El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-09
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MOUNTAIN Of COLD EXPOSED IN
WALLS OF APACHE BOX CANYON

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the lower part and south end Is en-
tirely covered with slide rock But
the cropping shows a graduation from
loose brecciated bug holes and irony
quartz to highly silicified hard rhyo-
lite into rhyolite-pOrphyFy. 1t is so
feet wide 500 feet long and 200 feet
Vein No. g. CFoot-wau vein) Is
entirely apart from the rest OF the ore
zones and outside of the canyon, on
the west contact Of the andesite and
the rhyOlite, and separated from the
main dixie by a tongue OF rhyollte.
This is the most highly mineralized
Of the ore zones 1t is composed mostly
Of vein quartz, with considerable py-
much brecciated and shows pebbles Of
rhyolite and andesite cemented together
by quartz. In this ore zone are found
many specimens Of free gold.
sampIiRg of the Vast Veins.
Nature has done all the development
work, without the handiwOrk of man.
erosion exposing the ore bodies TO
adequately sample the entire faces OF
an ore body which practically covers
the face Of the cliffs to a heighth of
several hundred feet perpendicularly
and extending for several hundred feet
in width is one Of the most novel and
difficult problems ever presented 10
mining engineer In no other way,
however, can the value Of this property
be calculated. This viii require the
services Of several men for months,
and some kind of apparatus for scaling
the dizzy heights of the vertical cliffs.
The first sampling was done by the
engineer who secuOnalized the exposed
ore bodies within reach into 10-foot
sections and took alternate section
samples. These represented necessar-
lily only comparatively a small portion
Of the property, but II proved that the
ore bodies contain ore OF commercial
value.
Samples Give Remarkable Results.
A composite Of A samples taken in
side OF Box canyon showed a value OF
S4.l5 per ton The lowest assay sam
pie taken in the 10 foot sectOni assayed
20 cents and the highest 10 foot aver
age sectional sample assayed S99 per
ton. Other 10 foot samples asayed
from one dollar to $3.50 per ton. and
another 10 foot average sample ran
$3.50 per ton. In vein No. a sample
from a 10 foot section ran s44.S0 per
ton Picked samples Of rich ore ran
as high as S1100 and $500 per ton.
Samples taken outside Of the cliffs
aways from the brecciated zone assayed
from 60 cents to $500 per ton. OF all
the IS samples thus taken every one
Of them showed gold running all the
way from 20 cents up TO $1,000 per ton.
asst Bodies of Milling Ores.
The foregoing sample assays prove
immense bodies of ore that can be
treated in the mills prohtably. 1t was
ton and silicification. the higher the
corresponding gold values While the
general average Of the composite sam
pies showed general value Of S4.75
per ton over a wide area. vet il is cali
culated that under the favorable nat
uraI conditions surrounding and the
advantages OF modern ard improved
methods or ore treatment employed fin
the great low grade mines above mem
toned, even ore averaging only $3.50
per ton can be mined and milled prof
itably in Apache Box
Since the sampling mentioned. two
carload shipments have been made to
smelter which resulted in verifying the
estimates made by the engineer in a
remarkable manner The first ship
ment consisting Of Il tons. gave re-
turns Of $3.50 per ton. The second
shipment gave returns of S1O-50 per
ton. The values were principally gold
W here Apache Box Canyon Is.
The Box is situated in the extreme
southern end of the MOgoIlOn noun
tains, in q range sometimes called the
Pinos Altos thigh pines) in the west
ern part Of Grant county. New Mexico
It IS three miles southeast of Twin
Peaks mine. and within two miles OF
the Hinckley mine and about five or
six miles from the old Carlisle gold
mine. which has produced over one
million dollars.
How to 60 There.
To so there the journey is made over
the Southern Pacific railroad to Lords
burg thence to Duncan or Sheldon Arp-
iona, over the Arizona and New Mexf
co railroad from either Of these sta
tons by stage TO the mines. Sheldon
is about - miles west Of the mines
and Duncan is about is miles. The
latter village is at present the most
convenient place to take the stage or
automobile. 1t is g pretty little VIII
lage with two hotels. two large stores,
livery stables and is the nearest sup
ply point The citizens of Duncan IN
spired with the boom have contracted
with an El PasO firm to build a steel
bridge over the ella river and have
force OF Zoe men working on the road
TO the Box ALREADY the rush to the
gold camp has begun and viii soon
swell into q stampede, If the reports
continue favorable.
Apache Box is one Of the scenic won
ders Of the west Its towering cliffs
and scarps and abysmal depths and
chasms are grand and awe-inspiring
Tt has gorgeous colorings. In its walls
are innumerable caves. once occupied
paintings and mystic hierOglyphics re-
main on the walls. Later it was the
stronghold and rendezvous Of the
Apaches and afterward of the cattle
rustlers and outlaws
Parks and Waterfalls
Through this canyon flows Apache
creek running nine months of the year
before entering it and all year after
entering It, There flows over some OF
the falls at least 500 gallons of water
a minute all the time. In the Box is
an excellent site for a dam in which
to store the flood waters and furnish
sufficient water to supply a mill OF
several hundred stamps. a flume from
the dam down to the mines viii give