El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-09


rict produced $500 tons of zine in months time
Even brief review of the mineral wealth of New Mexico
should not fail mention the turquoise found In this ter
rtory, well the natural cement known the white
sands which is proving to be profitable and noteworthy
addition to the list of mineral products in this section
MINING IN TEXAS
Only thing keeps Texas from ranking higher as
mining state excepting precious metal and that Is her
overshadOwing greatness in other industries The fact
that Informed people look upon her great III ag1cu
ure and stock raising in oil and lumber production has
nnnzed in popular estimation both at home and abroad
the Importance of other resources.
1t is only fair say that the true mineral belt OF
Texas lies in that typcally western section known the
Trans PecOs country vast region that far west as
Colorado with Ell Paso farther west than Denver
country into which the Rocky mountains extend identical
In character with the territory extending from the eastern
f., thils to the Pacific coast.
The mountains here contain the same character of
gold silver copper lead and other metals that has been
unearthed in California Colorado Montana Nevada, New
Mexico and Arizona.
The Trans-Pecos portion-of Texas is surrounded by
the and coal of New Mexico the copper of the south
eastern and neighbOrng points of Arizona and the god
silver and lead that abound in the mountains directly
the in Mexico To for the latter there
maintained at FL Paso the largest ead-base smelter IN
the world
The production of copper this district is practically
thing. A few years ago Cananea and Bsbee were
not heard Of by the general public and not consid
cred seriously by the people OF the Southwest yet
these camps ship through Ell PasO to the markets of
the world copper that would be sufficient supply the
needs of the United States.
short time ago coal mines In this section not
operated Today New Mexico, lying directly north of Ell
Paso is being called upon to supply and is shipping
through Ell Paso coal and coke for the vast industries of
rspidy developing Arizona and Mexico.
Crossing the artificial barrier that separates from
the demonstrated wealth in mineral deposits that exist
north west and SOUTH and coming to Texas SOIL
we find in this section the kind of mountains and
formations that have given birth to Cripple Creek to Gold
field and to Bisbee Mountains filled with only wait
ing for the hand of development
El Paso the largest county IN Texas, rich in the
character and variety of her minerals ranging from hum
dreds of acres of sulphur deposits the plains north
from Toyah to Mount Franklin, overlooking the city
of FL Paso the extreme western mountain of Texas which
laden on the west with solid bed of cement of immense
proportions and opening up the east rich veins of tin
ore that promise to make Texas famous tin pro-
Queer she has become with quicksilver These tin VEINS
like tie quicksilver mines, entitled to special consd
Grafton because of the of their character and the
gntion by experts both private and of the govern
ment of their value
The portion of Texas west of the Pecos is
italy mining country surrounded by districts whose
chief prosperity is gained from Mines and being of the
same character 1T but natural that it will develop its
proportion of mineral Already the city of Ell Paso, be-
cause of the progress of the surrounding country has
within ten years climbed from position of no
uence to the equal of Denver Salt Lake and San Fran
cisco in the distribution of mining machinery and sup
plies.