El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-06
ACTIVITY RENE D
IN SONORA MINE
DISTRICTS
Two Shelters Ready to
Blow in and Idle Mines
Will Resume.

Cananea. Son, Mex, June with
the revolution practically over, and with
notbino TO retard the progress of mining
onerations except the depredations OF
handit organizations, the future for the
MINING industry appears brighter than
for some time heretofore. The bandits
are being pursued through. Sonora and
in a short time it Is believed they VIII
be annihilated and the state will RESUME
its placidity. 49,.
ready is noted the plans of various
properties to resume operations after a
term of idleness, in some cases extending
for several wears. From present indlca-
tions it appears that the Espiritu Santo,
ar Ia Ventura Metals company Will be-
DIN oherations in short time. possibly
within the next two months, while the
Ortega and Santa Rosalia are at present
making preparations ito resume oper-
ations.
Two shelters will soon be blown IN.
which are located in the northern portion
tof Sonora. those of the CobFiza Mining
company at Noria and that of the
Sonora Copper Smelling company. when
Is located in the neighbornOod OF Norla
also. These two plants have been com
uleteI some time but on account OF
unsettled conditions the blowing IN OF
them was postponed.
The Calumet & Sonora company, which
has been busily engaged in installing an
electrostatic plant will soon be again
shipping concentrates. The work OF
altering parts of the mill has been
progressing and Is about completed.
1t is reported. that the Guqgenheims
have secured control of this company,
but the report cannot be verified here.
Some months ago a similar report was
in circulation.
Ali Departments Working.
All the various portions of the Greene
Cananea plant are working at present
and the new portions of the plant have
been giving excellent service
The provisional government OF the
Cananea district has made concession 10
the mining men owning properties in
this district which viii be the means OF
saving them considerable money. As
the new government is IN need of funds
the officials have made the mining men
the proposition to give them a reduction
of percent on their taxes which are due
on the first of July, if they are pad
before the 18th of the present month.
Taxes which were due on March 18th,
and which were not paid. thereby being
subject to fines all the way from so to
100 percent, should be paid before the
18th of the present month and the fines
viii be RENTED.
The officials have also made the an
nourcement that the mineral office win
again be open for the receiving and
transacting of all mineral business as
formerly. All the former mining laws
are still in force. DenOuncements cal
now be made and fled Permits to for
eigners, allowing them to hold property
within the zone will again be issued.
Up to the present date no changes IN
the mining laws have been made.
Maria Mine in Ore.
The Carman Mining company, operat-
ing in the Arizpe neighborhood- is meet
ing with success in the Maria mine. The
shaft has been sunk to a depth of zoo
feet and considerable ore has been en-
countered at that depth During the IN
settled conditions the COMPANY has been
greatly hampered by the inability to re-
ceive supplies. This trouble has hGwever.
been done away with and work is now
proceeding nicely. All the former work
on the Maria has beer done out of the
vein and since the new management has
taken charge of the property the work
has been done on the vein and in highly
mineralized ground.
An. engineer is engaged in making
lines for a tunnel on the Ortega prom
ertv, southeast of Cananea and work
will soon be done on this property which
has been idle for a number of wears.
d. Miller of San Francisco is in the city
looking after the matter.
Orders were received at the Santa
Rosalia local offices to resume oper-
ations at the property: located west of
Arizpe, and work will be. resumed in
few DAYS.
Ships to FL Paso Smelter.
The FL Triunf0 Consolidated Sompanv.
operatine near Arizpe. made shipment
of silver-lead matte this week to the FL
Paso smelter Pres. A. c. Chariot of. the
con-0arv. was at the property from New
York CITY this week looking after the
affairs of the company.
The Matamores and San Ygnacio
properties. in the neighborhood of Gala
basas have been SHIPPING considerable
high grade ore recently. N.G Bartolina
is operating~the properties
The Armagosa mine recently shipDed
car of high grade ore to the Copper
Queen srnelter at Douglas. The property
is near Calabasas.