El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-13

MILL. On BENNE1'T-ST
ment on the basis Of a percentage Of
the net profits. He has placed A Il
Hurley at the mines as superintendent
in charge of development work ana
Mr.. Hurley is as enthusiastic as MS
chief over the prospects Of the mines
4 comes from the King Coalition In
asmuch as he has only carried forward
work in the Memphis since his coming
here. he has become much more faIni-
liar with and enthusiastic over thai
property
Work on the Memphis.
BY way OF indicating the work that
has been done and is being done and
the richness Of the deposits Of ore in
the mine. a letter which Mr.. Hurley
asked his opinion OF the district gives
an interesting sidehght- The letter
follows:
Replying to your letter regarding
Memphis mine. TO my judgment the
Memphis is one OF the best prospects
IN the Organ district. There are six
we'll defined assures running north and
south lengthWise on the Memphis
claim. These assures are in the lime
stone, and all carry ore at the sur
face. Two Of these have yielded high
grade copper, and enc has produced
high grade silTer-lead- There was
considerable Of this product taken out
in early days. the other veins carry
mixture of lead. silver. zinc and copper.
These veins OutcTop at a point close
to cur shaft. and continue TO outcrop
for quite a distance north We have
followed lone Of these veins out $50
feet north of the shaft. about one
third OF this distance being in ore,
our object being 10 get out TO this
point. which is the most promising
point on the hill. and then crOsscut
these veins at right angles. This viii
enable US TO pick out the better look
ing veins and prospect them separately,
and viii also prove il this ore follows
tire assures down as we think II Will.
Up TO date we have advanced the
crosscuts us feet in each direction,
east and west. and they nave more
than responded TO our expectations, as
we have already cut four well defined
assures and three OF these carry ore
One OF them carries ore which will
run as high as % percent copper. The
objective point is yet 10 feet ahead
where we expect to get best results.
"One OF the veins which we cut be-
low does not show on the surface, and
Is that much more TO our reserve
Il never before saw such surface
showings s there are on the Memphis.
and our present plan Of development
is proving it at depth
Il do not see any reason why the
Memphis should not make a big mine
as il more than has the markings Of
one"
in company with J. J. Mccullough, OF
Fl Paso. secretary Of this and the
Bennett-StephensO properties. 1 had
the privilege OF making an inspection
Of all the workings of the mine and
can confirm all that Mr. Hurley says
Of the prospects ard OF what he has
found. We went down the main shaft
q distance Of 175 feet and then ex-
plored the tuRneling work that has
been done and is now being carried for
word, after we had first inspected the
surface shOwings and I had found ore
. richer than any I have ever seen on
10 rr-Fu " & ha ruf n
West-D We explored a tunnel that has
! been drifted north from the main shaft
q distance Of $50 feet and then east
: and west 125 feet each. We also went
! through a tunnel to the south a dis
tance of 200 feet. IN the cross cutting
I in these tunnels, the miners had cut
three Lodges on the east tunnel. and
had gone out on one OF these; going
west they had cut another. In the
other tunnels, the miners had not yet
got far enough along with their work
70 cut other veins that show N rlcn
outcrOppings on the surface. but as
they had cut the veins reached, exactly
where they expected 10 cut them, there
Is every indication that they will be
successful in a Few days on the other
work. The ore taken out in the veins
already CIT showed assays OF from five
10 ~ per cent zinc and four to z4-Sz
show lead
All over the surface OF the claim
mere are 20 or 25 OF these holes and
the assays from them show that the
ore runs five to 20 percent in some
or the ore taken from the surface just
beneath the iron Gaping. the ASSAYS
even showed an existence OF gold
worth $3.50 to the ton
Wine sunk on the fourth level in
lhls mine has been put down for 10
Ieet on g vein of ore that is six feet
woe. from which the assay returns
snow average assays of nine percent
copper, IS percent lead, 20 ounces OF
slt.er and IS percent zinc to the ton
Altogether. the showing in the Mem
pms Is a splendid one, although SO far
= recent workings are concerned, no
amount or real work has been done
Wnen It was operated by the Joblins
IN the SOS, however, over $50 900 worth
vi ore was taken out Of the open cut
anu the first and second levels. most
oL il. however. from the open cut, as
the stopping on the two levels has not
Reen very extensive and still much OF
me ore body uncovered by the cross
cuts is in sight even on these shall
! low levels
Observation-Disclosures
IN the Bennett-Stepnenson mine, the
/ ore oodS has been followed down IN
the course of development and actual
operations, to the 400 foot leNeL As
ne ore body begins far above the TOP
OF the shaft on the hill and dips al
considerable angle. the vein has actu-
an! peen followed up for 600 ieeL
Wioenlng all the time. 1t IS posslnls
| to climb from the surface to the low
est level, through the open cut ana
| Slopes have been utilized to follow this
[ VEN working or prospecting the ore.
me VEN Is 40 feet wide at the Dol
tom and has widened with every foot
or depth II is truly a remarkable ore
Several thousand feet of tunnels and
crosscuts have been driven in this mine
during the past few years during the
course Of its prospecting and actual