El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08
RICH STRIKE
IN TUSCUMBIA
Bradshaw Mountain Mine
Shoot Carries $55.32 in
Silver Per Ton.
ny WILLIAM DE WOLFE.

Prescott. Ariz.. April San ore shoot
so feet long and from four to five feet
wide, carrying silver value of S25S.6S
per ton and n copper content Of 3.S
per cent per ton, has been opened on
the property Of the Tuscumbia Mining
& Milling company. The vein Of which
the shoot is a part gives returns of
IA per cent copper and s55.32 silver
per ton. The assays were run on a
silver valuation Of 60 cents per ounce.
Four assays were made.
Significance OF Strike.
The discovery is regarded as one Of
importance to the mining industry of
the Bradshaw mountains. as the ore is
identical in appearance with the high
grade ores OF the famous Tonopah dis
trict OF Nevada, and carries as large a
silver content.
Influence on Others.
The similarity of the Bradshaw's ores
to those Of TonOpah, and in certain i'm
pOrtant instances to those OF Gold
field, was instrumental in influencing
DR.. F. a. Wheeler and associates to
finance the Bradshaw mountains tun-
mel project, enterprise kindred in pur--
pose to the development, drainage and
transportation tunnels Of the Cripple
Creek district of Colorado. The recent
discovery on the Tuscumbia property
corroborates the favorable reports on
the Bradshaws made by DR.. Wheeler
ana MS engineers IL haEn ST. GAAk IN
ems the belief OF the operators there
that the section offers Ore-yielding op-
portunities akin to those Of Tonopah.
Likewise. Il is proving an incentive for
the resumption of operations on prop
critics which have for considerable per-
iods been quiescent.
James II. Sullivan, general manager
Of the Tuscumbia Mining & Milling
company's property, made the strike
referred to within three weeks from
the time he assumed charge Of devel-
opment work sullivan is a former
Tonopah and Manhattan, Nevada, min
ing man. He was one OF number OF
successful lease operators in the first
mentioned camp during the hectic ear
" days OF its career. and is, there
fore, capable OF making an intelligent
com parison OF the Tuscupbia ores with
those Of the Mizpah, Belmont and 9th
er well known mines Of the Tonopah
district. He says the silver-bearing
veins of the Bradshaw mountains are
Identical in appearance with those OF
Tonopah and that their silver con-
tent is on a par herewith In discuss
sing the strike on the Tuscumbia with
your representative, Mr.. Sullivan said:
''The ore in the Tuscumbia, and else
where throughout the BradshaWs. IS
markedly similar to that OF Tonopah
and offers no reduction problem which
cannot be solved by the oil-flotation
process. The copper sulphides carried
by the Tuscumbia and other ores OF
that locality insure a continuity OF
veins and values to depth, and presage
the discovery Of deposits of commercial
copper as soon as the sulphide areas
are we'll entered. The mill at Crown
King, with its oil flotatiOn process, ar
lords a nearby market for these ores
It a low transportation cost
aNow that the presence Of pay ore
has been demonstrated IN the Tuscum-
bia mine, the company purposes 10
inter upon an extended campaign Of
development Plans to that end are
being formulated"