El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-31
MINING NEWS
New Strike Is Expected to
Mean Much to the Kelly
Camp.

Kelly, n. N, Jan. 8L-The Tri-Bul-
lion Smelling and DEVELOPMENT com
pany, the present principal producing
company Of the Kelly camp. owning
and operating the old Kelly mine, has
made q very important ore strike IN the
Nit workings. In prosecuting easterly
from the 200-foot level OF the Nit
shaft IN North Camp. about one and
one-half miles from the town OF Kelly,
q body Of heavy sulphide ore has been
encountered. The Nit claim is located
north Of the Waldo workings OF the
Ozark Smelling and Mining company,
and the ore body cut by the MI cross
cut viii. IL Is believed, prove TO be the
extension or continuation Of the In
mense deposit Of sulph1des opened up
by the Waldo tunnel
The Waldo tunnel completed by the
Ozark company in 1906, cross cuts the
formation for distance Of 100 feet.
and was driven TO facilitate the eNrrac-
Ton Of the ores Of the Graphic mine,
owned BY the same company Starting
at the base Of the AIagdalena range, on
the west slope, and at the contact Of
granite pOrphyry on the west and car
bonIferOus limestone on the east, the
Waldo crosscut tunnel passes through
rhe upper sedimentaries, whose strata
dip TO the west at an angle Of about
IS degrees and reaches the basal sed1-
mentaries. known locally as the Kelly
limestones. at q depth Of approximately
level OF the Graphic workings. At this
depth in the lower FINEST tones. the tun-
ne1 cut the same shoot OF ore showing
IN the lowest level OF the Graphic, and
by drifting on and prosecuting in the
two silver pipe" ore horizons north
and south from the crosscut tunnel,
and uprsising on the dip % the strata
for connections with the Graphic work
ings, an immense tonnage OF ore was
exposed and blocked out for extraction
at minimum expense through the wal
do tunnel. The deposit on the Waldo
level proved to be Of unusual thick
ness. extending in places from the east
or main silver pipe horizon TO the west
silver pipe horizon. q distance OF nearly
100 feet and the tonnage blocked out
So sufficient to keep a 100-ton plant IN
continuous operation for many years
The ore contains good values, but IS
very Base In character, consisting OF a
very intimate association OF sulphides
Of zinc, iron. lead and copper, the first
two mentioned metals predominatug,
making the separation OF the minerals
q complex proposition-on the solution
OF which latter the Ozark company IS
now engaged
STRIKE Is Important 0ne.
The Mt crosscut cuts the lower OF
basal sedimentaries at a depth OF ap-
proximstely 50 feet below the waldo
tunnel level and several hundred 1eer
north OF the limit, as defined by north
end line Of claim, Of the Waldo deposit
Air drills are IN operation In the Nit
crosscut and though the ore strike was
made but recently, over 20 feet OF ore,
similar IN character to the waldo ore,
has been passed through, and there
are no indications that the eastern
limit Of the shoot IS near Thus the
great importance and benefit Of the
new st-fke TO not only the Tri-Bullion
and Ozark companies but to the camp
IN general, can be readily appreciated
Kelly camp hss held the record for
zino ore production IN both quality
and quantity IN the territory OF New
Mexico for many years, and from the
many recent Developments IN the ore
line the camp promises to beat that
record for the new state.
Trf-HuIllon NH Active.
The Tri-BulliOn mill. a combination
Interchangeable concentration and sep
aration plant with capacity Of about
100 tons per "a hours, continues in
daily operation, as It has since early
IN January, 1910, treating sulphide ores
from the lower workings OF the Kelly
mine Preparations are being made to
treat the sulphide ore recently encoun-
tered IN the upper, No. 3, workings Of