El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-04
Fl ORD CAMP IS
GREAT COLD FIELD
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ada WHO are now operating the Ma
derO mine IN FL orc; Judge sexton -o-
merry Of Goldfield, now WorhlH6
claim IN FL OrO- and several o---g-9
who have made good in the DIG camps
have pinned their faitn on the ne"
camp and believe IL VIII become great
BONANZA gold camp
FL Orc a TeIurium Camp Like cripple
Creek
s.Fl orc is really a telurium camp, IN
which gold and silver values were
originally deposited III combination
Win the telurlum in the VEINS JUST as
US -h- case i'm Cripple Creek and
GoIdrield il is on this characteristic
that we base our faith Largely Vow
notwithstanding the view OF JoAn nay
Hammond and other dlstlne ulslled mn
Inc engineers ] assert that gold IN
such cases is migratory, by winch
mean that the value often become
loached out al and near the surface
and al depth become enriched again
This IS due TO the effects in the Vadose
zone OF the liquids and solutions IN lAS
earth's crust so far down as the IeEe4
OF the ground water such was the
case in the two last named camps, ana
such I am sure VIII ne the case IA Il-7
The early assays from the surface
ores Of Cripple Creek showed no ulSA-
er assay values tnan s. The Ilrst as
saws on the Combination mine in Cold
field showed only $50 al the surface
and this was one Of the BONANZA mines
of GOldfield Consolidated group, WAlclt
has made ]. l. Hubbard and others OF
Chicago millionaires- The great MO
hawk mine Of Goldfield which has pro
duced $4,000, 600 since April 1906, ana
is still producing at great rag,
showed values at the surface OF only 81
cents to $500 per ton II Is a notdDLe
fact that before Hayes ana AoneLLe
struck the ore in the Mohawk in April,
1906 there had been expended on the
mine over $4,000 in exploration oy l-lS
HnHn
the GoIdfield Consolidated group
showed not more than s. value IN o. e-
200 assays In the QuarJzlte CLAIM.
which I located at D1amOnd1lelo' LO1-
miles northeast Of C7OldGeld, and DE-
veloped and organized into the Dla-
uOndfield Gold Mining company DeIore
It was consolidated with the Diamond
field-BIack Butte company, had ore on
the surface which assayed only ~
cents per ton. But at the depth OF Oh
feet we had ore running S-yuVv Pc
ton and in seven months time TINS
property under my manage cement pro
duced over 100000 and IS stlA pro-
ducfnE The same conditions were
true In the GOldfield-BelmonJ and IN
the Daisy, which were other locations
made by me and in the same district
and yielded great amounts O. s04u;
When ] located the DiamOnd1ield END OF
the Coldfield district was IN and Out
Of the workings until august 1SOo, pc
fore got assays OF even 50 In value
from the rock.
the new camp OF FL ORC mas TO today
half a dozen better snOWlnss I-dn az
Goldfield IN January, 1903 At Jhat
time they had a horse Of waste IN the
Combination shaft which cut out the
values This was prior to January
JO0es's opening I'D the January mine
one OF the early bonanZas OF GoIQLlelu
and still producing part Of the Cold
field Consolidated Iue prOQlcl4Ou u
the GOldfield-COnsOldated has Deen
$50 coo. 600. and SIS O00. 600 of this in
dividentis Now i FL orc should turn
fn- @
II means to the name OF New Mexico
and what it viii DO for FL Paso- De
lieve the new camp, when the leacned
zone has been passed, VIII De as I-c4
II not richer than the big camps
have mentioned
some old Mines In the PeIOnciIlOs.
Some miles north Of the new camp OF
FL ORC are old properties worked IN
the early days when the art Of cyanld-
ing was not known only the very
richest ores could be treated by the pan
amalgamatiOn process or BY shlpplns
to distant smelters. Nevertheless some
OF these old mines produced large
sums, such as the old Volcano, the Beck
and National mines one OF liese -
said TO have yielded about 100000 IN
der the crude methods then employed
Locality Of FL Orc Camp.
This camp is four miles north OF
Stems the railroad station, 40 miles
west Of FL PasO, in Grant county, New
Mexico, in the north extension OF what
is locally called the PelonclllO noun
tain range 1t is also only six or sew
en- miles south from the Arizona ana
New Mexico railroad that runs from
Lordsburg 10 Clifton. 1t is in the old
Kimbau mining district that had q
record Of having produced over ha1I a
million dollars IN the early elsHues
when silver was high Inc ralus OF
the Apaches and The subsequent ran
In the price Ct silver caused the aDan-
donment Of the camp afterwards 1t
was q very lively district in those
early days till the Apache chief, Geron-
imo. and his warriors massacred the
miners in DoubtIul cany on, TOUR HnlLes
north OF Fl orc. some or the rev sur
vfFors say, like Tom EON, that 165 min
ers were killed in that massacre.
Geology.
The formation Of the camp Is ryho-
Ntes undeTlaId by anuesItes and dacltes-
There are some phonOlite and diorlte
dlkes running north ana south Inc
PelonciIlo mountains at this point con-
sist Of rather low hills OF smooth con
tour and moderate slopes, gradually
merging in the surrounding plateau
called the. Animas valley which mas a
general elevation Of 1900 feet ABOVE
sea level. making the region most
healthy and genial climate.
The Veins Of FL Orc.
The principal veins run north and
south. These are cut by other veins
which run northeast and southwest
For 10000 feet from north 70 south
along four parallel veins they snow
paintings Of gold The veins range
from six to so feet wide.
The ore values run from IS up TO
ues being in silver and the balance
gold. For a distance Of eight miles
north and south and three miles vide
there are values in gold ana silver
ranging from IS up 10 500 per ton.
This mineral district is Immediately
south Of Apache Box. Twin Peaks and
Steeple Rock, in the last Of which
camps is the old Carlisle mine with
record production Of 100000 And
beyond in the MOgoLOns are the great
producing mines OF the present time
Operations in FL Gro Comp.
Mr. Davis holds by option and loca-
ton about 20 claims, now under de-
velOpmenL On the Nelly Gray and
Black Fox claims is a shaft IS feet
deep, BY 10 feet IN the clear. At
the surface the ore in this shaft ran
only So per ton, but at the bottom the
shaft is all in ore running $40 per
ton in gold and four ounces in sill
yer. On the same claims there is also
g tunnel so feet long, showing ore the
entire length five feet wide. running
from IS 70 SIS per ton. and in some
places as high as SIS. This tunnel ore
e 2 o. aaHr# H-na H. nal