El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09
MINES
AGAIN ACTIVE
Strikes of Free Gold Are Be
ing Made; 1915" to In
crease Force.

LOIuSDuISr N NJ jan b.-Mlnlng IN
the vicinity Of Stems is entering a re-
vivaI and small strikes OF free gold
have been made in several places. In
doing annual assessment on the Gypsy
Queen mine, John c. Hayden encoun-
tered a ledge about four inches wide
containing free gold visible to the
naked eye. Similar ore was found in
several places in the camp this year.
Bennett & Williams are preparing to
sink a deep shaft on their property,
which is considered very promising.
Chas. r. Smith, J. A. Rice and Brad
ford & Clifford are all active mine de-
velOpers in the Stems region. The No
Yember Mining & Milling company and
the National Gold & Silver company
are prosecuting general development
and occasionally ship ore to the Il
Paso smelling works.
SteePIerOek District Cut Off.
The SteepIerock mining district is
left without communication since the
bridge leading out Of Duncan, AriZ.,
was washed away, leaving nothing buc
the tiers remaining. The river changed
its course at Duncan. leaving the old
bridge tiers high and dry and cutting a
deep channel east of the old stream
bed. 1t viii necessitate the erection of
new bridge in order to transport sup
plies to the Utter camp and to other
mining operators in the district. A
small cable way is now in use across
the river.
Bonnie Soon TO Start Machinery.
BY the first of February the Bonnie
Mining company, of this city, will put
its new hosting machinery into Oper-
alton and go down 500 feet on the new
shaft to fully test the property. New
engines, compressor, drills and hoist
are now on the ground and nothing
viii retard progress at the Bonnie.
Small shipments of ore arg being made
as teams are available
The "S5" mine has put on more men
at its camp. The Roberts & Lahey
Mercantile company, OF this city, is
making preparations for the opening up
on a large scale of the boarding house
at the "S5" mine and is putting in n
large stock Of goods at the cOmmissary.
The Scott Auto line has started a reg
ular service to and from LOrdsburg for
men working at the "S5." In another
month the camp should be at normal
Only 40 cars Of ore were hauled out
OF LOrdsburg last month by the A. &
n. NJ railroad, due to the deplOrable
condition Of the mine roads In NOvem-
Der 81 cars were shipped and the aver
age for the year was $50 cars each
month.
Good Values in Gold.
Assays made in Ell Paso from the
Jerry Boyle mine show good values in
gold, and Mr.. Wehrner, the owner and
operator of that property, is going
down on the new shaft. He claims he
will stick with the Boyle mine until he
strikes pay ore.
To Resume Work This Month.
An official Of the Phelps, Dodge &
Co. purchasing department, at Tyrone,
stated that mining will commence 1t
the Burro Mountain Copper cOmpany's
property about the middle of this
month. About three-quarters Of the
number employed before the war is
expected to be put to work at Leopold
and Tyrone This is the expectation Of
the company. but the value of copper
will govern the action.
One unit Of the 1000-tOn concentration
will be completed by the end of Janu-
ary, when work is expected to be COM
menced upon a second unit At the mill
site much progress is being made.
Workmcn's houses are springing up all
over the hills and the concentration and
auxiliary buildings are looming up on
the horizon. When the $4,000 hospital
is erected at Tyrone, that camp viii be
one of the most noted in the southwest.
T OAdd Night Shift.
Ore shipments into LOrdsburg have
been resumed by the "S5" Mining COM
pany and before long a night shift IS
expected to be added to their working
forces.
With copper around IS cents and
over, the prospects for prosperity in
the New Mexico and Arizona copper
camps are the best at the present time
that they have been since the European
conflict began .H