name of the winner will be pub
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-17

Young men and women there Is
great demand for bill clerks, book
keepers and stenographers at good
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Building.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-02

Hawaiian Commercial 4 Sugar %.
Haiku Sugar Company.
Paia Plantation. W
Maui Agricultural Company. " G
Hawaiian SUGAR Company.
KAhpku Plantation Company.
KAAuluis Railroad Company,
HAlsAkAla Ranch Company.
HonoluA Ranch. M Ga@p.RF
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-02
NOTICE.

The undersigned announce that the
firm Of Smith & Lewis, heretofore
existing between william o. Smith,
A. Lewis Jr., and l.. J. Warren. has
been dissolved, Mr.. Lewis retiring
from active practise; and that
Aessrs. Smith and Warren, with Mr..
c. R. Hemenway, will continue the
general practise Of law under the
hrm name Of Smith, Warren 4 Hem
enway,'iwith the same offices In the
Judd building. Honolulu. Hawaii.
February /. 1910.
a. WILLIAM 0. SMITH,
A. LEWIS, JR.,
l.. J, WARREN,
G. r. HEMENWAY.
45s2-Feb. l. 2, 8.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-02
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Entered for Record January 81, 1910,

Entered for Record January 81, 1910,
From 1880 a. M 10 1850 p. 10.
paiolo Land & Improvement Go,
Ltd, t9 w l. Howard ,,...,....D.
Frank Dalton 10 ,Christiap MYllerND
@ AT Davis 10 Mrs X Kalana. Rel
psf lof Sc Allen by Trsto Nellie e {
Hustace Il, .a.it...irts,. far fei
Samuel + Kalama & vi to Hee Fat ID
Nellie Hustace & hsb to Hee Fat d
hN of, James Robinson by TT to
Hee Fat .................... ID
Agnes q McKeague & hsb to Hee
Hee Eat & VT to Territory Of Ha-
II wan .................. I'D
jos b Castle, by Atty to L X Naone l.
aIpses Paha. to. Julia Colburn I'D
PBily Henry & hsb ct al to Oahu
Railway q Land Co -. .Exchg d
Oahu College by Trs to Charles W
BALDWIN ,........ ..............D
Bank of Hawaii. Ltd, to Daniel Lo-
gan ....... .................. .Hel
Bank Of Hawaii, Ltd, to d B Muir
d b Murdoch & VT to N omsted. :. ID
N Omsted q VT to Trs of Est of A ,
Enos ................ IN
Est OF 3 p Bishop by Trs to Fannie
o Frazier d
ID w Pae ct al by Ant Of Mtgee to =.
Mrs. Moohaloa Nawahie Fore Affdt
Arthur F Gray by Gdn to Francisco
Deniz & VT .,............. Rel
kailihune tw) to Pepeekeo Sugar
6 ,tered for Record February I, 1910,
From 9 a. m. to 10:30 q. m.
Chas q Bartlett & VT to Hilda
Sui'n 49,. ............ ~
Hilsia Smith to Ora Z Bartlett -. ID
Bishop & Co Trs to Olaa Sugar Co,
Liza ............. ............. Hel
Olaa Sugar Co, Ltd, to Bishop Trust
Co, Ltd, TT ............... Tr Mtg