El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-01

j. b. Leahy took hold and developed
them and sold them for $4,000 TO W.
B. Black, who continued the reFelop-
ment and sold them Tor several nun
dred thousand dollars. Lately the
present owners refused the offer of
cool million dollars for these same
properties There are about 1000 feet
of DEVELOPMENT work done ON them
There is a 5O0-fOot tunnel. with differ
cnt levels The deepest depth attained is
only 300 feet below this tunnel The
vein has steadily Widened and enriched
with depth and as the sulphide zone is
reached. permanency and continuity
with depth is assured one hundred
and forty men are on the pay roll OF
this company and from 5000 to 1000
tons Of ore are being shipped month
In the lower levels are bodies or ore go
feet wide some or the rlchesl hihc p5
copper ore is being produced and
Superior Mine.
Adjoining the Eighty Five mines on
the south is the Superior mine. con
sisting of several claims. one of which
is patented. Tt belong TO ID. W. Eeck-
hart, j. p O'COnnor, Peter Wehner.
Zach White and FLOYD Payne. of FL
Paso, Texas This group of mines has
g reputation Of having produced over
half q million since it's discovery. 1t is
now being worked under lease by j. B.
LeahE, the LOrdSburg merchant, with
trudent. During this lease over $3.50
600 worth of ore has been shipped 10
smelter and from 80 70 so tons are be-
ing shipped daily. Fifty men are on
the pay roll ans 10 double teams and
wagons are kept busy hauling the ore
This property is on the same mother
lode as Is the Eighty Five, and the ore
IS of the same grade and quality.
The Dundee Mine.
Immediately north OF the Eighty Five
group and also on the same mother
lode with the same character OF ore is
the Dundee mine. owned by the Orion
Mining company, composed of r. c.
LightDOdy, II. L. Neill. Edgar Kaiser,
Henry l. CapeU a. COurchesne, w.
prominent business men of FL PssO. 1t
IS being worked by j.. W. Writer, a
mining man and engineer. recently
from Mexico. The present workings
consist of two shafts IS feet apart. The
upper shaft. which is near the end line
OF the Eighty Five property, is down
-OS feet deep and shows seven feet Of
good ore between good walls. This
mine is shipping steadily and on the
property is installed a 30 horsepower
gasoline engine and hoist and 1T6 cubic
feet air compressor The ore is cop
FER oxides and sulphides, carrying gold
and silver. The two shafts viii be
connected on the different levels. Fiji
teen men are employed at present and
fl is expected that the shipments viii
be increased to 80 to 40 tons of ore q
day in the future
The Atwood Mines.
Half a mile northeast of the Eighty
Five mine is the group Of properties
called the Atwood mine. which are
owned by the Atwood Mining COM
pany. consisting of the Atwood. the
Henry Clay. Yellow Jacket and Bessie !
claims r O. Aidrich. of Ridgeway I
Ia. is president. A. W. NorningStar. OF I
LOrdsberg. is vice president. Gus Flor
inc. treasurer. John /. Augustine Is l
superintendent and i. L. Wells is en-
gineer of the company. There are four q
important veins on the Atwood hill I
The vein system follows a prominent &
dixie and one of the veins intersects the 3
Eighty Five and Dundee lode. The main
shaft is 250 deep and on the 30 foot /
level there are over. 500 feet of drifts.
There are over 1000 feet or derelOp-
ment work done and the mine is well
equipped with hOists and power The I
vein averages 10 feet wide on one level
four feet wide on another. It has been Z
steadily, and on the compile
ton of the new hoist the shipments
VIII average so tons OF ore a day.
Miser's Chest Mine.
This mine is a mile and a quarter
south of the Eighty Five mine and is a
steady shipper of ores. The property
consists OF seven claims on which ap-
pliCatioB for patent is pending and are
collectively known as tie Lena group
They are now owned by James c. Der
rynill, OF Des MOlnes. Ia. and are now
being operated under bond and lease
by Col s W. Maltbie. John Moffitr and
John Ward. three old and experienced /
mining men, There is estimated TO be !