El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-21
MINING NEWS
BLACK Hawk TO.
RESUME ACTIVITY
Mine Near Silver City Has
Been Idle For
20 Years.

The Black Hawk NINE near SllFeE
City, y. NJ, which has been idle for
20 years IS about to be operated again
at once by California capitalists, and
it is said that at least $4,000 viii be
expended in cleaning out, Strengthening
Up and timberiug the old workings.
There is sufficient equipment on the
ground to carry on all operations
which Will be extensive.
The Black Hawk mine is situated II
miles west and south of Silver City,
and was at one time a great silver
producer, having shipped ore that
brought 100000 per ton Before II
was closed down it is said that $780,,
600 worth of ore was stolen from the
mine.
HembriIlO Drives Tunnel.
The HembrillO Mining company COM
posed of FL Pasoans has been steadily
at work for the past three years. driv-
ing a long cross cut adit, or tunnel at
+ its property in the san Andres noun
tains 80 miles north of Organ.
The adit is now IN distance OF SS3
feet from the mouth or entrance, and
according to H II. Marks, the secre-
tary, it will enter the lode within rs
feet more.
When the vein is cut an upraise
will be made to connect with the bot
tom of the shaft. At the same time
a drift viii be made in the vein north
ward.
The HembrilIo is in zone of con-
tact-metamOrphism of intrusive pOr-
is claimed it is in the great fault line
that runs through the Bennett-Ste-
phensOn and Torpedo mines on the
west side of the organ range, which
reappears on the east side OF the san
Andres, marking a copper belt over
80 miles in length from south to north
Bradshaw District.
The Nelson Mining company has
made a strike in the Nelson mine in
the Bradshaw district, Arizona This
occurred in the long tunnel driven 10
lnterSect SIX veins, the first OF " hlch
was cut at 500 feet in the tunnel,
giving results Of a four foot vein run
ming $40 per ton This tunnel is 10
be run 1000 feet. There were no indi-
cations of this rich vein on the surface.
1t was, however, in dixie heavily min
eariliZed for breadth Of over SEQ
feet. This vein lies parallel with the
vein Of the Lincoln mine. The six
veins to be encountered lie several
hundred feet farther in.
Tucson District.
In the old Olive mine in the Tucson,
Ariz., district, a body of silver-lead ore
100 feet in width has been struck,
which il is claimed will make the old
Olive camp a second Leadville. The
company has sunk a shaft 400 feet
deep with numerous crOsscuts into tnc
mineral The Tufts people have ac-
CURED three claims and bonded several
others, are pushing development work,
and will eventually erect a large con-
centrating plant. They are working
force Of 40 men.
Kfngman District.
The kingman Copper company. by
II. +. Bierce and associates. has let a
contract to w. W. Gates for drilling
5000 feet in the grounds covered by
the claims Of the Southwestern TuF-
QuOise company, the Aztec Turquoise
company and the Mrs. John Kay in
terests in mineral, MChave county,
Arizona, which they have under option.
The pOrphyry rock carrying turquoise
also carries copper, being two miles
long by over half a mile wide The
surface ore is oXidized, but sulphides
are expected below.
Patagonia District.
Superintendent Waning, of the Three
r. mine, in the Patagonia district, IS
having Improvements made for load
ing ore at Bloxton station.
Chapman. Elder, Goodrich. Hender-
son and Ward are the owners Of eleven
claims on the west slope of the Santa
Ritas. nine miles from Tubac, Ariz.. AMI
are working the same. Shipments
will soon begin Of copper, gold and
silver ores.
a. L Satermeister, president, and c.
E. Sweet, secretary Of the Mansfield
Mining and Smelling company, will re-
sumo work on the Black Cap and Lee
claims with a force Of so men. The
company owns 26 claims, which are
be sunk So feet deeper to the 800 foot
level and they will then cross cut in
four directions. They will also run
a drift on the Black Cap.
Maj r p. O'COnnor, qUartermaster
of the United States army at Fort
sessment work done on the Joe
Wheeler group and Line Boy mines in
the Patagonia camps.