El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-21
MINING NEWS
Mines of District Richer than
Anticipated; Clark and
Phelps Dodge Interested.

/ The recently inaUgurated boom and
( activity in the Patagonia district in
/ southern Arizona is a most remarkable
/ example of an Did camp that has been
dormant for years suddenly coming 10
I the front AGAIN. owing to the hiEn
/ price of copper. This new bcUm was
1naugurated by tn Invasion Of lhs
PheIps-Dodge people soon after the
Visit OF 1t James douglas and Walter
Douglas last month. resulting in the
purchase of the Worlds Fair mines
from Frank Powers. for the large sum
OF $6VO'O99, followed by their purchase
| OF the Crosse molybdnum mines for
the sum Of $4,000. Their first mo-
tive IN making these purchases was
said to be the fact that ores of the
Patagonia district were IN great de-
/ mand by all the shelters in the south
west on account of their excellent
1luXng qualities and the smelters all
! had their men in the district buying
ores as fast as produced and ready, too,
with checks to advance to the owners
on their products in order to be sure
Of getting their shipments. NOgales
was the headquarters Of agents Of
smelters after the Patagonia ores.
The next big deal was the purchase
OF the Three RS copper mine, in the
Patagonia district, by N. l. Amster,
president of the Shannon Copper com
pany, at the purchase price of $3.50 600.
This mine is young property, owned
by r. R Richardson and associates,
of Patagonia. This mine has been a
generous shipper and was sending 100
tons of 10 percent copper ore to the FL
PaSO smelteP beOfre the sale. The
new owner has 100 men at work and
is increasing this force as new ground
is opened. This mine is steadily i'm
proving and is shipping four carloads
Of ore a day.
Bethel sells sIine.
Following this sale, was the sale of
a group of copper properties to Kansas
l. Bethel, a merchants of Patagonia,
for large sum. which are located sew
en- miles from the station. 1t is being
developed with a force Of 70 men.
Next came the big deal in which SEN
atOr W. A Clark, Of Montana and Ari-
Ona, has taken over the old Trench
group of mines and other claims under
a bond and lease. the price being S225,-
000 This mine is located at HarshaW,
about 10 miles south of Patag Onia sta
ton. The option runs for two years.
d. Hogan has taken over the property
as agent of Clark and has already put
a force of miners at work and viii in
crease 1t soon with 80 more. Only
American miners are employed.
The Trench mine adjoins the Worlds
Fair and has a record production Of
100000 in copper and silver, although
for some years II has been lying idle.
The ore output viii be shipped 70 the
Clark smelter at Jerome.
Probably another big deal is on for
the sale of 10 claims near Duquesne,
about Is miles south of Patagonia sta
ton, and about Is miles north Of No
gales. the county seat This property
is known as the Joe Wheeler group.
This group consists Of the following
claims: The Joe Wheeler, the IvanhOe,
the WinnebagO Chief. the Alamo, the
Hancock. the Golden Granite, the Sher-
idan, the Rocky Ford, the Line Boy and
the Montana.
The joe wheeler Claim.
The Joe Wheeler claim is patented
and lies contiguous to the Duquesne
mines owned by the Westinghouse
company. 1t is developed by a IS foot
shaft and 90 foot cut into a body of
tale near the east line of the claim,
which assays in copper all the way
from 70 percent. 14.3 percent. IS per
cent and 20 percent; and in gold from
SO to $3.50 per ton; and silver, from
1913 ounces. Il ounces, 31.4 ounces.
$50 ounces per ton.
Fissure veins cut the formation at
right angles and run south or south