El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-21
.Rudyard Kipling.

sistant, recently took it over under
option and have financed a company in
the east to purchase and operate It
The war has temporarily interfered
with the plans, but they will now
proceed with plans of development One
of the holdings, the San Pablo, has
good showing of shipping ore. to ex-
tract which will require a new hoist
and pumping plant
Adjoining the Willis group on the
east is the Corona mine, formerly
called the La Belle Venicia. when 1t
was owned by Roeina Steely, Of Ell
Paso, and produced several shipments
Of chloride OF silver ore, the richest
being sent to San Francisco by Wells
Fargo express. It is now owned by
Donald A. and II. A Carpenter, OF FL
Paso. who have organized company
to operate 1t.
Santa Lucia Mining District.
This district is in the Santa Lucia
mountains, so miles west of Ojo Cali
ente station, reached over fine wagon
road running up the Carmen river val
ley. There are several old mines in
this mountain range
(a)-The Homestake mine. located
by Dan Kelly and Lew II. Davis and by
them turned over to a company Of Ell
Pasoans, has the record Of having pro-
duced about $4,000 several years ago.
The present company has done sew
eral hundred feet Of development work
and made a number of shipments TO
the smelter. The ore is high grade sill
yer and lead, averaging from $50 TO 500
per ton Just before the revolution
broke out in December, A. H Parker, Of
FL Paso, bonded and leased the mine
and had arranged to begin working
it. He will begin working the mine
as soon as he can secure men and get
supplies to the camp. When the mine
was in operation about 20 men were
employed.
(b)-The Ventura mine is about one
mile south of the Homestake. owned
by Prof William jerks, Of Albuquer-
que, N II. It has q large vein carry
ing silver and lead carbonates. 1t has
produced several carloads of ore Prof
jerks is contemplating starting oper-
atoms in the near eature-
In the Echo mountain, two miles
north of the Homestake mine, are
group of claims owned by Joaquin Du-
ran and Buenaventura Becera, which
have produced a number Of shipments
of silver-lead ore. 1t is Well equipped
with gasoline hoist and buildings.
South Oh the I1OlLColdhC - eA-C ~
Santa Lucia mine, an antigua, worked
by the Spaniards, and said to have pro-
duced several fortunes. Going south
in the same range are numerous old
workings said TO have been big pro-
ducers at one time.
sierra de Los Arados District.
Probably no other single district in
northern chihuahua was more seri-
ously delayed by the recent war than
this one which lies about 20 miles due
west of Moctezuma. the eating station
Of the Mexican railroad, in the north
western part of the Los Arados noun
tains, for here during four months the
main forces of the insurrecto army
made their rendezvous. This camp
has been a great producer and is in
one of the most mineralized regions OF
Mexico. Two properties have been IN
active operation until the war:
(a)-The Arados Copper company.
recently organized in New York with
a capital of 100000 financed by
Thomas J. Ryan and associates. the
president being c.. w. Holt, Of Lowell,
Mass, and W. n. Winter. OF FL Paso.
local agent, in December took over the
Quo Vadis, the Rosario and several
other copper claims belonging TO Ell
Paso people, and acquired by de-
nouncement additional acreage, aggre-
eating some 20e0 acres of copper
ground The company is well financed
and plans to inaugurate explorations
with churn drills on scale similar to
that employed in the great porphyry-
coppers Of Arizona. Utah and in the
Chino mine in New Mexico to deter
mine its extent and to make 1t q
steam shovel mining proposition. The
surface limestones contained deposits
of copper carbonates from which a good
many carloads were shipped. Underly-
ing these are immense areas of rock
containing disseminated copper sui
phides. The new company will now
proceed to carry out the original plans,
which will employ a large force OF