El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-24

viii be operated with the use of cleo
tricity as power. The completed plant
of the Tigre consists Of the old stage
crushing mill with 120 tons capacity;
the new ze-stamp addition, with a
capacity Of so tons, and the tailings
treating plant, with which the tailings
from the old mill can be handled al
the rate of from so to 100 tons daily.
When the new plant is in operation
the output of the company will be
doubled. With scale of operations it
will be necessary to employ about 400
men at the mill and mines Of the COM
pany.
The North Tigre company is figuring
On resuming operations at its property
work already done consists of driving
work already done consists OF driving
IL tunnels at intervals of 100 feet, one
below the other. The company is at
present figuring on getting power from
the transmission line Of the Tigre COM
pany. A sale Of treasury stock has
been arranged for the purpose of rails
ing sufficient funds with which to
purchase necessary machinery
A st. Louis company has begun oper-
atoms on the Aldazora property. in
the Tigre district. Capt. McInery is in
charge Of the work.
Ell Temblor mine, in the Tigre dis
been operating during the entire reVo-
luton.
H P Hollandson has purchased
number Of announcements in the vicin-
ity Of San Antonio de la Huerte, and
will soon begin development work at
several different points.
Moore Sells Property.
Mervyn Moore, Of Cumpas, has sold
his Pascual property. which is located
near the Washington, in the Sonora
river neighborhood, below Arizpe. The
price was $4,000, and he has already
received the first payment Of $4,000.
The property is considered to be a
good one and assays taken OF the ore
run as high as II percent copper and
266 ounces in silver.
Spencer Bishop for a number OF
years chief mechanical engineer of the
Cananea Consolidated Copper company,
has left for Cerro de Paseo property
at Fundicion, Peru, where he will have
charge Of the construction work when
was recently commenced
Bostwick & Dickson, owners Of the
washington mine, below Arizpe, have
announced their intention to exploit
the property and again operate it on
a larger scale than ever before Con-
siderable work has already been done
on the property and about 5000 feet
of drifts, tunnels, shafts, crosscults,
ETC., made. The property Is considered
as big low grade proposition, which
can be worked at profit, and it is
foregone conclusion that the owners
VIII be successful. The average OF the
ores is about to 5 percent copper and
from 81 to $3.50 in gold and silver
According to the present plans WORK
will be commenced il about go days.
Shipping to Ell PasO.
FL Triunfo is shipping its high grade
copper matte steadily to the Ell Pase
smelter. Tt is understood that it aver
ages about $500 q ton in copper, silver
and gold. With shipments averaging
about Is tons monthly to begin with,
this should bring returns Of about $22,-
500 gross. The company has gone INTO
the market for the purchase of copper,
gold and silver sulphide ores which
contain a small percentage Of silica
This will be Of benefit to the small
operators in the Arizpe district, who
cannot afford to ship overland TO
Cananea or Nacozari and thence to FL
Paso or Douglas.