El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
FL PlsOANS WORK
MANY CLAIMS
IN ARIZONA
Texas-Arizona Company to
Start Shipping Ore
Soon.

]. A. Bennett, of Ell Paso. has re-
turned from the Dragon and Johnson
camp in Arizona after an inspection of
prperties in which he and his Ell Paso
associates are interested. One of these
FL Paso companies is called the Texas
Arizona Mining company, composed of
Mr.. Bennett. A. H. Anderson, T. NJ.
Filler and other FL Paso business men,
The mines are three and half miles
from Dragon a station on the South
ern Pacific railroad, and only half
mile new railway TO Johnson camp. The
company owns a group Of claims called
the Gun Group" acquired two years
ago. Only recently was any steady de-
velopment work prosecuted.
Development Progresses.
On Gun No. 1 an incline shaft on
dip of 45 degrees has been sunk 20
feet. For the first 80 feet the pay
streak is II inches wide. Below that
IL rapidly widened and al 20 feet it is
five feet wide. The vein is in a lime
stone formation. The matrix is cal
cite. The ore is argentiferous galena
and lead carbonates. The galena as
says 20 percent lead and 100 ounces sill
yer per ton and the carbOnates average
so ounces silver and so percent lead.
H L. MarmiOn is consulting engineer
mines on which he is now preparing
a report. car load of ore Will be
shipped to the smelter next week
The Peacock Group.
Four miles beyond the Gun group is
another group Of copper mines owned
by the Peacock Copper Mining COM
pany, composed of Mr. Bennett and his
associates in ~the Texas-Arizona com
pany. This group comprises II claims
in the heart of the famous Johnson
camp. These are also in limestone form
alton. The principal development is
on the Bingham No. 8. consisting of an
incline shaft 10 feet deep dipping 20
degrees and a cross cut at the so foot
level. with a good showing of ore from
the surface down to the bottom The
ore was oxidiZed or carbonates part of
the way down, but disseminated sui
phides began to appear at the lower
portion: and at the bottom of the shaft.
black sulphides of copper and bornite
appear. Samples of the ore run 81 per
cent copper and II ounces silver.
To Sink Shaft
The cross cut on the so level
an IS inch pay streak. at
80 feet. of sulphides. and under il an
other streak u inches wide of copper
carbonates. This cross cut will be run
20 IeeI IuTlNeE TO cut large Vein which
outcrOps parallel with the first vein.
There are three parallel veins on
these properties" said Mr.. Bennett. and
we are going TO sink a double compart-
ment vertical shaft to depth of 4,
feet which will cut the veins on their
dip We are putting our own money
into these properties. guided by expert
advice We are in rich locality.
Smelter in Operation.
Adjoining us are the mines of the
Arizona United Mines company. which
Is running the new 125 ton smelter full
olast on its own ores. 1t is planning
TO move the plant down close to the
Johnson railway and increase its ca
Paclty to 500 tons 2 day. Originally its
mines yielded carbonates only. and II
iiad TO buy sulphide from other districts
" combine with the carbonates. Lately
II" eVer, IL has struck large bodies of
rich copper suIphides, sufficient to sup
ply the smelter.
Near our Peacock property are the
mines of the Bonanza Belt Mining com
paly, including the old Peabody copper
mine that produced over a million dol