El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-17
PLAN Tunnel TO. TAP RICH VEINS

, Nelson, War Eagle, Crown King and
! other rich veins.
switchback No. 9, on the Bradshaw
mountain railroad, and drive it south
toward the town of Crown King. The
( first vein tapped viii be the Lincoln.
which will he intersected at a depth of
! 400 feet The other veins viii be cut
/ at even greater depth.
Would Cost Many Thousands.
Such a tunnel would cost many
! thousands of dollars but it is claimed
that it would far more than pay for
! itself in draining the ground and
affOrding easy transportation facilities
for ore. With the exception of a few
reefs of hard rock the formation is
/ chiefly Yavapai schist, which is quite
soft
ore averaging $50 a ton has been
found on the Tip claim, one of a group
of H. three miles southeast of Prescott,
which are owned by Thomas d. Hickey.
The ore is taken from the famous
water vein" a formation that cuts
across this district for several miles.
on the Tip the vein is so feet wide be-
tween walls. The values of the ore
are gold and copper, about equally
divided.
Strengthening Out Tiger Gold Co.
W. s. Aurelius, j. Z. Hemmick and
John Frank, heavy stockholders of the
( Tiger Gold company, have arrived from
( Springfield, Illinois, and are trying to
straighten out the tangled affairs Of
that concern, with a view to reSump-
ton They have gone to the property
of the Tiger company, near Harring-
ton. Great shoots of high grade gold
ore had been developed when the com
pany suspended operations, two or
three years ago.
Silver ore exactly like that which
made the old Peck mine famous has
been discovered on the Nellie r. and
Tansy D. claims, which lie just north of
the Peck. The ore is a black carbonate
and would sell for $500 a ton at the
present price of the white metal This
discovery was made in the course of
assessment work and R. H. BUrmister,
owner of the claims, is planning to be
gin development on an extensive scale
as soon as the snow melts in the
spring.
The Black Hills Copper company has
been reOrganiZed under the name of
the Richards Copper germany and will
soon undertake the development of
group Of romising claims in the Black
hills district The interest of Patrick
Sullivan in this group has just been
purchased for S16,75O cash.
Buys Old Richenbar Mine.
W. A. Moses, of Los Angeles, has
purchased from Merriweather * Hunt
er, the old Richenbar mine, in the Wal
nut creek district. He is planning to
undertake extensive operations March !
1. New machinery is to be installed /
be overhauled.
At the camp Of the Rosa1ie Copper
company, east of Mayer, where devel- |
opment was resumed a few weeks ago, |
the vein is being cut by a new tunnel |
at a depth of $50 feet. Under the for
mer management 150O-foot drift was |
run and a 500-foot shaft sunk. Much /
gold and copper ore was exposed. OPP |
erations were suspended in 1907.
Work Resumed on Redmnn Group.
Work has been resumed at the Red /
man group in the same section Stop !
ing from the 100-foot level is going on. |
The buildings in the camp have all |
been repainted and renovated and the |
force viii be enlarged at an early date. |
Ed Shumate, Of Prescott has received |
a So gold nugget from his placer hold !
iugs in the PlOmOsas district, Yuma ]
county. The nugget was PANIED out I
by Charles Anderson, Mr. Shumate's |
foreman, who for the last year has /
been sampling the ground and perfect |
ing plans for the recovery of the gold |
Work Placer Fields.
From the cement formation which is I
common in that section Mr.. Anderson
has PANIED no less than $500 and he j
says that had he devoted all his time |
to that work he would have made good |
wages. Some prOspectOrs in the PlO- |
mosas district do nothing but pan out /
gold and many Of them average as /
much as 81 a day. Mr.. Shumate hopes (
to install Stebbins dry concentration at /
an early date. His plans include dams I,
across several creeks to impound ]
water. Most of the year the creeks are {
dry and lack Of water has prevented ]
extensive exploitation Of the placer
field.