El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-11
Mining In Sonora Is Revived
Outlook Appears
Much Brighter than for
Past Three Years.

diste outlook for mining IN Sonora is
better than at any time In the past
three years, according TO local mining
men. A number OF deals are reported
to he on foot, although not given cub
Iicity at this time There arc more
PROSECUTORS in the country Immediately
10 the south Of Douglas man 40. LOT seN . eI-
al wears. The immediate erect OIL the
raising of the embargo against arms
and ammunition into Mexico mas nad
the effect of reestablishing the old
time cordial relations between the peo-
pie on each side OF the me "hlcu
have been at times strained.
Considerable activity now marks ihs
district surrounding Huepaca ana cum
pas, Son, according 20 Frederlck y.
l3cstWicH, manager OF the w asuliiS IoIL
mines. who is now in the city Inc
Washington has Just completed lustaIl-
ing a boiler, hoist and pumps when
viii afford facilities for sinking 20 Jne
depth Of 500 feet or more Inc mann
shaft is at this time about $50 teet
deep. Sinking has been started ana the
company intends to thoroughly pros
pect the territory through which the
shaft passes, by drifts at regular m
tervals The naturalization Il Inc
property is looking very good, win
depth, Bostwick states. ThIrty-FIVe
men are now employed
Martin dickinson Operating Property.
Martin dickinson, who previously
operated in the same district ana IS
owner of the famous san Lorenzo
property, has leased property near
the Washington from Mexican he
is now working with small force
developing surface Outcropplng.
La Colorado mine. near Huepac IS
being operated by Franz Lintner, al
ter being closed down for several
months. Development Work IS DelnS
pushed by means of Two tunnels
Iinuner is working is men.
G[P. Montgomery, Of san Francisco,
who holds several properties IN Ihe
Churunibabi section Of the Nacozarl
district has arrived in Douglas en-
route to his property, intending 70 re-
sumo active operations in the 1mme-
diate future. There is 80 ton min
on the property, which viii be started
up soon, being in the hands Of me-
chanics for Overhauling at this time.
In the meantime shipment OF hlgn
grade ores from the property VIII
begin at the rate OF TWO cars WeekIy
to the Copper Queen smelter. The
present working force is small but
viii be increased shortly.
RoEaIfs Property is Leased,
Bowman & Nolan have leased the
Rosalis property from DR.. J. J. ?. Arm
strong. of Douglas. 1t is located IN
the TabOtacOchi district, 20 miles
northeast of NacOzari The plan Of the
leasers is to begin shipping IN the
immediate future to the Copper Queen
shelter here. The ore viii be taken
to Calabasas on the NacOZarl railroad
by burrO train. Several car loads Will
be sent here monthly The same IlrIn
is shipping several car loads of high
rrraio conner ore from the Republica
Grand canyon property to the smelter
here.
c. NJ. Benson has leased a property
in the vicinity of Cumpas and viii be-
gin shipping to the Copper Queen here
as soon as a car load Of ore has been
freighted out. The property IS a hlgh
grade silver copper bearer,
J. f. Morgan, of NacOZarL is OperaU-
ing a lease on the san Jose properly
which he obtained recently from G. P.
10 u nrnf
of high grade gOld-silver ore to the
Copper Queen smelter.
Los Angeles Mine to Ship Ore.
The Los Angeles mine, near NacO-
zari. owned by a Douglas company and
un Ter active management of r. D.
Layne, win begin shipping to Douglas
in the immediate future. The main
shaft Of the property, which is 1O9
feet in depth, has been entirely unwa-
tered and the miners are breaking !
down ore for the first shipment, it is ,
The ore is high grade I
silver copper.
The santa Rosa lease of II. E. Brown,
who has been shipping steadily to the /
Copper Queen smelter for several :
months, expects to increase the work /
ing force in the immediate future and !
employ about 40 miners hereafter LO- |
cal mining men who have visited the I
property recently are highly enthusi- /
astic over a strike made a short time /
ago when copper ore running better 1
than 80 percent was encountered IN !
the main shaft Samples of this ore l
have been received in the city.
Leuse on La Ventura Mine.
F. A. Montgomery has obtained a i
lease on La Ventura mine, near Chur- 4
unibabi, from F. S. Montgomery, and /
has a force Of men at work developing
it, preparatory to making his first /
shipment to the Copper Queen smell
ter. The ore is gold-silver.
Charles Garbony has secured a lease
on the Cobre Verde property from A
Wallace and is now making shipments
to the Copper Queen smelter at the
rate of a car weekly Of high grade
ment work showing good things, lead
ing him to anticipate encountering bet
ter values in short time.
San saba Property Showing Up.
The San Saba property, a silver-lead I
prospect, owned by local business men
and managed by NJ. S. Winnie. is show !
ing especially good indications recent
". The work Of connecting a new tun-
mel 200 feet in length with the main /
shaft on the 100 level, has just been
completed. In this manner a large !
body of ore, followed from the sur
face, has been blocked out
r. W. Huron is engaged in develop
Ing the Cuchuverachi mine, 80 miles
southeast Of Douglas and has encOun- |
tered a good body Of silver-Iead ore,
according to local reports.
Developing Hill Top Mine.
r. O. Fife, who bonded the Hill Top
nine from Hands brothers several
months ago Is working a large force J
Of men developing the extensive lead
silver bodies in the property The !
nine is located about halfway between (
Paradise and Dos Cabezos, the latter
Deing the nearest rail point The re- /
ent developments are said to be quite
lattering.
The Mascot Copper company, OF. Dos
= bezos is doing both development and
mining work. It is shipping to the /
copper Queen smelter here at the rate
q several cars weekly
One OF the best items Of news this !
week IN connection with outlying dis
riots IS that Layman and Mccormick
ave leased the c. & A properties in
,ouruand. They are employing a con-
iderable force in extraction of ores
n the surface workings. which can (
le shipped at a handsome proff- bI1t
we're not sufficiently large in duautit,J \
o warrant their shipment nv the corr
any The properties are well mineral
led TO certain point the failure Of
he bodies to carry deDth bavfnrr
auseo me close down Of a few weeks
ack. The c. & A smeIter here viii
andle the ore for the COMPANY If 4s
Understood, this being a clause in the
The c. & A. smelter is maxine a -t,i7
or customs ores now and is era dualIy1 4
Increasing its list Of shippers 5Tbe i
resent month, despite its sb1r-nese
expected to be a big one with the