El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-08
MINING NEWS
GBNANEB
SNASRE5 RECORD
October Production Greater
Than Ever; Large EX-
ports Are Made

7 AdlalEd DEOh6 announcer IEEoEQ III DLD-
/ duction during October, the output Of
/ the smelter for that month being a lit
} tie over 5000, 900 pounds Of blister cop
per. This is the greatest output in the
] history Of the company, and surpasses
[ the output Of September by 100000
/ pounds.
! OF the $4,000 pounds, one-third was
I that of the Miami Copper company,
/ the result Of the months run Of con
/ centrates, practically over 100000
/ pounds of copper.
During the month the Greene-Can-
! anea company had a little labor trouble,
| during which one of the mines, the
| Oversight, was closed down by the
company for period of seven days,
! but the smelter output does not show
( any effects.
Aqua Prieta Exports.
At Aqua Prieta during October the
! export of bullion and ores to the United
/ States, from properties in the north
! eastern portion Of Sonora compares IA
( vOrably with previous months. In Oc-
/ tober the total valuation of exports Of
. mineral amounted to 1,169,50O pesos
I composed Of the following: Copper,
/ 463,SO0; silver, 4271OO, and gold, 17S,6O0
! containing 9433 tons. FL Tigre mine
I shipped Is bars of bullion weighing
I 6340 pounds and valued at $4,000 pesos.
/ Aug. Fritsche Of the Mexican Metals
| company reports that fairly rich
4 strike was made in the shaft known
( as the Alacran this week The extent
! Of the body is not known. Two shifts
/ are now employed at sinking the shaft.
H. s. Smith Of the Cananea-BOstOn
/ company reports that the shaft has
I reached a depth Of 1876 feet, and that
( the formation is promising.
The Calumet and Sonora made a find
[ on the so foot level of the Catalina No.
/ shaft this week. At present there
J is full breast Of ore after the body
/ has been penetrated for a distance Of
/ 10 feet.
j New Company Forms.
( The COsac Mining company was or
4 ganiZed in Cananea this week by judge
J D A. Richardson Of Douglas, AriZ- and
J associates. The property is located in
] the Tigre district Of Sonora and is con-
! sidered q, good one The officers of the
! company are: 3. A Packard, president;
/ D. A. Richardson, secretary and treas
[ urer; Nicolas Shaid, director; J. J..
/ Evans, cOmisariO It is capitalized at
/ 10000 pesos; shares 10 pesos par value.
=. 3. Holt Of Magdalena has organ
| lied mining company for the purpose
/ of operating properties in Sonora. The
/ new company viii be known as the
} ArtzOna-SonOra Mines company. AssO-
I clated with Mr.. Holt is L. B. Garside OF
/ New York city. 1t is probable that
! the company will begin work soon on
/ giOn, where q great amount of gold eX-
/ element occurred recently.
The Mesa RiCa company is COntem-
I plating increasing its mill capacity.
ceived for this purpose at its property,
located about So miles south Of Moe
| tezuma- A. c. Tanner is in charge Of
l the property.
The new smelter Of the Cerro Gordo
company, located near Cumpas, Magda-
lena district, IS now operating success
] fully Twelve men are now being
l worked at the mine under the superin-
tendency Of o. l. Neer. 1t is stated
that the ore averages S318 per ton.
The smelter of the Sonora Copper
I smelling company, located near NOria,
/ station on the sonora railroad. viii
I be blown in on January I. The smelter
] IS located some distance from the
Z mines of the company, the latter being
al Cobre Grande camp, and an aerial
I JIamWay IS now being constructed be-
| tween the mines and reduction plant.
I Fred Afford is superintendent and A.
NJ Conard president and general mana
ger.
The Paredones Mining company.
( operating in the Altar district, has
I Cverhauled the old Juarez mill and is
now handling its ores with its use. The
ore is understood to average 50 per
Slight Strike Occurs.
La Colorado was the scene Of a little
labor difficulty last week. when the
men STRUCK me miners wanted high
I err WAGES, which were refused them,
: and the company at once shut down
( the plant and mines. Later the men
were willing to return to work at the
-
| sUmed. The strike lasted four DAYS.
The MOctezuma Copper company at
I Nacozart also had a little labor diff
Guilty and on Monday of this week a
strike was participated in. The com
pany officials made the ultimatum that
If the men did not return to work II
/ would shut down the property for an
indefinite ueriOd. and the men returned
70 work The strike lasted about four
hours.
Many announcements.
There were not as many denOunce-
ments made in Sonora. during the month
Of October as in the preceding month,
put there were quite number at that
/ about 375 pertenencias. Following is a
Z list OF the announcements.
Miguel ApalateguL 16 pertenencias
{ under name Carlos Francisco, located
in the TabatacOchi region of Moctezuma
I district for gold, silver and copper:
Z also 10 pert under name Durango No.
=. cumpas, Moctezuma, gold, silver and
/ copper; IS pert. under name Johnson,
/ CumpaS, MOctezuma, gold and silver;
I 10 pert under name Elizabeth, same
/ locality and mineral
J. NJ QuirOga, p pert. under name FL
| CentenariO de San Pablo, -Cumpas Moe
1 tezuma, gold and silver; 1 pert. under
name FL CentenariO de San Pablo No.
| 2 same locality, gold, silver and cop
! per: 2 pert. under name FL CentenarfO
I de san Pablo No. 3, same locality and
I minerals.
Joaquin Barreda, for Martin Hickin-
/ son, 20 pert under name Santa Bar
( bara, located in municipality of Hue
/ pac, Arizpe, gold, silver and copper;
/ David L. Fain, pert under name La
! ConSuelO, OpOdepre, Ures, gold. silver
and lead; s. G. Lamadrid. so pert. IN
/ der name Los Tres Bemoles, Matape,
/ Ures, gold, silver and copper; Arturo
{ Garlic Of Cananea, 10 pert. under name
/ ConsuelO, OpOdepe, Ures, gold, silver
/ and copper; NJ Miranda, r. V SOsa,
! r. p. SerranO and r. @. Bustamante, s
/ pert. under name La Paz, CabOrca. Al
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