El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-28
MINING NEWS
NOVEMBER BANNER
MONTH At GANAHEA
Cananea Consolidated Out
put Expected to Exceed
100000 Pounds.


Cananea, Son, Mex, Nov 2S.-No-
vember promises to be a banner month
FOR the Canauea Consolidated Copper
company, as the company is now Op-
Grating its smelter full blast All Of
the eight furnaces are IN operation,
as are the seven converters and two
-reVerberatory furnaces 1t is expected
that the output for November viii be
100000 pounds of copper
Plans. Tor the raising OF the roof or
the smelter building TO a height 20
feet more than at present are being
made and work is to be commenced as
soon as possible. The roof viii be
raised so that the smoke from the fur
naces and cOnverters viii not be 50
troublesome to the employees.
The new smelter Of the Democratic
company, viii be blown in in a few days,
preparations for the starting Of this
new reduction plant having been al
most perfected The new furnace wiz
have a capacity Of $50 tons daily and
Ihe plant viii be kept running stead
lily after being blown It. It is ex-
10 produce about 100000 pounds OF
copper monthly
In October the Democratic company
produced assoc pounds of copper,
5000 ounces Of silver and $500 IN
sold This was done with the old 10
ton furnace. which was in operation
about half of the month.
san Geronimo to Resume.
The san. Geronimo mines, near POza,
owned by Fl TajO Mining company.
viii resume operations shortly Mana
ger g. p. Powell and two directors OF
the company are at present at the
property looking things over and
planning for early resumption Of oper-
ations. The company is close cor
poration- It has a large concentration
close 20 the mines
The Sonora Copper company, whose
property is located near NOria, is ar
early date A. II. COnard, manager OF
the company, believes that everything
viii be in readiness for starting anew
by December J. The property is 10
Gated three and one half miles east
OF NOria. Up TO the time Of clos
ing down about 100000 tons Of ore
had been blocked out and the new
smeIter in readiness for operation. The
reduction plant is Of 100 tons capacity
and is located between the railroad
and the mine. The ores are mostly
carbOnates and oxides, with some sui
phides in the deeper workings. The
veins are true fissure, in q contract
between granite and pOrphyry-
Coi3riza to Resume December i.
la Cobriza Mining company. whose
property is located about II miles
west OF NOrla- and which has been
idle for the past SIX or eight months,
due 10 the unsettled con lrlonss WllI !
resume operations December !. There
is a 100 ton Macdonald hot blast fur
mace at the property, and just after
it had been gotten ready for blowing 4
in the company was forced to cease /
operations temporarily. A shaft has /
been sunk to a depth of about zoo I
feet. and which was to go to the 1000 4
foot level when work was stopped. A (
motor truck is used to freight sup (
plies
San Nicolas mine, located below 4
A qua Prieta- in the Tigre country, IS 1
doing considerable work at present I
and operations are 10 be on a larger !
scale than ever heretofore II condi- 4
tons permit, according to Frank q. +
manager Of the company.
The new smelter Of the Minneapolis 4
Copper company. which is being con-
at the property. below Cum
PAS in the ACctezuma district, viii ,
probably be ready for operation dur
nE- January.
The Transvaal Copper company is
row employing . men at its property
near Cumpas. This number is to be
increased as soon as permissible