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The Metallic Resources of Texas
Hy W. II. v. Strcermvlu, In Texas Magazine.
Author of "American Kail As Good As Any," "Precious
Texas." etc.
Metals of
are ore-bearing, for tho reasons, that:
Trans-Pecos Texas Is an emlnetly
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The sketches <if mountain scenes
from Trans-Pecos Texas show plain-
ly
I jay enough that the state can boast
of very respectable mountain ranges.
To prove that these mountains are
fully worth the attention of our gov-
ernment and of the people, I publish
(tl the end of this article official as-
says from tho geological report of
1892. Hut the principal attention
■ paid to this very valuable portion of
,our state seems to i be that the com-
missioner of the land office declares
the small portions of remaining pub-
lic lands without value, throwing
them on the market at the lowest
prices.
This year tho land commissioner
makes the offer of the public lands
in Brewster county, where tho St.
Jago, Chlsos and other mountain
ranges contain splendid opportunities
for prospectors and miners—but very
poor onos for small settler*—so that
]na doubt the 1,600,000 acres will
make tho cattle raisers tho owners
not only of the grass and numer-
ous springs and ttnajas, hut also of
the mineral resources, since a judicial
decision denies the right of the state
to reserve tho mineral rights. This
kind of attention from the side of the
government discourages not only our
home people, but together with our
precious mining laws, scares off
northern, eastern and western oapi-
<>tal, which might otherwise be en-
listed In the development of mineral
resources.
Though there aro no gold ores of
■$1,000 gold to the ton 1n tl>© list of
assays, there aro some good gold and
silver assays, with a number of anal-
yse* of case metal ores, which are
.more valuable than many gold ores
regarded as very rich. A mine of
case metals, is cased on a sound case
and properly managed. Is a gold mine
even If no precious metal Is mixed
with tho ore. 1 shall demonstrate
this with a few examples:
A ten-dollar gold ore must be re-
garded a rich ore. Its value ten dol-
lars. A copper ore of only 10 per
cent represents, at tho present cop-
per prices, $34. and It may hold be-
sides gold and silver.
A 30 per cent lead ore, which Is not
The study of ore deposits, tho con-
ditions under which the veins were
filled with ores, tho causes of their
formation, are and will be for some
time to come a matter of specula-
tion and conjecture.
Though this knowledge from a
practical standpoint Is of the great-
est value, it seems with most geo-
logical 'observers and writers of sec-
ondary Importance, no doubt purtly
on account of the greater difficulty
to trNfcke conclusive observations.
The actual observations are con-
fined In most cases to mines. There
they must be made under an Illumi-
nation to which (with the exception
of practical miners and mining ex-
perts) only few observer* aro used;
tho field of observation is limited,
and tho connection of tho surface
phenomena with those in the mines
are few, purtly covered by timbering,
and obliterated by superimposed
strata quite different in character
and material from those in the mine.
Connections with other mines are
frequently Impossible, at least tedious,
and require more time than most
geollgists have at their disposal. Fre-
quently mine owners and miners
want to keep things for themselveH
on account of proposed speculations.
There also exists, especially among
our American mining men. a good
deal of mistrust In theory, and a
tendency to titlglcad theorists; and It
Is easy for them to withhold the most
Important facts from an observer,
who can form reliable conclusions
only If fully posted about veins and
mines to their full extent and In every
respect.
Those ate the most conspicuous
obstacles tho mining geologist has to
meet and to overcome In district*
where mining Is developed. These
obstacles are self-evidently multiplied
and magnified If observations of ore
deposits In general are to be made
In countries where only a few mines
or none at all exist.
However, in spite of these and any
other disadvantages, the experience
gained by practical mining carried
on through centuries .enables the
practical mining expert to combine
the known truths of theory with his
a scarce thing (galena runs up to SR | own observation* and to form sound
per cent), represents in lead value j conclusions upon the possibility of
?$27,60. Most lead ores hold more or
‘lew silver. •'
M1 neral Resources.
The specimens listed In the geo-
logical report for and from the year
1882 were taken from outcrops or
from dumps of little diggings or found
as float-pieces, and anybody familiar
with arithmetic can calculate for
himself what percentagge the sam-
ples listed with the official geologi-
cal report represent.
i Comparing the rocks of Trans-
Pecos Texus with those of acknowl-
edged mining district* of America
.and Europe, their similarity, and in
many Instances the Identity of char-
acter. can not be deputed.
. The Influence of the enclosing rocks
upon the ore bearing and the char-
acter of the Inclosed veins Is also an
undisputed fact; and whatever
theories of the formation of ore veins
may be advanced, one thing seem* to
be true, viz., that the fissure vein*
as well as contact vein* derived their
ore* directly or Indirectly from depth*
not yet reached by mining.
mountain
ore-bearing of whole
ranges and group*.
