El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-07
SONORA MINES not
HAMPEREO BY
REVOLT
Shipments From Nogales
and Aqua Prieta Increase
During January.

Cananea. Sonora, Mexico, Feb. T.
With all the revolutionary talk in So
nora, and some disturbances, the min
ing industry does not seem to be suf-
fering amy great hardships, as in fact
the shipments from this state to the
United States shows an increase in
January over that of December at
both Aqua Prieta and Nogales. There
is nothing shipped through Naco except
the product of the Greene Cananea
company and Calumet and Sonora COM
pany except occasionally a small ship
ment to the Ell Paso smelter.
The shipments through Nogales have
ben increased by the recent shipments
of the San Geronimo company and
some Of the small properties in the
Alamos district
AT the port of Aqua Prieta the ship
ments for January amounted to HAP
tons, compared to 1850 in December.
The value of these exports in round
numbers was 1900 900 pesos in Janu-
ary, compared to 9O5, 900 pesos in De-
cember. The increase was brought
about by the increase in operations of
the Moctezuma company at NacozarL
This company shipped 1851 tons in De-
cember and 10,2S1 inAJanuary. FL Tigre
shipments were increased 70 tons; Chu-
runbabi, 100 tons; Vaquero, 40 tons; La
in values was shown in Copper 931,
pesos in January. to 639,7OO in Deem
Der. Silver and gold showed decreases.
Shelter Still Operating.
In Cananea the smelter is continu-
ing operating with five furnaces. The
January output has not yet been made
public, but it is stated that it will COM
pare fayorably with that Of December.
The new construction work is. being
11,4o III,
Dougal roasters have been completed
and the dust chambers are almost COM
p1eted also.
All the new work of installation at
the power house has been completed.
A. ". Wood has returned home from
his Limitrofe property, which is To-
Gated southwest of Cananea near the
Sam Miguel river and about SO miles
west of Poza station on the Sonora
railroad. He reports that he has been
making rapid Roadway on sinking and
drifting and that some very rich silver
ore has been uncovered. One assay ran
as high as 5000 ounces, but the average
is between 100 TO 500 ounces. Ten men
are at work on the property. The mine
is between Huepas and Opodepe and
about u miles east of the San Miguel
river
The Moctezuma company at Nacozari
Is at present employing 1900 men at its
mines and mill. The mill is now hand
ling 1900 tons of ore per diem and
from this amount 800 tons of concen-
trates are produced. which are shipped
to the Copper Queen smelter at Doug
las.
Juanita Work stopped.
The development work which has
been carried on at the Juanita property
northwest of town for the past few
months was discontinued this week
after a visit to the property by L. c.
Shattuck and B NJ. Pattison, of Bis
bee. who control the property. A shaft
has been sunk to a depth Of 225 feet
and the results were not of a nature
which would encourage the owners to
do more work at the present time An
other shaft was sunk nearby to a
depth of about 75 feet. It is possible,
however, that some drifting will be
done later
The Cananea-B Boston company has
timbered its shaft to the bottom and
sinking has again been resumed with
the use Of a within. Conditions at the
property are very favorable