El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29

a new company and the shares are
now above par Those which Kemp
has, at their face value, are worth at
least S125, 900.
Much Prospecting for Tin
Tin prospecting is going on in many
parts Of this country, and the new
railroads, now building. viii open up
highly mineralized territories that will
probably increase. the tin product The
old mines are being re-equipped with
modern machinery. and many think
that the future output viii be such
that IL will drive the more expensive
Malaysian tin out Of the market. At
present they are using 1200-pOund
stamps to crush the hand-sorted ore.
which is then run through screens OF
from six to sixteen meshes per inch
After that the tin is concentrated and
shipped off to England. In the past
the ore has been taken out OF the
earth in the most wasteful ways
Much OF Il was carried out Of the
mines in buckets Of raw hide, I'D lad
ders, on the backs Of indians. Thou
crushed between stones and then
washed out in streams Of water by the
indian women. Much Of this ore so
treated carried from 40 to so per cent
OF metallic tin; the lower grades were
rejected because they would not pay
for the labor.
zone has also to watch the papers
that his own lawyers prepare making
his claim" said an American mine
owner. Il know Of one case in which
a big proposition was almost lost by
an error in the description The law
yer In giving the feet or meters from
a certain point used the word north
east where he should have used the
word north When the error was
called to his attention he said it was
a slip Of the pen, but had it been so
recorded it would have resulted in
vttiatinE the title to a property worth
nTTmHwaHE ~ de- Of n
have no doubt that that error was in
territorial and that with a view TO
lawsuit in the future"
Moreover, any large property taken
up by a gringO IS sure TO have four
or five contests filed against IL by
people who wish 10 embarrass the
owner. and who expect to be bought
OF before they viii relinquish their
suit know Of a case in which a Bo-
hvian, who has been successfully op-
Grating a mining property for years
went TO London and sold his mine to
a British syndicate on the basis that
ne found that five different suits had
been filed, claiming the mine, and il
cost him 100000 to settle them.
Injuries COuntry's Development.
such things are injurious to the de-
Velopment of Bolivia, but I hear OF
other cases even worse I am told, for
instance, that the notaries public |
sometimes issue papers to themselves |
IoE me same properties concerning |
Hlch they are paid to get titles for /
Qthers. and antedate their own claims. |
u the mines turn out good they can l
tHen claim prior titles. Another /
I9ethod is to leave some important 1
cause out so as to furnish a ground i
LOT suit as TO defect Of title and 4
t tIlIa way IS to forge false papers and /
--dlIIs. / know Of many mines Of j
S = aIue IN Bolivia now in the hands OF ]
foreigners that are costing their own
- much to defend them. and It GER
fanny oehooTes all Americans coming /
mere 70 invest in mineral properties
lion
Inc new laws. II they can be passed.
y ~ remedy many such evils. One OF
-nese mas already been enacted It
lIo'lqes that the contestant to min
hs claim must deposit $500 with the
5SCNeInnent to show the good faith OF
rs sun and that this is to be fortified |
u C'.se ne cannot make good Another
Nv PROVIDES that the annual dues and
tes LOT holding the title to mine
lusI pc all paid by the 31st Of Deem
~ o. each year. In the past such !
- nave been allowed 10 run on and !
y " INNING title he considered good II
ny Were paid in lump. IN fact
i'H might have taken out claim to