El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
ROAD To SASCO
SHELTER READY
Trains to Be Hauling Stag
Within Two Weeks; Mine
Workers Buy Group.

Tucson. Ariz.. March 1S.-Trains
will be running regularly over the Arr
IONA Southern railroad within two or
three weeks The Arizona Southern
rms from Red Rock. on the Southern
Pacific, to the Silverbell mine and
Sasco shelter. recently taken over by
the Vuggenheim interests
A force Of men has been put to work
bv the Southern Pacific repairing the
tracks and bridges Of the Arizona
Southern. It is expected that much OF
the Stag at the smelter will be used Tor
ballast.
The Guggcnheims have men at work
overhauling the mechanical equipment
OF the mine and another week viii see
work started on the smelter Much
work Is TO be done on the plant Tor n
general rehabilitation is contemplated
The sampling mill viii be reconstruct
ed and a new chemical laboratory
added.
Employees Buy Mine Group.
Information received here from a re
liable source is that employees OF the
RAY Consolidated Copper company nave
purchased the Jewell & Corbett group'
i'm the Galluro mountains, for $l2o,OOU-
They bonded this property six months
ago with the understanding that II the
showing was as good at 10 feet as at
30 feet the deal would be consummated
They packed the ore four miles on
burros and shipped it 40 miles to the
Hayden smelter. yet more than PAID
the expenses Of developments Tie ore
runs from 25 TO 30 percent copper ana
its silver content brings the average
value up to S125 ton.
For the purpose Of determining
whether a narrow gage railway or an
aerial tram would be preferable, the
Empire Zinc company is having a sur
vey run from the San Xavier mine 10
tho Twin Buttes railroad, eight miles
distant
-Four carloads Of concentrates have
a1 a s.
ter mine mile and a half south OF san
Xavier, though the mill was started
only March o. The concentrates run
40 percent lead. Il percent zinc and 20
ounces OF silver TO the ton. The ca
pacitv OF the now mill is so tons OF
ore "a day. Its chief advantage is that
it effects a separation OF the zinc lor
heretofore the Paymaster company has
been paying a smelter penalty of IS a
ton because of zinc. besides losing the
metal The mill is saving 90 percent
Of the zinc values.
Water for the mill is furnished from
n reservoir with a capacity or Io,Uou,s
600 gallons created by the building OF
q large dam. a pump with capacity
Of $50 gallons minute rtts the water
to the mill. ~-s
Development work is going forward
rapidlv. A new shaft is being sunk on
a "a foot ledge Of ore that runs 500 a
ton i'm lead and silver.
Crushed ore from the old Yuma mine
II - miles west, VIII begin arrlElnE
in Tucson within a short time inc (
crushing nIant is now in successful OPP
Grafton. II consists of two machines
ono for fine pulverization.
Tho Yuma is being worked chiefly
for molybdenum. though its ore aver
ages So ton i'm gold. Large ore re-
serves are in sight and more are being
opencd. ass 100 men are engaged IN
mine work 80
col Goes Randolph holds the Old
Yuma under bond He spent about
sf0O GOO Tor equipment and preliminary
work before the crushing plant was
started Much of this was expended IN
securing water supply. Wells were
sunk fu fhc river bed. three miles and a
half away Pumps lift tho water and
force 10 into two tanks at the mine,
each of which has a. capacity Of 5000
gallons.