El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-16
Ell PAsOAN OWNS
PROMISING MINE
w. r. Martin Thinks %
Claims He Owns Near
Globe VIII Be Bonanza.

when once you go and look at the
wonderful Globe copper mines of Ari-
iona, you will never wish to look at
any other distriea as you VIII be over
Whelmed at the magnitude of Globes
mines, their production ana their Iu-
ture. I am interested, and have been
for some time, in group there
called the Copper and Silver Zone
mines, which I firmly believe will, on
devel opment, yield Millions" says w
R Martin, superintendent Of the FL
PasO Union Passenger Depot company
These consist of 25 claims, circled
by the railroad and only a mile from
the city of Globe, and covering an area
of between 400 and 500 acres of the
best mineralized ground in that Won
derful copper camp The property ad-
joins the Old Dominion and Globe Con-
solidated mines on the north, west and
partly on the south, and is separated
by only a narrow strip from the Su-
perior and Boston to the northeast. I
have only two partners, Messrs, Clark
and Taught, of Globe.
Much Prospecting Done.
I'VE have done a great amount Ct
prospecting over these claims" says
Mr. Martin, "and have also leased out
times to leasers. There are several old
shallow shafts which were sunk some
years ago, when silver was the one
metal sought; but as soon as copper
ore bOdies) was struck, the quest for
rich deposits of silver was quit and at
tentiOn was centered on the copper.
The most serious work was under
taken on the Black Clown claim.
where leaSers and the owners put
down two shafts, one called the Taught
and the other the Clark shaft, the
former being los feet deep and the
latter being 1O3 feet deep Both shafts
were sunk on vein in diabase at an
Sraa 4 -for
silver and some good copper values.
From this claim principally and from
the Old IronsideS claim, has come the
ores we have shipped to the shelters
The records of &c shipments show val
ues running from LIS to 3.5 percent
copper, and from S19 to S226.SO silver
per ton, or an average of S21.50, cop
per and silver per ton, when copper
and silver commanded a much lower
price than at present
Thorough Examinations Made.
I'VE have had examinations made by
two mining engineers, F. w Hoar and
A K McFarlane, who both advise eX-
tensiTe development so as to attain
greater depth. Generally speaking,
says Mr.. Hoar, the boundaries of the
property inclOse an area of diabase,
limestone and quartzite, on the con-
facts of which and passing through
each claim are % or more mineralized
Gssure and fault fissure veins, which
extend throughout the entire area of
these properties. The naturalization
occurs as fissure veins in diabase, con-
tact veins between diabase and quartz
lite, contact veins between diabase and
limestone and veins in quartzite. Most
of the development work was origin
ally done on the veins in the diabase,
for the reason that they carried high
silver values Other developments
than those mentioned were made from
these old workings some years ago
when Globe was considered purely a
silver camp.
The principal work recommended
to be done is to sink deep enough to
get below the Quartzite and develop
the veins in the diabase underlying.
The success of the adjoining Old Do
minion mine rested principally on the
development of the veins in the dia-
base under the quartzite. In every
place on the Copper and Silver Zone
properties where ground has been bro
ken on the veins, mineral is exposed.
Expects to Reach Rich Vein.
I'VE believe that the great Gladiator
vein, recently discovered in the under
ground workings OF the Old Dominion
mine which never outcropped on the
surface, will be found at depth under
our property" continued Mr. Martin.
The Old Dominion Copper NJ and NJ
company produced in 1911 about g.
500, 900 pounds Of copper at a cost of
about nine cents a pound. OF this 49,
100000 pounds came from the Old Do
minion mine, the rest from its United
Globe mines. The deepest workings
are only 1900 feet and the deeper they
go the richer and greater become the
copper ore deposits.
AT the Superior and Boston NINE
which adjoins US on the Northwest.
on Copper Hill, IS men are employed IN
mining and development work and
constant shipments are making to the
Old Dominion smelter. From a stope
recently opened up above the sixth
level, the Great Eastern vein averages
10 percent copper. These are the great
est mines in Globe and are our sur
rounding and adjacent neighbors.
we have never Incorporated nor at
tempted to float stock on the market.
as we don't believe in that mode of
raising money, but have spent our own
money in legitimate development. I
am confident that with depth our prop
erty will yield millions and be one Of
the leaders in production in the won