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TEXAS THE MINING JOURNAL 3 30 1929

A shaft is being sunk on the Sam Medlock lease, near Mexia, Texas, for the purpose of prospecting for lead deposits. This work is being done by W. A. Reiter, oil operator and geologist, and B. S. Smith, geologist, following examinations of samples taken from oil wells on this ground.
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B. H. Gerwin, Box 1872, El Paso, Texas, is business manager for the Nichols Copper Company, which is constructing a new copper refinery at that place. Approximately 200 men are now employed in the construction work, which is progressing as rapidly as possible. Engineering work is being carried out under the supervision of F. M. Shaw.

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THE MINING JOURNAL APRIL 15 1929

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Work is in progress on the erection of a new power plant at the Southwestern Portland Cement Company, four miles north of El Paso, Texas, at an expenditure of approximately $175,000, it is stated. The old power plant will be replaced by aN 8,500 kilowatt Westinghouse steam turbine, which is expected to be in operation in May.
A short time ago the company installed an electric precipitation plant to save the dust and prevent its being carried away. In this plant, cathodes charged with from 30,000 to 40,-000 volts gather and precipitate the dust into bins, making a recovery of nearly four tons per hour. The company, of which H. B. Nichols, Box 892, El Paso, is superintendent, has entered into a contract to use natural gas when the new pipeline from El Paso is completed. Main offices of the company are located at Two Republics Building, El Paso.

Six hundred employees of the El Paso smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company will benefit by a wage increase of 25 cents a day, as announced by Brent N. Rickard, general manager. The wage increase, which is allotted all employees who are on a daily wage basis, is made effective from March 17, and amounts to a $150 per day increase in the company’s payroll.

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TIDBITS OF INFO- TEXAS

MINING JOURNAL, JULY 15, 1930

Shafter, TX, an attractive little silver mining camp, south of Marfa, practically ended its existence, with the closing of the Presidio Mining Company, the town’s sole support. There is good ore at the mine, but the decline is silver prices has brought about the mines closing, for the present anyway. 200 miners and mill hands were given their last pay, and told to look elsewhere for employment. Store owners are leaving immediately. There are 2 people left at the mine to watch over the property until things look up.”

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THE MINING JOURNAL JUNE 30 1929

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Thomas A. Courchesne, manager of the A. Courchesne Co., Inc., El Paso, Texas, has been awarded the contract for furnishing silica rock for the Nichols Copper Company’s refinery, now under construction at that place. Mr. Courchesne has leased a large deposit of high-grade quartzite, near the El Paso smelter, from Llew H. Davis, and a new compressor and drills have been installed for mining about 100 tons daily. The quartz is said to average around 98 per cent silica ore. The rock is crushed to one-half inch size at the Courchesne quarry, located near the Southwestern Portland Cement Company’s works at El Paso.

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THE MINING JOURNAL for OCTOBER 15 1929

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The Los Angeles-California Mining Company, operators of the Black Shaft Mine, six miles northeast of Allamore, Texas, has been shipping copper ore for several months, and recently made an appreciable strike on the 200-foot level, the ore carrying 10 per cent copper, with some silver. Harry R. Palmer, of Allamore, is in charge of development.
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Ore running 48 per cent copper has been opened up in the St. Elmo Mine, adjoining the Black Shaft, according to reports, and the owners, McFadden and associates of McCamey, Texas, expect to be making shipments soon. A camp is being established at present.
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Snyder and Marshall, lessees of the Sancho Panzo Mine, are reported making arrangements to resume shipments of copper ore, to the El Paso smelter. This property is in the vicinity of Allamore, Texas.
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Kaggs and Perry, of the Bonanza Mine, in the Quitman Mountains, west of Sierra Blanca, Texas, have started a new camp, and are mining commercial ore near the surface. Shipments of ore are planned within a short time.
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A shoot of silver ore has been reported uncovered at the junction of the main fissure and intersecting veins of the Mohawk Mine, near Allamore, Texas. Some of the ore from this property, operated by Roundtree and Wood, is said to assay around $100 per ton.
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H. G. Anderson and associates, of New Orleans, have started work on the Silver Hill Mine, north of Allamore, and are making plans for consignments of copper ore to El Paso.
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THE MINING JOURNAL FOR 10 30 1929

