El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-25
BY RALPH NJ HENDERSON.

II o'clock entertainment was provided
I Immediately in the form Of a most ex-
| cltlng broncho riding contest directed
l by Ed EchOlS. known as the champion
] roper Of the world" Following this
I real wild west performance. jos Beech
! er and Matias Pachecho, both EMPLOYEES
| OF the Mascot mine. engaged in a hand
] drilling contest The men drilled Is
I minutes each, PachechO winning with a
record Of Is inches drilled into a solid
I mass Of copper ore.
One Of the most stirringly pic
I tureSQue scenes of the two dav ceIebra-
ton was presented on the afternoon OF
June Il when the visitors were con-
Veyed two miles up the canyon Of the
mouth CT the great Consolidated tunnel.
] The procession of automobiles and
wagons was a mile in length. and the
start was made under escort of presf-
dent McCauley and Big Chief" Hygus,
and Apache indian chief. mounted upon
fine western horses
Visitors Inspect Mine.
Arrived at the mine mouth, the visit
ors were greeted with a surprise in the
form Of a 50 pound cake. made in the
form Of the Consolidated tunnel. and
with a cake statuette of consulting en-
gineer B. W. libby standing al the en-
trance The cake was served with g
refreshing punch, and then those VISIT
ors who so desired made an inspection
OF the mine under escort OF expert
guides provided by superintendent
Frank L SiZeT
What the visitors saw at the BIasc OF
mine tells the reason for the wonder
IuI Mascot celebration Of June II and
10 Inc Mascot property extends over
more than 500 acres, and there are now
IN sight, according TO the company's ex-
perts, not less than 1,5OO 600 tons Of
copper ore Better still, superintendent
Slzer now has actually blocked out in
MS more than four miles OF tunnels ut
least 100000 tons of shipping grade, he
reports. When it is considered that the
average grade Of Mascot ore has as
Sayed IL percent, the jubilance Of
Mascot shareholders over the opening
OF the new Mascot & Western railroad
IS not TO be wondered at 1t should be
remembered. too, that Mascot ore has
assayed gold and silver values ranging
from $3.50 10 $500 per ton, while the
mining methods employed by superin-
tendent SiZer are said TO have reduced
the cost Of production TO a minimum
approximately = per ton With a cop
per market of only 16 cents, Mascot
profits should average not less than
s. per ton, it is claimed by those who /
have figured il up 4
Huge Aerial Tramway.
Nying in the interest with the mine
itself was the aerial tramWay which
conveys ore in huge steel buckets two
miles down the canyon from the Con-
sOudated tunnel to the ore shipping ]
bins at Mascot With its present equip
ment, this tramway has a capacity OF
1900 tons per day, and this can be east
y increased Wnen occasion requires TO !
z4Uu tons a day Shipments were to be Z
started. It was announced. Immediately Z
after the celebration, at the rate of 200 ]
tons per day, and it was expected that I
this would be increased 10 at least 500
tons per day WITHIN year A force OF 4
about 200 men had been regularly en-
plOyed at the mine, and this was TO be I
increased as promptly as possible TO 1
at least 800. the officials said
All Of these things were brought 70 4
the ewes of delighted visitors during I
both celebration days and il become 3
quickly apparent to them why business !
interests throughout the entire south /
west had been for months fixing their /