El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-05
NTMENG NEWS
FIERRO AND SANTA
RITA MINES ACTIVE
District in Which Chino is Operating
is Proving One OF Richest in New
MeNIcn Mineral Field.


Mexico Mineral Field.
Santa Rita y NJ, March 5.-The
Chino mine at santa Rita is now one
of the acknowledged large copper
I Of ore existing in this company's
ground is not known even to the com
pany, which has tried out to a certain
extent the existing ore bodies below
1000 feet deep Many deep drill holes
have been put down 10 try to determine
the extent Of copper ore, and nearly
all below 1000 feet have gone 600 feet
into a body of so percent copper ore
from the surface Seven steam ShOvels
are loading ore into cars that are
I shipped to the cOmpanys plant at
Hurley. which treats in the neighbOr-
! hood Of from 5000 TO 1000 tons daily
1t is estimated the Chino mine his
enough ore to run for 80 years The
plant at Hurley is one of the most up
I tOdate of concentrating plants and
practically everything works automat-
ically. The mine at Santa Rita en-
plOys about 400 men.
Ross & Larch have been shipping
much lead. taking a bond and lease for
1912 they shipped from one workings
on their grounds ore that has Melted
them $4,000. and it has been producing
steadily in 1913. West of Ross x Larch
have taken a bond and lease and are
sinking a double compartment shaft
and employing force OF men win tIe
object of doing extensive work. wade
HOdchichs is the superintendent of this
work and is also a heavy property
owner in that region and has done
much development work in the way
of proving up the merits Of the camp
in the neighbOrhOOd Of san Jose
which is the nearest shipping point
North and west from san Jose, ABOUT
one mile, James Mckenna and Gay mart.
two old timers, are shipping zinc ana
have been getting out about 100 tons
a, month. They recently have opened
up an extensive body of zinc and have
M thousands of tons in sight They
have let contract for 500 feet OF
tunnel work that will give their mine
more depth. This tunnel is nearly com
Dleted. and near the breast has recently
been opened up "A feet of copper ore
that averages across the vein i per
cent copper
East Of this mine and near Hanover
the Empire Zinc Co has extensive
holdings and ships 500 tons each month
This 500 tons was extracted in doing
development work only No Stopping
has been done in the mine in IS months
The exact amount Of ore is unknown
Terry Bros. & Mcdonald. of Kelley
y M who ship zinc TO the extent OF
over 500 tons month from their tease
al Kelley, have recently taken a lease
and bond from the Dr. WEIGH holding
at Hanover. consisting of five claims
MOch ore. lead and zinc, has been
shipped from this ground , nv the l lo
ers, but no large ore bodies were
found until J. L Terry took charge
of it. and in going under the same old
working that had been worked out
he has oDened I'D another body of zinc
that promises to make another mine
for Hanover
the Philadelphia mine. owned by the
United States Copper company. II mas
copper ore and much OF 1t and expects
to start up soon. It is equipped with 2
fine plant. has two deep shafts, ana IS
principally owned in St Paul.
North of the Philadelphia property the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Co, of Den
yer. holds most OF the ground. The
company is shipping steadily train
load of 90 cars a dav to the steel
works at Pueblo and Denver. The iron
is generally percolated with some cop
per and increases in copper values as
depth is attained
The Phelps Dodge company, at t1er-
TO. has installed a large plant when
recently has been completed and IS
now sinking the Emma shaft below
the 400 foot station II viii likely
be in ore any day. The company IS
concentrating its efforts to attain
much depth in order TO reach the large
mineralized zones of copper ore known
to exist below the massive bodies OF
iron and lime prevailing in and around
FierrO-
Coming into this district are mining
men of much experience and they are
after the ore No stock companies are
trying to sell stock in their holdings
but are getting the ores to market ana
getting returns for their labor