El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-24

employ Is men. During the entire past
year the shipments were regular, but
with the present plant installed and
the ready market for this character OF
ore, he expects this year to more than
quadrUple the output, which Will prob
ably amount to 80 or 40 tons per day,
after development
The Nevada Mine.
The Nevada mine is located between
the Hecla and the extension of the
Emerald mine Of the Eighty-five prop
erty and the Atwood mines. 1t has
shipped ore from the grass roots. 1t
has one shaft 10 feet deep with ore
the entire distance down. At the so
foot level are drifts east and west 40
and 90 feet; also drifts east and west
at the 100 foot level At the bottom Of
the shaft there is about three feet Of
good shipping ore The ore has con
stantly increased in width and value
with depth All the openings on the
surface show fine ore. The vein is a
fissure in porphyry and has good walls
and can be easily and economically
worked 1t has all the earmarks OF
making a big mine. 1t belongs to j.
A Leahy. the enterprising merchant OF
LOrdsburg, who is making arrange
ments to sink the shaft deeper The
ore is rich enough TO pay working ex-
penses Tor the development of this
young bonanza, which Mr.. Leahy de-
serves for pinEing his faith to the
camp and helping II along in the dark
days when It needed friends.
The 1fiser's Chest.
This property is a mile and a quar-
ter south of the Superior and Eighty
five mines. The Niser's Chest mine be-
longs to the Lena group Of seven
claims, and in the same ownership Is
included an important property called
the TT. Savage, in the Virginia or Ply
ramid camp five miles southwest OF
LOrdsburg. The Miners Chest has been
leased and bonded from the owner,
James G. Berryhill, Of Des MOines, Ia,
by the Miser's Chest Development com
pany, composed Of Col. $. w Maltble
John Ward and John MOffitt, for the
term of five years for the price OF $l5,-
600. The mine has a record production
Of from SIS, 900 to 100000. The own
ers have always been developing and
blocking out ore
There are several parallel veins IN
this mine with a northeast and south
west strike showing gold OutcrOps for
$500 feet along the surface
The main developing is on the moth
er lode and consists Of a shaft 400 Feet
deep and four levels, aggregating 1000
feet in length. The pay streak runs
from three to eight feet In width ana
alternates from the hanging walls,
which are from 80 feet apart, the 1lll- 7
ing between being minerallZed 2Or-
i'nyry. Above the water level, So per
cent OF the values are in copper sui
2hides and 30 percent thereof in cop
per oxides, but below that level the I
entire values are in the sulphides,
which are chalcOpyrites, chalcOcites !
and bornite.
The average mine run of the ores OF
the AIfser's Chest is So in copper. gold |
and silver. The higher grade of ore |
runs 80 percent copper and about $40 }
in gold and silver per ton. The pres
ent operators are now shipping an aT- /
erage of three carloads of ore. or 80 |
to 100 tons, a week to the FL Paso I
smelter. They are all practical miners 1
and estimate that they have now in I
sight above the 200 foot level to yield ]
one carload Of ore a day for the next /
two years and below the same level to I
yield the same tonnage for five years. I
The depth of the workings has /
demonstrated the continuity of the !
ore deposits
horsepower gasoline hoist 40 horse
power boiler, model ore bins, assay Of /
lice, houses, boarding houses, etc. There l
are IS men employed at present. Two |
sOrters handle so tons of ore a day
through an ingenious cOntrivance in !
vented by Col. Maltbie. The MiseTs
Chest IS one Of the best mines in the |
southwest
The Bonney Mine.
Northeast Of the Miser's Chest mine l
is the BOnney mine owned by the
BOnney Mining company of which
j. B. Foster, Of Milwaukee. is
manager and o. Rybeck is superin-
tendent- This property is a splendid
property and has been a considerable Z
shipper of ores Until recently 20 7
men were at work. The mine is :
equipped with hoists and a Partridge {
shelter. which did not prove a suc-
cess a deal is said to be on for its I
purchase by Los Angeles parties.
The Bonnie Jenn Mine.
Thic property lies IL a ridge about a I
quarter Of a mile northwest of the I
Eighty-five and Dunde mines. Through I
it runs one Of the large dykes. This
property is owned by some European q
Tarties and is under bond and option /
by B. W. Randall and II. r. Fry. who 4
in company with J. R. Morris. have ]
been working it, They bonded it to /
Diamond field" Jack Davis. Of {
SOldfi &c, Nevada, fame: but his option /
expired and they have now bonded IT /
to 5, ". Mudd the well known mining /