El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-23
MINING NEWS
District In Little Rincon
Mountains, Near Benson,
Has Wonderfully Rich
Ores.

That there is a great gold camp
down the san PEDRO river, nor 50
Of Benson, Ariz-, seems now 10 De SLll
acknowledged fact Ihere was ~
nuffina about its discovery and no Ell
FORT to boom it. Like TOpsey II sim
r17- "zrOWed." This IS its history. II
the Southern and Ell PasO < southwest
e7.n railroads. A gold field II IS, ana
side bv side with 1t there are some OF
the finest copper and gold shoWlnSs 70
be seen anywhere. ,-. =. 800.
The camp is new. At least i mo-
he described as a new discovery. True,
a Boston company, the -AdSSOtgttL
Mines company, has been operdtlnS
down the san Pedro for the past year
and half, but it gave out no lnlOI
nation. and were it not for OUTSIDERS
who have recently acquired lnleI ,e:l5
there. not a word OF the 4lnus WILC-
would start booms in the states OF Ne
z-ada and Colorado would be heard
Is Rich and Near FL Pnso.
Ore is being mined and put on IEe
dumps which viii run all the way from
$40 TO figures high in the pictures ne
cold ore is free, absolutely Iree- CIe
is being found, TOO, that VIII run PIeIty
close TO $1,000 to the ton. And TINS Is
a camp which is only Ie" hours us
lance from FL PaSO-
Is Not Yet Named.
The district IS so young as not "
have name yet On the locdtt.0l NJ
tees the claims are being described as
i'm rba Little RincOn mountains Inc
description is near enough, however
and old timers say that When min
ing district is recorded II ShouIu NC
known as the Little Rlncon-
For the information Of those VINO
read with interest the dolngs OF the
miners and prOspectorS IN llelcS con
tlguOus to FL PasO, 1t may De Wei! -
give a brief outline OF the 5eOlOBl ceLA
conditions prevailing IN TINS region.
Generally speaking IN the LlILle rim
CON ranase of mountains one notices but
a single contact lhe cOAtaC1 " ~
schist and limestone Here the ores Oc-
cur as deposits formed by percolallIS
waters. and are confined 10 the copper
series At the new gold camp the schlsL
and limestone contact IS not IN eEi-
dence. The country rock IS IdISely
granite and this granite IS lnIruQed az
frequent intervals by dlkes OF olOIlLe,
Running parallel with the olOrlle' anu
sometimes fading into it almost lmper-
ceptibly, are bands OF dlabaSe I1aI N
many instances contain StreahS OF hlSA
Grade ore at such frequent intervals -
to make the whole mass d really AlSH
Grade proposition In other cases the
ore is confined to the lines of contact
between the diorite and diabase, and
the granite and dlorlIe.
Immense Orc Bodies
On the property owned by the Masso-
letti Mines company, the streaks are
continuous for distance OF 10VO IeeI,
at least that is the known distance
In width they occur for approximately
In places the solid high grade ore
ruea s1ires seven feet in width. while at
one or two points it was noticed to be
over u feet across. And as yet but
one streak has been opened up When
prosecuting commences the manage
ment expects to open up additional ore
bodies that will make a great mine
FL PasOans Interested.
Amongst the original lOcatOrs, or
rather the first in the field after the
Massoletti Mines company had taken
up its ground, were the Quinn brothers,
who are interested in the Southwestern
Lumber company, and whose mining and
cyanide experience in the White Oaks,