El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-03
MINING OUTLOOK
IN MEXICO
IS GOOD
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equip all Of our shafts with heavy
machinery and we also anticipate put
ting in a ehurn drill for quickly pros
pecting the ground and locating the
! ore bodies. The Viznaga mine is very
high grade ore, rich in gold and sill
YER There are various workings, the
principal one being a tunnel $50 feet
in length We also have a shaft down
IS feet. The Palo Alto is a sulphide
vein about 10 feet wide. Here we have
a shaft down 40 feet. The FL Canine
shaft on the Palo Alto is al
ready down quite distance
and drifts out both ways. consid-
cradle quantities of sulphide gold,
silver and lead having been found.
The Socorro mine has a tunnel run
ming from the north side across the
formation It is 400 feet long and
is expected to catch carbonates carry
ing gold silver and lead. The shaft
on the west end of Socorro is 70 feet
deep. There we have encountered
some very rich silver ore.
Peterson Is Optimistic.
J. c. Peterson, of Guyimopas. Chi
huahua, president of the international
Gold and Copper company, which has
general offices in FL Paso, was equally
emphatic in saying that when the
present troubles in Mexico are ended
that country will enter upon newer
and greater prosperity, a prosperity
in which Ell Paso is likely to secure
the lions share Of the commercial bus
mess from the north. Interviewed ne
said:
THE troubles In Mexico have not
done us any harm. And up to the
present time at least it should be re-
membere that none Of the foreign
mining interests have suffered because
of loss Of life or property.
$50 far as our particular property
is concerned. we have already done
a great deal Of work in the way OF
tunnels and trails The Pearson in
terests expect to have a railroad fin
ished to our camp during the coming
summer. Our mines will then be only
IS miles from a railroad, where today
we are As miles away from railway
at MADEIRA, and 10 miles away from a
railway at Casas Grandes. AS soon
as this railway is finished we contem-
plate putting in a reduction plant.
$50 far as other properties in our
vicinity are concerned as understand
it the Guyimopa Mining company
people are figuring on putting in re-
duction works as soon as the Pearson
interests can complete their railway.
Theirs is a high grade ore Ours is
large body Of ore. but not so high
grade as theirs.
1T IS reported in that section that
James Taylor will open up his pros
poets as soon as this railroad is fin
ished- He has some good showings
in gold. silver and copper, the copper
out-croppings being especially inter
esting. Mexican mining interests
were doing some work at the Seven
Star mines at Guyimopa creek last
summer and fall but since the out
last November they have not been
attempting anything. I hear that they.
too. are only waiting the completion
of the Pearson railroads and the stop
ping Of the war before doing work
on a larger scale This Is a high
grade silver mine. and the Mexican
owners OF the property have already
shipped out considerable ore"
Predicts New and Better Era
John a Rice. consulting engineer
for the Cicero Smith company. near
Ulrich, Ariz-. just before leaving for
Arizona to inspect properties there
said that once the revolution is at
an end a new era for miners and cap
itansts in Mexico would begin Speak
ing Of the San Ignacio mine, located
Is miles east of Ahumada and owned
by Boston capitalists. Mr. Rice said:
They say that they will start their
IIllIlS anu NH just dS SOUL dS the Ic1l4-
road Is open TO the south. AS l under
stand it they have a couple of car
loads Of concentrates ready to ship
to the FL Paso SmeIters as soon as
the Mexican Central railroad is ready
to bring them
c. o. Callahan. prominent in CALI
fornia and Chihuahua mining circles,
who passed through this city en- route
for Chihuahua by way Of Eagle Pass,
effect that as soon as peace comes for
Mexico that country will enter into
an era of prosperity such as It has
never known before. An interesting
point which he made while discussing
the topic was that. taking his own
experiences. in Mexico which have not
been limited. as a criterion. he did
not believe that the people there would
hold any prejudices against Americans
because of the differences which have
obtained UP to date ard once the
troubles are settled he believed that
any friction which might have arisen
in individual cases between Mexicans
and Americans would be. quickly for
gotten.
ParraI Outlook Good.
Nat Wilson. who has been visiting
his business associate. George J.
Green. Of this city. left for Denver.
MI 6iSeh mas interests II HarFai ana
his son Is foreman OF one Of the large
mines there Mr. Wilson before Ieav-
ing for Colorado. expressed the great
est confidence in the Mexican mining
situation in general and the ParraI
mining situation in particular
W H. Case. we'll known in mining
circles as manager for the Aventura
properties and as an associate of Brit
ton Davis. formerly manager of the
Candeleria mine is in FL Paso. So
optimistic is Mr.. Case uDon Mexican
mining conditions that he is only
awaiting the settlement Of troubles
south Of the Rio Grande before going
10 Sonora for a big company