El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
MINING NEWS
OLD Eureka CAMP
IS BEING REVIVED
Was Famous as Silver Dis
tIict in 1881 Until Smell
ter "FrOze. "

Six miles west of Hachita, ~ NJ, on
the Ell Paso & Southwestern railroad,
and about 80 miles west of FL Paso,
is the old Eureka mining camp, which
was famous as silver producer from
1881 to 1882, the principal mines being
the King, the American ard the Hor-
net. In the old camp there was
floating population OF over 1000 people.
At the Hornet mine water Jacket
furnace, CT lead smelter, was erected
in 1888 1t is said 1t frOze up the 1lrSL
Gays run, owing to the presence Of
zinc in the ores and the ignorance as
10 smelling Of the men IN charge. II
is said that during that period the
camp produced about S0OO,U0O.
The failure of the smelter caused the
camp to become quiet, owing to Its dis
lance from railroad, until 1907, until
the advent Of the FL Paso & Southwest
ern railroad. since which time there
have been occasional shipments OF ore
made, running as high as SSOOOO per
annum- The presence OF zinc and Wa
ter has greatly retarded operations
However, the ore bodies are extensive
and far from exhausted and the camp
viii in the future be revived, II IS De
ieved-
This camp is in the northern part or
foothills of the Hachita range. me
ore deposits are situated in paleozoic
limestone. Abundant bikes and sheets
of quartz-pOrphyry cut the limestone
within the minerahzed area,
Acquired BY san Antonio Company.
The most noteworthy and most pro-
duCtive deposit is opened IN the KING
mine. 1t is said the value or the ore
$780, 600. Subsequently it was acquired
by the Owl company, of Boston In
termittent work has been done on II
from time to time 1t was also owned
and worked by the MaricOpa Copper
company. and almost two years ago
was acquired by the Sunset company,
of which L. NJ stiles, Of san Antonio,
is president and manager; w. T. stiles
vice president; 5. f. Johnson, secre-
tary; L B. Wilcox. treasurer. = T.
Johnson is also superintendent The
president and A II. JOrdOn left here
for the mine last sunday. They purpose
to make arrangements TO install a con
centratng plant should condluons
appear TO warrant it. The stOckhOld-
ers are wealthy oil men.
There is an old shaft on the King
mine, said to be 400 feet deep, which
contains a good deal OF water. The
ore deposit forms vein IN QuartZOSe
pOrphyry running northeast and south
west The intrusive rock seems to be
dixie cutting through limestone. The
ore contains copper and silver, princi-
pally as copper glance and silver chlo-
ride, in a quartzOse gangue-
The American Mine.
The American mine is half a mile
south Of the King, and like the King,
has been worked internationally at IN
been over 100000. The main shaft is
over 100 feet deep, with several levels.
c. c. Fitzgerald mortgaged it over 16
years ago. Bob Anderson, Of Hachita.
was working it until recently. The
deposit is a regular vein, running
northeast traceable 400 feet in lime
stone. In the lower workings pOrphy-
~ appears. The ore consists of galena,
rich in silver. and pyrites, zinc blende
and some stilimite.
The Hornet is nearly a mile south
Of the American On thsi is the old
smeIter, erected in 1888. The mine is
said to have produced over 100000
worth of ore. The ore consists of lead
carbonate, carrying Is ounces Of silver
per ton, and. of heavy galena much
richer in silver Near the water level
zinc blende appeared with pyrites.
The ore bodies form irregular, pOcl1ety
masses, and the workings extend sew
eral hundred feet westward. The ore
is in chambers in limestone. On the
old dump is considerable zinc carbon
ates. This property has not been
worked for several years.
Besides these mentioned mines are
numerous old prospects, such as the
Silver Bell, on which is a shaft $50
feet deep, which some years ago caused
great excitement