El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-09
RICH Strike IS MADE IN MOGOLLON
MOUNTAINS IN The FL PASO DISTRICT
Millions of Tons of Low Grade Ores VIII Make New
Mexico Mine Rival of Homestake and Alaska
Treadwell-New Eldorado Isin Pinos Altos
District, EasilyReached from Ell PasO.
CBY l. H. DAVIS

oo,,S - ne Of which was the en-
trance Of New Mexico into stalenOSu
and the other the unfortunate OlSt -
ance and hating OF mining OPSl . -. -
in Mexico. is the discovery or one OF
the most slpendous known golu ne
posts ever found in the Worlo, IN ~ =
western New Mexico, Wlthlh 60
io17rnev vest from FL PasO BY rallroa0
and stage in that wonderful Lllu 80 =.
beIt or zone that marks the pouhuaLy
between the states Of New Mexico ana
This discovery came at the psyche
1osicei Moment to attract the atten-
ffen of the mining world to the mar
vicious mineral resources OF the new, new
state of New Mexico, Whlcn ~ -OiaS
have been neglected largely owing y
~ o-o~iT-,ifv TO the land west and
soufb OF the Rio Grande whose as
lance Tent enchantment TO the view
of the miner and capitalist VINO Iusllee t
righf through New Mexico, lgnorshl
~ ite mineral wealth. to Mexico's dis
tsnt and tabled mystic mountains, AOt
the gold and silver that lures
It Also comes as a boon to those sa9
ana d7sbeartened returning hosts OF
miners and investors, driven ouL u
that distracted and unsafe country on
the NOctezuma who have been Iorceu
reluctantly TO abandon IhelI HltnSs
for a r1me. as they may now turn JhelE
attention TO the new field wen may
thew now say in the language OF Ille
old Mexican prOverD- Aoohu0
feIta Dios asiste1 wherever every
thing else has failed US, providence
comes to the rescued.
Apache Box Canyon the New GoleonGa-
The widespread nOtoriety OF the rlch-
ness Of the MogOlon mountains ano u
the recent discovery OF fabulous guam
ti+5os ~ gold therein at Apache Box
canvon may result in starting a staLn-
pede to that section when may r4Nal
maj famous stampede in 1875 10 the
Rack Hills south Dakota Wnlch re
there TO the region embraced between
the two forks Of the Cheyenne river
l,fscoverv OF placer gold oy q nall-
breed in the year 1853 led TO the more
i,,,-,o--a-+ discovery of vast low grade
kOid veins of the Black Hills, and ois-
covery Of placer gold IN apache creeA
led to the discovery OF the lildilililo ~
lode al Apache BOX, O1tlcia4ly known
as Orc Grande.
large deposits of low grade ores OF
gold and copper are more important ana
attractive TO capital tnan rlcn sLle--
deDOsfrs New Mexico has just Drouslt
~ me Chino one Of the biggest cop
per-porphyry mines in the Worlo,
steam shovel mining prOposlllCLl' 81
hide fair TO bring in q big gOlQ pOI-
r17-rv steam shovel mine Of equal mag
nftude At Apache Box NeIllaOIss
mountain Of low grade milling gold OF o.
tremendous tonnage Is exposed ABOVE
the surface. COnservat1Veiy eslillle-t -
III he over 10000. 600 tons OF ore run
- be+Tvae1 three and four dollars
per ton. To form an idea OF what ms
means in an economical sense ~
should consider for moment tHCsS
ether two great low grade mines, Ine
e-res+est in the world: one the Home
stake lode in the Black Hills, ana the
other the TreadWel lode on DOu5-aS
Island. Alaska, which have pfOuuce,.
and are still producing mlllons o.
dollars from unlimited ores ground IN
the largest mills in the world, ana Jhen
couuare them with the wonderful loue
of Apache Box bearing IN MIND INdt
in the latter immense ore bodies are
exposed BY the hand Of nature. WINE
in the other two il has cost mllnons
of dollars 10 make equal exposures OF
ore during 2 score OF years
The Homestaze Mine
The Rlacl- Hills of South Dakota are
hest known as q district Of low grade
gold ores. and among the low sI4ue
mines of the world is the HomesIahe.
T-DOn an ore returning less than four
dollars per ton-last year it was 800
per ton-an annual production to so
600. 900 was being maintained ana slA
per cent dividends were declared on
caDitaI Of $4,000 600. On this mine the
late Senator Hearst number Of years
agO proposed a toast to low grace
ore and plenty OF it." By artificial De
velopment. costing many million COL
lars the Homestake mine has blocked
out and has 25 years ore in sight, and
at depth of 1850 feet shows no Verti-
cal limit to the ore body. In the case
of this mine 1T is conservative TO es-
innate the probable ore as sufficient
TO supply the huge milling plant at the
present capacity Of 1000 tons of ore
a day FOR term of so years in addition
90 the quarter OF century supply IN
sight It had produced up to 1903, $40
production Of S54. 600 600.
The AIaska-TreadweU Mine.
The Alaska-T readwell lode on Doug
las Island. Alaska. is low grade gold
J, fr- fa ~
cutting through slate ranging from 100
to 40 feet in width. averaging from
$40 to $3.50 in gold per ton The
total cost from development work to
marketing the bullion for the past ten
years has been only $3.50 per ton. and
its last dividends have been SS50,0O0 per
annum
The LOdes Of Apache Box.
In generalized statement. the ORC
Grande lode at Apache Box is a mon
strOus core or chimney Of rhyOllte,
nearly a thousand feet in diameter that
was intruded by subterranean forces
lying andesite covering, which cracked
the rhyOlte into myriad seams and
blistered 1t into innumera bic pores and
cavities subsequently, healed by the
gold and silica-laden thermal waters:
and then was cut or cracked by the
great fault now the canyon OF the
Apache Box, thereby exposing one face
of this huge golden mOnoltth TO a
beighth of over 500 feet and horizon
tai width Of nearly 1000 feet. showing
free gold, high grade and low grade,
nearly everywhere.
This monOithic core Of rhyOlite. is
estimated as stated to have blocked
out By nature and exposed to the light
of the sun, that can be Quarried and
mined by steam shovels, over 2O,0O0.O00
tons OF ore running from three to four
dollars per ton, sufficient to feed a
thousand stamps for two decades. con-
tanning from $50 000 600 to $4,000, 900
In this dixie are several successive
zones or shoots Of higher grade ores
running so feet so feet, 100 feet and
veins a few inches and feet wide OF
such richness that they would indi
vfduany make the reputation Of any
other new camp
Not satisfied with her prodigality in
mineral nature has furnished a pc
renniaI stream Of water near at hand