El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-06
MINING NEWS
PLAGERS Work IN
WARREN DISTRICT
Important StrikeReportedin
the Commonwealth Ex-
tension Property.

Bisbee. Ariz, Aug. Gold mining
as independent from copper mining has
been prominently brought to the front
in the Warren district In a number
Of the larger mines, notably the Shat
tuck, gold values as incident TO cop
some time, but it is just within the
last few days that placer gold mining
as a separate proposition has attained
prominence.
Sam Frisco and a number Of friends
have located some ground in a ravlne
about one mile east of the Country
club They were able to give Dul 4IJie
time to working the property but even
near the surface made recoVerles that
represent good day wages Recently
however. the shaft has struck bed
rock, at a depth af 50 feet and much
better results are being obtained
The owners have sent IN large
number of samples to be assayed
Returns have come in from some taken
out Of the shaft a short distance be
fore bed rock was encountered ana
made very good shOwings and now,
with the shaft on the bedrock, excel
lent returns are expected Gold min
ing in the district has been carried on
for a number of years, but the BrlScOe
claim is the first to encounter bedrock
On other claims the amount extracted,
though small, has averaged, on many
of the claims about 81 day Nearly
all of the gold ground" has been
taken M and the success on the Briscoe
claim has so much revived interest IN
independent gold mining that quite
number Of idle claims are again DelnS
Strike Is Reported.
An important strike has been re-
ported at the Commonwealth E.Xten-
sion mine, and many of the o1Ilclals
and stockholders went out to the mine
is now down about 400 feet, water be
ing encountered at this level Inc
strike was made at depth OF Sog
feet at the end of DRIFT that nad
been put in about so feet Here
highly mineraliZed body was en-
countered and, although the ASSAYS
have not been made pubic, II IS the
current report that the ore runs high
the opinion that the horseshoe
curve" which engineers maintain
circl IS through the old Commonwealth
and the Extension properties, has
been encountered. Regular shifts are
now being worked and It is prooaole
that the mine viii soon begin shipping,
Mining Men Interested
It has been noted that, within the
last two months, there have been many
outside mining men in the district
making inquiries for properties In
this connection, the demand far eX-
ceeds the supply, and ground that FOR
a long time has been idle, located IN
many different parts of the district, IS
mining men looking for smaller pro-
perties. but at the present time, there
are more than a half dozen large min
ing companies from various parts of the
country that have entered bids for
large tracts, with a view to purchasing
outright Concerning leasing, a recent
announcement was a surprise even TO
residents There are now more than 90
Ieasers at work in the district and
they are all making money. This num-
Der does not include the established
mines. such as the Copper Queen,
Dem, Wolverine or the Calu-
met and Arizona, but represents email
pieces of first worked or old workings
ground conducted in many cases by
individuals. The leasers are not pick
ing their ground, but are glad to get
almost anything that is offered
Plans Drawn for Concentration
DEVELOPMENTS OF the Sacramento
Hill property on the 100, 200 and 300
foot levels in the low grade pOrphyry
ore is going along with excellent re-
suits. There has been no disappoint-
ment or setback in this work since it
was taken up
The plans for the concentration are
now being drawn and should be deliv-
cred to the Copper Queen before long.
To date no definate location has been
fixed upon, nor has the date of begin
ming work been announced As far as