El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-03
CH|SPbs MINE NOT
DISTURBED BY
REVOLUTION
New Cyanide Plant to Start
on May New Road
Built.

QrdZZ1n1 Mining company, OWHer OF the
famous Chispas mine, is not suffering
to any extent on this account. How
ever, the company is still without COM
municatfon with the outside world by
telegraph, as there has been no ser
vice on the federal wires out of Arizpe
for several weeks and all the mes
sages Of the company are sent to Can
anea by courier and then sent by wire.
During the past week manager Ed
ward L. Dufourcq of the property and
W. H. Wood, ex-geologist IN the
United States service, returned from
the property. Mr.. DufourcQ has been
experimenting the installation of the
new cyanide plant which is at pres
ent being installed at the Chispas.
The new plant will be ready for
operation by May 1, although 1t was
at first intended to begin operations
on the first of April, but the nom
arrival Of some important parts de-
layed the completion of the plant.
The new plant Will have a so ton
capacity and consists OF six agitation
tanks SO feet high by II feet in dia-
meter, entirely made of steel. The
solution will be pumped from these
tanks into the Burt filter with the aid
of an Aldrich triplex SKI pump. From
the filters the solutions pass into the
zinc precipitation plant. two zinc dust
feeders having been installed for this
work The output will be handled by
the reberberatory furnace which is
now in operation. The furnace is of
brick and has a 21-2xS foot hearth.
With the present system of opera
ton Mr. Dufourcq states that the cost
of producing silver is 80 cents gold per
ounce, which leaves a neat profit after
selling. With the use Of the new equip
ment the cost of production will be
greatly decreased and a larger profit
will thereby result.
The new wagon road between CHS
pas and Cumpas. has been completed.
It is 3S miles in length and most OF
the grades are limited to percent. al
though there are a few portions of the
road which will have 10 percent
grade. The road was a most difficult
one to construct, passing as it does,
through a rough portion of the dis
trict- 1t begins at the terminus OF
the aerial tramway of the company.
The native employees of the company
are satisfied with conditions and pre-
fer to work rather than to join the
revolutionary movement. The camp is
almost unarmed and no trouble is ex
pected.
Mr.. Dufourcq expects to return from
New York by the time the plant is
completed.
British Capital Invested.
The control of the Lucky Tiger
Combination Gold Mining company. has
passed to British hands The property
of the company is FL Tigre mine, To-
Gated about SIS miles south of Douglas,
Ariz Last week the annual stock
holders meeting was held at Douglas
at which the following directors were
chosen: John Kelly, H Vanderslive,
O. E. Mcsier. E. c. Sooy, E. D. Fisher,
W. A. Moses, George T. Moore, D. J.
Haff, c. E. Grannis, O. V Dodge, H NJ.
Evans. z. T Jones, H. F. Hall, all of
Kansas City OF these Messrs. Hall,
Jones. Mosier ard Moore are new, sue
ceeding J. D. Seitz. B. a. Seitz A c.
Stewart and D. J. Dean John Kelly is
slated to be the next president of the
company at the election to be held at
the directors meeting TO be held soon
in Kansas City. The English syndi-
cate which will secure control Of the
stock will pay 81 a share, par value
being So About % percent of the
stock will be purchased outright by
them, and with that held by Kelly and
other new members of the board, will
give control to new hands. 9
The West Coast Mexican Oil com
pany has begun active drilling at its
oil property on the Mascarenas ranch
west of Cananea H n. Stevens is in
charge of the operations.
The Buena Fortuna Gold Mining
company, whose property is located in
the Pinto mountains, 80 miles south Of
Nogales, is preparing to resume active
operations. The values are In gold.
Henry Loeven has four men at work
on his property near Churunibabi. in
the Nacozari district He has taken
out a carload of ore during the de-
velopment work and will soon ship it
to the Copper Queen smelter.
Silver Strike Made.
One thousand ounce silver ore has
been encountered on the property of
the Rosario Consolidated Mining com
pany. located three miles east of
Nacozari The find was made in the
western portion of the property and
the vein is five feet in width. The
vein will average about 400 ounces, al
though assays have been made from
$50 to over 1000 ounces. A shipment is
now being prepared. Twenty men are
employed at the property and the iu-
surrection has not interfered with the
development of the property.
Tt is understood that San Francisco
capitalists have been interested in the
Santa Fe property near Cananea and
that they will finance it and a mill to
handle the lead-silver ores is to be
erected. P. J. Tenancy, president of the
company is at present in San Fran
cisco. The property has been idle for
the past four months, the revolution In
terfering greatly with the financing Of
the company. Considerable ore has been
encountered on the 200 foot level Of
the Montoyo shaft which averages IS
ounces of silver.
P r, Crowell has resigned as sec
rotary and treasurer of the Cananea-
Boston company. He was succeeded by
Anthony Kennedy of Cananea, who will
also act as director. The B shaft Of
the company is down 20 feet and a
drift has been run so feet at that depth
which contains considerable lead-sil-
ver-zinc ore.
The power transmission line between
Douglas and FL Tigre mine will be
in use by the first of June. The poles
have been set to within distance of
six miles of Douglas and the wire is
strung up to within II miles of town.
The turbines which will generate the
power have been installed in the Cop
per Queen powerhouse.
Building Big Dam.
The Moctezuma Copper company is
constructing a dam three miles east of
Nacozari which will be used TO store
water for the concentrat6r during the
dry season. The dam will be 90 feet
in height and will be completed within