El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-28
MINING NEWS
Claims Discovered 80 Years
Ago Are Still Rich; Lo-
Gates New Ones.

While western New Mexico is max
ing some remarkable showings," said
Pat Breen, the pioneer of the organ
mountain mining district there is go
ing to be some equally interesting de-
velopments about so miles north of FL
Paso, especially in what is called the
Black mountain. which is one of the
l-CheSt gold and copper districts in the
southwest. This is a lofty, dark col
ored mountain lying between the Or
gans on the south and the San Andreas
on the north, and is about SO miles due
north of this city. The mountain mass
IS composed Of lime and slate through
which porphyries have intruded- On
the summit and slopes are belts Of oak,
pinon, cedar and pine, and there is
considerable water in springs and
creeks.
ION the southern slope of this noun
tain is what is called the Mountain
Chief group of claims which I discov-
cred about 80 years ago. 1t was so rich
at the grass roots that II created great
excitement and there was a great rush
of mining men up there from FL Paso,
and in fact, from everywhere. There
was about $780, 900 taken out from
few feet of the surface and 1 sold out
and left the country. The purchasers
sank a vertical shaft and left the vein,
which dipped to the south After tax
ing out several thousand dollars they
abandoned it I have returned and re-
located it. It showed some of the
richest pockets of gold 1 have ever
seen and believe that shall be able
TO find plenty more rich ore soon
The Mormon Mine.
About a mile south of this mine is
the Mormon mine in the gold basin
below, on which there is mill. This
mine has been developed about 900 feet
deep and has produced over 500, 0OO- It
Is said that the Calumet and Arizona
Mining company, of Bisbee, has taken
this property under bond and lease and
will sink q new work shaft to deprn
of 1000 feet. The vein is a contact
assure running along with a porphyri-
tic dixie from east to west When first
discovered little three stamp pros
pectors mill was placed on the prop
erty by the owners, Bonney and Wat
son who came over there from White
Oaks They ran through about $4,000
worth Of ore, saving only about IS per
cent of the values. Afterward q. large
mill was erected and a large amount
Of gold has been extracted therefrom-
SunoIe q Rich Mine.
"A mile east of the Mormon mine is
the Suno1e mine. also a rich gold mine,
now idle, which some years ago was
a rich producer. There is an old ten
stamp mill on It, but 1t will have to be
remodeIed so as to embrace a cyanide
plant TO successfully treat the ores
1t is owned by senator A B. Fall and
associates In this is a shaft $50 feet
deep and several hundred feet of drifts
and Slopes. At the bottom a large flow
of water was encountered, and the zone
of exidization gave way to the sulphtde
or unoxidized zone. This is a good
property.
Eagle and SaIIie Mines.
In the northern part of the Black
mountain and on the eastern side are
the Eagle and Sallie copper mines,
which I have recently located Through
them runs from east to west a lode of
about 10 to 10 feet wide through a
belt Of limestone. on one side of which
is slate and on the other side is gran
tie. The ore bodies of this vein out
crop prominently for half a mile. The
solid ore on the surface in sight runs
from 2 to percent and carries some
gold values. The ore occurs as chal-
coprites or copper pyrites and occa-
sionally as carbonates of copper, and
in the vein are occasional pipes of
high grade copper sulphides running
from IS TO 20 percent. In my opinion