El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-16

w W1nn, secretary and treasurer
4 Charles r. Mott, superintendent and
Fritz Nidenmisr, foreman. The prop
erty consists Of a group Of ten con-
( UguOuS claims called the Blue Mare,
| Gold Standard, Gertrude, Halcyon,
{ MOnteZuma, Jessie, IneZ, Marion,
I Yankee and Chicago. covering over 200
| acres Of mineral ground in the center
/ Of the district whose rolling hills so
! much resemble those of Cripple
/ Creek.
This property, being the foremost in
I the district, was of unusual interest
as furnishing a key to most of the
Z other mines and possibilities. On the
I surface were seen numerous shafts and
l dumps Of ores indicating the presence
I of numerous veins and ore deposits
over a large area Neat houses for
| the officers bunk house, and numer-
! Gus dwellings for employees gave 1t the
I appearance OF a large mining camp
! There is a so ton mill with 20 horse
/ power engine and boiler, the mill be-
] ing Of the Elspass pattern with three
Z Whitley concentrating tables. Nearby
/ was a derrick over the zoo foot well
| drilled to the ground water level; and
] next was the so horse power steam
/ hoist. The mill is simply a concen-
/ tratiOn plant In the future whAu the
/ proposed Developments are accOmp-
! lished the capacity Of the mill will be
Z increased to 100 tons and later on to
/ 200 tons daily capacity but not until
I the proposed new double compartment
]
/ level An uptOdate cyanide plant will
also be installed by which all the
/ values will be saved at a minimum
cost. This is the system or practice
that VIII be employed, IN all the other
! mines in the Kimball district whose
/ ores are similar to those Of the No
/ COLON district
Values Increase.
For several months a steady cam
] palgn Of development has been in
progress on this property, and drift
/ ing eastward on the vein has con-
stantly shown increased values and
quantities. Last week a shoot was
opened beginning with about three
feet width. The day I arrived it had
I widened to over six feet and was be-
tween perfect vertical walls This was
in the 200 foot level, $50 feet south
east OF the SHAFT. 1t was the talk of
the camp, and of course I went down
at once to see it. Day and night
shifts were working. L saw in the
face Of the drift six feet Of solid vein,
which had been sampled and aSSayed
and runs SIS to SIS gold and silver
per ton, the gold values being one
third The vein matter was speckled
with particles of bright pyrites which
gIStened beautifully under the candle
light. In the center of the vein is a
dividing seam and a streak Is inches
wide that runs much higher than the
balance of the vein. This rich shoot
is heading straight to the center of
the hill in which the proposed deep
shaft will be sunk, down to the water
level. less than 800 feet from the face
OF the drift, or about 500 feet easterly
from the present shaft. There is also
a drift in the opposite direction, west,
zoo feet on the 200 foot level. On
the north side there is a drift 1000
feet long.
Is True Fissure.
This HalycOn vein, as it is called,
is a true fisure running through the
country in a general east and west
course. Ore shoots also occur on coz
facts Of the conglOmerate or breccia
development of the Halycon vein"
says superintendent Mott, we have
recently run in a continuous ore shoot
from three to six feet wide, a dis
run as high as $3.50 per ton, the
lowest being S11 and the general
average being 1855. The mine IS
looking better than it ever did.
AlthougH there is about two miles OF
underground workings"
Besides the HalycOn there is the
TalcOSe vein which has shown up some
remarkably rich ore shoots. Bunches
OF ore running in the hundreds and
even thousands Of dollars are fire.
Quenuy encountered. But the future
Of the mine viii depend on the de-
velOpment of large reserves of med
iUm grade milling ore. And there are
several cross veins, all carrying good
values. There is sufficient positive
ore blocked out to keep the mill run
ming two years
Judge Sherman, corporation
lawyer, and who is also a mining man
and deYOtes much time to this mine.
making frequent visits, said: I'VE
have spent about a quarter Of a mil
lion dollars in development and ex-
plOratlOn work. We have never
sought publicity and the stock hold
ers have without outside aid put up
the money for this purpose. I believe
We have done more development than
most any other company in southwest
New Mexico, and the outside world
has heard scarcely anything about it.
We propose to keep at it until We !
have not only blocked out very large
ore bodies, but till wye sink the big
shaft and make connections so that
We can hoist several tons Of ore Il |
day for the mill Our engineer has /
estimated that the net values of our
known shoots will net US 81, 500, 600. /
Our supplies are all purchased in the /
FL Paso market as well as the needed /
machinery. Our company is composed 7
Of some of the most substantial bust /
ness men in Chicago"
The DISCOVERIES.
The original discoveries Of the Beck /
mine were Frank Wyman, J. r. Bent !
and John Kimball, who located the
claims in 1881 and worked them, TAX /
ing out large fortunes. Their mules /
strayed away and they found the
mines while hunting them. They
named the Beck after a mule, and the
Blue Mare after the horse to show
their gratitude. Wyman lives in Dem
ing and is said to be operating mines
in Victoria west of there; Bent is
president ef the Tombstone National /
bank, and Kimba3l is said to be dead. /
The late Bill Morris afterward ac-
quired and worked the mines and
made fortune, and finally sold TO !
the present company in 1902.
FL Orc Camp.
Two miles northeast of the Beck Is
the new FL ORC camp. Here are two
rich gold claims called the Nellie Gray
and the Black Fox, now owned by d. !
l. Creswen, Charles Smith, P B. I
Smith and Sam OIney, which has until
lately been operated under bond and 4
lease by DiamOndfield Jack Davis. of
GOldfield, Nevada, fame. These claims
cross Coon Canyon and run up both
slopes. A tunnel has been run into
Nellie Gray $50 feet and at 70 feet
from the tunnel portal a winze- sunk
80 feet deep from the bottom of which
there is a drift 20 feet north Besides
there is another crOsscUt in the tun-
mel The vein was wide and they
drifted on the foot wall, the hanging