Deming graphic., 1920-06-29
Brief History Of the IS Mine


The original locations Of the. mining
clnims comprising the property OF the
s. Minings Company, date back to an
early day. The Superior mine, that
has proven one OF the richest and most
productive OF the group was located
originally in 1875. 1t was purchased
in 1912 from ID. w. Reckhart OF I'll
Paso and associates. At one time this
claim was worked by the Calumet X
Arizona Mining Company, under a
lease and given M as non-productive,
Il was then taken up by Joe A. leahy'
present sheriff Of Hidalgo county, nm
der whose direction it produced until
sold 10 the 50 Minin geo. In 1914
the Dundee claim OF II acres, another
prolific piece of ground was secured
through the purchase Of the stock OF
the Orion Mining Company. Otllef
ground has been added from time 70
time.
The present property holdings Of tue
~ Mining Company consist OF about
30 claims or about 600 acres Of patent
ed mineral grourd. development work
as been carried az a depth OF 100 f',t
below the first level which Is the main
haulage tunnel of 1000 feet below the
apex OF the vein. About 10000 feet ~
drifts and crosscuts have been run,
the vein being opened by almost CON
tinuous Slopes for 400 feet on the
various levels. The average width Of
the vein is . feet
This vein is remarkable for its per
sistence. uniformity of values and regu-
larity. Ii can be traced across the
county for about miles, reaching its
greatest proportions in the Bonney
imne where IL attains width Of 20
feet for long distance, being opened
there TO depth Of 800 feet The Mi
scr's Chest mine covcies its western
extension.
The ores as shipped by the 80 mine
run over 10 per cent silica and show
Il value Of .06 oz. g5ld, 1 ozs. silver and
~ per cent copper or about $50 per
ton
The 81 mine has been steady pro
Queer for five years past, although con
siderable ore was shipped previous to
that time. During the last year the
monthly shipment have averaged about
1000 tons being about evenly divided
between the I'll Paso Smelter and the {.
X 4. smelter at Douglas About two
wears ago Il 400 ton cOnccntration-flo-
tation mill was built, after plans Of j..
w. Crowdus. This was operated for
about year. The demands however,
from the smelters for these siliceous
ores was such that with the preferen-
tial treatment rates offered, 1t was
found more advantageous to ship the
crude ores. Arrangements were per-
fectcd to successfully treat the low
grad ores and the process for handling
them was worked out to n satisfactory
conclusion by mill foreman Wellman.
IL is not the intention of the new own
crs to mill any ores at present, they
will confine their efforts to supplying
their needs for ores for furnace Innings.
Their increased demand for these Slice
Gus ores has been brought about largely
by an increase in the production of sui
phide copper ores at Ajo, by the New
Cornelia Copper Company.
There is II considerable body OF ore
blocked ont at present ON the 100 foot
level and shipments will be continued
as usual. Development work, however
will be pushed. The main shaft, ski
feet. three compartments will be SUM
900 It. deeper. and as ores are blocket
out. shipments will he increased. Th'
mine has record Of having shipped
II 900 tons of ore in one month in 1916
The property is well equipped witt
machinery, having recently Installed 1
900 Hp. W. IL. steam turbine, direc
connected 10 IA $50 XIV. generator
using 1000 Hp Sterling water tub
boiler, burning OIL There are tw'
500 lip. Iyons-Atlas Diesel engines am
n Macintosh Seymour. 500 Hip. Diese
engine. together with n complete NJ
lto-date equipment for mining pur