El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-21
MINING NEWS
RECORD SHIPMENT
Of BULLION MADE
Tom Reed Mine Ships Five
Bars Worth $133, 900; Old
Congress Dumps Sold.

Prescott Ariz-, Nov. 21.-The Tom
Reed Gold mine has made the largest
shipment Of gold bullion ever received
at one tine IN kIngman. 1t was es-
corted under special guard and con-
sisted OF five bars, having total value
of $133O 900, the product OF one month
run of the mill This is said to exceed
any former shipment from any Arizona
mine by several thousand dollars. Ihe
bullion was shipped to the mint OF
San Francisco.
There is a constantly increasing
activity in the Copper Basin district
south of Prescott Up to date over 1OO
carloads of high grade copper ore nave
been shipped from the mines OF the
Commercial Mining COmpanys prop
erty which is about Is miles south OF
mere, aggre8aun8 over 9UOO Tons, tus
shipments running from two to three
carloads a day. This ore runs as hlgh
as so percent per ton, and is about the
highest grade of copper ore ever
shipped from any Arizona mine only
one mine in the southwest has shipped
higher, and that is the old Santa Rita
copper property in Grant county, New
Mexico, which used TO snip native cop
uer by carload lots to the smelter at
Fl Paso The freighting outfit of Geo.
Ruffner is engaged in hauling the ore
to the railroad station called Skull VAL
ley. three or four miles distant on the
Prescott & Phoenix line OF the santa
Tunnel Is In 100 Feet
zOna-Portland Mines company upon ITS
property in Copper Basin is now in 100
feet in length and the WOrk is Delng
done on vein 10 feet IN Wldlh ana al
a point only 1000 feet from the work
Ings of the Commercial cOmpany's
property. As soon as the desired dis
lance is reached raising and sinking
with increased OfrCe- Of miners viii be
started, and an air compressor and
power drills win be employed This is
said to be a very promising property.
r. E. Martin. having made the first
payment on the group OF copper claims
leased and bonded from Copper Basin
Smith, is organizing a company in Los
Angeles to develop them Camp sup
plies have been hauled to the proper
ties, and a work shaft viii be sunk zoo
feet deep.
The Ford Mining company is arrang-
ing for the installation OF large
amount Of mining machinery recently
purchased, to be employed IN develop
ment on a large scale The main smart,
down 175 feet, will be continued TO
depth of 500 feet, when drifting and
drills will be introduced to explore 9TH
er parts of the property and a line OF
take all winter to complete.
Mcmahon Group to Ship.
Shipments Of ore are TO be started
at once from the Mcmahon group OF
copper mines to the smelter at Douglas
The first shipment VIII be % tons ana
samples Of nine percent copper. with
small values in gold and silver The
owners purpose to continue regular
shipments and large tonnage IS eN-
posed. This mine is south of ZOn1a-
A shipment OF 10 tons of rich silver
ore, averaging $500 per ton was made
from the mine Of Richard Umlah to the
Ell PasO smelter, through its local
agent r. II. Hetherington- The ore
was from the Bill Arp mine.
Ed Block is sinking new shaft on
the Sink to Rise mine, in copper BASIN,
a1n ne No
at a depth Of 20 feet 1t was lOcateu
as a gold mine. The vein matter be-
tween the walls IS kaOlin and the en-
tire width of the shaft is in ore The
vein between walls Is 40 feet wide, has
an easterly and westerly strike and IS
believed TO be the continuation OF the
vein now being explored by the Com
mercial company. 1t consists OF 10
claims on and near the apex of the
mountain between the Copper BASIN
and Copper creek, and includes the
ground between the mines OF the Com
merciaI and the Blrch-McNulry group
1t is the belief that with depth the
copper values viii exceed those Of the
gold and silver West OF this is the
gold group called the Harmony, owned
by D. o. Holman and other ii Paso
parties
Old Congress Dumps Sold.
1t is reported that the United Verde (
Copper company has purchased the old
dumps of the Congress gold mine, 90
miles south Of Prescott aggregating
$50 tons, the price being 81 per ton. 1t
carries a high percent of silica, be.
sides about 81 in gold values, and is
purchased for fluxing purposes for the /
new smeIter being erected by the Verde
company. 1t viii be loaded with steam
shOvels onto the cars. This new smell :
ter will be one Of the largest plants in {
the world. as well as one Of the most
modern in style. The Congress Gold /
Mining cOmpanys mine at Congress,
the deepest in Arizona and the south I
west. and a heavy producer until a few |
years ago when so stamps Of its two
mills were hung up, is again showing
signs of activity Twenty-Five men
have been put to work cleaning up the /
mine and mills. This mine has two |
large veins The ore is firm and unOX-
odized pyrites Of iron in quartz, which !
in former DAYS averaged $50 sold per (
ton from wall to wall and stood con-
centrating at the rate Of eight to one /