El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-18
Docfor Pierce's EaVorfte PrescrEpi

res silver in the form or cillorides- It
is a strong lode and carries some e11
tremeIy high values in silver as Wen
as some gold. 1t has a SMART ABOUT
20 feet deep and a shipment OF ore mas
been made to the smeIter-
The Lulu b.
The Lulu B. property Is up i2,t the e H IN
east of the Tama in the saddle OF the
main ride The surface Is marked Dy
a heavy Outcrop of gassan' ihulcaLlLl53
large ore deposits beneath A crossCuL
tunnel has been driven from the oaSe
OF the hill to cut it Meanwhile IN d
shaft recently sunk some very rlch
wulfenite or molybdenate ore has Deen
Work is in progress. The mine is owned
by William CROSBY, OF FL FasO' anu
The Black Kettle Group.
There are in ZimpIeman Pass, mile
southeast Of the Bonanza mine, group
OF claims called the BLACK hellIe
mines They are owned by Baltimore
Nd. people John Westly is manager
covered many years ago by I. r OW-
ems and z. c. Singer Iney Old some
work. and then abandoned them. AT
terward they were located by W. W.
Williams, F ". ThOmmee and John
n. Gncrease under the names OF the
Nj Wot, Kicking Bird, Black hetIle
and Big Thunder COnsideraDle oS-
Yelopment work has been done IN
Shafts, inclines, adits and tunnels and
a fairly good quality of copper ore was
encountered The ore bodies are IN
contact between Porphyry ana granite
The mines are idle at present
The Silver King Group.
The Silver King group IS one mlle
south of the Black Kettle group me
mines were originally discovered by
east Texans. Afterward, Jack Canedys
a Texas Pacific conductor located ana
worked them for several years, ship
ping several carloads Of. ore, which was
lead and chlorides of silver. The ore
occurs in contact between pOrphyry
and lime. The ore IS said to be high
The Bono Gold Nine
The Bono gold mine is in a spur Of
the north or small ridge Of the Quit
mans 1t is one mile northeast OF the
BONANZA mine, and less than mile
west of Etholene station me WhlIH
and dump is cOnspicuously seen from
the car window. This was originally
discovered by Tom r Owen about the
nanza- The first work was done by
W W. Nichols and August Framed IN
der a contract for interests IN the
mine. The ore is in f1ssure between
the lime and pOrphyry. A consider
able amount of ore was shipped con-
tanning gold, silver and lead Inc vein
is from four 10 five feet wide, ana
runs east and west II was 1OunQ 10
be on railroad land and. they aban-
doned it Then Jack Bridges worked
it a while under a lease, sinking 50
feet some years aLLGE NIEO- 4oA-5
of BarstOw, leased the land from the
railroad for Is years under royalty
81 stem Under this lease Owen &
Nichols undertook TO do a certain
amount of work for an interest in the
lease. During this work they encoun-
tered some very high grade gold ore.
Some of it assayed as high as $4,OgO
gold and six sacks shipped to the smell
ter averaged six ounces gold per ton.
Afterward II tons were shipped TO II
Paso smelter. averaging SIS gold The
At the expiration of the contract
work, Briggs continued the work with
W. X Smith as manager. i Wnim
was installed and considerable work
done.
Later on a company was organized
&c carry on the work, composed OF
Sierra. Blanca and Maria people, who
installed a gasoline hoist, ana they
did 9 considerable work most Of which
was away from the VEIN 1t now be-
longs to the railroad land company.
The Old Hunter Mine.
This mine is on a hill a quarter of
a mile east of the Bona and near
HthOlene- 1t was discovered BY Aug
ust Framed in 1884 He and Joe
feet, taking out ore carrying gold.
silver, lead and some copper. The
late John Z. Barlow afterward pur-
chased the section covering the mine
worked it under contract, sinking 1zg
feet and encountered stratum OF
Calamine or zinc ore II belongs 70.
Mrs. Alice Ray Barlow, of FL Paso.
There are numerous mineral -outerops
on the same section OF land.
There is another copper mine in the
eastern foothills OF the Quitmanss
three-fourths of a mile southwest OF
Sierra Blanca. 1t was originally
owned by F. W. ThOmme and John \.
Glcrease. It is a patented claim and
is now owned by the Southwestern
Copper company. Ben Hammond is
president There is a shaft 225 feet
deep and a gasoline hoist. The vein
is a fissure in qGartzite- If sunk
lying contact with porphyry- The
ores extracted are oxides and sii-
Gates of copper. Mr.. Thomme died re-
Gently and operations have ceased
The above is a list Of the most i'm
portrait mines and prospects,. There
are scores of old holes. nearly all with
-nineraliZed dumps. The diSIric- is ex-
tensive, covering q square miles, and
has barely been prospected yet Its
accessi bility to railroad and extensive
naturalization make it a very attrac-
tive field for mining.
Gold in the QuitmanS.
Prof. SteerwhatZ, state geOlOgist,
claims he PANIED gold in the sands
in the gUlches. He assayed a piece
of float which ran II ounces gold He
predicted the future discovery of a
vein rich in guild The Hunter mine
carried phenOmenally rich shoots Of
gold ore. W. W Williams found very
rich gold digging in 1875 while on
surveying trip with Ward Blanchard,
of Ysleta- Another prospectOr also
was driven out by indians These OLD
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