El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-20
Think PROPERTY
RICH IN COPPER
Weed To Examine and Re
port on Santa Rita Devel-
opment Co. Holdings.
By J. :. CURTIss.

What promises 10 become one Of the
| richest copper mining properties in the
/ southwest is now being developed next
, TO the Chino Copper company. at Santa
Rita. y. N. by the Santa Rita Develop
ment company ore samples taken from
, many OF the - claims held by this
company show the mineral TO be Of an
extremely good grade Of ore for steam
shovel The returns from the smelters
where the samples have been shipped
show the ore TO be richer per ton than
that being mined by the Chino Copper
company. whose stock within period
Of five years SCARED slSyward as the
property was developed
The holdings OF the Santa Rita De
velopment company consists OF approx
imately $50 acres at the base OF
kneeling Nun mountain and adjoining
properties 1t bounds the holdings Of
the Chino Copper company. which is to-
day one Of the largest copper produc-
ing corporations in America Tests OF
this ore show il TO be similar TO that
Of the Chino company and the corpora
tiOn has completed plans TO install
modern machinery and mine the prod
Uct on a large scale
Weed Making Examination.
Walter Harvey Weed. one Of the five
greatest biologists in the United
states. is now making an examination
of the property and viii submit his re-
Mr. Weed was on the special train
carrying the 200 members Of the Amer
lean Institute OF Mining Engineers. on
their way 10 the Arizona meeting Of
the institute when he became inter
esJed in the Santa Rita Development
company's properties. He was en-
gagged TO make a thorough examination
of the holdings and left the train at
Hurley. y. n. and at once proceeded
TO santa Rita
Ar Weed is known to all mining
experts i'm the United States and his
report Of the holdings OF the Santa
Rita Development company is awaited
with much interest He formerly was
geoIogist in the United states Geo
logical survey. 1881 g0e He is
member Of the Institution OF Mining
Fellow Geological society Of America
member of the American Institute of
Mining Engineers and the author of
the Copper Handbook" His Copper
IS perhaps the most com
Dlete work on the copper mining in
dustry Of America
Chino SSf and still Soaring.
Six years ago the Chino Copper com
pany put its stock on the market at s.
d share Today II is selling for $50
and still soaring Millions Of dollars
have been made by the investors in this
project whose holdings adiofn the
the tests OF the latter show its ore
even Of a higher grade than that Of /
the Chino.
The Chino property was developed by j
D. g lacking and il IS second TO the J
{ tab Copper company as the greatest :
steam shovel producer in the United !
states IT is believed that Mr.. Weed /
VIII recommend that the new santa
Rita company develop its holdings by
steam shovel process
Within a short time after the Chino
.Ompauy started developing on large !
Gale il was employing 5000 men and
oday the towns OF santa Rita and
hurley stand as monuments TO the
property which this corporation has
Orked on a large scale
While prospecting half way I'D TO
he summit OF kneeling Nun mountain. I
mplOyes OF the Santa Rita Develop I
lent company unearthed large guam
tiles OF old Stag from the site of ;
parish smelter probably in operation :
bout 100 years ago The discovery
Z this Stag absolutely convinces the
GERS that copper not only existed IN I
aging quantities half way up the
side but must have been dis
Overed in large quantities higher I'D
he mountain and hauled down TO the
parish smelter to be treated II is an
vluent fact that " hen the smelter was
INSTRUCTED by the Spaniards il was
uilt below their mine workings and
therefore, copper exists almost 10 the
ummlt Of the kneeling Nun mountain {