El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-08

cate that owns the property to bore
several other wells and to constantly
enlarge its mining operations This
syndicate is composed of men OF
wealth, among them being $. NJ. SVEN
son & Sons, bankers. OF New York.
John Hays Hammond. and a large num-
Der Of others who are prominent in
financial and industrial affairs of the
country To these mems attention, the
existence Of an FL Paso field may. be
brought
Bringing Up the sulphur.
The method employed in bringing
the sulphur to the surface is to force
steam from a battery Of boilers bav7-
5000 horsepower into the wei that
penetrates the deposit The steam
pressure is about 90 pounds. The heat
Of the steam Lqu1f1es the sulphur. and
through a pipe in the well the molten
product IS forced to the surface. Dur
ing the run, as it is called, the liquid
sulphur pours into vat where il
hardens. 1t is necessary to break the
CONCEALED sulphur into pieces By means
Of picks in order to make il available
Heights is at a depth Of about 500 feet
The FL PasO deposit is much shai=
lower.
Z. 3 to supply the World. s
With the promised wonderful in-s
crease in the production OF this prOli
duct in this country through not only
the development that is IN progress
at Bryan Heights and IN Ca1casieU
Parish La but with the opening OF
the enormous beds in this county. LhereE
are strong hopes that 1t viii be found
practical. and economical to use thef
product for the treatment of phosphate
rock and other uses incident to the
production Of commercial fertilizers. IT
the price IS brought down TO q basis
that would justify such uses IL would
largely take the place, 1t is said. OF
pyrites Of iron which is now imported
into the United States in enormous
quantities.
The FL PasO Deposit.
Dr. W B. Phillips director Of the
bureau Of economic geology of the
university OF Texas. has INVESTIGATED
the sulphur deposits in FL PaSO countu4
referring TO these deposits Dr. Phil4
The depth to which the workabIsl
sulphur may extend has not been de-
term1ned, but 1t is known that mas
teriaI carrying 46 percent OF sulphur,
was found at the bottom of a Dit Al
feet deep and that the pit left off in.
this material without penetrating it.
Two attempts have been made to
produce sulphur here. The first was
made BY some St. Louis people about
the, year 1886, and it is said that two
carloads OF excellent sulphur we're
shipped Samples Of this material now
in my possession show a good Grade
of sulphur Several years later some
AuSun people extracted about 1900
pounds Of sulphur In these two at
tempts superheated steam was used
and there was no difficulty in dis
solving the sulphur ont
transportation Question.
Nearly all questions affecting the
development Of these sulphur deposits
are subsidiary to the question of trans
pOrtatlOn to tideWater. We may grant
that the sulphur exists there in work
able quantities, and there seems to be
no reasonable doubt OF this, but if the
cost Of getting the product to market
IS prOh1bitOry. practical operations are
likely to be postponed for the present
The state lands on which the FL
Paso county sulphur deposits are found
may be acquired through the commits
sloner Of the general land office at
Austin by filing an application to buy
one section, $40 acres. and the pay
ment Of One-tenth Of the purchases
price in cash, the remainder in ninea
annual instruments with interest at 4
percent The purchase price is not less
than SIS an acre If the land is Within
10 miles of a railroad
Prospecting the Land.
Upon the approval Of the applica(l
ton and the payment OF one-tenth O65
the purchase price the land IS with
during which time no other person is
privileged to prospect on it In other
words. the payment OF One-tenth OF
the purchase price empowers one tO5
the land and TO remove unirl-S
eral products for one wear. One mOrsS
section may be acquired upon prOoE4
that $4,000 has been spent on the seed
non already secured. but no fndfvidz3
ual or cooperation may own more than5
two sections These terms seem to bel
liberal enough, but they have not in-s
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