Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-10-25
EUREKA CAMP
BEING REVIVED
Was Noted as Silver Dis
trict Back in Eighties;
New Life Now
Visible
Is NEAR TO HACHITA

Ell PASO, October 24;--Six miles
wtst of Hachita, " NJ. on the ii
Paso & Southwestern railroad, aud
about 130 miles west OF Fl Paso, is
the old Eureka mining camp, when
was famous as a silver producer from
1881 to 1882. the principal mines g
ing the King, the American. and 3
Hornet. In the old camp there was Z
floating population Of over 1000 peo-
pie. At the Hornet mine a water
jacket furnace, or Head smelter, was
erected in 1855. Il is said it froze up
the first DAYS run, owing to the pres
enee of zinc in the ores and the is-
norande as TO smelling of the men
in charge. II is said that during that
period the camp produced about $780,
OO0
The failure of the smelter caused
the camp to become quiet. owing 10
its distance from the railroad, until
1902. until the advent of the FL PasO
4 Southwestern railroad, since which
times there hate been occasional
shipments of ore made. running as
high as $4,000 per annum. The pres
ence of zinc and water has greatly
retarzed operations. However, the
ore bodies are extensive and far from
exhausted and the camp will in the
future be revived. ii is believed.
This camp is in the northern part
or foothills of the Hachita range. The
ore deposits are situated in paleozoic
limestone. Abundant bikes and sheets
of quartz-porphyry cut the limesone
within the mineraliZed area.
Acquired by San Antonio Company
The most noteworthy and most pro
ductice deposit is opened in the King
mir-e 1t is said the value of the ore
produced in this property was almost
$500. GOO Subsequently il was ac-
quired by the Owl company, of Bos-
ton. Intermittent work has been zone
on II from time to time. II was lso
owned and worked by the Mari "a
Copper company, and almost two yea rs
ago was acquired by the Sunset com
pany, of which L NJ. Stiles, OF San
Antonio, is president and manager;
w P. Stiles. vice president: S. r.
Johnson, secretary; l. B. Wilcox,
treasurer. S. F. Johnson is also SIT
perintendent. The president and A.
H. Jordon left here for the mine last
Sunday. They purpose to make or.
Tangements 10 install a concentrating
plant, should conditions appear 10
warrant IT, The stockholders are
wealthy oil men.
There is an old shaft on the King
mine, said to be 400 feet deep, which
contains a good deal OF water. The
ore deposit forms a vein in quartzOse
pOrphyry running northeast and south
west. The intrusive rock seems to be
a dixie cutting through limestone. The
ore contains copper and silver, prin
cipally as copper glance and silver
chloride, in a quartZose gangue.
The American Mine
The American mine is half a mile
south of the King, and like the King
has been worked internationally at in
tervals Its production is said to have
been over 100000. The main shat
is over 100 feet deep, with severa
levels. c. c. Fitzgerald mortgaged j.
over 16 years ago. Bob Anderson. o.
Hachita, was working it until recent
ly. The deposit is a regular veiI
running northeast, traceable 400 fee
in limestone In the lower workings
porphyry appears. The ore consist.
of gaIena, rich in silver and pyrites
zinc blende and some stilimibe.
Besides these mentioned mines ar,
numerous old prospects. such as the
Silver Bell. on which is a shaft Isl
feet deep, which some years agt
caused great excitement.