El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-23
MINING NEWS
cBy Phil Mclaughlin


r,bibnab,,a Mex. Dec. 23.-Fair ae-
fivitv is noted In milling and mining
in the various camps Of the state ana
the volume might be said TO De up ~
the standard Of last year. The INDUSTRY
has undergone . change Tor the Deter
and this in spite Of the fact that poll'i-
cal conditions were hardly normal
The coming year is expected -
sbou- q substantial gain over TINS Olle.
Trorn the santa Eulalia district come
--- ~ the reOpening Of the A. ,:
RI mines which have peen c1L - i-.s
their output in order 70 ula5As P.e,,7.s
Most of these repairs nave 80 +I-557ers
md nv the first OF the yea -
III ba running along as DeIoIe
shutdown Several big deals nov ~
inc in that district VIII IAN uuS 80
about the first OF the yea, ~ - viii
ii is not known as yet now -. -
-s--7irata 1T has been sald Llat -
S.I-- LIN he contaminated SeVeraI U
fbese nending deals are Tor lnOpei0' 1'S
pIOs'51 -Tc--9zas smelter to Resume.
In the Terrazas district me T;7o
smeIter belonging to the ~ -+jlr9s
Copper company VIII res - 49, ToVT-r
in a5ouf 40 days. 1t was closed 10 10 u
aLc1I+ two weeks ago because u q
I,~ealz in the machinery, 1uI IHS -
~ narts have arrived and are DelHS
ms FL efiy;fv is also noted in the CusihUl-
-5ecbic and Parral districts. IN ~
1-usf district many individually " S ~
mines are working away Success -T-ay-
sn5 some are shipping 10 the sl-lg 49,
- -i9f- cif,- News of an optimistic
-st-rs comes from Santa To- 80 a.
Ninas Nuevas. san tranclsCo 1870 - :,
indie. Guanacevi and the S5ue'i 49, IN
-a1vo districts. Political colultlO -
- districts mentioned are nOtHia- anu
work is going aheao- so.o-.
Shtnments 10 BancO De sonora
Bullion shipments lor Iue +l,5s
davs to the Banc0 de sonora M eco
civ amounted to S75,OOU, OF WIlicH So
ao6 was received from the 1elo 80 =
STirfru- company. smaller companies -
the Ocampo district ma Aii'7
remaining $4,000
Gets Bullion From Batopiiass,;
u,7-iTg the week the Banco MlneLO
in this city received ~ Da- ; ~ --,,7,
-51v-er from the Batopilas Mining con-
many in the BatopHas olsuic|
d The ne manager. Benno Grohmann, OF
+be los Angeles in the Gua0alupe
60 55ietricf situated about two days
FT0r, The town of Guadalupe y CaLNO,
Chih was in Chlhuanua ~ -. - 49,, 80,
with the owners OF some lilll D1L
:. r7a neirhbOrhood OF the proper
--itb a view to leasing II Tor Iue I'm
her that is on IL TO use lot 1uS1 -
+15e furnaces Of the cyanide mn IN
the mine property more SG 80 ss soon
--eIoDuent work IS planned lusL d SUM
IS the fuel question is settieu-
Quiet In BatOpiias-
Tor some time news OF a IeN -
orv nature raS been reported IN tl'-H
Cffv ooncerning the BatOpllaS region
some of the reports have been most
startling in tone the recent s.-lI
Tnents of the BatOpIas Nlnlhs Cols e2.s5
through the territory said TO DE lnIeslso
-,-i+I, bandits and indictments must on
- Dosfffve proof of the untruIh OF
these harmful rumors.
steady Development.
Gust NoN10a.llG- Lsu-lLiA
,iachic property. which is an OLD one
was started in June last ana uef
ment work was pushed raplQlY. VI
some time now the company mas peeh
e17fDDinv about five cars a month 10
the smeIter. in Torreon and getting
good results ..77 1.i,,
Development work y So -
7o11sfed forward q shaft Is beng sunk
IN the santa Marina part and also a
tunnel a shaft is also being SUNK IN
the San Miguel section OF the property
B. L. Farrar is manager
More Machtnery-
The las PIOmosas at Las PlomoSaS,
Chfh was visited early IN the LnOnLA
by a committee of directors 70 lhNes-
+irate the edvisability Of making some
fr9nortsot CHANGES in the mill and the
purchase Of new machinery Tor the
mine After spending several Gays on
the ground the committee decided TO
Ial-s fbe necessary changes and ar
rangements have been perfected 10 llat
end New machinery has been ORDERED
and it is purposed 10 resume WoLh
on a large scale Immediately aLter inc
new year W H Seamon IS manager.
New Year. ". H SeamOn is manager
ParraI Development.
During the past six months the
E-sr7ersl5ia COMPANY at Parral has been
developing its ore bodies by raises,
wines etc. and the results oDtalheo
have been most satisfactory. me ore
bodies developed have been found TO
Justify the following equipment part
of which is now en- transit
One 90-hOrsepOwer double drum MOIST
COttunwa pattern; one crOSs-com-
nound Ingersoll Rand compressor Of 10
drills capacity. . boilers. $50 horse
power each and $50 pounds pressure.
Many minor improvements are under
Wav such as new gallOWs frames
cages etc The sinking of the shaft
another 100 feet to the sixth level has
been started, and at this station VIII
be installed duplex triple expansion
Prescott station pump Of 1000 gallons
canacitv which. with the pumping
equipment now in the mine viii 81
a capacity Of over 1000 gallons per
The work on these improvements is
being pushed as rapidly as possible. as
during the installations the ore snip
ments, which were being made TO the
Alspimi smelter. viii be suspended
When the improvements have been
made shipments viii be resumed on a
larger and more economical scale than
heretofore.
Wade Armstrong -superintendent
and w r. KAY is financial manager
ParraTs Bright Outlook.
According to the editor of the Par
raj Miner, the Parral district is de-
stined TO become the leading mining
camp Of the republic. In all probability
that camp will be heard from in more
ways than one and no doubt viii be
very successful but chihuahua City
will be the headquarters Of the ma
iority Of the men who plunge on the
Secrets of the under soil
Within a very short time this dis
trict and outlying camps viii begin to