El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-18
MINING NEWS
MURRAY SAYS NEW
FIELD 4 RICH ONE
EI Pasoan Returns From il
carilla Mountains With
Samples of Ore.
BY L. h. Davis.


W Murray the veteran miner and
one of the pioneers of Cripple Creek
Colorado, has gust brought back some
rock that shows coarse free gold
all through it. which he shows to call
ers in his office at los Main street
L had read in the papers of rich
gold strike in the Jicarilla mountains
in Lincoln county, New Mexico, and
determined to run up there ana see
for myself if there was any thlnS ~
it" said Mr.. Murray, and, without
hesitation, I pronounce the discovery
one Of far reaching Importance. Right
here wish to say that the discovery
has been incorrectly stated 10 De IN
the JieaFilla mountains, whereas II Is
in a mountain locally known dS the
Juggler mountain, which is at the base
of Ancho peak, a1ong Sallie gulch- The
nearest station is Ancho. one the III
Paso & Southwestern railway, several
miles north of CarrizoZO; thence 1t is
nine miles from the old Jlcarlua min
ing camp, and thence about four miles
farther to Juggler mountain
'AI this journey Is over a good
wagon road. I left here on the morn
ing train, arriving at Ancho station
at ITO D. m. the same day and drove
to the new camp at about in the
afternoon.
VERY little prospecting is being
done at the present time, such as sur
face showing would seem to justify.
The new discovery has been made by
". A. Franklin and he has only com
menced. development He owns four
claims, the Sallie Darling, the Winner,
the Belle of Mexico and the Mogul.
'T found on the Sallie, in an open
cut, a vein of quartz that assays $3.50
gold per ton. There are four openings
on this claim. showing the vein plainly.
THE adjoining claim, the Winner,
has three or four openings on the same
vein. One sample 1 took clear across
the vein of the Winner. a width of Il
feet, assays 81 gold per ton. The ore
lies between the andesite and the gran
lite. The vein filling or matrix is
granite-quartz, showing free gold in
the rock.
No ~BuIIv Quartz.
One favorable thing I noticed in
that country was that there is no
white or bull quartz, which is so
characteristic in the numerous mining
camps throughout New Mexico. The
entire side of the mountains shows big
boulders of quartz porphyry, some of
which pans free gold
7 so saw unmistakable evidences
of telurium, which is dear to the hearts
of all old Cripple Checkers, and I be-
lieve that when depth is attained on
the Sallie Darling the ore will turn
into telurium, silvanite and calaverite.
Il have been in almost all of the
mining camps in New Mexico. Nevada
and Colorado and I haven't seen any
thing that resembles Cripple Creek or
Bull Hill so much as Juggler mountain,
or anything equal to the present
showings of the formation of this belt"
Celt is 10 Miles Long.
Mr. Franklin told me that the state
ments made in one of the local papers
to the effect that the entire country
had been located and staked off was
erroneous. He further stated that the
belt of this quartz-porphyry is very
extensive. being about Is miles long.
from northwest to southeast. and three
miles wide, most of which is virgin
territory and has not been staked off
yet In fact there has been no rush
into the district yet. as there is a
prevailing ignorance as to its locality.
There's no doubt in my mind that
the Sallie Darling viii on development
make a great mine and an immense
producer" said Mr.. Murray. ~and the
same is equally true of his other three
claims. The same is also true of the
sampled in the district Why. to Illus
trate. found one old dump made years
ago on which I roughly estimated
there are 400 tons of ore, taken from
a so foot shaft. which I sampled and
panned, which will run fully SIS gold
per ton. 1 expect to go up there again.
as soon as I can arrange 10 leave. and
more thoroughly prospect the district,
for I am strongly impressed with its
great future and want to get in on the
ground floor Ny recent trip was
purely disinterested and for the pur-
sc of satisfying myself of the mer-
its of the district.
There is plenty Of pine timber along
the gulches. but there is scarcity of
water But I think that water can
be developed without trouble by sink
irE on the veins, the same as was the
case in Cripple Creek. The climate is
ideal and the accessibility of the camp
is everything that one could wish The
new camp is north of White Oaks sew
eraI miles and in a separate range OF