El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-25
MINING NEWS
RICH STRIKES IN
GRANT COUNTY
Twin Peaks and Apache Box
Districts Proving Store
houses of Wealth.
By L. Fl. Davis.

| copper are SeLIlnS numerous III INC
Twin Peaks and Apache Box district
of western grant county. New Mexi-
CO." says F. w. Wagner at the Orn-
dorff today. He has just come to ii
| PaSo for some tools for the mines de
| is foreman on the hoist and the black
/ smith at the Twin Peaks nine he
! was arranging some very rich copper
| glance samples Tor assays, which were
! an average Of the vein OF the Bull
| Moose claim in that district, owned by
him and partner, which they recently
! discovered.
These samples" he said, represent
! q general average of the pay streak
| Of the vein that runs through the Bull
! Moose group The vein is about five
| feet wide between walls and the ricn
! paystreak is over two feet wide and is
rapidly widening with depth. We only
| found it recently and have already
gone down to a depth of 10 feet. The
vein runs nearly north and south The
| eastern wall is dioriJe ana the other
| is pOrphyry. The beauty of it is that
the diorite wall goes down perpendicu-
larly while the pOrphyry wall goes
with a dip to the west, SO that ac-
counts for the vein widening with
depth. The rich copper ore occurs
in parallel streaks separated by soft
streakS of talcOSe or sort vein matter.
1t is much like the copper occurrence
in the Santa Rita veins, where the
sheets of native copper occur in SINH
lar streakS through the talcoSe ma
terial. The same rich copper shows
up throughout the four Bull Moose
claims Our mine is about a mile
southeast of the Twin Peaks mine. On
the same lode as ours is another prop
erty called the Oxide King owned by
other parties, whose ore is of the same
quality as ours and theirs assays
$245-44 in copper, goid and silver val
ueS. The ores are chalcocite or cop
per glance We are sacking all the ore
as fast as we extract it and will begin
shipping to the smelter as soon as the
new wagon road is completed which
will be this week.
The ore has just been assayed and
gives the following results: Copper,
46.5 per cent; gold. .02 ounce; silver,
1l6 ounce; total value per ton, $146.50.
The Isabel Gold Mine.
About a mile southeast OF the Bull
Moose" says Wagner, another rich
strike has been made of exceeding
richness, which is creating consider
able excitement in the camp. It bids
lair to create a bigger Juror than did
the famous Apache Box. 1t was dis
covered recently by Jim Frazer, who
is the pioneer discoTerer of gold at
Twin Peaks. The discovery consists
of a big ledge OF quartz or quartz
porphyry on which he has located sew
eral claims, the principal one on which
the discovery was made being called
the Isabel. The owner is sinking
about 80 feet the day I left The
shaft is eight feet wide and he is in
solid ore all the way down, all around
the shaft, and is sacking all the ore
as fast as it is raised. without sort
ing He had already sacked zoo sacks
OF this ore the day I left and was hav-
Ing 500 more sacks brought over to
the mine to be filled. The ore runs
about 800 per ton, mostly gold values.
There is rich streak of iron on the
hanging wall about two inches thick
that runs over 5000 per ton and pans
the coarsest kind of free gold. AS
pleted he will increase his working
force and begin shipping the ore as
fast as teams can be had
The vein has not been crosscut yet |
at the bottom to see how wide it is, (
but at the surface it outcrops about I
Is feet wide and pans gold all the way |
across.
Il have seen lots of rich prospects,
but 1 regard this as the biggest thing I
1 ever saw. For years Frazer had
noticed the big ledge but never sus- /
pected 1t to carry any workable values 1
In planning shallow trench or cross
cut under high cropping he found /
the dirt panned gold. and this led to 1
rich II all goes to show that the 4
camp needs close prospecting and that 4
II mas hardly been scratched, as yet"
Rich Strike In Dark Thunder.
copper mine northeast of Twin Peaks.
a claim of that company, have en-
countered some very rich copper ore
In their tunnel They expect to en-
counter the main vein within so feet
OF the face OF the tunnel which they
arc driving into the hill. Their ore
Is copper glance and carries some I
gold, as do all the copper claims in
that camp.
A big Montana mining companv one !
foIr .
option on the Apache Box mines and !
mas experts on the ground sampIing I
The foundation for the Twin Peaks
100 ton mill IS nearly completed, but !
has been delayed by the sickness OF
the contractor. c. II. Bryan, who is
IN charge of the erection OF the mill,
has gone to Cedar Rapids to meet the
owners and stockholders of the com
pany. and on returning will start the
erection of the plant.
The Steve Corley claims have been |
bonded and leased to DR.. Craig and
Ollie Phillips, discOverer of Apache
Box mines The Corley claims are a
group of Is claims two and a half
miles west OF Twin Peaks and are
owned by stephen Corley of Silver
City, New Mexico.
Commercial Claim In Good Ore
The lease on the Commercial claim
mas been productive of good milling
and shelter ore. The shaft is about
i4O feet deep. At the $50 level cross
cuts will be driven to and across the
vein, distance of 80 feet. The entire
group of claims lies on the west side
OF porphyry dixie. Copper predomi-
mates and assays range from five to
100 ounces silver. One of the openings |
show 20 percent lead. The property
has been surveyed and covers four
miles of the porphyry dixie and con-
Slomerate contact.
Craig and Phillips are making prep
arations to commence active opera
ions and have selected a site near the /
Wampoo springs on the easterly line
IL the Surprise mine for their main
workings. The big vein, which par
lHels the porphyry dixie splits and !
orms two veins having the same gen
eral course as the Porphyry and con-
slomerate contact the ore following
he east side of Todle Mountain. and !
the other following the western slope.
These veins at a distance of 500 feet
rom the shaft are about $50 feet I
apart. The group is located with the
'asin of the mountains. and all indi-
atlons lead to the belief that develop
nent will open bodies of commercially I
valuable copper ores carrying apprecf-
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