El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-05
MINING NEWS
SHELTER RUNNING
TO ITS CAPACITY
Democratic Company Is Now
Operating Both Old and
New Shelters.

Guaymas, Son, Mex. March 5-The
smelter Of the Democratic company is
again running full blast. That is. the
new furnace which was damaged by
fire some weeks ago, has been repaired
and placed in operation. Production Is
being maintained at the same rate as
before the fire, about 20 tons Of cop
per daily.
The company is at present working
on the old furnace with the intention
Of placing that furnace in operation al
so. Ine small furnace will probably
be placed in operation soon after the
first Of March. At present there is
not sufficient air to be furnished by
the blowers for both furnaces but this
will soon be renedied-
A. o. Koppes, manager Of Del Pillar
mine, near Santa Cruz, reports that
there has been an ore body developed
on the 400 foot level which is 80 feet
in length as far as known at the pres
ent time. Raises have been made in
the ore to a height Of y feet and are
still in the ore.
High grade copper ore was recently
encountered in crOsscut on the $50
foot level of the Creston de Cobre
mine. located about so miles west Of
HermOsillO- The crOsssut has pene-
trated 80 feet of the ore and the face
IS still all in ore at last reports. IT
level is the same ore body developed
to some extent on the $50 foot. The
shaft is to be sunk to the 400 foot
level and crosscut run towards the
ore body.
The Penn-Sonora Mining company.
WHOSE property is located near Plan
chas Plata about u miles west of En-
Gina, is to have a 50 ton plant erected
soon to treat its ores. The company
expects to spend 5000 in the near
future on its property. Work on the
plant viii begin at once.
To Build New smeIter.
The Tecolote Copper company is ar
ranging for the erection Of a new
smelter on its property, located about
80 miles west of Carlo. The U S.
ing & Refining company. Already the
plans have been drawn and prepare
tons made on the ground for the cree !
ton of the plant, which is to cost
100000. Ricketts, & Banks Of New
York, are the consulting engineers.
Activity In TransvaaI.
The Transvaal Mining COMPANY.
whose properties are located near Cum
pas, Sonora, has been keeping steadily
at work recently, resuming Shipments I
to the Copper Queen smelter at Doug /
las.
The Cobre Rico mine has about e. /
100000 tons Of ore averaging two per |
cent copied, One-half ounce silver. and 1
trace Of gold At this mine over l6-
400 feet Of work has been done, con 4
siderable diamond drilling being ac- 4
cOmplished a few years ago.
There has been 10000 feet Of dia- 4
mQnd drilling on the Transvaal mine
besides 1000 feet Of tunnels and 4
an ore body being developed which is
estimated to contain between 5000. 600 /
and 100000 tons of concentrating /
ore.
The Ultima Chanza mine is by far the
richest, as the ore averages 10 per
cent copper, One-half ounce silver. and
and the ore body is estimated at So
600 tons.
It is believed that the company will
erect a new smelter in the near future
plans for same having been had for
some time, but it is probable that the
viii await the extension Of
the railroad from Nacozari. its pre-
ent shipping point, to Cumpas.
Owing to lack of labor the new
smelter of the Minneapolis CoDpemi
has been delayed in COM
pletiOn, and II viii not be until late
in March that it will blow in Shin 4
ments of ore continue TO the Copper /
Queen smelter at Douglas I
Nit GUNNER, Of Cananea, has bonded |
the Sierra Prieta mine, located in the
district to Holt Bros, Of !
south of NOgales and is copper prODo-
sitiOn. Holt Bros expect TO do con
siderable development work and viii /
also install a mill
The CerrO de Plata Mining company
is to be reOrganiZed by Holt Bros
who now practically own outright the
property of the company, which some
time ago went bankrupt. The prom
erty IS a rich silver proposition west
Of Cumural and 10000 ounces of silver
bullion were recently shipped to the
Selby Smelling works in San Francisco. /
Nit GUNNER has denounced a num-
Der of pertenencfas in the Puerto Lib
ertad locality, 125 miles northwest of I
Hermosillo which is located between
Cape Lobos and GOlondrina mountains
Some rich copper deposits have been
discovered, and there are large crop
pings OF native copper on the prop
erty-