El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-03

been drifting east on the SS-foot level
and have just opened up streak OF
ore three and a half feet wide and es-
timated to run over so ounces Of silver
About IS tons of this ore has been
broken and is ready to shin. There
are about 500 feet along this vein. Of
virgin ground between this point and
the point from which lessees recently
shipped ore assaying 1857 ounces to
the ton.
Lessees. working ion the eastern end
OF the Old lronsioes claim, are reported
to have stripped Tor a length of IS
feet and a depth OF four feet. q vein
eight TO 10 inches wide and estimated
70 carry over so ounces Of silver to
the ton and about 10 percent lead
Another group Of lessees. working
on the Stonewan Vein in the Old Iron
sides claim, are reported to have cut
through II feet OF gossan consisting
mostly Of red hematite. This was at
point 4ve feet east Of the east end
OF the SIoaeWaH claim of the United
The silver in the ores taken from these
claims occurs in the form of the
chloride, or hOrnsiIver.
Summit Is Taken Over.
The Summit mibe formerly known
as tne Glpson mine, has been taken
possession OF by the Gibson Copper
company, owners Of the property.
BetWeeng1906 and 1910. the Summit
mine produced conner To the cross
Falue or sl,250,O0O: and has the record
OF Delng one OF the few mines that
paid for itself from the start.
IN 1stV' owing TO the prevailing low
pllce OF copper, The increasing depth
OF the workings, and the approaching
necessity OF installing additional equip
menI the miner-was forced to close
1t was then optioned to the Summit
COppet company, Of Duluth, who took
ever lHe< property in June 1910 and i'm
h4euldlelE began work The vertical
shaLI was sunk from the third to the
~ n LeVels' the levels being from
% 70 81 feet apart vertically.
Z me Pasquale vein, considered the
more promising of the two principal
veins on the property, was cut on the
IoGrtIs IlIIh ana sixth levels and CON
SIDERABLE drifting done on the vein on
the Fourth level by which several
lenses or almost pure chalcoDvrite ore
besides considerable low grade ore
We're opened up. There was no drift
ing done on the fifth and sixth levels.
although the showing was even better
IMAM where the vein was cut on the
fourth level.
Considerable ore, assaying from 20
to 26 percent copper. was Skinned to
FL PasO, the ore coming almost e5fireIv
from the fourth level.
In October, 1911. the mine was closed
down and in December the oDtion v-as
relinquished by the Summit Conner
company.
The Gibson Copper company now has
a few men at work keeping the mine
unWatered, but it is probable that
active development will NOT he ree,,,,,s5
for several months
R1diEm Mines Company Shaft Located.
W. IT. Mercer, local manager for fbe
Rad1um Mines company ovnfng e0
claims three miles north of Globe
states that location has been made
for a shaft on the Virginia No. claim
and that shaft timbers are baing
placed on the ground
The property is traversed by a. vein
or mineralized zone said to be trace
aole for four miles which is intersscted
by numerous smaller veins. Consi5er-
able lead-silver ore has been mined
and shipped from high grade stresE-s
along these veins and vanadanite n
small quantities is of frequent occuT-
renee.
The new shaft is located on the ONT
crop Of the main vein or mineralized
zone, which is stated to be IS feet vide
at that point.