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TIDBITS OF INFO- TEXASTEXAS 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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TEXAS MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 4-15-1929THE MINING JOURNAL APRIL 15 1929
TEXAS
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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TRANSCRIPTS OF INFO-TEXASTIDBITS 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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TEXAS MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 6-30-1929THE 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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TEXAS MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 10 15 1929THE MINING JOURNAL for OCTOBER 15 1929
TEXAS
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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TEXAS MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 10 30 1929THE MINING JOURNAL FOR 10 30 1929
TEXAS
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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TEXAS MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 11 30 1929TEXAS
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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TEXAS MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 1 15 1930THE MINING JOURNAL
TEXAS
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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TEXAS MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 6 30 1930THE MINING JOURNAL
TEXAS
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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TEXAS MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 7 15 1930TEXAS
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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TEXAS MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 8 15 1930TEXAS
Operation of a new antimony smelter at Laredo, Texas, has been started by the Republican Mining & Metal Company, subsidiary of Cookson Lead & Antimony. This supplants the smelter at Wadley, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, which the company operated for many years. The Laredo plant will treat both Mexican and United States ores. J. B. Harper of Wadley is general manager.
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The World Exploration Company of Texas, Van Horn, Texas, F. E. Browne, general manager, is producing silver-copper ore at the rate of 50 tons daily. Its 100-ton daily capacity flotation mill, using MacIntosh flotation machines, was placed in regular operation May 2, 1930, and is giving very satisfactory results, it is reported. The company employs 32 men, 17 in the mine, 5 in the mill, and the others in miscellaneous work. Among company employees are: K. L. Erickson, mill superintendent; A. P. Williams, chief mechanical engineer; H. F. Carpenter, chief chemist, and H. H. Parker, chief clerk.
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TEXAS MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 10 30 1930TEXAS
A 20-ton quicksilver reduction plant is now being installed for the Rainbow Mines, Inc., at Terlingua, Texas. This plant, designed by C. N. Schuette, mining engineer, 806 Call Building, San Francisco, uses a 10-foot diameter, four-hearth Herreshoff Furnace, for roasting the ore.
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For the six months ended June 30, last, net profits of Nichols Copper Company, recently acquired by Phelps Dodge, are estimated at $801,879, after deduction for interest, federal taxes, etc. The company has outstanding 91,824 shares of no-par Class A, and 210,000 shares of no-par Class B stock. Estimated total assets, as of June 30, were $24,417,754, compared with $21,279,057 on December 81, last; and surplus was $4,328,687, against $4,264,688. Current assets were $18,765,175, and current liabilities, $18,157,267; as compared with $11,049,258 and $10,-082,624, respectively, on December 31, last.
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St. Louis people holding leases on the nickel ore deposit, reported discovered in western Texas, by W. J. Moran, of Midland, are now about ready to make a second core test on the property. It is believed that the ore body may extend 19 feet in thickness. The deposit is located 11 miles from the railroad.
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TEXAS MINING NEWS THE MINING JOURNAL 12 15 1930TEXAS
It is understood that there will be but a small reduction in the number of workmen employed at the Nichols Copper Refinery, at El Paso, as a result of the 15 percent curtailment in production at the plant. The new measure adopted reduces output from 8,500 to 6,600 tons per month, according to Charles W. Nichols, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Nichols Copper has declared a quarterly dividend of 43 ¾ cents per share, payable December 31, to stock of record December 20, compared with 75 cents per share paid three months ago. Class A and B stock have been on a parity, as to dividends, since June 30, 1930. Prior to that date the Class A shares had preference to the amount of $1.75 a share per year.
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Work on construction of the Antimony Smelting Plant, north of Laredo, Texas, is reported progressing most satisfactorily. Several of the 11 buildings that will occupy the 15-acre site, are nearing completion, and it is expected that operations may be started at the plant in December. The first units are being built at a cost of $100,000, and the completed plant is expected to involve an expenditure of approximately $500,000.
It is understood that the Texas Mining & Smelting Company is the organization back of this work, and that the Republican Mining & Metal Company, Ltd., operating antimony mines at Wadley, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is also interested in the project.
Officials of the two organizations have been supervising the construction work, and H. P. Henderson of New York, President of the Texas Mining & Smelting Company, is expected to establish headquarters at Laredo. Others who are expected there, are J. B. Harper, Vice-President and General Manager, and W. J. Graveling, Second Vice-President, and General Superintendent.
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TEXAS MINING NEWS TMJ 12 30 30for DECEMBER 30, 1930
W. J. MORAN REPORTS ON NICKEL ORE FOUND IN TEXAS
W. J. Moran of Midland, Texas, has completed a report on his conclusions, with reference to his discovery of a nickel and cobalt ore deposit, in western Texas, near the Stateline of New Mexico, announcement of which was made several months ago. The deposit was discovered by Mr. Moran some years ago, while in search of a supposed vein of coal, but it was not until about a year ago that he became aware of its possible value.
Samples from the deposit were forwarded to A. W. Forstall, Professor of Chemistry at St. Regis College, in Denver, who reported the ore to contain “notable quantities of both cobalt and nickel,” and who expressed opinion that the property might be worthy of development. Mr. Moran finally decided to further explore the property.
A core test was completed on the holdings last month, drilling having taken place in the vicinity of the old diamond drill test of 1917, revealing what is believed to be a nickel ore deposit of considerable thickness, and of a percentage of the two minerals mentioned, to justify commercial mining. Mr. Moran hopes to be able to arrange for further exploration on the property, and a thorough sampling of the deposit, for full determination of its worth.
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Announcement has been made at the El Paso offices, of the Potash Corporation of America, that the company has recently acquired 4,000 acres of mineral leases in Ector and Midland counties, Texas, which are to be worked in co-operation with the Bureau of Mines. Exploration work will be under the supervision of the government, which assists potash companies in the southwest, in drilling and surface work.
It is planned that if potash deposits are found, the Potash Corporation of America will deepen the drill holes with the expectation of finding commercial oil and gas. Work for the potash corporation will be under the supervision of C. S. Peterson of Los Angeles, who was recently promoted from Secretary-treasurer to Vice-president of the company.
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TEXAS MINING NEWS TMJ 1 30 31THE MINING JOURNAL for JANUARY 30, 1931
TEXAS
Although the Potash Corporation of America, which has acquired 4,000 acres of mineral leases, in Ector and Midland Counties, Texas, reported that this property would be explored under the direction and supervision of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, advises from Washington D.C. that no cooperative arrangement with this company has either been granted, or even asked. The United States Bureau of Mines has no connection with the work proposed.
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Construction of the 3,000-ton antimony smelting plant, by the Texas Mining & Smelting Company, at Laredo, Texas, has been practically completed, and regular operation has started. The plant is working on ore principally from properties of the Republican Mining & Metal Company, at Wadley, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. J. B. Harper, Manager of Republican Mining & Metal, who has been supervising work of the Laredo Company, has returned to Wadley.
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