El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-18

land, owned by Partridge; the Ragner-
rock ana Golden Eagle, owned by &c
Dougall the Old Glory, owned by
| Ramsdell; the Gold Border, owned by
/ Kit; the Arizona Consolidated, owned
/ by DOSers the Warsaw owned by Zecl1-
endorf; the Grubstake, owned by L S.
| owned by Jeffries; the Merry Widow,
! owned by Father; the Gold Bullion.
| owned by Dillon; the Gold Canyon Of
( Mcintyre and Pearce; claims in Gold
canyon belonging to McHannahan and
| Father; the Big Monument of O'NeilI;
/ the FrancO-American, of Kibbe; the
Missouri, of Rogan; the Nil Desperan-
/ DUN. Of Lyle; the Alamos a placer
\ ORC, owned by George B. Williams.
1 The above 1 think constitute most of
/ the big mines Of this gold camp"
Find $50 De.
! Ore worth $50 was found in the Os-
/ trich mine in Orc Blanco district. The
/ ledge is three and a half feet wide
I The ore is a white iron sulphide and,
! according to Todd c. Woodwork, the
/ fore discovering that it ran high in
/ gold values.
Three shafts are sunk on the Ostrich
I one OF them is 100 feet deep, the sec
/ ond 80 feet, and the third is so feet.
/ Drifts connect these three shafts The
property is an old one, formerly owned
by Hank Bartlett.
Harqua HaIa Operated.
The old Harqua Hala mine, now
known as the Yuma Warrior, in Yuma
county, AriZ, which was one of the big
gold producers of Arizona, is being op-
Grated by the Martin brothers, under
bond ana lease, and there is general
belief among miners that the old mine
will once again make history.
Negotiations have been pending for
so day option for examination on the
Mammoth-Collinsm mines in Mammoth
district, Arizona. The option was made
to the Lewishons, of New York, and
IL mn-a e II -.
now on the ground beginning the work
Of examining and sampling the prop
erty.
United Verde Copper company at
Clarksdale, Ariz-, will be one of the
largest in the United States when COM
pletec. fhe chimney viii have inside
diameter of 80 feet, the wall being u
feet thick The height viii be 40t feet.
Patagonia Dist cIct.
In the Worlds Fair Extension mine,
L NJ. Raines and associates have
opened a body of fine looking ore,
which carries high values. Upon the
April group. near the r. r. r. mine,
Val Vaenezuela has struck a three foot /
ledge of copper rock assaying $3.50 in /
value. It is a white carbonate, similar /
to that of the R R R mine Drfllings /
on the ledge have brought out native 1
copper.
Heivetia District.
Joseph Muheim and Charles Jones |
have taken an option on the Sweet Bye
and Bye mine. under the terms of which
they are to sink a shaft 500 feet. Work
Will begin at once.
The acquisition of the old san Xavier
mine, 20 miles south of Tucson, by the !
Empire Zinc company, marks the entry |
II the New Jersey Zinc company tnto !
Arg ona- one of the largest and most |
extensive zinc mining and smelling /
concerns in the world, of which The 4
Empire Zinc company is a subsidiary
company. Cony T. Brown, of Socorro. J
\. NJ, is in charge of the operations
If the property Twenty-Five men
nave already been put to work The
res from this mine yield high grade
inc, besides lead, copper and silver !
rhe zinc contents are refractory and
equire milling. The development con-
lists of one shaft $50 feet deep two
hats 200 feet deep, and several others
rom 70 to 100 feet deep, together with |
great deal of drifts
A solid body of low grade ore has
cen encountered in the Arkansas and
-rizona nine in the Jerome camp
FORK is being concentrated on the /
east and west from the 400 /
GOT station in the winze, sunk from the !
200 foot crOsscut Both of these cross
uts are in 100 feet and for the past u /
eet IN the west cut in a solid body of !
re.
A wagon road is being made from ]
he mine to Jerome. Several wealthy
tockholders are at the mine, among
hem W h Garanflo, president of the
tate National bank of Arkansas, of {
title Rock, Ark; Col. Mcintyre, a lum- &
erman of Pine Bluff Ark: Mr.. Mann, ] [