San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-19
MINE
To HAVE FORMAL
CHRISTENING
In Addition to Valuable
Ichthyol, There Also
May Be Silver.
NEAR SAN ANTONIO
Frank P. earle Says Tract
on CastroviIle Road
Very Valuable.

1t is possible that the Potranca
; ! Development Company, Inc, offices at
sos Russell place, will discover silver
in paying quantities in Bexar county
in addition to a valuable fish oil
called ichthyol in its mine, the shaft
of which is down about fifteen feet.
Monday morning the mine will be
christened St. Anne's Mine, with
Father i. p. Nichol, pastor of the st.
Anne's Church in attendance accord
ing to an announcement by Frank z.
earle, president of the company.
This mine is located on o 342-acre
tract owned by Mr.. Carrie which is
about eighteen miles west of San An
tonic near the Castroville road. While
drilling a water well on this land re-
Gently, Mr.. earle says a soft shale
was encountered. 1t had a peculiar
odOr and an examination by q we'll
known geologist disclosed that ichthyol
apparently existed in large quantities.
Ichthyol (the Greek word for fish
DILL is O valuable medicine. The de-
posits found ~ Mr.. earle are said
to be the only ones found so far in
the United States, the ichthyol used
in this country being imported from
| foreign countries.
To Mine Shales.
This shale containing the ichthSol
will be mined and after the valuable
substance is extracted at the mine il
will be refined and marketed.
The shaft for developing the min
erals believed to exist in paying guam.
titles on the earle tract is down about
fifteen feet. 1t has passed a stratum
of hard lime stone that is said to have
contained imprints of large fossils.
In view of me TACT that when drill
ing en- eight-inch hole on the land, the
company encountered a formation sim.
liar to quartz or granite in which
traces of silver end god are often
found, it is announced that this stra
tum will be tested thoroughly, also.
On Monday morning about 10 &c
Father f. z. Nichol, pastor of st
Anne's Church will be asked to bt
present Mt christening Of the mine
, 1t will be called "St. Anne's Mine
Mr.. earle says it is not known al
yet whether or not the quartz forma
ton will show any ore in paying
quantities but when the shaft is com
pleted a sample will be sent to f
, Paso where it will be tested.
According TO Mr.. earle most Of tn,
! oil wells and also waited wells drilled
/ in the western part of Bexar county
5 are said to have encountered boulderi
b composed mostly of quartz that con
e tanned traces Of silver, but as far al
:. it is known never in paying quaint
I ties. This is the first real test tn,
y quartz formation in Bexar county ha
u had.
May Have Other Products.
Every effort will be made 10 deter
mine the value of the quartz on thi
land but the Pctranca Development
Company's main ambition is to de
:. velop the ichthyol shale.
Granite and snow-white polish
ing stone are also said to have beef
lc found IN large quantities on the Carl
]. tract. Mr.. earle relates few o
= the incidents occurring when drilling
d a water well on the land recently.
: a hard rock was found when drill
- ing for the water. We could not fin,
~ \ bit that would pierce II without dit
N ficulty and VIC found it was n ricI
= deposit of red granite Under thi
granite we found the peculiar shall
If which vas found TO co tain ichth7o
/ But Just before striking This grant,
yl we found n stratum Of soft stop
which is proving to be an excelIer