El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-21
Trio Lease, In
An abandoned
Camp, Paying
Dawson Furnace, Rose
mont, Successfully Uses
ElPaso Reduction Plan.

Tucson. ARK. Nov 21.-The Tire
lease at Silver Bell, in a camp as
sumed to have been abandoned when
the Imperial company failed. now IS
proving a rich investment for the
shareholders. The property lies next
TO the Imperial and Is understood to
have connection with its ore bodies
The Trio has been developed By Percy
Williams. who has his own theories
concerning copper ore deposition ana
who has made demonstration Of them
at Silver Bell Tha mine. with a rail-
road at its shaft, has been worked
very economically and the proceeds
from a daily shipment Of a carload OF
ore have been enough 10 pay a sub
stantial dividend after meeting al
expenses Rather heavy pumping was
anticipated. but the water is han
died readily by a small electric pump.
Uses El PasO Invention.
The Dawson furnace at Rosemont
has had a trial run, declared success
ful in demonstrating the value OF the
process in reduction OF the local low
grade carbonate or sulphide copper
ores. This process is the invention
OF Dr. o. B. Dawson, Of FL Paso, and
has been tried before in FL Paso and
in a furnace built at Fredonia, on
the northern edge Of Arizona, by the
Eaibib Smelling company. At this
plant the savings are said to be bet
ter than 80 percent Of the sampled
value in metal The process appears
rather one for calcining the ore. free
ing the sulphur. the calcines there
after ground and handled by wet con-
centraton- One whitley table now is
H.Unn hHrH the
ton Of the plant is yet TO be built
The present furnace unit has capacity
for so tons Of ore a day.
work Near Old Gold Placer Field.
Near the pioneer gold placer field
Of GreaterfieId, the Liberty Silver
Mine company has started develop
ment work and has installed hoist
and compressor equipment
H S. Slonaher. Of this city, IS in
charge Of development on the Red
Cloud group, in Empire district, g
few miles from the Old Total Wreck
mine Operations viii be by the ST.
ezra Colorado Mining company, a
new Incorporation.
High grade stlver-copper ore has
been cut in the tunnel Of the Silverita
company at Lincoln Camp.
In an open cut on the Dailey-Ari-
zona property, in the Catalinas. has
been penetrated for 60 feet a low
grade copper ore BODY. IN lime IWen-
ty feet Of sinking found sulphide.
The shaft IS TO be sunk further 100
feet and lateral development started
from that depth.
Banner Mil Shipping Here.
The Banner mill in the Sierritas has
been operating on ore from the Ban
ner and Olympia mines and Is ship
ping sllver-lezd carbonates TO FL Paso
with haulage TO the station at Tucson
by motor truck.
Near Dragon, the Centurion IS
Stopping some copper glance on the
625 level Since passing the surface
carb0nates the ore has been found
lettering with depth. The property
is owned by Il A. Morgan. OF Will
COX. and J. P Richardson The latter
Is manager
Ore is coming from a lease on the
Texas-Arizoua Silver-Lead property Z
at Dragon Late operations have ]
picked up the ledge, which had fault I
ID on the go level
Magma Chief, near Mammoth, has I
been shipping some sample lots Of
pre- 10 the Hayden smelter- One lot /
averaged about Is percent copper and /
the others are said to have shown /
returns Drifting now is /
being prosecuted at 500 feet, below a I
throw" IN the ore body developed /
above. On the 220 level were found /
both hiEh-grade oxides and glance.