El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-29
MINING NEWS
GOCHISE MINING
OUTLOOK IS GOOD
The Great Western Develops
Into a Bonanza; Tomb
stone District Active

/ SLUlC LIS IIICG ACIlAC
Tombstone, Ariz.. Nov. "a careful
/ analysis of the mining conditions
( throughout Cochise county as compared
/ with the situation a year ago indicates
! that the mineral output Of the county
/ will be materially increased during the
/ coming yeaE as a result of the advance
l In price Of both silver and copper
/ Conditions at this time are very sim
/ liar to those which prevailed during the
] year Of 1903, just preceding a great
D0Om IN values IN the mining circles
| throughout the entire west, mildly at
| first, but gaining in its momentum IN
] I'll 1t reached its zenith some two years
] later.
/ Owners EIated.
/ Owners and operators of copper and
I silver mines throughout Arizona IN
| general and COchise county in particu-
4 lar are highly elated over the present
! prevailing conditions Of the metal mar
1 ket, as Il viii mean resumption of the
many idle silver and copper properties
( of the new state. The present price OF
/ silver is approximately cents per
/ ounce over the average price OF lasL
/ year and II IS not d11Ilcult to Ilg " g
I that it means an extra item of S2OU,OOO
] additional net profits to each mine pro-
} ducing 100000 ounces Of silver IN
The Great western.
From what was considered an ordin-
/ airy prospect some years ago, there has
/ been developed in the Great Western
property at CORTLAND one OF the won
I der mines of Arizona This is a DIG
mine and its bigness is being added to
/ daily through the development OF Its
ore bodies. The present ore bodies al
/ depth are as rich as those in the upper
workings and these values give prom
/ Use of holding out indefinitely. The
| Great Western is practically new
mine.
Commonwealth Extension.
A meeting Of the board of directors
Of the Commonwealth Extension Min
ing company was held in the office OF
] the secretary in this city, and tnar
official body decided to begin WOrk on
its property in the Pearce district at
once. A force Of men viii be engaged
within the next few days to commence
the work Of sinking shaft on the COM
The property held by the Common
wealth Extension people consists Of a
group Of claims adjoining the famous
old COmmonWe alth workings. which re-
Gently passed from the SWatling &
Smith interests to the Clark syndicate
Of Nevada. The latter people are re-
ported as having blocked out cOns1d-
cradle ore in the old CommonWealJh,
and said to be OF a much higher grade
than ever before extracted from the
workings sufficient to operate a zoo
stamp mill for period of three years
Inc CLARK syndicate VIII shortly erect
a large mill, the same now being en-
route from the east, IN addition to put
ting to work a large force Of miners
The realization Of the dreams of the
residents Of Pearce seems at last about
to become a reality and the camp may
again be placed among the producing
districts Of COchise county.
The property Of the Commonwealth
Extension company adjOtns the old
Commonwealth mine on the hillside Of
the old workings, and is considered by
many the most promising of gold pros
meets Arizona .I0nn i. PaaTcn has
held this property for many years 1t
is part Of the original property which
he located during the early nineties.
Later ne sold to the PenrOSe- BrOckman
interests the claims which are nearest
to the Pearce tOwnsite. and known as
the Commonwealth mine, for S25O,0O0
Mr.. Pearce has always maintained that
it was his opinion that he sold the
poorest part of his claims to the above
named interests and refused to dispose
of what he considered TO be the best
part Now, if Mr.. Pearce is correct in
his surmise. then the Commonwealth
Extension promises to be q bonanza
mine and producer. irrespective Of the
fact that the old Commonwealth mine
produced to its fortunate owners over
5000 900 in gold and silver.
The board Of directors OF the Com
monW ealth EXTENSION is comprised OF
the following C. L Cummings, presi-
dent of the First National Bank Of
Tombstone; Paul WarnekrOs retired
merchant and bank director; Charles W.
O.
H Gardner, clerk of the federal and
district courts and manager Of the Hua-
chuca Water company: John J. Pearce,
original discOverer of the Common
wealth mine, and Y. C. Melgren, en-
gineer Of mines.
The Tombstone District.
In the Tombstone district develop
ments are being carried on steadily by
the many chlOriders and leaSers of the
properties Of the Tombstone COnsOli-
dated Mine company and very satisfae-
tory returns being received from the
shelters at Douglas and FL PasO.
Many of the independent mines under
lease to chlOriders are making good in
many respects and ore being regularly
shipped to the reduction works.
Affairs of It. c. VI. Co.
From what can be learned at this
time ii is expected that the financial
difficulties of the Tombstone CONSOLE
dated Mines company limited which
some time since was forced into in
voluntary bankruptcy, viii have been
settled in the course of about 60 days.
due to the fact that the property VIII
have to be sold at public sale. to salts
fy the many claims now outstanding
against the company. said to amount
toy about $4,000. 600 II is rumOred that
Frank NJ. MurDhy until recently presi-
dent of the DEVELOPMENT company Of
America, which is the holding or par
ent company Of the Tombstone Con-
Cheney. also formerly a director in the
Development comDany are the largest /
creditors of the Consolidated company.
having bought up much of its paper, In
the total amount of about $3.500. 600.
At the present time the outlook OF
Tombstone was never brighter and with
the settlement of the financial diff
culties Of the Consolidated company,
and the higher price of silver and COD
per. the old camn should again take
its place among the producers OF Ari-
iona and develop into a bonanza camp.
SAN CHRISTORAI. PLANS
TO ERECT MILL At MINE
B. Y. Gordon, of the san Cristobal
mine. in western Chihuahua. is in FL
Paso on his way to New York on busi-
ness for the san Cristobal company.
Work is being continued on this
property. although shipments have been
temporarily discontinued pending the
company's decision regarding the cree
ton of a mill It is expected that the
company viii conclude to erect a cy-
anide plant and other machinery The
ore broken at present is being left un-
foreground where it can be easily ham
died on the resumption Of hosting