El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-08
Miami District Mines
Increase Working Forces
and Enlarge Output.

stored ABOUT LYV lOiE aASaus S
In january and February manager
Woodward inaugurated a tnorou5h
o~verhauling and rehabilitation OF the
mine and its equipment me coma
OF the shaft was cOlcreted to a depln
of is feet, the shaft was retlmDereu
200 feet below the concrete, the DOuers'
-eompressOrs, hoist and otner machLA
cry were thoroughly overhauleds anu
the mine is now in CONDITION 70 NoIh
al fun capacity. The slope on the SUI
level has been EXTENDED 20 IeeI IdLtAeE
westward from its former length OF
al feet and good ore has been eRcouh-
tered throughout the entire length OF
the recent development. The ore con-
tent of the whole stOpe is improFlns
and the mines output viii be steadily
increased.
Arfzona Commercial Pushes Work
The Arizona Commercials aspect I'M
! proves constantly with its development
Three Slopes in suiphide ore on the
/ 1900 and one on the 1900 levels are pc
ing worked and 145 tons OF ore are pc
ing shipped daily to the Old Donlnlon
/ smeIter. Drifting along the vein on the
I 1900 and 1900 levels is in progress and
fine sulphide ore is being encountsreo
on each No drifting is now IN
progress on the 1900, the cutting q
J the pump station having finished all
work on that level for some time. The
A. c.. is e~ncouRtering no trouble from
water, despite the unusually fheaNE
I rainfall OF this year. The pumplh
plant is lifting about 45O,vuO gali0ns
whence il runs 10 the Ola DomlnioA
The connecting drift at the 1900 level
between the Old Dominion ana Arr
, IONA shafts is 5000 feet long It IS
used wholly for draining the A. e. ana
for ventilation
Find High Grade Gold Ore.
Reports from the Mayflower mining
l district in Greenlee county are 10 the
effect that gold ore Of hign graoe Is
being encountered there. White, NC
! Auister. Waters and Phillips nave SIX
I men at work on a property IN the Nay
! flower district ten miles from duncan
{ churn drilling for copper ana ore aver
! aging 1 Ia percent has been encoun-
Z tered. On the northern end OF the
I group at a depth Of 20 feet 10 1eet OF
! gold bearing ore has been
l'assaying $50 per ton In the VEN a
! tale streak or "gOuge" yielded assays
! as high as $3.50. The gold ore is free
I milling and is described as belnS
[ marked to some extent by the pres
ence Of fuOrite and tellurlum
CoIe-GOOdwin Resumes Work
The C~oIe-Goodwin. one of the most
] potential of the Miami mining dls-
: trict's prospects. has resumed develop
I ments as the result OF the increased
I price Of copper, and in the bottom OF
] The shaft $500 feetl the chalcOpyrite
Z vi aA4N mas A@EAH @IHHHHa
! face is changing to chalcocite, a change
| which almost Invariably results IN IN
crease Of the %sulphide zone throughout
this district
The C~ole-GOOdwin, beyond a shaft,
\ two or three drifts and some surface
tunnels has never received the develop
ment a property Of such favorable as
I pect merits. probably because OF It's
! former isolation geographically from
the main channels Of transportation;
I but Improvement OF the old hide
peuGence roadway is now under way
J and its opening to traffic viii place the
I C~ole-GoOdwin in touch with the smell
tiers at Miami. The property carries
fissure veins in schist and disseminated
ores in schist. and the appearance OF
the formation where cut to consider
able depth byi erosion indicates a con-
solidatiOn Of all the assures at depth
into one extensive mineralized area
Prospecting in Buckhorn Canyon.
In Buckh0rn canyon. which is reached
from the Globe-RoOsevelr state high
way at a point on the salt river, 4 IL
miles below Roosevelt dam, there IS
considerable prospecting and some sub
! stantiah development work in progress
at present despite the >high water In
the salt river, which must be crossed
from the highway TO reach the gold
bearing formation that has attracted
the attention Of investors. mostly from
Miami The ground owned by Baker
& Ferrrman is 10 he developed by an
inclined shaft following the largest
7 vein on the Pro Datria group as soon
as some heavy roa construction now
\ in progress IS finished. Baker pro-
poses to invest at least $4,000 in this
preliminary Development
The ground in BuckhOrn canyon and
coEflucnt gulches has been worked
over an extensive area in q very super
fetal manner by early gold miners.
probably ~Spaniards. although 2 tunnel
driven in modern times has revealed a
9 Tn~ua hnIr nF iron r1nhfnn containing
/ considerable reinrichment in the form
OF copper sulphide. This latter Eround,
also owned by Baker * Ferryman, Will
be opened n explored in the near
future. Some very rich surface gold
orc from Buckhorn canyon seemed fair
to start a mild rush of gold seekers
from Miami and Globe until the con-
stantly rising overflow from the Roose-
welt dam made tine Buckhorn country
Inaccessible from the Salt river side for
the time being
Get Good Sized Nuggets.
On Ox-Bow mountain in the Touto
washing considerable coarse gold. but
according to one man who has recently
returned from there the placers there
seem to he rather limited IN capacity-
Some of the gold brought to Miami is
IN the form Of nuggets as large as
beans.
Completes building Program.
The Magma, the richest copper mine
hA us size IN Arizona mas alIn0SL IN
lsheu q program of building and equip
ment that has covered several months.
a narrow gage railroad 80 miles and
1900 feet in length has been built be-
tween the Magma ftown OF SUPERIOR
and. Webster station on the. Southern
Pacific nine miles northwest of Flor
ence. q shaft from the 1900 level to the
surface is almost completed and an
electric hoist with 2O00 foot capacity
has been ordered
Development work In the mine has
revealed the fact that the vein. or the
quartz porphyry dixie that carries the
ore lenses, has changed its dip twice
below the 500 level Tor 500 feet IL
followed an inclination of about So or
20 degrees To the north. from the 500
20 the 1000 level il is perpendicular.
while diamond drilling shows its dip
from the latter level to the 1900 foot
depth to be about 60 degrees to the
south, or just the reverse of its dip
nearcr the surface. A notable change
i'm naturalization is apparent on the
1000 level in hat while copper content
Of the ore lenses remains the same the
] gold value has O~uadruuladN running