El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-05
MINING NEWS
HERMlNAs DISTRICT HAS PROMISE
OF PROSPERITY EASILY REALIZED

ting $50 per ton. The old workings
were shafts, 80 feet apart, % feet and
IS feet deep respectively A new shaft
80 feet deep has been sunk recently
and y feet Of new work done in an old
shaft. 1t is owned by T. W Faulkner
and 5. GreSS, Of Hermanas.
The LeOnOre or Golden Cross.
This mine was the rich discovery
made in the early days. 1t Is less than
half a mile west of the Gr1nSO mine
and is on Quartzlte hill, in slSht OF tle
railroad. The characteristic OutcrOp IS
c huge QuartZite reef several hundred
feet wide, running northwest ~ -1g the
ridge and .reappearing in the plains be-
low and in the mountains beyond
north of the railroad, several miles
away. This huge quartZase lead mas
seams and pockets of rich silver scat
tered through il, the chief enrichment
being along the hanging wall against
the contact line of the pOrphyry. There
is an open cut 20 feet deep, on the
hanging wall of which silver ore was
extracted, running 81 a pound Be
sides this are two shafts, one 10 feet
and the other 20 feet deep The pay
streak is about 80 inches wide Several
tons of high grade were shipped IN
the early days. There are large piles
Of converter or silica ore on the dump,
showing good copper and more or less
silver. The mine is owned by T. W.
Faulkner.
The AIsace and LOraIne.
These two claims are extensions OF
each other, and extend 5000 feet from
southeast to northwest on a very wide
vein, from 10 to Is feet wide, cutting
through q gray siliciOus pOrphyry. The
OutcrOp is very prominent Along the
hanging wall is vein OF white quartz
about is inches wide Then follows
vein filling, six feet wide, composed Of
lime, iron. quartz and brecciated pOr-
phry, carrying various percentages Of
copper oxides and carbOnates, from
three to eight percent copper then
Int.
foot wall is a band or stratum OF Gale
spar several feet wide carrying irregu-
lar punches of red copper The ore at
the surface has been considerably
leached, especially in the softer pOr-
tiOns. Fragments of rich copper ore
in the surface point to the existence
Of large bodies OF high grade copper
below the leached zone. 4 series OF old
shafts along the lode, a lineal distance
Of 1900 feet, all show copper. Several
carloads are said to have been shipped
from shallow open cut on the Lorraine
claim running three to four percent
copper without being assorted, at a
time when IL was worth only nine cents
a pound The ore can easily be assert
a so foot shaft near the northwest end
Of the Alsace, a good streak Of higher
grade copper occurs In two 10 foot
shafts, 120 feet and $50 feet distant
silicates Of copper occur. The big vein
runs parallel 10 the strike Of the Cold
en- Cross veins and crossing both OF
them is a cross vein, six feet wide. The
Alsace-LOraine is owned by Ginter &
Davis, OF FL PasO. This property is
about two miles southwest Of Her
manas station, with which IL is con-
nected by a good wagon road on 3
down grade
The Skunk Mine.
On hill southwest Of the Alsace-LO-
raine is the old Skunk mine, a fine
copper-silver prospect with a shaft -
feet deep, ana on the same hill is an
other old shaft showing copper car
Donates and glance on the dump. A
shipment from these has been recently
made.
Other Old Mines.
Besides the mines mentioned, are
other OLD workings scattered over the
hills, nameless and abandoned which
look very attractive None of the work
ings are over 10 feet deep. but all
show the presence Of copper. The
range extends across the international
line into Mexico, and it is said that
copper and silver occurs the entire dis
lance
South Of the Carrizallio range is the
Eoca Grande range, in Mexico, said to
be rich in gold, silver and copper.
Bright Outlook.
The present high price of copper and
silver, the low freight rate, which is
Sl-5O per ton to Ell PasO and Douglas
the proximity TO railroad. which en-
ables the ore 10 be handled at less
than 81 ton, and the unmistakable
presence Of copper everywhere. all
consplre to lead 10 the belief that the
CarrIzallio Will soon become a large
and profitable producer of copper ore,
Wnen capital investigates its resources.