El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-24
Mines, Mi and Sn1elter
Run Two- Thirds Capacity
FL PIOmoa Mine in Sonora
is to Reopen Its Mill
Shortly.

Douglas, Ariz, Dec. 24.-The Cananea
mines mill and smelter are operating
TO about two thirds Of their total
capacfty. According to the estimate OF
General manager James 3 .DOuglas, "a
So0 IONS oil ore viii be treated in the
concentration and $4,000 tons IN tne
smelter during December Last mOnll!
nroduction was about 3,0OO,OOU pounds
from company ores and 5'zoU'OOO rum
Miami and purchased ores
DEVELOPMENT work in the company
nropertfes is going ahead at the rate
of about 5000 feet per LnOIIH'
contract and leasing systems are IN
vogue. SBips are being Installed at Cne
Capote shaft Experiments are nov
under way with the ores OF the Candn zee
Duluth mine, with the idea OF secuIll5
greater recovery
FI PIOmO Mill to Reopen. "a
IL 9ior7o mine located about 30
miles southwest Of Sassabe, on the IN
ternational boundary, VIII reopen us
mill in the near future according 70
John 7. Mcdaniel VINO ms JusC -
turned from that section. Men were a.
work reDairing the mill, 20 Ton pIdAl1
when he visited it, a snaA LOl0S 10
employed in the mine. .7+or
IN fhe Boludo section Of the AltaI
rlacer district. two operating companies
ara now working. One OF these -
TDanaped bv Fletcher NJ. Doan, Jrr OF
this city DOan is working on a AeM
vein and so far has met with encouras-
IA Nina de Plata, located in the
Wagdalena district Of sonora, anu
owned by Holt Brothers, IS TO enlarge
its mill in the immediate future dIso
will change from the teaching 10 the
SLIME prOcess. The present mil is a
five stamp one and the owners lntenu
to install five additional stamps ana d
tube mill The property was lahell
771der lease and bond by its present
owners two years ago last OCTOBER
They have worked without Interrupt
tion since that time Besloes "a -
bodies of milling ore, they have picked
and sent to the Eel PasO smelter more
than 80 cars of high grade shipping
subIima is shipping.
The Sublima mine, operated by ). NJ, I
Archuleta and associates, located 10 J
miles from NacOzari is shipping an !
average of a carload Of ore per month /
TO the Copper Queen smelter here Inc |
ore carries excellent Nd1ueS' 10
shipped averaging 10 ounces IN SILVER /
and m Dar cent copper to the ton.
The Cobre Verde mine, located SIX |
miles from CObullona, owned by a ]
Wallace has made several shipments
to the Copper Queen smelter. Inc ore
runs about 20 per cent copper and
a bout eight ounces in silver to the ton
The VaQuerO property, at ChurUnt babl
IS shipping about one carload OF ore
Der month here. The ore carries ABOUT
So ounces in silver and 11-2 ounces in
gold to the ton.
Nolan & BaUerman, who are operating
in the NacOZari district, are sending
about a carload Of ore every two weeks
to the local shelters.
c. B. Bell & Son are operating a
u miles east Of FrOnteras,
and are shipping two cars Of ore
monthly to the Copper Queen smelter.
The ore carries 50 gold, 10 ounces silver
and Is per cent copper to the ton.
Enters List of Shippers.
The Nacozari Consolidated company,
located five miles southeast Of NacO-
zari has entered the list of active ship
pers, its first carload having gone to
the FL PasO smelter this week. The
lre carries 20 ounces in silver 40 per
company is now installing a mill which
should be operating by the latter part
Buys silver Seal Mine.
The Silver Seal mine, better known
Is the Aqua Buena, has been purchased
~ 7. A. Montgomery, of TOnOpah, Me-, !
/ recent arrival in this section. He is
awaiting the arrival Of his papers be
fore he starts TO work He intends 20 I
Employ a force Of from % to 80 men in
lis operations.
c. A Hyder, Of Nacozari, is now buy
ng ore and shipping it to the Copper
queen smelter at the rate of about
car month. Charles Benson, another
re buyer ships about the same amount I
monthly. N. n. QuirOZ, who is buying
re in the Nacozari district, sends about
I've cars monthly to this place TO be
melted.
n G. BartoIini, who is operating in
he TabOtacOchi district with a small
orce, is shipping about a carload of
landsOrted ore each month. His last
ontent carrying an average Of 20 per
eTt conner and 200 ounces in silver