El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-16
The Harmony Group'

eFor some time / had been careIuI15y
investigating that district, gaining al
The information L could on the groun9'
- Iaet Tanllry 1 located the h b.
the J. C. and the D. O. CLAIMS anu -
since then located the anna the u
ture and the Domingo GAINS COLl9--
tutfng what is called the harmony ~
group. recently transferred 70 the Al A.
iona Mining and Imp lNcIneL coz. pa---s'
orga nized una r the laws OF ~ =.
For the past few months nave DSel - -
charge Of the development 49, tl,a-e
rrODertv. and expect 70 return -. 49,
soon and shall take with me IOta esS
or core drilling rig 10 make seI-SS
of drill holes various places on the Dls
lode on the property
81 should mention that our nearest
neighboring mine is the Alta, owned oy
Walt Roberts. which is south OF and
adjoining the D. o. claim and on the
same vein which is developed by a 4yU
foot tunnel and is shipping custom mill
ore that runs 500 gold per ton His
tunnel is on the opposite slde OF the
hill and our tunnel on the vein are ap-
preaching each other and VIII eVenJu-
ally meet in the center OF the noun
tain.
Lode of Gold Bearing Tavapaf Schist.
The Harmony group mines are To-
Gated on a well defined quartz lode
which has been traced over the noun
tains for many miles. This is a true
fiSSure running a little east of north
and west of south. The vein matter is
about 200 feet wide and appears TO
have been formed at two different per
iOds. The vein dips about so degrees
east and on the hanging wall is ledge
Of quartz carrying gold, silver and cop
per. about four feet wide Underneath
this ledge Is an immense dixie or vein OF
Yavapai and hornblende schist- The
NaVaDal ScllSt DreQOmIuateS and con-
stitutes probably 80 per cent Of the
mass or lode. This schist has never
been explored to depth, but in width il
is about $50 feet, and runs from the
south to the north end Of the claims
several thousand feet
This schlst has been sampled a var
ious points and viii run from three to
eight dollars in free milling gold per
ton. This gold bearing schist is very
friable and easily disinregrated and
so soft that it is really a steam shovel
proposition. over on the foot wall side
of this immense lode we have another
quartz vein resting on a porphyry foot
wall, about three feet in width, which
has not been opened Up yet to any ex-
tent, but which the assays taken show
good values"
"On the X B. claim several openings
have been made in the vein Of from
two to 20 feet, all of which show the
mineral bearing quartz in place, ap-
pearing in the form Of lenses and car
rying values Of about $40 per ton. With
depth these values will probably in
crease, as we will then be below the
rock which mas been leached by the
elements during the centuries elapsing
since this vein matter was formed
Several mining engineers have Wis
tied and reported on this Harmony
group and all agree that it is a most
promising property.
There is a fine mill site just beOw
where the big operations on the big
lode will be done and the ore can be
run down from the slopes of the hills
on each side to the mill. A claim called
the Anna has been taken up for the
proposed mill site. There is a creek
running across the K B. claim which
runs most of the year and a dam can
be made to store water sufficient for
all milling purposes, for the balance
OF the year.
But we don't propose to erect a mill
until we have done extensive develop
ment There are too many examples all
over the country of putting milling
plants and smelters on claims before
they are sufficiently proved. When we
have done several hundred feet Of drill
ing and exploration work we shall then
talk about a mill
In the same vicinity are a number
Of other valuable properties now work.
ing, one of which is the Mckinley mine.
located about a mile west which is
working three shifts of men and push.
ing development Of their veins"