El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-18

was no more strangely out of
harmony with his surroundings than
was Scotchman who Is now in Ell
FasO, when he was working mines in
Portugal which the Romans worked
more than 500 years before the Chris
tian era. He is Thomas Z MacKen-
zie, who made such an interesting talk
at the chamber Of commerce last week
on the Dawson process of smelling
copper.
For six years Mr.. Mackenzie, who
talks with burT-rr, smokes a jimmy
pipe, and prOnOunces work as if it had
II RS" in it. was the manager OF the
Crookson Bros. operations in Portu-
gal and herded 1900 Portuguese in IN
covering the old Roman workings and
getting gold, silver ana copper out of
them IN large quantities. he was en-
plOyed by the Glasgow firm for from
1904 to 1910 in Portugal, mining where
the Roman slaves picked with their
short little axes, uncovered the graves
OF anclentS, the wealthy mine owners
with gold in their stone collins and the
slaves with chains on their feet, and
opened chambers in the ground which
had not seen the light OF day since the
last old Roman had left them more
than 200 years before
The entire country is covered with
these workings of the ancient Romans
and before them Of the PkOenicians,"
MIR Mackenzie says. Evidences Of
the mining activities of the Romans are
to be seen in every Sla SGump and eT-
cry abandoned hole in the ground.
Those old Romans were expert miners
and aSSayerS and the best indication
hiatt there is chance to work a mine
at a profit is to look for one of the
Roman Stag dumps If there is one, it
is a sure thing that there is rich ore
there, for they seemed never to miss
their guess on the richness of a mine
They did not work their mines very
extensively, for they seemed TO be after
the veins of metal and did not do any
dirt work They had only iron tools
and how they ever got their rock work
out, 1 never could learn. They may
have heated the rock a0n then poured
water on 1t to crack It; they may
have used lime or wedges Most GER
tainly they did not use powder, for it
was not known at that time; yet they
left great chambers in which the stain
from the sunmetal lamps were visible
when 1 entered them and where pick
marks were to De seen as il they had
been newly worked
The graves which were uncovered
were most interesting as rejecting the
life of the early Romans. In each
grave there was a sealed jar of meats
for the departed to have for his iudg-
ment day breakfast; a clean mother
hubbard wrapper to put on and some
money for his car fare to the next
world Some Of the collins were made
OF stone ana many were sent from the
workings where L was located to the
British museum From the length of
the collins, the men of Rome were
about the same stature as the modern
men. Many Of those who worked the
mines were slaves and were buried in
irons. 1t was like turning back the
pages Of history to work those aban-
dOaed mines Of the Romans, for there
was hardly a day that something did
Tot develop which threw a new light
upon the life of those old men who
were real miners in their own right
provided judge Eylar does net run,
and do not think he will, am for
Ed MCClintOCk for county judge" said
j. NJ. Beaver. ed has every qualifica-
ton of a county judge and they do
rot make any better men L hope they
will run him for the place at the next
election. Ed has a host of friends who
will rally to his support"
You can say that have stopped
OF Ell Paso- While my namesake has
immOrtalized grapejuice, I find other
drinks more to my taste and cheaper
in the long run"
TEL Pasoans ought to make an effort
TO have the county road extended to
the end of the county" said A W.
Reeves, secretary of the chamber of
commerce The idea that all roads
have to come to FL PaSO is a mistake.
We should go after the state highway
by building a good road, and at the
same time we should exert our influ-
cnce to have CulbersOn county build
the road through that county. When
We get such = road, the rest of the
state will come our way If we make
a little effort"
There are as Taany ways OF carrying
a sixshooter as there are chambers IN
the cylinder said deputy United
States marshal Charles R Moore 'Ey-
cry peace officer has mis- fayorite way
Of carrying gun when on duty, and
I suppose all of them have their vari-
Gus points Of advantage But L believe
for defensive and offensive work, in
which it is a matter of life and death,
the holster placed on the right hip,
hanging over the large hip bone and
well around from the front, is the
safest and best By having your ar
tillery on the right hip, it is easiest
to get at when it is most needed and
there is less danger of it being grabbed
by the opposition This is what pre-
vents placing the holster to the left.
That position is really the quickest for
a first draw, but 1t leaves too much OF
a chance for the man facing you to
grab your wrist and keep you from
firing The United States soldiers
carry their side arms on the left hip,
but no good reason has ever been given
me for that. 1t puts the grip the
wrong way and makes it awkward to
get to when it is most needed"
"E1 Paso's old AIcGinty club used to
have a good time whenever they met.
and modern Ell Faosans have pulled
some funny stunts, such as the ban
quet to the eastern newspaper cores
DOndents during the Madero reVolu-
ton" said Burt Orndorff. but ]. W.
Corrigan. the Mexican mining man, has
set a swift pace for US at his summer
home in the Thousand Islands Mr..
Corrigan sent me a program Of the
show he put on for his friends on July
fifth, and it IS a peach. He calls his
place Dry Island for the good and
sufficient reason that it is not, and
this vaudeville and variety show as
given for the entertainment of his
friends and guests One of the rules on
the program is for women please to
remove their hats and unnecessary hair.
Another bit of advice is: a Bud in the
hand is worth two in the Busch The
program includes a bull fight, featuT-
ing signor don James, who has won
favor before all of the round heads and
some of the pinheads.' Mr.. COrrigan
appears on the program as a member
of the, team of Shine and Polish in a
duet, for which applause is solicited
and a book is furnished by the COM
mittee."
let CloudcrOft alone and do not
try to boost ii too much" said Lewis