El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-24
Big Strides In Mining Development of the Southwes

the san Pedro camp and is empI 10 tbs
! S0S miners The real owners OF tu9
company and mines are me LeT sTiiI has
| been blown in again, and San PeorO -
COOKS Peak-Tres Hermanas-
| r-be INC mines at Cook S Peak, norIn
of Deming are constant Shippers U
/ zinc ore. some 10000 tons nav ~
! extracted and is beng snippeTT b - zinc
/ mines in Tres Hermanas mountains d
/ also shipping
In the low hills three miles south
! of CAGE station. IS mJSs west OF D Lem
! ing, is the Victoria camp, IN % nIcH
! the mines OF Haggin, Trevis and Hearst
/ produced over S2.00O,000- Those mines
( have long been idle new claim 9edL
by is shipping several carIoads u
! siIver-lead ore per week.
/ The Bi-Chance group Of gold-copPer
mines north Of Orc Grande are In &C
J tive operation and preparations -O1
/ shipments are under way
Haehifa District.
The Apache-AnderSOn mine mas tDe-
/ gun making regular shipments 70 5 Lne
/ Fl Paso smelter Of a carload per cay
Work is going on in the gol0 camp q
( SvIvanite in the Gold Hill and the
I FdgeWOod mines with occasional snip
ments of high grade gold ore
TuInrOsa Copper Company.
The property of this company con-
! sists of 500 acres Of ground near tns
/ head of Tularosa creek, New Mexico,
I about 80 miles north of Fl Paso- Inc
( ore bodies are disseminated copper
/ (chalcOcites) in schist and porpryry.
! A 24O-tOn concentrating mill treats the
I ore the concentrates being shipped -
shelter
/ PinOs Altos.
/ The Pacific No. ,, or Skfl1icorn nina.
I at Pinos Altos. the old gold camp, nine
miles north of Silver city, n NJ, and
! owned by the savanna Copper company.
/ is now again in active operation and
/ regular shipments of ore TO two car
, loads of ore are made weekly to the
. FL PasO smeIter. The Jre is sulphioe
1 averaging $3.50 4 ton in gold, SILVER
| and copper
/ The Granite Gap Mining company IS
/ on a deal for the consolidation of their
mine and those of the Worlds Fair COM
| pany situated south of Stems. y. NJ,
! and % miles west Of Lordsburg, n u
The Worlds Fair has a record prOduS-
/ ton of nearly 100000 in silver and
/ lead.
/ Jack Davis is developing group Of
| gold mines four miles north OF Stems.
| \. NJ, with a force Of 80 miners. The
| Beck mine OF the National Gold and
| Silver company is also being worked
| on. The Charles mine four miles
, south of Stems has lately developed
! fine body of zinc and silver ore
Black Range.
! Frank J. Davis is opening up a rich
! body of ore on his group near
| FTuOrine, in the Black range. New
Mexico west Of the Engle station. pde-
/ paratOry to the installation Of a milling
plant
The Z. S. Treasury mine and mill are
! in active operation Also the Silver
/ Monument. the Polar Star, New Era and
l Great Republic mines
White Oaks District.
The South Homestake gold mine and
( mill and the Old Abe mine and mill
| have been running constantly An Il
/ Paso company has been developing. the
/ Miners Cabin and Lady Godiva the past
I year.
! This district II miles northeast Of
! White Oaks is eight miles southeast Of
/ Ancho station on the FL Paso & South
/ western railroad This has always
I been considered only a gold placer
| country. mostly in AnchO creek. Such
| mines as the Good Luck, Eureka. Prince
| Albert, HaWkeye. Honey Bee and Gold
Stain were the only lode mine proper
| ties worked n the present month.
| however, rich gold strike is reported
/ to have been made by W a Franklin
I about three miles south Of Jicarilla-
( The ore bodies are described as being
! Of tremendous size covering an area OF
/ 20 acres, in fact the entire mountain
! side. The bulk of the ore is low grade,
| assays recently made having given re-
I turns from $500 to $50 in gold per ton.
1 The ore bodies open out in places on
/ The surface to a width of 200 feet
Organ Mining District.
| The Bennett Stephenson mines are
/ TO be in active operation soon. says J
/ L Mccullough. secretary Of the COM
( pany- The mine has been developed to
| the 4OO-fOOt level. the vein being 40 feet
wide at the bottom level The plans ire
4 TO continue sinking the shaft and run
| levels every 100 feet There are large
ore reserves in sight The ore is silver
I and lead On the property is a 25O-tOn
| concentrating mill, compreSSOrs, drills
/ and engines and several buildings. The
! concentrates shipped ran as high as
! $4,000 per car load.
The Memphis mine owned by the
| same company. and under superinten-
\ dent A L Hurley, has been operated
! the past six months working on one
/ o. the fissure veins, and prosecuting.
/ The crosscuts went through four fis-
/ sures carrying ore running as high as
! > percent copper.
Eanadium, Iron and Zine.
On the east side of the Ca.ballo noun
| tains New Mexico. are the newly dis
/ covered deposits of vanadium ores
/ north Of PalomaS pass The Nanadium
( Mines company. of Pittsburg. Pa,
I have been operating the White Swan
/ claim They have been experimenting
( with concentrating mill The White
( Swan and Dewey mines will probably
/ produce 20 600 tons of one percent va
nahum ores, carrying four percent
I lead The really large production OF
] the camp viii be in the BENJAMIN and
! the extension of the Red Top claims
Large Iron Deposits.
/ An immense deposit of high grade
I hemat1te iron ore has recently been To-
/ Gated north of PicachO peak, west of
/ and across the Rio Grande from Las
/ Cruces. y. NJ. by Prof. J. A Carrera
! and associates, of FL PasO. It occurs
] in an immense lode which outcrops 70
( feet wide and a mile long
Big Zinc Deposits.
Attention has recently been called
! by Earl J. Wilson to great deposits OF
! zinc and lead 20 miles west Of Lake
I Valley, n NJ which extends from
! DOnahue canyon on the south to Iron
I creek, 10 miles further north, showing
/ continuous OUtcrops of ore The belt
G a
{ Ten mining groups are located. The
/ zinc occurs as carbOnates, silicates
( and sulphideS. Some of the owners are
d s. Miller. c. T. Barr Mitch Cray,
/ Brit and Maghee. Oliver Wilson, 7. A
/ Robinson, BlOOdgOod, etc.