El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-01
SAN GERONIMO IS
WORKING 100 MEN
The Fundicion and Guaymas
Shelters Postpone Blow
ing in Until Fall.

Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, Feb. l.
Seventeen miles east of Poza- station
on the Sonora railroad, the San Ge-
ronimo mine Of the Ell Tajo Mining
! company has been the scene Of active
| development work and exploration AT
present it possesses a 100 ton mill.
Three or four carloads of concen-
trates are being shipped monthly to
the Ell Paso smelter. These Will be
increased in the near future The ore
averages between 20 and 80 ounces IN
silver, 80 percent lead and small
quantity of gold. Three feet Of ZOO
ounce ore has been recently encoun-
tered, and at present the men are still
working in it.
The mine is we'll equipped and air
drills are used in the workings. one
hundred men are employed at the mine
and mill, which includes Is skilled
men, who are Americans An Austria
liam mill was recently installed, it be-
ing the first of its kind installed IN
that portion of Sonora.
The company is a close corporation,
NJ P. Dalton of New York being presi-
dent G. F. Powell is the general man
ager, while Messrs. Mill and Buck are
in charge of the mill.
Float has been found on the NJ. s.
& W. No announcement, which gives
an assay of so percent in tin. George
Saunders made the find. He has been
busiIy engaged in looking to find the
tin in place, but so far has been un-
successful
James Bateman is sinking a shaft
on his Cherokee announcement, north
west of town, and has reached depth
Of 35 feet. The shaft is in ore all
the way and contains three foot
ledge of silver-lead-zinc ore, with
perfect hanging wall
President A. c. Chariot of the Triun-
70 Consolidated Mining company. &C
companied by director Albert Refine
man Of New York and c. NJ. Charter,
a mining engineer Of Paris. are at the
property of the company near Arizpe.
The company is installing a furnace
at the mine and will soon be smelling
its own ore.
Receives Machinery.
The Chispas mine of the Pedrazzini
company has received three carloads OF
machinery, which included boilers. an
air compressor and cyanide tanks. The
material was freighted TO the mine
this week.
Courtney DeKalb has completed the
examination OF the Washington mine,
which ds located on the Sonora river,
below Arizpe. A survey has been made
from the property to the San Miguel
river for the purpose of aseertaining
the feasibility of constructing a rail-
road to connect with a road which is
to be constructed IN that neighbor-
hood.
The Mexican Metals company, which
recently consolidated with the Arizpe
Mines corporation, is developing con-
siderable ore in its Amelia mine in the
Altar district, II miles west of the
station of Noria, on the Sonora rail-
road This mine recently shipped a
car of ore to the Cananea smelter
which gave returns of percent in
copper.
The same company is doing consid-
cradle work at Las Animas mine, three
miles east of the Amelia Sinking was
begun in an old shaft which had been
sunk to depth of 2S7 feet by the
former owners, and this viii be sunk
to at least the water level before any
drifting is done.
BfOwingf In Of Smelter Delayed.
Plans for the blowing in of the smell
ter at Fundicion, owned by the Cha
Metalurgica Y Refinadora del Pacifico,
have been deferred on account of the
inability Of contracting for sufficient
quantities of ore to guarantee the
operation of the plant for any length
Of time. 1t is now proposed to waiI
until fall before blowing in the plant.
The Guaymas smelter. owned by the
Mexican-American Smelling and Re-
filming company will not be blown in
for some time, and it is possible that
it will not be in operation until fall.
1t is proposed to move the old plant
from the hillside to a more level spot
more accessible to the railroad.
The Creston Colorado and the La
Dura mines of the Mines Company of
America are doing considerable mining
work at present, and will show in
creases in their earnings for 1910 The
Creston Colorado is located at Miras
Prietas, and the Dura at La Dura, on
the Yaqui river.
Rich Copper Strike.
The Tharsis York property near Ma