Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-18
100 TONS OF ORE
DAILY SHIPPED AT
OROGRANDE
Jarilla Mines Take on Re.
newed Activity and Heavy
Regular Shipments Are
Made to El Paso.

Alamogordo. y. a.. June is.---slnco
the strike "a the ri Pnso smeltcr has
been netlled and that institutions -
aealn IN operation. the Jarilla mines.
az OroaFande. have taken on re-.
negcd activity. Al this time ore n be-
ing shipped out AZ the rate OF about
isg tons per dny.snd about seventy.
five men are employed Va The various
mines. white this is considered
good showing. the output viii DO
greatly Increased within IL snort time.
snd the number of employees viii be
considerably added 20.
The Jarillu Copper syndicate has
recently signed a contract TO deliver
their output up 10 1850. 600 tons. 20
the ~ Paso smelter al the rate Of ZOE
tons per day. allowing few days for
arranging more convenient shsppins
facilities. This mine u the ~By-
chance" and II owned by "a stock
company Of which Nj. Hutchinson. oi
~ Paso. liz president. and r. y. Ralns
OF OroRrande. IL manager They have
ore bodies running from ais 10 10
per cent copper. which carry gold val
ues ~ from 81 to SO per ton. 4 ncw
south drift az the S5-faet level has
Just opened up a vein Of good copper
ore about tWelve feet Wide. carrying
full 10 per cent copper, aud az the
bottom 90 the shaft have struck cop
per ore of good commercial value.
This shaft II being sunk 10 greater
depth, and from this ore crosscut
VIII be made from the bottom OF the
present SHAFT q, body OF ore which
has been discovered from the S5-foOt
level At this time the Bychance ~
WORKING thirty men and shipping
about tifiy tons Of ore per day.
Tho 0tsro Copper company. opef-
ating the James FISK group have just
opened np large quantities OF oxiaizrd
orc oarrying. according 10 a recent
assay. Sli per ton gold. They have
Large bodies OF sulphides carrying cop-
pcr-gold of good commercial grade
and nave force Of from twenty-five
10 thirty men at work handling ore
and doing development work. II "
reported that an English syndicate.
which has been extensively operating
In Mexico, has bought out the pres
cnt owners. Mossrs -. y. smith and
\. J. Welsh, OF Oroerande. and VIII
do business on much larger scale
than has heretofore been done. This
group II shipping about forty tons OF
ere per day at the present time. This
aud the Bychance are at this time
considered 10 Sc the best properties
developed here.
The Lucky is another good mine
aud " shipping daily about forts
tons OF oxidized gold ore. This ininc
In operated by NJ. -. Gaylor Of ~
raso. Mr. Gaylor IL seriously consid-
criug the Installing OF "A mill 10 he can
treat his ore on the ground.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron COM
pRny viii ship TOO tons of ore from
this place to their big plant az Pueblo,
Colo. as soon as loading runs are
completed on she railroad spur a.
this time this company has from
5000 To- 1000 tons OF ore broken and
ready for shipment aud iudeins from
the work already done, Il would APP
PEAR that the can continue to ship
this output FOR some time TO come,
There IL but little hope OF ths
smelter al Orogrande rcauming opera
tion. ore can be shipped 10 ~ Paso
/ for flfty cents per ton. and with the
splendid facilities OF the Pass Ciiy
smeltcr for handling the ore. the
mine owners az Orocrands are getting
good service and do not seem to b,