El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-21
MINING NEWS
WHITE OAKS MINING DISTRICT RICH
IN GOLD AND HAS ABUNDANCE OF COAL

the camp with all the coal USED IO1
steam and domestic purposes
A power plant could be erected a.
the coal mine and power could De
transmitted electrically to supply the
mill and also to supply the water
nearby needed at the mill. The water
would run in pipe line by nat
gravity from the springs to the NIL
The large bodies of medium grade ore
also warrants the installation or
modern mill, the initial unit or sectloh
to have capacity of 100 tons per Day
which could be increased as the mine
is further developed
The South HOmestake Mine.
THE South Homestake mine has
been developed to depth of 500 rect
and thus has had some remarkable
deposits of ore; but like the Old ADeB
only high grade ore has been mined
1t also has large bodies Of medium
grade ore in sight About $SOO,OOO
gold production stands to Its credlL
The lode in this mine strikes nOrIh
two degrees west and dips rs degrees
east The ore shoot begins at the
surface, and a large stOpe 40 by 40
feet by 20 or so feet high was taken out
of here. This stope is called the
Devils Kitchen" There is another
similar, but smaller stOpe near TINS
called the Captain, and there are
several slopes of large size, al lnol-
eating the great width of the ore
=
Homestake has a 20 stamp mill when
is under lease to the leasers of this
and the North HOmestake-
The North HOmestake.
The North Homestake mine, a frac-
tional claim, has attained depth or
1850 feet and has some splendid and
valuable bodies of ore on its lowest
levels where mining is now being done.
This mine has a record Of about the
same amount of production as the Old
Abe and the South Homestake- 1t IS
said that S35, 900 in gold was taken
out of this mine in two days o,,
in the valley to the Old Abe
mill and the South HomeStaks
ity pipe line from spring above the
town, near which is ample water for
very large mills.
Other Mines and Prospects.
This is not a single company camp
poets of the same character and sur
face showings as the three big mines
I have mentioned, but they have not
been developed to any great extent as
yet. For instance, in the same camp
and near the other mines, are located
the properties of the Baxter Cullen
Gold Mining company, consisting OF
three claims called the Little Johnny,
the Winters and the Linahan- OF
these the Little Johnny and the Win
f. Lee claim of the Old Abe group.
On the Little Johnny and near the
middle of the claim runs a well de-
fined fisSure vein OF quartz and iron
a shaft has recently been sunk on
this vein about 40 feet which proves
the vein to be strong and continuous,
carrying values all the way down, but
not of workable grade. In order TO
get greater depth a tunnel mad been
started and is now in about 15O 1eet
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vein at depth of nearly IS feet In
the face of the tunnel the ground
is becoming mineralized and the IN
trusive rock has been encountered, and
now il is only a question of prose-
cutting the work further and cutting
the vein and then drifting IN 1t for
an ore shoot Everything points TO
encOuntering valuable bodies OF ore
both of high and medium grade similar
to those encountered in the Old Aoe
and the HOmestake mines. This work
is being done by the company, which
is composed Of FL Paso people who
have lately invaded the camp. It has
been prosecuting this work very econ
omically, the company being moderate
" capitalized and strictly develop
ment company. When ore is encoun-
tered il will be treated in one OF the
mills Of the neighboring mines until
blocked out to justify the erection OF
its own plant.
THE White oaks gold belt is mid
way between the newly discovered
gold veins of Juggler mountain in the
JicarilIa mountain range on the north
and the Nogal gold fields to the south
All conditions point to greatly in
creased operations in that section this
fall and winter 1t will not be, for
tunately, the scene of wild excite
ment or boom but rather of extensive
operations by capital adequate to do
large development and introduce mod
ern methods of treatement onascale
commensurate with the wonderful re-
sources of that rich gold district
A snaD-1OO a, grade doors at a