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The American Smelting and Refining Company has equipped one of its reverberatory furnaces, at its smelter at El Paso, Texas, with natural gas as fuel. This installation was made at a cost of around $50,000, and was supervised by H. B. Barber, burner specialist of the Surface Combustion Company, Toledo, Ohio, and E. G. de Coriolis, resource director. According to Manager Brent N. Rickard, plans are being worked out to have all the boilers and furnaces heated by this method by January, when the consumption of gas will be about 3,700,000 feet daily.

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Sections of the Nichols Copper Company’s refinery at El Paso, Texas, are now in operation, including units in the tank house, the largest structure on the ground, and the entire plant is scheduled to be running early in December, according to F. M. Shaw, construction manager. Around 900 men are employed in construction work, and when this is finished, a permanent staff of between 400 and 500 men will be employed. The smoke stack is up about 125 feet at present, and will be extended to 410 feet. C. W. Nichols, president, and P. R. Corwin, general manager of the company, will arrive in El Paso in December, from New York City, to make a final inspection of the project.

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THE MINING JOURNAL

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As an indication of prosperity in mine development of the southwest, Brent N. Rickard, general manager of the El Paso Smelting Works of the American Smelting & Refining Company, has announced tentative plans for an expenditure of approximately $100,000, on improvements to the smelter during the coming year. In this connection, improvements to the sampling plant are in mind, as well as the installation of a dross reverberatory furnace, and a sinter crushing plant. This will be in addition to the improvements made to the plant during 1929, which included the installation of natural gas as fuel.
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The electrolytic department of the Nichols Copper Company’. refinery at El Paso. Texas, has been put in operation this process requiring about 30 days, and all parts of the plant, including the furnaces, are expected to be going by January 28. A permanent staff of between 400 and 500 employes will be maintained, when the plant is in full commission. F. M. Shaw is manager.
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The new 100-ton mill of the World Exploration Company at Van Horn, Texas, is all ready to commence operations early in January, under the direction of C. Cleveland Taylor, general superintendent, and H. V. Thompson, mill superintendent. Development work, in direct charge of Mark Plete, mine foreman, will continue on a one-shift basis until the plant is put into commission.
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THE MINING JOURNAL

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Improvements announced some time ago, for the El Paso Smelter, of American Smelting & Refining Company, in addition to the installation of natural gas for fuel, have been rapidly progressing in both the lead, and copper departments. A Dwight & Lloyd sinter crushing plant is now under construction, in the lead department for crushing the once-roasted product, and a dross reverberatory is being constructed to handle the lead department dross. Four of the six lead blast furnaces formerly in use are to be torn down, two being retained for the present. Two new furnaces are being built with redesigned crucible, jackets and tuyeres. A new Cottrell plant of the plate type, has recently been placed in successful operation in the copper department. The El Paso Works are in charge of Brent N. Rickard, manager, and E. R. Marble, superintendent.
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Shafter, Texas, an attractive little silver mining camp, on Alameda Creek, 48 miles south of Marfa, practically ended its existence July 1, with the closing of properties of the Presidio Mining Company, the town’s sole support. The low price for silver, was given by officials as the cause for the shutdown. Approximately 200 miners and mill hands, were given notice to seek work elsewhere. Most of the miners were Mexicans, and have started toward the border, with the Americans, heading northward. Store owners will leave immediately, and all that will remain will be a pumpman, and watchman.
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No reduction in pay will result from the changing of the day force, at the Nichols Copper Company’s refinery, at El Paso, from a nine-hour, to an eight-hour, working day schedule, according to an announcement of F. M. Shaw, manager. The change was put into effect June 28. The night shift has always been on an eight-hour basis. The plant will continue to operate on the 75 percent of capacity schedule, under which it has been running since its opening.
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