El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-31
MINING NEWS
RICH SULPHIDE STRIKE MADE IN
NIT WORKINGS Of THE OLD KELLY

: the Kelly. This latter ore was ex-
posed by the last lessee, Mr. c. T.
/ Brown, who had a twO-year lease for
the extraction Of the oxidiZed ores
above the No. 3 level: during the life
OF the lease Mr.. Brown shipped thou
sands Of tons OF zinc carbonate ore, a
smaller tonnage OF lead ore, and left
exposed q large tonnage OF zinc and
/ lead ores Of too low grade to stand
the heavy transportation charges, but
which VIII no doubt be handled to
( good profit by treating for the concen-
tratiOn or extraction Of the values on
Pushing Work in Hop Canyon.
In Hop canyon. about two miles
south Of Kelly the Calumet and New
Mexico Mining company a Chicago in
corporation. has been prosecuting de
VelOpment work for the past eight
years sndeavorlng too open up
large bodies Of the rich silver
ore for which this end of the
camp was so famous in the early
days The formation IN this section OF
the district is entirely different from
that of The Kelly camp proper. In
stead Of the sedimentaries occurring
on top of the basal granite and green
stone rocks, the western and southern
slopes o. the hills and canyons are
covered BY ryOlite and ryOlite and an
desite tufts and Dreccias. The fOrma-
ton is cut by basic intrusions OF dikes
and where the everything formation has
been erOded basal granite is exposed
The ores have been found in thin
streaks Of quartz calcite and barite,
usually in association with dikes
trending north and south; one Of the
most prominent OF these dikes IS known
as the mother lode" and for the pur-
pose Of cutting this dixie at an ap-
proximate depth Of 400 feet the Calu-
met and New Mexico company drove a
crosscut tunnel over ], 500 feet The
contact Of the dixie and TyOlite was
reached a few weeks ago and ore
found that assayed well in gold and
copper. hmm ediately the crOsScut was
finished, work was suspended and will
not be resumed until next spring.
Wheel Of Fortune Idle.
Work has also been suspended for
the winter in the Wheel OF Fortune
mine IN Mil canyon. south o. Hop can
yOn and separated from the latter only
by a high ridge Of ryOlite. The pres
ent owner OF the Wheel Of Fortune,
August Rivfere, has for several years
been putting low grade siliciOus gold
ore on the dump, ana has sufficient
tonnage mined to keep a mill Of small
capacity IN operation for several years.
In addition to gold and silver values
able BODY Of cuprite, apparently re-
placement OF the shattered porphyry
in which il occurs, IS exposed near the
Wheel OF Fortune mine.
Messrs. Martin and Terry have com
pleted assessment work for 1912 on
their group Of four claims known as
the ''El Chico" in the extreme north
end Of the camp, west Of the Hard
scrabble mine Very little develop
ment work has been done on the FL
Chico group, but considerable high
grade silver-lead ore has been taken
out OF shallow workings.
A mining engineer in the employ Of
the Miami Copper company has visited
the camp. the guest OF W. F. Gordon,
and made an examination OF the Mis-
tletoe, Magdalena mining and Lynch
burg group Of claims for which Mr.
Gordon IS the manager. Other en-
gineers and officials Of the Miami com
pany are expected in the camp in the
near future.