El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-05
MINING NEWS
Has Fertile Farming Lands,
Water Accessible and
Mineral Wealth.
BY L. H. DAVIS.

promise of abundant prosperity in the
CarriZalliO mountains or mus Wnich
extend south from Hermanas station
To the Mexican boundary line ana are
in the southwestern part of Luna
county New Mexico. HermanaS IS 70
miles west Of Ell Paso, over the III Raso
& Southwestern, and Is the Junction OF
the main line and the branch railway
to Deming. Its altitude 4,444 Ieet, rem
ders its climate almost perfect At
this time of the year, Immediately aLt-L
SHUTDOWN the air Is dellshtIulIy coz coz
and every night IN the summer one
must sleep under a blanket TO keep
warm.
CarrizrIIIo Sprinss-FOuntain of Youth.
A mile west of Hermanas is the cot
tOnwOod grove close by the railroad,
covering several acres Of ground IN
the midst of which are the Carr1ZaIllO
springs, owned by the Phelps-Dodge
company and reserved by them as
future summer resOrt-a ver1table lit
tie oasis. In days gone by it was
faVOrite camping ground OF NlcIOflo
and Geronimo and the Apache warriors
who drank and bathed in the waters
of CarriZalliO springs. believing II re-
neWed their strength Indeed as a
tonic and aphTOdisiac, those waters
are famous among the cattlemen ana
railroad men all over southwestern
New Mexico. If taken when IL bubbles
fresh from the ground, II eXhllaraleS
like champagne. The water is carried
thrOugl a pipe to the station Dy nat
ural gravity. 1t is rumOred that al
ter the railroad enters Tucson and the
Southwestern road becomes a trans
continental line, with two daily trains
each way, a large hotel and sanitar1um
viii be erected at CarriZalliO springs
Agricultural and Fruit Lands.
The drainage Of the country there
is eastward, and opens up into fer
tile valley a few miles east Of Her
manas, a mile or two wide and several
miles long, under which lies an IN
eXhaustible basin of water at a depth
Haa nrfN
holes. Two or three hOmesteaders are
already engaged in dry farming with
the aid OF windmills, in that valley
The soil is said to be exceedingly rich
and fertile. An experiment was made
several years ago near the spring OF
raising cotton, with marvellous results
John Martignani, wealthy italian OF
Kansas City, has pronounced the car
riZalliO Springs basin an ideal spot for
grapes and vineyards on account OF
the soil and climate He planned to
bring over a colony OF Italians for grape
raising In sinking well for water he
encountered a stratum Of gold bearing
gravel. which caused considerable ex-
element, and he soon forgot his
dreams Of vineyards, and followed the
Cattle shipping station.
Hermanas IS becoming a leading
shipping point for cattle. since the
new cattle pens have been completed
Two trainloads a week are being ship
ped north over the Hermanas-De ming
railroad 1t is the nearest railroad
station in the United States for the
farmers and stock raisers of the BOca
Grande, COrralitOS, Ascension, Casas
Grandes, JanOs and Carretos valleys
and Mormon colonies south and just
over the line in Mexico, it being only
five miles north OF the international
line. That entire country from Her
manas south for SO to 80 miles is one of
the best grass and cattle countries in
the southwest, and is Watered by nu-
merOus perennial streams and rivers.
1t is the great cattle breeding country
Of this continent, being on the tenn
pladas or plateau of the eastern slope
Of the Sierra Madre-
Copper and silver Deposits.
About 30 years ago there was great
excitement in the CarrizalliO noun
talns over the discovery OF silver IN
ridge two miles southwest of Her
manas, composed of an immense
qUartztte cropping, was found a vein Of
slIVer-copper quartz In this, on the
hanging wall, was a seam OF silver ore
running 81 per pound This was a
pocket and at 20 feet depth the ore
became lower grade At that time it
was IS miles from the nearest railroad
station, Deming, and only very high
grade ore would pay to ship to the dis
Iant shelters of Kansas City and Den
yer. Besides, the country was infested
by indians, who killed a number Of
prOspectOrs- So the camp was DESERT
ed The hills are dotted with numer-
Gus old prospect holes sunk by the old
silver miners. At that time no atten-
ton was paid to copper.
Veins Of Copper.
Lately a number of the old aban-
dOned claims have been relocated and
all show good copper ores The ore de-
posits occur in fissure and contact
veins having a general northwest and
southeast course The vein Filings are
lime, iron. quartz and brecciated
pOrphyry- The country rock is igne-
Gus, mainly andesites, diOrites, phOnO-
ites and other pOrphyries, and also
Of quantities. and patches of limestone.
The GrinEO Mine.
On the north slope Of Carrizallio
peak facing and a mile and a half
south from Hermanas station is the
GringO mine. owned by Mrs. l. w
This vein is about seven feet wide be-
tween walls, with a 10 inch pay streak
on one wall and a pay streak on tie
other wall six inches wide. The ore
carries high values in silver and cop
per and some gold The copper occurs
as oxides and sulphides. A four ton
shipment recently made to the smelter
Melted S24.36 per ton. Tests Of other
ores made at the shelter showed nine
percent copper. and H. ounces silver.
The developments are only shallow,
consisting of a tunnel 10 feet long and
a shaft Is feet deep.
The Copper Tom.
Following the GringO vein southeast
across the mountain you come to the
Copper Tom, on the southern slope OF
CarrizalliO peak. This carries the
same character of ore as the GringO.
The vein is several feet wide and has a
pay streak two feet wide. In the rich
copper, streaks of metallic silver Oc-
cur Assays Of the richest ore show
Ll3l ounces silver 9 to 20 percent cop
per and 81 gold per ton. In the old
TO Deming and thence to Denver, net