El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-26

. critics in the district, there has been
q steady, systematic development Of
ore and a thorough testing of the well
defined mineral areas owned by each.
by churn drilling. and as a result these
companies and individual owners as
well have demonstrated that not only
large bodies of ore exist but that the
ore is of much higher grade than
was thought at first In fact. the dis
trict has been transformed from a low
grade into high grade one. carrying
immense ore bodies of the latter. Cen
orally then, it may be truthfully stated
that the present year has witnessed
much greater development of ore and
the satisfactory demonstration OF its
high grade character than during, any
previous period. On the four big prop
critics millions of dollars worth of un-
derground wor has been done and the
camp has tens Of millions of tons of ore
developed.
Considerable development has bee.l
carried on in the Pinos Altos district,
nine miles north of this city, by the
various owners and lessees and a qual-
thy of ore shipped to Ell Paso but the
most notable step taken in the district
has been. the erection of a coucen-
George H. Utter, on his Cleveland
group of claims. The concentrator
will be started in few days, and hav-
ing plenty of water on the property
and many tons Of ore blocked out, the
plant will be steady producer of
good grade of concentrates.
Other Districts.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron com
pany continues its extensive opera
tons in the Fierro district, and makes
It's large iron shipments as has been
usual for several years. In the adjoin-
ing Hanover district much development
work mas been accomplished this year
In the Chloride, Black Hawk, White.
water and many other districts. lying
near this city, operations have .cen
steadlly carried on and several very
rich strikes have been added. Ship
ments have not been regular or in
large quantities, from many OF :he
smaller districts nearby, but the own
ers In all the districts, large and small
nave this year shown a iar.,er and
more implicit faith in the mining pos
slbilities and the ore wealth of the dis
tricts by continuing, upon a larger and
more systematic scale, the prosecu-
ton of development In all mining
a
area Of ore blocked. out and ready for
treatment or shipment than at any
former time.
In the Virginia and other districts
situate near Lordsburg. in the west
ern part of the county, and in the
Steeple Rock district, in the north2.
western part, the year has witnessed a
splendid growth and deveiopment
capital has entered, and with ii has
begun an era of development. In the
former district, the 85 mining com
pany is working extensively and is
making bi-weekly shipments in large
quantities.
On a business Basis.
Mining in all districts of the county
is being placed upon a sure. business
like footing. and the accomplishments
of the present year have been far Nn
advance of any other like period.
The brief and largely general sum-
mary above given must plainly show
that no backward steps have been
taken, no loss of confidence shown
and no lack of steady, systematic de-
velopment prosecuted during the pres
ent year. but on the other hand mining
has been advanced to a firmer, more
business like plane than heretofore ex-
ing, such as churn drilling, steam SHOW
Ell process, the substitution of fuel oil
for wood and coal, and uptodate min
Ing machinery of all kinds means
larger development. consequently
larger output, and a greater success
in mining industry in this section, and
with these, necessarily the growth Of
Silver City and a larger prosperity for
El Paso, the metropolis of this south.
western country.
Using Underground Waters.
great sride has been taken by citi-
zens, individually, and by large num-
Der of companies, in the development
of water supplies at various parts of
the county since the commencement of
the year, and as a result there are
three large well drilling outfits contin-
uing the work Of boring wells for do
nestle and irrigation purposes
So soon as it became generally
known that deep well boring produced
abundant water at almost any place
in this section. great many persons
have had wells sunk and installed