El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-30
OCAMPO DISTRICT
MAKING GREAT
PROGRESS
There Not Dis
turbed by Insurrection
Says American Mine
Operator. =

Mining in the Ocampo district has
not been disturbed. according to ]. R.
Darroch, who says: 'I have been down
there during the past seven months.
Strange to say, the mining operations
there continued constantly without anv
hindrance during all that time. except
for the little Inconvenience of the
shutting off Of railroad communicated
and mail. - :" : oii
THE Sierra CONSOLIDATED Mining
company mas oeen steadily DEVELOPING
ana prosecuting its improvements all
TINS time. They are going to pull down
all the old mills and erect new onas
with cyanide plants Of the latest pat-
tern.
New Plant is Building.
work is being pushed to complete
the first unit Of the so ton section. and
after that is finished, the work will
continue until the entire plant Of 260
tons daily capacity is completed. They
are also putting up a 500 horsepower.
steam electrlc power plant, to be used
to prosecute development work on
their mines Eventually they will in
stall a purely electric plant. which
VIII be driven by water power alone
They are also connecting up the
underground workings of the different
mining properties and equipping them
with the best new machinery They
have already got the road from Temos-
achic to the mines in fine shape, a dis
lance Of 100 miles The Sierra compa-
ny is controlled and owned by the
Cole-Ryan people. Their principal
mines are the Santa Juliana., Santa
Eduvigis, FL Refugio, Belin and Ell
Fora (fox) and several others adjoin-
ing.
Are Heavy Producers.
these mines for the past quarter
century have been heavy producers.
shipping for years from $50, 1000 to over
500, 900 in gold and silver bullion ev-
cry month to the minis Of Chihuahua
and the United States. Col Greene
got hold of them some years ago but
was unable to carry out the great i'm
provements planned. and finally the
Cole-Ryan people took the matter up.
They have consolidated all these va
rious' holdings or claims into a single
big mining claim.
Installing Machinery.
Electrical engineers are busy INSTALL
ing machinery and transmission lines.
I met 500 pack mules going into the
camp over the trail, as 1 came out,
and this is a common occurrence In
that country General manager r.
Linton, who is at the head Of the OPP
erations Of the Sierra company. has
been IN New York and will be in Ell
Paso in a day or two on his way to
the mines
Ell PasOans Operating.
In the same camp; -Krakauer. York &
Move. owners Of the Cruz mine. one Of
the big properties of that district. are
steadily working and developing They
are daily expecting the arrival of en-
gineers of the English company who
have taken the property under option
THE Librada group of gold mines,
Of which I am principal owner, IS being
developed by California parties. At the
time 1 left, very large bodies of mill
ing ore were being blocked out The
property lies near and In the same
canyon as the properties OF the Sierra.
Rainy Season Opens.
1.-THE rainy season commenced In
that section earlier this year than has
ever been known before, and every
thing looks green and beautiful This
will be a great boon. as the farmers,
who are mostly retiring veterans of the
insurrecto army. Will now be able TO
raise good crops and supply the min
ing camps. Gen. Orozco was one OF the
leading farmers of the Ocampo dis.
trict. In my opinion there will be the
liveliest times in western Chihuahua
the coming year ever seem There VIII
be plenty of laborers and supplies