El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-06
THE CANANEA CAMP
RESUMES ACTIVITY
The Recent Rains Encourage
Prospectors to Go to Hills;
New Strikes.

Cananea, Mexico, Sept. 6.-The mining
industry in Sonora is taking on new life.
Since the rains began prospectors have
been going out into the hills and small
properties have resumed shipping as
there is now plenty Of water for the
pack animals as well as an abundance
of feed. 1t is not improbable that the
coming year will be the most prosperous
that Sonora has yet seen and that more
producers viii enter the ranks than in
any previous year.
In the neigh borhoqd Of Cananea there
is now a great deal of work being done
on the various properties in the sur
rounding district. 1t IS probable that
the Arizpe Mines company will begin
active work on its holdings in a month
or two and that in a very short time
the AriZona-Cananea company will be
operating also These two companies
are almost the largest land owners in
the locality, with the exception of the
Greene-Cananea-
Lead-SiIver Workings.
In the lead silver-zinc district north
west Of the city there is considerable
activity. All of the five properties oper-
ating have encountered ore, running
from good shipping ore to high grade
The Calumet & Sonora company has re-
Gently made another rich strike in it's
-
body Of nigh grade lead or galena ore
was encountered in cross-cut run 100
feet to the north Of where similar
strike was made about a month ago. in
drift OK. The new find is almost ex-
actly of the same grade as the ore in
9X and it is not improbable that it is a
part Of the same ore body. The mill OF
the company is. running smoothly.
One Company Closes.
TF,aHS To4 al
operating to the west of the Calumet *
Sonora. have ceased work for the pres
ent as they will install a morse within
Sinking will then be resumed and the
shaft will be sunk to a depth of 200
feet The shaft is now down 80 feet
and considerable lead, silver and cop
per have been encountered in a cross
cut at a depth of IS feet. new shaft
will soon be sunk in another portion of
the property.
Bendelari & Cook have encountered
more ore in the shaft now being sunk
on the Tomlinson property north of the
Calumet & Sonora The shaft is down
IS feet and is looking better as depth
is attained. Copper sulphides were en-
countered last week which assayed II
percent.
James Bateman, sinking on the Chero-
kee-Choctaw property. has encountered
ore IN the smart TINS week Wnlcn carries
considera Die native silver The shaft is
down about 35 feet.
Good Ore in the Chispas.
The ChiSpas mines, owned by the
Pedrazzinni company are in excellent
condition, according to Supt. r. G..
Dufourcq, who was in Cananea this
week. The new shaft which was begun
about six or seven weeks ago, is down
$50 feet and some very rich silver sui
phides and native silver have been en-
countered ar this depth. Shipments
have been resumed and are being made
to Querobabi, on the Southern Pacific
of Mexico road, by burro. This is Nome
distance from the property, but it is
easier to ship to this point than by way Of
Nacozari or Cananea owing to the bad
condition of the roads A shipment is
being made every two weeks at present
70 the Selby company, San Francisco.
Eight bars Of bullion were shipped
through Cananea by Wells Fargo a few
days ago