El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-03
Sl[E Of LAMPAZ0S
MINE IS REPORTED
Southern Pacific Interests
Said to Have Bought
Big Property.

Douglas, AriZ., Dec. 3-That inter
ests allied with the Southern Pacific
railroad have taken over the Lam
pazos mine, held by the Bank of So
nora for several years, is an appar-
emily well authenticated report re-
ceived here. The reported deal prom
ises big things for that section of So
nora, when peace is assured in Mexico.
This, taken in connection with the re-
cent requirement Of the PromOntoriO
mine in the same district by the
Phelps-DOdge company, lends color 10
the belief that unprecedented activity
may be looked forward to. These two
deals, in the opinion of local mining
men, mean an era of renewed activity
IN the MOctezuma district
The Lampazos, is located As miles
south of MOctezUma, while the Prom
CntOrlO mine is in the same vicinity,
being 50 miles southeast of NacOZari.
Both are upon the proposed line of the
Southern Pacific from extensions from
TOnechi, the nearest point to which
building was completed by the 5. T.,
before the revolutionary troubles
caused extension to cease.
The ownership of the two properties
by the railroad interests leads to the
belief that there may have been some
understanding reached by the two COM
p2nleS as 10 future development, not
alone of the mines but of the surround
ing Secti0n. The LampaZOS was taken
over by the Bank of Sonora after haV-
ing been mortgaged by the Lopez
brothers for something like 100000
gold. The bank has had a force at
work almost constantly for the last
two years, retimbering, clearing out
the old workings and developing the
ore bodies.
Veta Grande n Promising Property.
A promising property in the same
district and almost adjoining the Lam
pazos IS the Neta Grande, operated by
Frank L. BOrgesOn and associates. The
consists of about 100 per-
tenencias of mineral land. Mr.. BCrce-
son who is personally on the property,
IS working 20 men on development
While none of the workings are as vet
up ore in every one of them, accord
ing to local information.
Rich Ore Found in Dump.
An unexpectedly rich lease, accord
has been opened up by r L Hogue,
a WellknOWn mining engineer, and Gus
Rorher, a Cananea hotel man, who
have lease on the dump of the Over
sight mine. The unexpected encoun-
tering Of a large amount of very high
grade cOpper-silver ore, which had evil
IDENTIFY been placed on the dump, then
covered with waste and FORGOTTEN.
turned what would have been only a
Ialr profit into big one. The two OBJ !
tanned the lease several months ago. to |
run until January l, next They adopted J
hand sorting for the first few carloads,
which did not give a very large mar /
gin or profit Then the buried high |
grade was encountered and the work /
1f loading the ore and sending it into /
the Cananea smelter has been in /
creased. The partners have been ship J
ping from Is to 20 carloads of ore 4
monthly, but. during the next month, i
VIII probably increase their shipments /
q marked extent in order to secure /
great a hnFnrn
he expiration of the leasing period.
Rains Delay VIII Work.
On account of the extremely heavy
aims of the last two weeks, the oper-
hermitage Mining & Milling company
[ Hereford has been delayed. Heavier
arts Of the machinery, which were to
ave been installed last week. were de- /
aged so greatly In their arrival at the
liant, that the first run was postponed |
ntll Dec. L President Newell, of
nashville, Tenn, who left here last |
Ieek for the purpose Of witnessing the
Irst run, has returned to Douglas. The
'ork Of soaking up the machinery was
0 begin on Thursday and the first !
oncentrates will be turned out Mon
ay: Dec 8. The company expects to
egln regular shipments to the Copper /
,ueen smelter here in a short time
A j. Nay, jr., of TasWell. Va and /
aul Hillside, of Tonopah, New, have /
sft Douglas for the Dragon noun
respect. located near the Black Dia-
lond- The property has a surface
ropplng of mineral which, when fol-
WED down for a few feet turned into !
ledge carrying good values in silver !
1pper-gOld, and q inches in width. /
hey viii put a force Of miners to
'ork on development as rapidly as
Ossible.
Sapho Closes Down.
The Sapho mine, located at San Juan / .
FL Rio, near Oputa, Son, has been /
osed down temporarily on account of |
he difficulty experienced in securing I
anspOrtation of supplies. AS soon as !
)nditions in that section of Sonora I
srmit. operations will be recon-
enced.
From other properties in Sonora, the
.me cry is being heard. There are
enty Of men to do the work: in fact i
r too many, as applications by the II
)zen are received almost every day. II
IS the custom at some properties to II
nploy married men as far as possible II
I'd to make changes in the personnel ! II
the force about once in two weeks / II
us dividing its payroll among as Il
any people as possible. The trans a
'rtation situation is different, how 4
er. Many freighters have gone into II
ihtary service, while others have I II
zen forced, by idleness through dull II