The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-04-16
IMPORTANT MINING
DEAL CLOSED At
P|NOS ALTOS
Stauber, Bell and Wright Sc
cure Lease on Ali Property
of the Savannah Copper Co,
Near Silver City.

silver city. n. AZ. April Is -
Messrs. staubcr. Belt aud wrigh,
! have secured a lease on all the prop
erty Of the Savanna Copper company
al Plnos Altos, consisting % thirteen
claims and including che most eN-
tcnsivcly developed and productive
mines In that section OF the country.
M-ssrs. Stauber and Wright have been
IN Duluth. the headquarters of the
Savanna company. for the past ten
days. and are now on their way back
10 silver city.
The deal Is an important one. az
II means the putting into operation Of
a number Of properties which are now
idle. Mcssrs. Bell and Wright have
held a lease on the Pacific mine and
have operated the same with splendid
success. taking oul many thousands
OF dollars worth Of high grade ore.
Under the present lease Il Is their
intention TO handle the great body of
ore which Is OF lower grade but which
under proper handling viii prove
profitable. Pending their return to
silver city the extent of the opera
lions they propose to undertake can
not be learned, but u soems assured
that through the result OF the present
deal mining operations at Pinos Altos
will be very largely increased, eve
over the large amount OF work now
being lone.
Messrs. bell and Wright are old
timers In the Pinos Altos district, and
having spent most OF their lives there
are what might be called specialists
In knowledge OF the peculiar forma-
lions which are found In that locality.
They are both experienced In all lines
OF mining. Mr.. l. j. Stauber has been
superintendent for the savanna Cop
per company for a number of years
and Is "A mining engineer OF wide eN-
p%erience. The combination Is one
from which the best of results can be
expected.
Mr.. stauber arrived in Silver city
this morning on his return from Du-
luth, coming by auto from Deming.
He said that the plans of the new firm
with reference 10 what they proposed
10 do with the pinos Altos properties
were not altogether complete. and he
could not go into details. He stated,
however. hat several Of the larger
properties would be operated. and
that within the year the arm will have
a large force OF men at work. II Is
their intention to erect a riill on the
property and treat the ore hy a meth
cd which will save the values In zine
as well az those Of the other metals
Operations win be commenced on "a
scale commensurate with the means
Of the members OF the partnership,
and Increased as seems advisable.
!. I. Wright, who accompanied Mr..
Stauber 90 Duluth. Is IN Denver. look
lng over milling machinoty.
The property leased includes such
well known mines as the Hearst. Al
lantic. Pacific, Gillette and Nina
0rande, as well as others not 90 web
known.
found IN important quantities In min
era veins are the Erxgeblrge lin B5-
hemia and saxOhy) and the Cornwall
district Gin Engiand). It's mode o.
occurrence In these countries "a also
described by Mr.. nastin.
This report forms Professional
Paper o0-A ana nay be obtained free
by addressing the director OF the
nited States geo,agieal survey, wash
inston, ID. c.