El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-21
SUMMARY OF MORE IMPORTANT
OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN MEXICO


! fects would have been felt keenly
among all the American frontier towns,
I particularly FL Paso, Eagle Pass, Doug
las and Nogales. It is said that the
loss of volume OF business. for instance
| In FL Paso during the past three
months amounted to so to so percent
and thatta large part Of this was due
to the temporary closing down or the
mines in northern and western Chihua-
hua and Sonora. Few people, except
wholesalers, jobbers and dealers in
mining supplies and machinery, and
ore buyers, had any idea how much FL
Paso depends on the mining industry,
Now every business man, even retail
ers have received a striking object
lesson. In one way or another, directly
or indirectly, every mine in Mexico
pays tribute to Ell Paso. If every mine
In Mexico were to be closed Down for
good, it would stop the operation OF
most Of the railroads. because they
would not pay expenses Of running
them.
More locally and clearly to Illustrate
the evil effects Of the late war and the
beneficial effects of peace to Ell Paso.
let us consider only the mines and
mining operations in that narrower
sphere almost at our doors in the state
of Chihuahua. alone.
Since the first of February. 1911,
scarcely any ores have sbeen imported
from Mexico to FL Paso. The result
has been that nearly all the furnaces or
the Ell Paso smelling works have been
closed down, not only throwing many
hundreds Of laborers out of work, but
decreasing the amount Of money ordi-
narily put into local trade from sales
of ore. Some idea Of this local loss
may be formed from the records Of the
Ell Paso custom house, which show as
follows:
In December. 1910, the importation
amounted to 2S3 cars Of ore, containing
as follows: Copper, $40 tons, value,
1895; lead, 5049 tons, value, s26,761;
gold, value. s21,72S. silver, value. s53,-
sos Also 1S9 caE of zinc ore (SOSl
tons). value, s41,12o.
In January, 1911, the importations
amounted to 203 cars containing as
follows: Copper, 1921 tons value.
s5976; lead, 4424 tons. value. ,S91;
gold. value sa0,92s; silver. value, ST.
7s3: zinc ore, "a cars (2451 tons), value
Of s27,642
The restoration of peace means the
renewal and large increase Of this
business from assured future opera
tons and new mining enterprises 10
start up. !. Tt also means the sale OF
large amounts of supplies and ma
chinery, fuel and goods to the several
mining camps.
Tributary to FL Paso.
The following is a brief descriptioH
of the mines and mining districts along
and tributary to the two railroads en-.
tering the city Of Juarez and north OF
MADEIRA and the city of Chihuahua.
la)-San Bias dfstrict-The Lolita
Mining company. mines in San Bias
mountain, so miles southwest Of FL
Paso Copper mines, 1000 feet of de-
velopnnent work done, employs Is to 20
miners; large reserves Of copper ore
blocked out in the mines Chief stock
holders, Milwaukee. w @. Guber, gen
eral managers and Henry Beach of FL
Paso. superintendent.
(b)-Sierra del Muerto silver mines,
owned by Gus Hammel. Section and
associates. working 10 miners; work
suspended to be resumed at once and
shipments started to smelter.
SabinaI District.
one hundred miles southwest OF FL
Paso are the Adventure, -Santo Domin-
go mines, with recorded production OF
so eco tons of silver-lead carbonate
ores. Also the Socorro. the Santa Ju-
Hano, the Santa Inez, San Salvador.
the Santo Domingo. the Pamela de
Plata. the F1orencia, Ell Vale. the As
cencion, the Grand Central the. Mex
leo, the Visnaga and others Several
of these have a record of having pro-
duced over 100000
The Santo Domingo, owned by New
York company, Brittcn Davis, presi-
dent. steady shipper: shipments aggre-
eating over $4,000 tons Of iead-silver
ore Mr.. Davis had just raised 100000
to expend in mine development and
machinery. when war stopped opera
tions, which will be resumed in June.
The Bostoh- SabinaI Mining compa-
ny &C. w Holt, of Lowell, Mass, presi-
dent. and D. c. Sutton, general man
ager), owns the yisnaga and other
properties. In the same camp. the ores
of which are tellurides Of gold and sill
yer, many samples assaying 1000 ounces
silver and 100 ounces gold per ton A
force of 80 men have been working
sinking shafts and driving tunnels up
to the outbreak of the war, when work
was stopped A tunnel is projected TO
crosscut the ore bodies at a depth.
Work will be resumed as soon as sup
plies are shipped to camp. The tunnel
is projected 10 run 1000 feet. Heavy
hosting and drilling machinery will be
installed.
The Grand Central, two miles west
of the Santa Domingo, owned by James
H Parker and associates, carrying rich
silver ores. viii be started UP again
San Pedro District.
The Candelaria Mining eompany's
holdings are at San Pedro. chihuahua,
125 miles from FL Paso, are considered
the greatest properties in the northern
part of the stateS Owners, New York
capitalists Manager. Geo. A. Laird.
War closed mines down for want Of
coal and supplies. but will start up
at once Shipments have amounted to
3GO6 tons a month 10 FL Paso smelter.
1900 men and So skilled mechanics be-
ing employed. Col Mullan says that
when the heavy pumping plant is done
there will be employed 5000 men and
the shipments will amount to 500 tons
a day, or over 900 tons per month.
The company's holdings are the San
Pedro, Candelaria, Leon, Congreso Por-
venir and San Benigno mines-consti-
tuting one of the greatest mining prop
critics in Mexico. Some of its mines
have been worked hundreds of years,
and the production amounts to several
million dollars The ore bodies are
inexhaustabIe, Work will be resumed
at once The machinery being installed
costs $3.50. GEO.