El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24
SILVER CITY MINES
SHOWING ACTIVITY
Chemung- Closes Temporal
rily But Other Properties
Are Developing
Shafts.

! Silver City, N NJ. Sept 24-Much
| interest is being manifested here rela-
| tive to the future of the mining in
/ dustry. which is the leading one OF
! this section. This interest centers in
the temporary closing of the Chemung
! company's property, numbering be-
/ tween So and 40 claims, situate in the
Burro mountain mining district, about
| IA miles west of this city. The past
week marked the suspension Of devel-
| Opment work by this company. The
pumps were pulled and the mines bulk
headed. The employees were discharg-
| ed and Henry Barber left in charge OF
the property as care taker-
The Chemung company was organic
| ed by the COIe-Ryan interests a little
| more than four years ago, since which
| time the group of mines have been de-
veloped, patented, and a large tonnage
Of ore extracted. A conservative eSt1-
! mate Of the actual amount of ore on
the dumps would not be less than l.
900, 900 tons At the scene of the prin-
cipal workings Of the company, on
portion of the claims lying in the
gorge to the west of the main Burro
| mountain draw, there is an immense
dump. of ore, sorted and running we'll
in copper
BY reason of the present visit to the
camp of A. z. Mills, general superin-
tendent of the Phelps, Dodge & COM
pany interests, the impression prevails
among well informed mining men that
the closing of the Chemung company is
due to an understanding with the
Phelps Dodge & company, and that the
, time has not yet arrived for the COM
pletion of the railway, projected out
of the camp and four miles Of the
toughest grading of which has been
completed, by either the Phelps, Dodge
& company people or through their
control, and that the Chemung, Burro
Mountain, Copper Gulf and other large
companies operating in this district
for the past four to six years, will not
begin active working of their respect
i've properties until such time as the
railway is completed and the copper
market becomes settled. That the rail-
way will be completed there seems lit
tie doubt: that the Chemung company
has valuable property and large ton
mage of ore already on the dumps and
blocked out in the mines, development
and blocking out of the ore having
been steadily done for the past four
years. is an assured fact, and there
seems no other conclusion to be reach
ed except that the suspension OF the
Chemung is only temporary and that
there is an understanding along the
general lines &C operation in the camp
by the large companies.
Burro Mountain Developing.
The Burro Mountain Copper company
continues to develop its properties and
to keep it's big mines unwatered and
retimbered. At the present time the
company is sinking a good working
shaft to the east of its main workings
and concentration and a short distance
from the projected railway For re-
ported consideration of $4,000 the
company last year purchased the
Newsboy and Niagara claims of c Am
ory Stevens, the wealthy capitalist OF
New York City, and its present SHAFT
is being sunk, on the Newsboy and mas
attained a depth of about 500 feet
These two properties were undoubt-
edly acquired principally for their
valuable location, although at the time
very promising prospects, as this gives
the Burro Mountain company clear
outlet to the proposed railway for all
its tonnage. both from the mines ana
concentration, by its building a snort
spur to the main railway through the
gulch and across the Newsboy and
Niagara. This gives an additional ev-
idence that the railway will be COM
pIeted, although work ceased upon
its construction during the past month
This company is working from SO to 40
men steadily and will continue sinking
its working shaft on the Newsboy and
developing other properties and keep
ing its principal workings clear of wa
ter and timberings repaired
Copper Cuffs Force Small.
The Copper Gulf company is employ
ing a small force of men and is en-
gagged in prospecting and sinking on
its properties, situate to the southeast
Of IL,
of the Buro Mountain Copper company.
Good grade ore is being encountered
and work of development will continue
steadily under the general supervision
of /. J Stauber, the company manager
The Mangas Development company
ceased operations some weeks ago, and
through ]. z. Saint, its vice president,
issued a statement that the shut down
was only temporary and that whenever
the metal market became settled active \
operations would be resumed.
The National Mining company con-
tinues to prosecute development work
on it's group of claims, under the direc-
ton of the company manager. c. p.
Laughlin, and this work will continue
until the first of the year. 1t will then
be determined by the directors of the
company whether development work
will continue under the then existing
Chino Company Most Active.
The Chino Copper company is just
now the most active mining concern in
this section of the southwest and is
conducting its development of the Santa
Rita properties and its preparations for
the treatment of its large future ton
mage of ore upon a larger, more con-
sentative scale than any other COM
pany in any of the various nearby min
ing districts. The work of completing
its large reservoir, dimensions of So by
200 feet and at considerable depth,
near Apache Tejo, is progressing rap
idly 1t is also intended to develop the
entire water supply of the big Central
City draw, a, distance Of eight or 10
miles and pump this water into it's
central station and reservoir at Apache
A large force of workmen is now en-
gagged at the new town of Hurley con-
structing a store building of cement |
additional residences and cottages for |
IFS employees and office men and build |
ing the foundation for its large con-
centrating works, which will have a !