El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-30
MINING NEWS
$4,000
1T GOPPERVILLE
New COncentratOr Starts a
New Era Of Development
in Mohave County.

new concentration Of the Arizona South
western Copper company. at Copper
vile. in operation, another great ster
has been taken in the mining develop
ment in Mohave county.
Regular shipments Of concentrates
will be made from this time on. Six
new motor trucks have been ordered
and they will be used in conjunction
with the one purchased more than g
year ago. The trucks will carry tbs
concentrates to Yucca station where
they will be loaded on the railroad
cars for shipment to the Needles
Smelter.
About 100000 has been spent on the
mine, mill. buildings and roads. The
road to Yucca, % miles distant cost
$4,000.
The capacity of the mill is 200 tons
of ore a day. 1t will reduce eight tons
of ore to one of concentrates. The
value of the concentrates produced 50
far is 500 a ton.
More men will not be employed at
the Copperville camp. It is probable
that more water will have to be de-
velOped although the water is pumped
back from the tailings- The shaft. nov
down 800 feet, is to be sunk 200 feet
deeper at once. This will afford an
ample supply of water for milling pur-
poses during the next few months
Electricity, generated by a plant
right on the ground. operates the ma
chlnery IN mill and mine.
White Elephant Is Active
Among the important producers of
the Cerbat section is the White Ele-
plant, situated close to the Champion
and New London mines. For the last
year and a half this property has been
under active development, with ". z.
Dunlap, well known mining man, in
charge On the 200 foot level drift
ing and stopping is being carried on,
and 200 tons are shipped monthly to
the smelter at Midvale, Utah. This ore
carries an average value Of 800 a ton
30 percent Of the ore is lead. Some Of
the ore is exceedingly rich in silver
running up to thousands of ounces to
the ton.
Sinking is now being carried toward
the 300 foot level from which point
the vein will be exploited along the
ore zone 1t is probable that many
other parallel veins will be cut
A motor truck is being used in con-
Veying the ores from the mine to the
railroad station of Cerbat, the cost be-
ing low for the four mile haul. When
the deeper level is opened the COM
pany will build ore bins at the sta
ton to curtail the expense Of loading
cars by hand
AT this time the company is working
% men and more viii be added when
a new lift is open for stopping.
Good Results in Gold Ore Mine.
SATISFACTORY results are being Sc
cured at the Gold Ore mine, north of
the Gold Road. which is being devel-
oped under the direction of c. a. Werd-
en- a shaft is down 10 feet At the
$50 foot level drifts have been run off
on the vein a distance of $50 feet. and
the average width of the ore is shown
to be three feet The average value
Of the ore is $40 a ton. Within a short
time another shaft Of 200 feet will be
sunk and if the ground proves IN ss
hoe
mill will be installed to work the
Burke Sells Interests.
NJ. a Burke has sold his mining in
terests in the Stockton hill section to
W. H Smith. The claims are cOntia-11-
Gus to the New York and Blue Rel and
are regarded as being among the most
promising gold-silver properties Of the
camp Much work is necessary to
prove the worth Of the claims and it
formed Samples taken from the OMEN
ings in the veins show good values in
both gold and silver, and one vein
carries some lead.
Bar of Bullion Worth Sss,OOO.
A bar Of bullion worth SSS,OOO was
brought in this week from the Tom
Reed mill It was the monthly ship
ment from the Tom Reed and was Just
little below the average production.
This company is not only paying
thousands Of dollars for a betterment
and sinking fund. Outside mining
properties are being purchased and,
to some extent, developed, so that other
sources Of ore will be available should
anything occur to cut off the supply
from the main property.
Midnight Ships Concentrates
The Midnight mine has shipped
another carload OF concentrates to the
Copper Queen smelter at Douglas
Additional water has been furnished
and it is now possible to operate the
Midnight cCnceEratOr continuously
An $4,000 bar Of gold bullion was
brought in from the Gold Road mine
this week. 1t represented the clean
up from six days run Of the DIant and
averaged SIS an ounce in value
The shaft Of the Copper Giant is go
ing down rapidly. and is now down
20 feet By the first of the month the
800 foot level will be reached. At
that depth a station will be cut
Tom Gray has opened a big showing
or ore in the Shooting Star mine at
Stockton hill The vein is stratffied
IN a peculiar manner. Each strata
carries a different metal. sucb as
heaVy iron. zinc, copper and lead.
MAKES COPPER STRIKE IN
THE CABALLO MOUNTAINS
Engle, N NJ. Aug. 3O.-Emory Hickok