El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14
MINING NEWS
FL PAsO MEN Get
THE COWBOY MINE
Is a Great Producer-New
Tunnel and Other
Work Projected.
(By L. H. DavIs).


"The Cow Boy gold NINE" says
George Perice. of Ell Paso. the owner,
has shipped a carload of the richest
silicious gold ore to the Copper Queen
smelter at Douglas than has Fever been
shipped there since the Ell Tigre mine
cult shipping. 1t is the richest in gold
of any silicious ore found in Cochise
county, Ar:z. The character of this ore,
the silica contents, is such as to COM
mand a ready market at the Douglas
shelters. where it is used as a con-
verter lining. But in the long run it
will be more valuable for milling on
the ground. For several years 1 have
been developing this gold property.
beginning it as a prospect until it
has become a real gold mine.
Mine IN COchise County.
'gThe property is in the northern end
of the great Chiracahuas' mountain
range, Il miles east of Wilcox, Co
chise. county, AriZ- The nearest ship
ping point is Aldrich, a siding on the
Southern Pacific railroad, with which
the mine is connected by a good wagon
road only six miles long. IT is in a
distinctly gold bearing district, which
extends east ami northeast from the
Pearce or Commonwealth camp to
Wilcox, Bowie, San Simon, and Dos
west gold belt of which the Common
wealth mine, with its production OF
thirty millions. is the western end.
Placer Gold In Clutches.
1.-The gulches CT that district have
produced much placer gold. Gold
gulch, for instance, is credited with an
output of more than S125, 900. A pecu-
liar feature of these gulches is that
miners wash over the same ground
every year and extract pay dirt.
Mines Has Area of 40 Acres
''The Cow Boy group consists Of
seven full sized claims, covering an
area of 40 acres" The veins for the
most part says consulting engineer,
James H. Parker, are milky white
quartz of high percentage of silica
The country rock is andesitic with the
exception of one or two DYKES running
across the country. east and west The
veins occur in both these bikes and
in the andesite. The veins vary in =
width from a few inches up to five feet.
They are well defined and easily
separated from the walls, so that when
the ore is mined it is easily separated
in sorting from the country rock. At
Intervals pyrites OF iron, white ironi
are found in the quartz, which. when
oxidizeG. is stained yellow and red
There is also a little chalcOpyrite and
occasionally some galena- The pres
ence of these minerals are Indicative
of gold and gold as invariably present
Native or free gold also occurs at times,
and furnish fine specimens.
Two Veins.
There are two principal veins called.
the east and the west
veins. These are traceable along the
surface over 1000 feet From the prin-
cipaI shaft on the east vein a carload
of ore shipped to the smeIter ran an
ounce gold per ton. The vein at this
point is Is II inches wide and averages
$3.50 gold per ton. At another point
the vein is five feet wide averaging
about IS per ton There are a number
Of shafts and openings on the same
vein, all showing gold. The west
vein is developed by tunnels and
shafts and shows milling ores. The
tunnel, which is 100 feet long driven
in the vein shows milling ore.
To Drive Tunnel.
at is proposed to drive a tunnel
n on the vein 1000 feet 10 connect with
the shaft. from which the carload was
deeper. The total cost of this work
IS estimated at $4,000. Both the
shaft and tunnel will produce ore.
which would probably pay the ex-
1enses of this projected work. When
completed there will be 10000 tons
blocked out.
1.-THE smelter charges at Douglas on
the ore OF this property are $3.50
on. the cost Of railroad freight is $50.
hauling by wagon $780, mining $500,
Or Il total cost of $3.50 per ton.
"a company is being organized in
FL Paso to take over the Cow Boy
mine and carry out the projected de-
work. It is estimated that
there can be stopped out about $4,000
gross from: present development work
ngS."