El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-09

Smelling company. This company
now has eight claims constituting the
Honey Bee group. one smart IS l3g
feet deep, one 240 feet deep with HOO
feet Of drifting and an so foot Incline
The company has installed a firstclass
hosting plant and has developed 2
water supply Of 1000 gallons per hour
the well being equipped with mod
ern pumping plant At this point tests
were made of an orebOdy 50 feet wide,
which showed Is percent copper from
samples taken across the entire body
as II occurred in the whole mass. The
development on these properties Is
going forward gradually, with expec-
tation Of even better results as depth
is attained
Baxter Mountain Rich in Gold.
Here at White Oaks, the Baxter
mountain is one Of the smallest Of
what is known as the White oaks
group; but at periods for more than
80 years it has been the scene Of much
activity; and again, has suffered the
periods Of depression common to all
gold camps From this little noun
tain there has been extracted over
$4,000, 600 in gold bullion, and this
principally from three clalms-Jhe Old
Abe, the North HOmestake and the
South HOmestake. The ores are free
milling and carry almost exclusively
gold. The Old Abe is equipped with
a 20 stamp mill and a 81 ton cyanide
plant 1t has a vertical shaft which
has reached a depth Of 1928 feet and Is
practically dry. as is also the North
Homestake. which has sunk its shaft
to over 1900 feet
Tungsten Ore Found.
Just within the past few months
tungsten ores, carrying remarkable
values, have been uncovered in these
mines, and as soon as the proper ma
chinery for saving this valuable prod
uct can be installed, additional values
na
Iron. Coal and Marble.
The Yellow Jacket group from
which there IS now being shipped 20
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company at
Pueblo, Colo about fifty tons OF ore
per day. lies on the west side Of Lone
mountain. about three miles from here
and stands upon an immense out
cropping OF iron, carrying consider
in this district have produced very
rich ores, but for one reason and an
Other-generally complications as TO
OWnership-they have not been de-
trict, also, there are lime and marble
in almost ineXhaustible quantities.
while west OF here. in the foothills OF
the Patos and Garlic, lie four foot
seams OF excellent coal The presence
Of this marble. coal and shale, which
closely accompanies the coal and IS
readily accessible, warrants the be-
lief that soon they viii be utilized for
The Vera Cruz, a mountain Of low
grade gold ore. lies ten miles south
Of here in the Tiscon group Of noun
tains It has been found. however,
that the ore so far treated has been
too low in value to leave profit out
of the saving from amalgamatton
alone. and II is thought cyanide plant
will be necessary TO place the prop
erty on a paying basis
Activity in Dry GuIch Camp.
About ten miles further south oc-
ours the NOgal, or Dry gulch camp,
where extensive operations have been
carried on These operations have
been somewhat spasmOdic, but much
development has been accomplished
and considerable rich are has been
produced The oldest claims, around
which all others revOlve, are those
forming the American Lode. original
" located by William J. Gill in 1871.
From this property has been mined
some Of the richest specimens Of gold
ore the region has produced It is
known that many thousands Of dol
lars Of this ore has been taken out Of
the American, but as much Of il has
been unaccOunted for II would be use
less to even attempt an approximate
estimate Of what the mine has yielded.
Here, too, lies the Helen Rae group.
comprising 80 or. more claims from
which have been extracted ore Of much
the same character as in the Ameri-
can; and as in the case OF the latter,
there is no reliable data from which
to arrive at the amount of the out
put In years past considerable work
has been done in the placer ground
extending from the vicinity Of the
American and Helen Rae groups down
Dry gulch to the town Of Nogal dis
lance OF about three miles These
placers are showing splendid values
and with an increased water supply
will be the basis Of extended opera
tons
Valuable Metals in White Mountains.
On the east side of the Sierra Blanca,
or White Mountain range, are valuable
deposits Of gold, silver, lead and COP
per and extensive development is now
milling on the surface, but the little
depth thus far attained indicates that
the ore will become refractory and
that the best means Of handling the
product viii be by smelling, dispens-
ing with the free milling process.
The most important property in the
White Mountain district is owned by
the Eagle Mining and Improvement
company, which controls a group OF
about 100 claims in the Parsons min
ing district The plant is generously
equipped, a cyanide plant 70 handle
The tailings, having recently been add
ed These properties consist of large
bodies Of low grade ore, requiring the
handling Of immense quantities in
order to show a profit but the de-
0osits are so vast and the means Of
working so economical that the prog
poets are for one of the most profit
able in the state, giving employment /
10 a large force of men and leading |
10 the development of similar property /
IN this section
Really, the mineral resources Of this |
county have just been scratched. Lack /
" transportation and capital have 4
delayed development in the past but 1
-hese are now coming and the result Z
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