San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-28
SINALOA SCENE
OF ACTIVITY IN
MINING CAME
New Claims Are Opened and
Operations Started by
Americans.
RICH VEIN IS FOUND
Two Americans Operate in
San Diego Camp Of
Northern Nayaret.

Culiacan. Mexico, Jan. c7.-Amer
lean and other foreign mining men are
resuming mining activities in the state
of Sinaloa and number OF the old
mines. abandoned during the revolution
are being reopened. Heavy ore shipments
are being made from the properties
where there are no mills on the ground
4 number of filings of new prospects
are being made at the mining agencies
throughout the state.
ID. l.. Crosset. manager of the Socie'
dad Civil Mexicana Mining Company
operating in the Rosario district, has
appliC1 for titles TO sixteen claims t.
be known as the Ampliacion del Habal
continuation Of the Habal mine. Elk.
tcnsive development will be carried on
and the property will be fully opened
up before any ore will be shipped. y
complete survey of the extension was
made by John MILAN.
DenOunces Nine Claims.
P. A. Weckman, of Mazatlan. has
denounced FL Alacran, n group of nine
claims adjoining the Americana, Anexas
a la Americana and San Luis, in the
Rosario district. All of these mines
produce ores with commercial values IT
gold and silver. If development work
exposes sufficient ore it is probable that
a mill will be erected at the mine fol-
treating it.
The Jejito mine, situated in the
TajOnas Viejas mountains, has beer
taken over by Robert +. Marian, well
known English mining man of Rosario
who is preparing to do considerable ex,
ploration work. In all there are -
claims which adjoin the gold and silver
property known as La Nortena.
Another promising property OF the
Rosario region is the California group
which is now being operated by Engl'
neer Lamberto Cabanas of Acaponetn,
The ores contain good values in both
gold and silver and the vein is increas'
ing in width and richness.
Find Rich Vein.
Considerable prospecting and develop
ment work is being carried on at the
Marian and Nina Perdida properties
which are owned by Robert p. Marian.
]. Edward Lacy and John Glare have
discovered rich vein of gold and sill
yer in the Huichol mountains of the
San Diego mining camp. This camp Is
in the northern part of the state OF
Nayarit but is under the jurisdiction OF
the Rosario mining agency in the south
ern part of Sinaloa. The vein now be-
ing explored Dy Lucy tlu NldiN nv
slightly prospected a number of years
ago by native miners who abandoned
the work for lack of funds. The prop.
erty has been recorded as the Nina del
Carmen. composed of ten claims.
Reopen Abandoned Mine.
Carl Oldesdorf has applied for titles
to La Peralta mine near the Carbon
mountain. This property was aban-
donoyi a number of years ago by the
former owners. A shaft was sunk or
the vein to a depth of 60 feet and some
small ,ockets and streaks OF ore en-
countered but not in sufficient guam.
tity and richness TO pay for shipping.
1t is believed that the main ore body
was missed in this work and that IT can
be encountered by cross cutting from
the bottom of the old shaft.
The Santa Barbara group OF mines
between the Santa Barbara and Los
Hornos arrOyOs, municipality OF hosa
Morada, have been acquired by native
miners who are doing some development
work with encouraging results.