El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-17
G0CHISE TOWNS
AGAIN ARE BUSY
Leasers in Tombstone Dis
trict Ship Much Ore to
FL Paso Smelter.

Douglas, Ariz., Oct 17.-Regardless
Of the depression caused in the copper
Industry by the European war, encour-
aging reports continue to be received
from the different mining camps Of
I Cochise county and northern Sonora
In the milestone mountains, the Chi
cago Exploration & Development cor
poration has a large force Of men at
work doing development work on its
recently acquired spangler group
while the same company IS also pros
ecuting much work on its Dragon
mountain properties, according TO sup
erintendent Harding, who is in the city
for several days.
The CORTLAND district, although quiet
as compared with the same time last
year, has number Of leasers at work,
who are shipping ores to the Douglas
shelters.
Tombstone District Active.
The Tombstone mining district is
also showing up wei, shipments Of ore
now being made TO both the Douglas
and FL PasO shelters at the rate OF
about two cars a day. Most OF the ore
being sent from Tombstone is being
shipped BY the leasers OF the Phelps
Dodge properties, while considerable is
being shipped by the company, which
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mine. However, no great stress is being
conferred on the ore extraction at
present, and until the entire workings
Of the old Tombstone Consolidated
Mines company's properties have been
cleaned up II is very probable that there
viii be no more ore shipped by the
company than is at the present time
going forth TO the shelters In the
meantime the leasers continue to ship
regularly, and judging from some Of
the recent returns from the smelters.
the various leasers are making good
money
More Leases Granted.
At the properties Of the Imperial
Guard company, in the Tombstone dis
trict, the leasers are at work extracting
and shipping ores to the shelters for
treatment President and general man
ager R V Y. Tasker Of the company
reports that pending the arrival Of the
mill, which is being hauled go miles to
the railroad at MaricOpa. California,
many more leases have been granted
on the company's properties, while a
force Of miners has been put TO work
IN the main shaft This VIII continue
until the mill arrives in Tombstone.
Conditions In Sonora.
a decrease in the total ore shipments
from sonora TO the shelters at Douglas
IS shown by the customs collectors
report at Aqua Prieta for the month
OF september, the decrease being due
70 the revolutionary conditions now ex-
istinE throughout the state.
The total valuations Of copper. silver
and gold exported from Sonora through
the port Of Aqua PrieJa was a little
more than million and a half pesos,
there having been II different ship
pers during September, the principal
one being the MOctezuma Copper com
pany which exported -4g cars. or
total Of $3.50 tons Of concentrates.
The FL Tigre Gold Mining company
came next with total Of six cars. or
245 tons, in addition TO IS bars Of GOLD
and silver bullion Weighing STS3
pounds.
Silver properties which during the
past ten months or a year have been
IDLE IN the MOctezuma and Cumpas
districts OF Sonora are now planning
early resumption, as well as a nuuber
OF the gold and silver producer
throughout the state, all Of which have
Deen given guarantees by the state
government that they would not be
in any way should thew desire
to resume operations.