El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-12
MINING AND OIL NEWS.
NEW SHELTER IN
CANANEA FIELD
Sonora Copper Company Is
Building 1t; News Of Can
anea DEVELOPMENTS.

| Cananea, Mex, Sept 12.-The Sonora
Copper Smelling company, operating
! in the Cobre Grande camp, three ana
| one-half miles from Noria, station
/ on the Southern Pacific of Mexico line.
between Carlo and Selva. is at pres
{ ent prosecuting WORK vigorously. over
60 men are employed about the mines
! and in grading the smelter site, the
material for which is at present at
J Noria station. The smelter VIII be
| installed as soon as the grading is
completed. The site is between Noria
and the mines. The plant will be
modern 100 ton blast mating furnace
The company has recently installed
large electric piant at the main shaft
and includes two electric hoists.
The deepest workings are 92O feet
below the outcrop of the vein and the
longest tunnel is 1000 feet, which cross
cuts the ore. In all nearly two miles
of underground work has already been
done. The ore is mostly carbonate and
oxide with supplies IN the deeper
levels
1t seems that the policy of the
Greene-Cananea company is to WORK
nothing but the mines where medium
and high grade ore IS obtasnahIe, as
last week the Veta 'frande mine was
closed down temporarily This now
makes four mines Tgnich are either
closed down or working very light
The Puertecitos mines are closed,
the Henrietta is working but few
men; the Elisa is also doing very little
mining, ad the Veta Grande is closed
down.
All these properties yield a low
grade ore, most of which is Of the
concentrating mature. No new work
is being done at present, Is operations
are being conducted on a scale to COM
pare with the output.
The Calumet and Sonora company
is opening up considerable ore on the
500 level of their Catalina shaft. The
ore occurs in the west drift and eX-
tends several hundred feet from the
shaft. Shipments of lead concentrates
continue to the Ell Paso smelter. There
has been considerable talk of a new
management for the property. There
is also some talk Of an option having
been given to the :iuggenheims for
the purchase of me property, the price
being named at sS.000,000.
The Cananea-Boston company has
begun cross cutting its ore body from
the bottom Of the shaft, a depth Of
70 feet, on an incline. The old shaft,
which has been cleaned out, is being
retimbered and the men are now work
ing in ore which is improving with
every foot of work
The Montoyo shaft of the Santa Fe
company has been sunk to the 200
level, where a considerable flow Of
water has been encountered. The steam
equipment is hardly large enough to
take care of the hosting and increased
pumping necessary. The shaft is bot
toned in ore which is the richest yet
encountered at this property.
Rendelari e Cook will begin another
shaft on their Miles announcement.
The shaft now being sunk is on the
Tomlinson property and is showing up
eXcellently, quite an amount of native
silver being encountered. The new
shaft will be located up Puertocitos
canyon.
Webb Meeker, operating in the
Sierra Azul mountains, about IS miles
south of Cananea, have encountered
rich ore on their Lucera de Cananea
announcement, in a tunnel which has
been driven a distance OF 40 feet. The
first ore was found 10 feet from the
portal and at short intervals TO the
end Of the workings numerous veins
have been cut. The ore averages %
ounces of silver 80 percent lead, 10
percent zinc and carries about s cents
in gold. VIM has been begun at
the end of the tunnel and is being sunk
on the vein, which is IS inches in
width.
The North Tigre company, operating
IN the Tigre district, has $4,000 tons
of ore blocked out. This has been
accomplished by doing $3.50 feet of
drifting. done in various tunnels driven
into the side of a mountain at intervals
of 100 feet, each below the other. ;
are connected with winzzes. The ore