El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-11
PATAGONIA HAS
BOOM IN MINING
Whole District Is Filling Up
With Prospectors and
Mines Are Active.

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( pectors. In the various camps there
/ is evidence of great activity.
The Three Rs mine is making reSu-
lar shipments to the Smelters, part
1 of the ore going to the Douglas smell
ter and part to the Smelter at Hayden,
Ariz., and development is being pushed
I These shipments amount to 100
tons of ore day and the ore IS
] hauled TO BlOXtOn, a siding four miles
south of Patagonia station, and thence
( by railroad by way of Benson to the
smelters. Mr.. Bauniyick is superin-
tendent, a mining engineer and grad
uate of Columbia School Of Mines. he
I is at present working co men and the
| force will be increased when develop
ments demand it. The principal work
[ is being done in the main tunnel as
! extended, which is 500 feet long I'm
1 mensc ore bodies are in sight, the vein
| being from 10 to 20 feet wide 1t is
| contact lode running northeast and
| southwest and dipping about 60 de-
grees.
Not bonded by Clark.
1.-THE report that Senator Clark has
/ bonded the Trench mine there, as pub
lished in the papers, says Mr. Nider-
maier, is erroneous y Mr.. Hoyt has
the lease and bond on this property.
and he went east to raise capital They
are drifting en- vein across the
gulch from the old workings. employ
ing a small force to show up the VEIN
This is an extensively developed prop
GIlN Win q otU lDOL S4lllLs " 4llGn WIS
{ done during the old days of the dis
trict. The Trench is away up the
mountain and mile ant half east
of the World Fair mine, which was
until recently under bond and lease 10
I the Copper Queen company OF Bis
I bee" he says.
a mile and a half west of the
/ Worlds Fair and down the canyon
and within three miles OF Patagonia
station, is a little copper sulphide
proposition on which Mcdonald and
Stevens have a bond and lease which
| is making splendid showing. 1t is
in diorite porphyry near granite
pOrplyry contact In II there IS a four
I foot vein that runs SEQ to SIS per
ton copper, carrying some silver val
ues. 1t is shipping to the Copper
Queen smelter.
The Humboldt mine, which is said
. to be bonded to the Copper Queen
company, is another valuable property
and development work on 1t is being
pushed. Uncle" Billy Powers, Of Pat
agonia, owns the Chief. 1t carries
copper and high values in silver.
other Promising Properties
A copper property near the Du-
quesne mine. called the Cross. is re-
ported to be bonded by Brown to
the Phelps-Dodge company for $780,
I 600. The deal is held in allegiance and
pending a settlement in court, the
Copper queen people claiming that
Brown h only a part interest in it
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las, Of Tombstone, Is a rich silver and
copper mine with great promise, and
is being developed Then there is the
Red Crane, copper property, in active
operation. and the Hardshen mine,
owned by r. r. Richardson, which is
rich in copper, lead and silver, and the
Alta, one of the oldest and richest
mines in the Harshaw camp in which
Theodore Roosevelt is interested, and
who is expected to go out there to
see it this winter. The old Hermosa
is owned by G. Cochrane, Of Pitts
burg, Pa, and MONTY mine, once owned
the early SOS The Duchesne mine,
owned by George Westinghouse, of
Pittsburg. consisting of a group OF
claims, are producing about q carload
Of ore a day. In this group is one
claim he purchased from Capt OCon-
nor, of FL Paso,. which is one of the
biggest mines in that section Ad-
joining the Duquesne group is the Joe
Wheeler group, owned by Capt.
OCOnnOr, which is a fine copper prop
erty and through which run the big
lodes Of the Duquesne group. He al
so owns two rich copper properties
q few miles south, near the interna-
tional line of Mexico and Arizona,
called the Line Boy group. This has
a lead seven feet wide rich in copper
sulphides, carrying also molybdenUm-
'-le vein runs across the line into
Mexico where Capt OCOnnOr and
tenencias.
The worlds Fair mine. owned by
Frank Powers, is shipping rich ore,
running several hundred ounces silver
per ton.
May BE Great Camp.
Patagonia is going to be a great
camp in the opinion Of many, and
many prospectors are rushing there.
Miners are paid from $3.50 to $500 a
day. The ground is covered with
snow and it is pretty cold at present
The shipments are somewhat impeded
by the inadequacy Of freight accom-
modations Of the railroad, and the ore
has accumulated on the platforms.
The Mansfield, II miles northeast of
Patagonia has once more begun work
ing after several years idleness. Two
double compartment shafts are being
sunk and other development work is
in progress.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS property,
which adjoins the Mansfield, is under
company. This is a well developed
property. W. H. Kelso & company CT
Nogales, have bonded and leased the
Veta MGdre mine. near Washington
camp from L G. King, and are doing /
prospecting work on IT and are said
to have eight feet of good ore in
the bottom Of their shaft.
Boom Is Starting.
A big boom is starting over in the |
santa Rita mountains west of the |
town Of Patagonia, and a good many I
properties are being worked and ship |
ers are active. A deal of Importance |
Is reported to have been made there in I
which the LewishOns Bros, of New (
York, took over three large properties /
located on the west side of the Santa |
Rita mountains under bond and lease, /
paying down $22,500, or 10 percent Of /
the purchase price, and they have /
already put IS men at work, which 1
force viii soon be increased to 100 !
men. By wagon road this property is |
about % miles from Patag onia.
The Rupert mine, owned by Col. |
Richardson, has been taken over under 4
bond and lease by Henry White, of /
the CRANKY Copper company, of British |
Columbia, and arrangements are max \
ing to sink a shaft 500 feet deep. The ]
Morning Glory mine, recently pur- !
chased from Chris Wilson by the Ajo /
Copper company, is shipping to the /
c. & A. smelter at Douglas.
The town of Patagonia is on the |
boom. A newspaper is starting called /
the Patagonisn and it is, said that
another one will be launched soon by /
J. B. Price and Wilfred Wadeli
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