El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-13
Ocampo, Santa Barbara and
Parral Districts Are Els
pecially Active.
CBy Phi sIeLauehlin0

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shat the strikers would win their de-
nlands, vet the strike may act as a
precedent Tor other workers TO try
: their hand and thus tie up the prin
I clpal industry of the state fer some
l time.
While Santa EulalIa is only a small
part Of this large mining state and
I the number out on strike did not ex-
I coed $500, nevertheless the situation
Vas the main topic of conversation with
workers in other lines OF endeavor
Despite the situation at Santa Eula-
la mining over the state is on the gain
and openings and improvements are go
ing forward. New districts are being
visited by prospectors and prospective
purchasers. The abatement Of the in
cessant cold and the disappearance OF
snow from the mountain peaks has in
vited prOspectOrs TO the hills again and
this is pretty good sign that consider
able interest is being manifested in the
industry.
In the Ocampo district. the Sierra
Mining company will begin the erection
of a large cyanide mill to supplant the
old one which was declared imperative
last year. This company has been meet
ing with excellent success in its mines
Of late and the news Of the erection Of
this plant has overjoyed the people Of
that section There are several other
properties in that section that are COM
ing TO the front and planning improve
ments for this year.
Renewed activity is noticeable in the
Santa Barbara district, where the Teco-
Totes plant of the American Shelters
Securities company is trying out a new
system Of treatment for their ores
From abroad comes news that the Al
1arena property. one OF the largest IN
the district, VIII be reopened shortly
by its owners, who have succeeded in
interesting capital to take hold and OPP
crate Il as a large property should be.
Talk Of a mill being erected is going
the rounds. Many other old properties
in the district have reOpened since the
first Of the year.
Deals OF some magnitude are pending
in the Cusihuiriachie district but as vet
none have been consumated- There is
some talk Of a large smelter being
erected in that district
In other districts through the state
the situation is looked upon as very
favorable and evidence on hand at the
present time leads mining men 20 be-
leve that great gains viii mark the
years end.
English Syndicate bargaining for Mine.
An English syndicate. composed Of
bankers and business men Of London, IS
negotiating for the purchase Of the La
Barranca del CObre mine, situated IN
the Barranca del CObre district in this
state. The price asked by the owners,
genheim subsidiary, is said 10 be in the
neighbOrhood Of S1.500,0O0
The Barranca del Cobre district is
situated about 80 miles southwest of the
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railway
station Of CreeI and very little work
has been done in the district for the |
past so years until a short time ago, I
when prospectors covered the district
and found some excellent ores that I
could be treated very profitably with /
the present milling systems in vogue.
VIII Soon Begin shipping.
wi ~ "a TNnr
bre district, which is a new one, is Of a /
development character and is going for
ward with about 10 men. Evidence on [
the surface forecasts several excellent /
veins Of silver and gold ores. 1t IS /
owned BY T. W Foster OF La Barranca ]
del CObre, DIT. I. J. Bush. of FL PasO.Dr. (
c. s Baum CART of Fort Smith, Ark, /
and DR.. Henry s Durand, of La Bar 4
ranca del Cobre. Work on shaft sink I
ing is going forward daily and the vein (
is being approached quite rapidly. Mr.. (
Foster expects to begin shipping very
shortly.
Gets Returns BY Arrastre system.
Louis GOldbaum is working the Queen I
Monserrat mine in the Pineta noun
tains. about 10 miles from the Sonora
railway station Of QuijanO, in the state
Of Sonora, and grinding out gold with
an arrastre. He works about 10 men
and reduces about 1000 TO 5000 pounds
Of rock daily, from which he gets sew
an to. u ounces OF 5old-S160 TO S240
per day. The property has several
lodges. one of which is four feet wide
ali showing good free milling gold
ore The principal work is a tunnel 220
feet long on a two foot ledge. and that
supplies the ore which is treated by the
arrastre-
The property is paving its way and
bids fair to become of. great value.
The Fl CristO. in the sta Eulalia dis
trict. which was leased from the PrietO
estate nearly two months ago by Nor
val J. Welsh and associates, of san An
tonic, Texas. was expected to commence
work last week, but the present labor
troubles in the district made il impos-
sible. AS soon as these difficulties are
overcome work viii start under Mr.
Welsh's management with about -
men. The preliminary work viii con-
sist CT shaft sinking T.
Bullion to BaneO MinerO.
The BatOpilas Mining company. in
the Batopilas district shipped during
the week 40 bars of bullion silver to
The Banco Minero in this city. The
was valued at $4,000
Reports from this property state that
things are looking better than ever and
that work is progressing along prOfita-
bic lines Shipments Of bullion to this
sfty have been coming in regularly The
mill is in excellent working condition
md the quality and quantity OF the
ores is said TO be both excellent and
plentiful
seamOn Resigns From PIomOsas.
The resignation Of the manager Of the !
Las Plomosas mine. in the Las Plomo-
sas district, is anneunced- W. H. Sea-
mon--,Who has held that position for
several years, leaves to devote himself
to his own mining interests in this
state. Mr. Seamon resigned months
ago. but his resignation was not ac-
cepted until this week Raoui Clock
ner has been appointed superintendent
Of the property while Emilio Bronnf-
nan viii be the consulting engineer.
z1II Work TO starr.
Work towarf erecting a new 100 ton
cyanide mill Of the Sierra Mining COM
Dany Ocampo on the ss-e Of the old
mill, which was put out oNcommission
asst year, VIII begin at once The new
machinery has been ordered ard it Is
expected 10 arrive on the ground very
shortly.
The company is operating a pow sy
plant in the heart Of the large timbeitl
raet belonging to them. situated AK
9urazno. which generates and trans II