El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-18

than 5000 feet OF development has
been done upon it and considerable ore
has been shipped from IL IN the past
Deve1ODneut work, now uuuer way,
has resulted in showinG oL or, ore
fatioDs Of the owner. This property
is one of the Oldest In Cocnlse, having
beeD ORIGINALLY located by the father
of the famous scouts of the early
DAYS. 1t came into possession of the
present owners IN 1870
Cnnanen Active.
CaDanaa is increasingly active ac-
cordinar to report of J. w. Hardy. a
well known mining man ana engineer,
who was in Douglas en- route to 1zabal
to inspect a property
ing of the Democratic mine and smell
ter. situated in the heart of the Greene
Cananea holdings and near the con-
contractor of the company The Demo-
crata is working between As and 50
men in the mine and Smelter. The
smelling plant is equipped with one
furnace of $50 tons daily capacity The
company plans to install a large cleo
tric hoist in the immediate future
Power for operating this. as well as
the other machinery at the property
will b.. rect ived from the Four c DOW
er house. The Democratic is reputed to
be one of the richest properties in the
Cananea district and IS owned by H. H
Hoffman. of Cincinnati
The West Cananea property, recent
" purchased by q. L. Neer and AppOlas
Fuller. of this city, is also working
steadily. The property is making in
creasingly large shipments. Between
80 and 40 men are employed
The Canansa-BOstOn management.
after striking water in the bottom Of
the prOperty's deepest working at a
depth Of 200 feet, has started a new
double compartment shaft at some Cis-
lance from the other two. 1t is hoped
that this will be sunk to much greater
depth before water is encountered. This
company has one of the best prospects
I The Calumet and Sonora, which has
been steady producer, is maintaining
its average of production from mine
and mill About 100 men are en-
ployed-
The Mexican Metals company. which
recently purchased the Alacran mine,
u miles southwest of Cananea, has a
force of 65 men at work in mine and
mill. The company is operating a. 10
stamp mill which was recently in
stalled. Its ore carries high values in
silver, zinc, lead and copper.
Good Shipments From Mines South.
The ore exports from Mexico during
the first half of July show continued
south of Douglas, as a total shipment
Of S1,063, 200 Mex, was made through
Aqua PTieta from II properties during
the first Is days. Besides this, there
were 65 bars of bullion from FL Tigre,
valued at 100000 Mexican money.
Mill to Have Good Equipment.
The GueriguitO Mining cOmpany'S
mill will be equipped with a 80 horse
power de Ia. Vegne engine in ne next
80 days, according to the manager Of
the property, ". c Humphrey, who
is here for a short stay. The engine is
similar 10 that installed by the city
at its pumping station, about two and
a half miles west of the city. While
II is not generally known, the engines
in use here were the first large ones
placed. Power experts from many parts
OF the United States have visited Doug
las since the engines We're installed
to watch them work and see for them
selves whether the efficiency claimed
was really attained The engines have
proved that crude oil, as a fuel is both
cheap and reliable.
While awaiting the arrival of his
large engine, Mr.. Humphrey has Sc
cured a 20 horse power engine of sim
liar type from q Wilcox firm and will
install it temporarily.
Much Ore About Blocked.
An additional 100000 tons of ore will
have been blocked out by the Wash
ington Mine company in the next 60
days, when the drifts now being run
from the $50 foot level are completed,
said z O. BOstWick yesterday upon his
arrival from the property. CrOsscuts
are being run from this level. which
are also expected to encounter ore
bodies known to lie on the other side
of the ledge.
A crosscut is also being run from the
200 foot level, where there was a fault
in the vein The ore body has been
pcked up at TINS point and shows some ]
OF the best values in the mine. This I
indicates that another ore body has
been exposed in new territory, which |
will add materially to the output, as
soon as production begins
TransYanl Works 30 Men.
The Transvaal is working a force of /
20 men. While no ore is being shipped, !
the work now being done will place
the mine in condition to be a steady
producer as soon as the railroad is
built into that country.
Minneapolis Busy.
The Minneapolis Copper company is
working a force Of men and are ex-
tracing more ore than they can ship.
On account of the distance from tie
wagon road animal transport is neces-
sary, sufficient amount of which can
not be secured at this time.
New Property.
Frank CoIson has opened up a new
gold and silver property east of Cum
pas and expects to a regular shipper
within short period of time.