El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27

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trct produced $500 tons of in months time
Even brief review of the mineral wealth of New Mexico
should fail to mention the turquoise found in this ter
rtory well the natural cement known the white
sands, which proving to be profitable and noteworthy
addition the list of mineral products this section
MINING IN TEXAS.
Only one thing keeps Texas from ranking higher
mining state excepting precious metal and that is her
overshadowng greatness in other industries The fact
that Informed people look upon her great agrlcu
ture and stock raising in oil and lumber production has
nmzed in popular estimation both at home and abroad
the importance of other resources
1t is only fair to say that the true mineral belt of
Texas lies in that ypcay western section known the
Trans Pecos country vast region that far west
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.. ths 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 iron and coal of New Mexico the copper of the south
eastern and neghborng points of Arizona and the gold
silver and lead that abound in the mountains directly
across the river in Mexico To for the latter there
is maintained at Ell Paso the largest eadbase smeter in
the world
The production of copper in this district is practically
a thing few years ago Cananea and Bisbee 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 that would be sufficient supply the
needs of the United States.
short time ago coal mines in this section were 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 industries OF
rapidly 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
find in this section the kind of mountains and
formations that have given birth Cripple Creek to Gold
field and to Bisbee Mountains filled with only wait
ing for the hand of development
FL Paso, the largest county in Texas, rich in the
character and variety of her minerals ranging from hun
dreds of of sulphur deposits the plains north
west from Toyah to Mount Franklin overlooking the city
of FL Paso the extreme western mountain of Texas which
laden the west with solid bed of cement of immense
proportions and opening the east rich veins of tin
ore that promise to make Texas as famous tin pro-
ducer she has become with quicksilver These tin VEINS
like the quicksilver mines, entitled to special consd
Grafton because of the of their character and the
recognition by experts both private and of the govern
ment of their value.
The portion of Texas west of the Pecos river is
TALLY mining country surrounded by districts whose
chief prosperity is gained from Mines and being of the
same character it is but natural that it will develop its
proportion of mineral Already the city of FL Paso, be-
cause of the progress of the surrounding country has
within ten years climbed from position of
uence to the equal of Denver Salt Lake and San Fran
cisco in the distribution of mining machinery and sup
plies.