El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-05
BUYS MACHINERY
For A MINE IN
SONORA
New York Mining Engineer
Is Here; Has Been Buy
ing Mahcinery.

Edward L. Dufourcq. of New York
general manager ami consulting engi-
neer of :he PeIrazzini Gold and S:'ver
Mining company, wEO has been in the
city several DAYS purchasing mining
machinery, left yesterday for New
York He has just returned from an
inspection of ihe properties for tie
purpose Of making Il report 70 the di-
rectors. The mines of this company
are in the famous Arispe district, state
of Sonora, Mexico, being west of Cum
pas and southeast of Arispe. J. Pedraz-
zinini. OF Europe, is president and chief
owner of the company, and two direc-
tors are residents of SaE Francisco,
and two OF Europe. The holding COM
pany is organized under the laws Of
Arizona, and capitalized at $1,000, 600.
A small block of stock is held in Ell
Paso. The main office is in San Fran
cisco.
I'VE have developed very large guam
titles of second class or milling ore"
said Mr.. Dufourcq, and therefore have
determined to Increase our milling ca
pacity by installing a new $50 horse
power engine and five more stamps,
concentrators and settlers, and then we
expect to mill so percent more this
year than last year. We have ore re-
serves on the dump already mined and
ready for the mill amounting to $3.50
tons. Cur milling capacity has hereto
fore been % tons a day, which will
now be increased &c 33 tons day. We
have put up a fourmile overhead, or
aerial tram, to haul timber and fuel
from our forests on the plateau, 5000
feet above the mill. This makes q say
ing in hauling Of 81 a cord, or over
$4,000 a year. We are constant ship
pers OF high grade ore and concen-
trateS to the smelder at Ell Paso- How
ever, we don't ship any ore running
less than 200 ounces silver. Ore of less
value we mill ourselves and send the
bullion to the San Francisco mint The
bulk of our product is shipped across
the mountains to Nacozari, about so
miles, on mule back. When the Naco-
zari railroad is completed south to
Cumpas, the haul will be only 20 miles
We used 10 haul to Arispe and thence
by wagon road to Cananea-
I'VE expect not only TO keep up our
record OF production TO at least 100000
ounces of silver and 5000 ounces gold
per annum, but to increase II when
the milling capacity is enlarged. With
one exception, the Pedrazzini mine was
the only property in Sonora that con-
tinued its steady undiminished divi-
dends during the recent financial de-
preston, and paid SO percent on its
of $1.000,O0O for the past
three years. owing largely TO the gold
contents OF the ore.
The ore is gold and silver, and oc-
ours in fissure veins cutting through I!
the Illuminated flows Of rhyolites and /
tufts. The development consists of /
three shafts TO depth of 500 feet. and /
a tunnel 500 feet long for ventilation |
In addition to this work we have |
made extensive developments on our !
cad and silver mines, II miles south /,
Of Pedrazzini, which will be of great /
Importance TO our future output
Il have been in mining for II years, !
in various countries, such as South \
America, Canada, the United States and /
Mexico, and 1 say, without hesitation t
that the Mexican government and laws
are more liberal and satisfactory TO
foreigners than any other. 1 make four
trips year as consulting engineer. Wis
ting mines in Colorado. California and
Mexico. returning by FL Paso, which
by the way, is on the great highway to
he mines, and when the new railroads !
lnder construction reach US, this cit-
will receive an enormous trade in min.
ng supplies"