El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-10

4 |NNaL4NlAllEr ia A. 49,
w Goldsmith Maid Copper company
Is planning 2 concentration for
handling a large body OF low graas
gold ore develoned on the ~ level
Thare are occasional kidneys OF very
rich ore and stable nuggets OF tree
gold have been found President J.
II. Forester IS in charge
Announcement has been maze o.
early resumption OF work on the Red
Bird mine Of the Cochise Cold MIN
ing and Milling company four miles
north OF Cochise- Available IS under
stood to be a large body OF ore aver
aging 81 a ton IN gold. readily WORKED
by the cyanide process
A strike OF rich silver-lead ore IS
reported made IN the Texas-Arizona,
near Dragon, property under
lease 70 J. II. Smith, C. C. Chambers
and A. L Mills. The ore was devel-
oped at 275 feet. the deepest develop
meut Of the property
The johnson Copper Development
comnanv At Johnson Is completing re-
tfmbering Of its working shaft and
will crosscut on the 500 level 70 reach
an ore body at 200 feet distance j.
c. Tong is manager In the same
camn. q 10-foot high grade copper
ore body has been cut on the svy
level OF the Copper Cniet, OF "hicn
Martin Fishback Is manager.
In the main shaft Of the Middle
march mine. nine miles from Pearce,
an important strike Of copper sui
phfde Is reported 10 have been made
at 500 feet Of depth
In snverbe1 District.
Tucson ARR. april 10.-In Silver
he'll district, the OhiO-Arizona COM
many Is completing a 1865 feet tram
way from the mine workings 10 the
road below. Railway shipment VIII
be from Sasca- The shipping ore, car
rying copper. gold and silver. was
struck in a cave on the 2lt level
John Y. Monahan. who started the
company two years ago. has returne ed
to Columbus, Ohio, TO promote an
other enterprise and has been sue
.ceeded at slverben by Fred J. Sic
bert
The Silver Virgin property. in the
ouijotoa section, s. miles southwest
OF Tucson. has developed 5000 tons
OF lead-silver and lead-copper ores
running from $50 10 $40 IN value The
property IS backed almost entirely
by Douglas smelter men,
The Silver Peak Mining company
has acquired the mines Of the South
ern Cross company. in the Baboqui-
vari mountains 60 miles south OF
Tucson. and viii start small MILL
ing plant on concentrating ore al
ready on the dump.
distance from this city, are being de-
veloped a number Of promising pros
poets. The Arizona Lead. Silver &
Gold company, represented by George
Johnson. has started shipping. The
Acknowledgment has cut down
throuh porphyry Into limestone and
has developed lead-silver ore Of ship
ping grade. A. J. Harshburgsr Is in
charge. In the same section. Pelle-
grin & Son are shipping from the Old
/ Mission No. Q. the ore q heavy Ealcna,
carrying silver and gold. mainly
taken from the $50 level
Companies Consolidate.
blackberry, Ariz-, April 1o.-Con-
solidation has been effected Of the
Silver companies. All work on the
former is TO be done through the
blackberry and provision has been
made OF S225.000 working capital, II
that sum shall be needed The COM
bined property now covers $4,000 feet
OF the blackberry lode, with about
100 feet OF proven ground The
Senate section is narrower, though
richer, than the blackberry. There
is to be fullest provision Of ore be-
fore the 200 ton blackberry flotatiOn
mil again is started Three 200
Horsepower semi-Diessel units are In
the power plant, direct connected %
q \
be discarded and electricity IS 10 be
used in the workings TO as large an
extent as possible this rearrange-
meut including an electric hoist
electric pump and all lighting. The
blackberry workings are down 500
feet and this level is 70 be extended
through Senate ground
Combination Silver has purchased
machinery and will spend $50 900 IN
development OF its section OF the
Hackbrry lode A shaft viii be sunk
to 300 feet and levels there run sam
Martin Is in charge.
United American CrOsscuts-
Oatmau. Ariz. April 10.-United
American is prosecuting two ways on
its $40 levG. on the south TO cut a
small vein and on the north 10 cut
the Tom Reed Aztec vein at 200 feet
This ledge already has developed
milling ore at 800 feet deep.
Gold ore has new manager in
Laurence Maxwell The mine west
drift on the $50 level shows increas-
ling values. Across three feet sam