El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-21
Renewed Activity In Mining
FolLows Quickly Restoration
OF Peace In Mexico


in the Capulin mountains, are the Trim
idad. Trico de Mayo, Promontario,
Miano. La Patria and the Progreso
mines. all silver and lead bearing J.
M. Smith and Anthony Turner owned
the Progreso. the most extensively de-
veloped mine in that country. Paui
Traitor is the biggest owner and oper-
ator in the district. He will start up
work right away and install large
concentrating and cyanide. plant 10
treat the thousands Of tons Of ore al
ready on the dump. From 40 to 80
men will be employed in this camp
Escondida Mining District.
In Escondida mountain foothills are
two important properties;
(a)-The5 Caledonia, about three
miles southwest of San Pedro station
Lead and silver mine Owned by MI
Ioomer and associates, of oklahoma
Anthony Turner is in charge OF the
property and has been monumenting the
claims. Work will begin this week
with a force Of miners.
(b)-The Sierra Madre Mining com
panv. manager. Capt. Pat H Durack.
three miles south of Summit station.
Misses are extensively developed, show
ing large bodies of lead and silver ore.
Equipped with steam hoist and concen-
trating plant Large block OF stock
lately sold to Houston and Chicago
capitalists and work will now be start
ed on large scale
(c)-The Cinco de Mayo Mining COM
pany. Mines are also in Escondida
mountain Mine leases by Mr.. Nelson
of Colorado Springs. Before the war
about 10 miners were working. Mine
shows very high grade silver ore ana
has deposits of zinc. T. B. johnson. OF
FL Paso. and Gen. Hernandes, of Mexico
City, are chief owners.
There are several other good pros
poets in the same camp, work on which
will be resumed soon, and about -5o
men be employed
The San Joaquin District.
In the San Joaquin mining district,
% miles easterly from Nueya Casas
Grandes. in the mountain of San Joa-
uuin. are two very important mining
properties, closed down temporarily
from revolutionary troubles:
(a)-The Fortuna group. owned oy
the Fortuna Mining company of New
York, under charge of Supt. Kitchen
Extensive development has been done
for over ten years, reaching a depth
Of over 500 feet, together with hum
dreds of feet of drifts at the success
sive levels, showing up immense re-
serves of fine milling and cyaniding
ores, carrying silver and gold About
blocked out and has shipped over $780,
900 worth of ore to smelters. Work
will be resumed at once
Dos Cabezas Mining District.
This district is IS miles west OF
Casas Grandes. just across the line OF
eastern Sonora. Two companies are
opera ting here:
(a)-The famous Dos Cabezasi mine
owner. DIFF s. Pearson and Jules H
Hurt, manager Equipped with mill
and hosting plants. Large quartz vein
carrying gold and silver. in proportion
out. and a,large pile Of milling ore is
on the dumps Plans and funds are
arranged for erection of mill and cy-
anide plant. EmpIoyd 100 men up to
the time war caused closing down. As
soon as coal and supplies can be
brought to mine work will be resumed
(b)-The America mine, adjoining
the Fortuna, owned by America Min
ing company Has large ore reserves
100. coo tons of ore has been blocked
of one ounce gold to 100 ounces silver.
Mine noted for many shipments Of ex-
tremeiy high grade ore for the past
Is years. Production said to be 81
coo, 000 Rumored that plans are made
for erection Of smelling plant.
A car OF ore just shipped to Ell Paso
Melted $50, 600, being the first carload
shipped from Casas Grandes over the
Mexican North Western since peace
was declared Work has been started
again with a force of $50 men It is
reported that a wide streak of silver
suIphide has been struck, running sew
eral thousand dollars per ton
(b)-The North Star Mining COM
pany, composed of Ell Paso parties.
owns the celebrated Redding and the
Estrella and other properties adjoin-
ing the Dos Cabezas mine Was work
ing until closed on account of the war,
and has blocked out large bodies OF
milling and cyaniding ores. ]. B. Tom
linson. consulting engineer, states that
just before the revolution broke out
$4,000 had been raised to construct
milling and cyanide plant and that all
financial matters have been successful
so days operations will begin on an ex-
tensive scale. The main work is to- be
done On the Redding property. Thos. 4
Bailey of Casas Grandes. president,
and w L. Ammonette, of FL Paso, Sec
rotary and treasurer. and J. B. Tomlfn-
son. consulting engineer
The Guaynopa District.
This district is about go miles south
of Casas Grandes and will be only
ahont % miles west Of point on the
Mexican North Western railroad, be-
tween Pearson and MADEIRA. The dis
tinctive feature of this district is the
TREMENDOUS size of its veins. being
from 80 to 100 and $50 feet wide and
exposed by the deep canyons, affording
splendid tunnel sites. The minerals
are copper and gold, and also lead and
silver. Somes OF the properties are:
The International Gold and Copper
company, manager, J. c. Peterson, of
FL Paso Operates the Utah mine,
through which runs a vein 80 feet
wide, much of the ore is said to run
$50 per ton. carrying chalcopyrites,
gold and silver
The Tres Amigos Mines company.
r. L. Croft. president and manager.
Properties a group of claims through
which runs a vein 80 feet wide Ores,
silver, copper and lead.
James w. Taylor. of Ell Paso, and
Francis Fournier. of France, own a Z
large group of copper claims in the
same district, with the same huge vein
system. which they were planning to
open up on a large scale when the
war stopped all further operations In
the same camp are also the America
mine and the Dos Picachos, the latter
owned. by w c. Movers The oDera tiop