El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-14
MININQ REWs
BONANZA NINE IN OUITMAH
MOUNTAINS SHIPS ZINC ORES

/ terry production was 17.907, 5s7 pounds
Of copper. The average extraction
during the same quarter was 65-15 per
cent. or 30-S9 pounds OF copper per ton
OF ore milled in the big Hurley concen-
trating mill
The fifth section Of the mill has been
completed and has a capacity OF treat
ing 1000 tons OF ore daily. Some drill
ing has been done in the Southwestern
section Of the mining properties for the
purpose Of determining where the cap
plng, or oyer-ourden, could safely be
deposited after removal from over ore
Dodles- This drilling has demons trated
substantial extensions Of ore bodies in
the socalied StrelIa section. The in
crease Of the scope OF operations has
decreased the cost correspondingIy.
MoEoiIOn District.
The installation Of 10 new stamps in
the Ernestine mill Is nearly completed
This viii give the new Mil a 4O-stamp
battery capable OF crushing $4,000 tons
OF ore per month
The Wine and raise between the
upper and lower tunnels OF the Oaks
mine are completed, affording excel
lent ventilation IN all the mine work
ings- The lower tunnel is being pushed
with two shifts Of miners to the end
line and connection made with the
south shaft TO be completed IN FIVE
months Three hundred tons OF ore
were sent 10 the Deadwood MN from
November developments.
The Dsadwood mill Is running
through about 90 tons Of ore 4 day.
High values are coming from below the
third level winze. some OF the ore as
saving $1,000 per ton
The SOcorro mines treated 5000 tons
OF ore last month. In the Little Char
lie mine 1000 tons of ore per month Is
being stopped by the Mogollon Gold and
copper company. Good gre has been
opened on the Olympia claim
News Of Arizona Mines.
Col VIM F. Cody, alias Buffalo Bl4I,
IS visiting his mines in Campo Bonito,
IN Apache camp, Silver Bell district
Arizona, in which there are thousands OF
tons OF tungsten ore that can Be guar
ried out from the surface
The mines are in the vicinity OF Tue
son On the property are gigantic
lodges outcTOpping Of what was appar-
emily country rock A tramp asSayer
happened along and tested some Of the
rock and made the startling discovery
tnat II was scheelite or tungsten Some
Of the ledge runs as high as 50 percent
and IS worth $3.50 per ton
sells LeadvilIe 8llne.
The Leadville Mining COMPANY kss
sold its mines, in CourtIand. ARK. to
They contain valuable copper deposits
The CrestOn Copper company IS driv-
ing a tunnel in the Creston mine. in
the Patagonia mountains, which is now
rs feet long. in ground weu mineral
lied. showing small percentage OF
copper.
Wingfield Takes Options.
George Wingfield. millionaire mining
operator of Goldfield New has been
Investigating mining properties in the
vicinity OF Isabelle camp and has taken
options aggregating $4,000 on the
Montezuma group, owned by Perry
Williams. OF AfaricOpa. the Greene
group, owned by T. J. Mehan. and the
santa Rosa group. owned by Lieut.
JAM of the Unitde States Army. All
these are gold properties and $50, 900 IS
TO be expended annually in develop
ment.
The concentrating plant on the Mon
arch mine, eight miles northeast OF
Wickenburg. viii be in operation in a
water. A 1a-inch pipe line from the
Hassayampd river is nearly completed
and a pumping plant is installed
The Swansea smelter. in Swansea
Nohave county, ARK. Is running fun
blast and is seeking copper sulphide
pres and lead and silver ores contain
ms less than percent lead This ere
ltes q good local market for the ores
1f western Arizona The company is
composed Of European stockholders.
" II. Seamon, of FL Paso. is general
manager
Johnson's Great strike.
One OF the best mining strikes Of the
-ear in Cochise county. Ariz and the
biggest in Paradise mining district has
been made on the TurzeS creek mine
ly J. @. Johnson and associates. OF
Douglas. Tt is solid face Of ore
'treaked with Salcna like a layer OF
axe Twenty feet in width has been
overs the entire face Of the working.
ihipments viii begin at once to Ell