El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-27
STEMS PASS MINES
PROMISE RICH
RETURNS
Strike Made IN Old Becsk
Renews Interest In
the Field.

Stems Pass" says David l. Cres-
well of that place, cor as it used to
be called. Kimball mining district, $50
miles west of Ell Paso over the South
ern Pacific railroad, is unquestionabiy
one Of the best mineralized regions in
southern New Mexico that is access
able to railroad; and although it has
been comparatively quiet for a decade
or more, it is now assured of revival
that will likely cause an old time STAN
pede.
"a rich strike has been made with
in the past few days in the old Beck
mine. five miles north of Stems. which
is owned by the National Gold and
Silver Mining company. of Chicago,
and managed by Charles r. Mott. The
strike was made on. the 200 foot level.
Mr.. Mott has had for some time been
running drift in a tale vein with no
very encouraging results, and con-
cluded to run crosscut toward one of
the walls, and after he had gone few
feet he encountered large body Of
high grade ore, four feet Of which be-
ing a quartz literally sprinkled and
filed with native silver disseminated
through the rock which will run in
the thousands of ounces to the ton.
This mine was worked years ago and
near the surface produced a large
amount of silver. and proved profitable
when silver was around the 90 cent
mark. Mott has just sent by express
to the general office of the company a
huge boulder of this jewelry rock to
astonish the eastern owners.
some other Mines.
'sThe railroad cuts through the long
mountain range called the -PeloncillG
mountains at Stems, which is the high
est point between FL Paso and Los An
geles This range extends a few miles
north Of that station and south nearly
to the Mexican line Twelve miles
south is the famous Granite Gap camp
In the Peloncillo range, which has
record OF having produced nearly
million ounces Of silver and is still in
exhausted. Lately an Ell Paso COM
pany7 has taken up a. property there
and almost at once has made it a ship
ping proposition. It ships the ore
through Stems to the FL Paso smelter.
John Bowling is manager and J. r
Morris is superintendent. The ore is
lead and silver and occurs in large
bodies or chambers in limestone. Com
ing north from Granite Gap toward
Stems is the Mineral Mountain mine.
which has vein of quartz carrying
galena and silver. Nearby this is the
Lizzie Paul mine which contains py-
rites and copper and some gold Still
further, say eight miles southwest Of
Stems, is the Johnny Bull mine owned
by New York people, which is a cop !
per proposition. Experts OF the Phelps
Dodge people are IN the field at present.
examining it. Near 1t is the Copper
Queen. also a copper property similar /
to the Johnny Bull mine.
over on the north side of the rail-
road is the famous Volcano mine, which
has the reputation of having produced
several hundred thousand dollars worth
of ore. The ore is chiefly. silver to-
gether with some gold The ore down
to couple of hundred feet was oxi-
died and was treated in a 10 stamp
mill, as it was free milling. Then at |
depth 1t changed to unoxidized silver
sulphides and the old fashioned milling |
system then employed failed to- save |
the metals. The ores occur in very /
wide lode which is a more or less. brec- /
ciated rhyolite, throughout which occur
seams and veins of n1ineralized quartz |
At the bottom workings it is said the !
ore is OF the same character and values (
as prevail in the Mogollon district to
the north. and it is believed that when |
the same methods are employed in the |
Volcano property as in the Mogollons /
1t viii become a bonanza again"
Stems Pass and Granite Gap have
a combined record of production of /
nearly one and a quarter million dol
lars, and all this from the surface, as
the deepest workings are scarcely 500 /
feet deep, and the ore bodies go down
and are persistent Lately some very
rich gold has been found in prospect |
a few miles north of the station and
some parties have located claim and /
are doing location work on it