El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-10
MINING NEWS
Many Properties Are Prov
ing Remarkable Producers
Under New Methods.
CBy L. H DaYis.)


to various mining districts of that
vast area embraced by Grant and Luna
counties in western and southwestern
New Mexico fully confirms the predie-
ton made on my first visit two months
ago to LOrdsburg and the Apache Box
country, that an era of mining activity
and prosperity has come to those two
counties, has come to stay and is rap
idly augmenting. This is due to the
present high price of copper, silver and
zinc to the cheaper rates of freight and
treatment charges; to the recent intro
duction of up to date milling, concen-
trating and cyanidatiOn processes in
vented largely in Mexico, and which
have taken the place of the old fash
toned Wasteful method of pan-amalga-
nation treatment, and to the advent
of experienced and successful mining
operators and engineers from old Mex
leo. seeking a safer and more cOnSenial
field for mining operations than in
which they have recently fled for
safety,
Advises New Mexico Mines.
There Is no good reason for mining
and Douglas for an indefinite period.
waiting for the troubles to cease in
your camps in Mexico said a prom
inent engineer and mining man for
merly of Parral, who IS now success
ful operator in the booming camp Of
LOrdsburg, n NJ, addressing himself
to a number of refugees from Mexico in
the lobby of a hotel yesterday. do as
L did while you are waiting to get
back Get out into the fle:d west or
FL PaSO in southern New Mexico, or 90
to western Texas or Arizona, look the
field over carefully and l am sure you
will have no trouble in finding some
thing worthy of spending a little money
in developing. The property l am
operating in LOrdsburg has done so
well that have shipped over $4,000
worth of ore to the shelters. The
Sierra Madre mountains run over the
International line into New Mexico and
continue north to Colorado and the
mineral zones also continue, as evil
denced by the marvellous discoveries
made in the MOgOllOnS and Twin Peaks,
Apache Box, FL ORC. LOrdsburg and the
Hachet mountains; the rich silver-lead
and zinc fields of COahuila and Nueva
Leon doubtless extend nOrtnWard
across the Rio Grande into west Texas
and southeastern New Mexico. Geo
graphical lines don't cut off the min
eral belts. On this side of the inter-
national line you Will find safety, cheap
TRANSPORTATION and Smelter treatment
and reasonably cheap labor, cheap fuel
and supplies and as rich belts Of min
erals. Besides you will have the pleas
Ure of mining once more under the dear
old stars and stripes"
Some of the Promising Camps.
Taking my present stopping place at
Hermanas, n. NJ, as a center, which is
only 80 miles west of FL PasO, over the
Z. P & = W. railroad, 1 Will mention
some of the promising camps that are
beginning to attract the mining men
now temporarily in FL PasO.
twenty-five miles west Of Hermanas
and six miles southeast of Hachita sta
ton is the old Anderson-ADache mine
In the Apache mountains which has the
record of having produced and shipped
ore for about so years. 1t is still owned
and operated by Bob Anderson, the
diEpnVprar In
silver was shipped, but for the past
few years the main product has been
d low grade OXidiZed copper ore, rich
in calcite and hence in good demand
at the smelters. 1t is constantly ship
ping ores to FL PasO, running from
three to four percent copper and from
81 to $3.50 gold per ton and a few
ounces silver per ton
On the east side of the same noun
tain is another copper mine called the
Daisy" owned by the estate of Dave
Whaley, now being worked by leSSees-
1t has a record of production of ores
that run, when sorted, IS percent cop
per, IS ounces silver and 81 to IS gold
per ton.
few miles southeast of the An
dersOG-Apache mines, five miles south
Of Victoria, q station on the E. z *
S W. railroad around the jog" on the
international boundary line, is the Ere
mont mining camp. This is in the foot
hills OF Sierra Idca-
The principal properties here are
the international, the Eagle, the Silver
Fox, American, Doyle Zinc and Bar
nett, the Cabin and the Copper Glance.
The last named is very rich, carrying
copper glance assaying several hun
dred ounces in silver. Il is a new pros
pect and is being worked by ID. T. Da-
wilson and \. J. Fitch, of Hachita-
EOlney Rector owns the Information
al. the Eagle, the American and several
ctner fine properties in this camp, all
OF which are well Developed over the
line, in Mexico, are several copper
properties owned by J. w. MaSotfln
and l.. \. He'll and others.
The Mines to tie South.
Going east from the Fremont along
the International boundary line, about
20 miles we come to the mines In the
CarricOlliiO mountains, which are from
one to four miles south and /west OF
Hermanas. These mountains are vol
canic, and through them course a series
of veins, of remarkable continuity be-
ing traceable for several miles, having
a strike from southeast to northwest
Every one OF these veins carry copper
everywhere an opening has been made
along the surface.
The small development work was
done about 1881 by prOspectors looking
for silver. Recently some of the old
claims have been relocated, such as the
Copper Crown aSd Copper Cross of e.
w Faulkner: the Copper Tom and
GringO and the Skunk by Faulkner and
Wright, and the Alsace and the Lo-
Taine, by El PaSO parties. Recently
expert examinations have been made
OF some of the properties and 1t Is
said active operations will begin soon
This was formerly called the StoneWall
district.
A few miles northeast of Hermanas
along the east side of the Hermanas
and Deming railroad are the Tres Her
Tnanas mountains, in which are veins
and deposits of lead, silver, gold and
zinc ores. These mines have been
known for many years and have yielded
about $500, 1000, principally from the
Cincinnati vein and from the lead-sil-
ver-gold deposits. The Yellow Jacket
is also on the same vein. The Hancock
owned by Z. Z. Burdick of Deming has
shipped 1000 tons OF lead-gold ore.
These veins are in porDhyry.
The Zinc Arrives.
At the northern base of these noun
tains in limestone are the zinc mines
which were worked a few years ago
by Thurmond and LiEdauer, of Dem
ing. They are owned by Col. Fitch &
Sons Adjoining these are another
group of zinc and lead mines, called
the COlebra group, owned by DR.. 5.
d. SWope, of Deming. These zinc mines
are now in active operation. On the
southern foothills is lead mine owned
by Sam Gregg, of Hermanas. Clark and
Mahoney are also working lead-silYeT
claim.
The FIOridas.
Still farther northeast of HermanaS
and about 10 miles south of Deming
are the Florida mountains. In the
SOutheas stern side of these Is the Cave