The results of petrographic studies
aided by the microscope and the
chemical laboratory, show the in-
fluence of the Inclosing rocks on the
Inclosed vein, and not only confirm
many conclusions based on practical
experience, but also enable us to make
safer conclusions, upon ore-bearing
Vi
mountainous region; her flats and
basins range between 3,000 and 6,u00
feet above the sea level, and many
of her peaks rise from 1,000 to 3,000
feet above the flats, reaching an alti-
tude of 7,000 to 9,000 feet. Most of
the mountain ranges of this region
are at least partly Of older and oldest
geological age, and oldor und newer
eruptive rocks exist In most of the
Trans-Pecos mountain ranges In con-
tact with each other, and with older
and newer sedimentary rocks; or to
he short, tho character of the moun-
tains and rocks Is favorable to ore-
bearing according tef theoretical au-
thorities, as well as to the practical
experience of centuries.
.The mountain Ranges of Colorado,
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Arizona and Old and New Mexico
are ore-bearing. This Is proved by
numerous existing mines and pros-
pects, as well as by tradition and even
history. So to refer only to the near-
est (to Texas) mountains north, the
outbreaks In the olden times of the
Pueblo Indians can be traced to tho
fact that tho conquered and subjected
Indians (the Jndtos reducldos) were
enslaved and compelled to work In
the mines of the Spanish conquerors.
The Spanish adventurers discovered
New Mexico on their expeditions to
discover precious metals. That they
found them In New Mexico is suf-
ficiently proved by the tenacity with
which they held this country, and
by their exertions to reconquer the
same when driven away by the In-
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and ore-bearing veins than formerly,
when we had to judge only’ by struc-
tural phenomena and by microscopic
observations.
Now. although the study of the
petrography of the rocks of Trans-
Pecos Texas and the central district
of Texas was taken up only lately,
and we have at present to abstract
from' a more exact comparison of
our Texas rocks with those of Colo-
rado, Nevada, and other minting dis-
tricts, evertheless, taking tn consid-
eration only the macroscopic and
structural character, every mining
expert must necessarily make the con-
cinaion that the mountains of Trans-
Pecos Texas and tbs central district
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leaves, and applied It to their hair
with wonderfully beneftclent effect.
Nowadays we don't have to resort
to the old-time tiresome method of
gathering the herbs and making the
tea. This Is done by skillful chemists
better than we could do It ourselves;
and all we have to do is to call for
the ready-made product, Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy, con-
taining Sage In the proper strength,
with the addition of Sulphur, an-
other old-time scalp remedy.
This preparation gives youthful
color and beauty to the hair, and is
one of the best remedies you can use
for dandruff, dry. feverish. Itching
scalp, and falling hair. Get a fifty
cent bottle from your druggist today,
and you will be surprised at the
quick results. All druggists sell It.
under guarantee that the money will
be refunded If the remedy is not ex-
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dlans. Under the regency of the first
Spanish governor, Don Pedro Peralte*
a colony of Flemish miners brought
skilled laborers and mining machin-
ery to New Mexico, and though this
machinery was destroyed by the In-
dians, the compulsion to work In the
mines and other cruelties against the
Indians was resumed over and over,
till (here the historical data are
somewhat blurred) about the middle
of the seventeenth century the Span-
iards had to quit New Mexico. But
already, 1661, the Count of Penalosa
appears again as governor of New
Mexico, and it seems he was more
successful than his predecessors to
subject more permanently the In-
dians, and so to start colonization and
mining In a fair way. But, recalled
on account of his insubordination,
the actual reconquest was delayed
until nhnnt 1 KQ!? uhnn I'tirxcrn
until about 1692, when , Diego
Vargas subjected the refractory In-
dians with the aid of more peace-
able, and such tribes exhausted and
tiredo out by the nearly permanent
wars, were brought to terms, and
again the Indians were set at once
to working the mines.
A number of these old Spanish
mines together with numerous new
discoveries, are prospected and
Worked at present In New Mexico,
so they are in the mountains of Ari-
zona, and still more so and much bet-
ter developed In Colorado. Numer-
ous old Spanish and newer mines and
prospects exist In Nueva Leon, Coha-
huila and Chihuahua, not to mention
the Mexican provinces farther dis-
tant from the frontier of Texas.
The mountain ranges of Colorado,
Arizona, New and Old Mexico are
built up of the same material, and
no doubt to the greater part at least,
contemporaneous and under the samd
conditions as those of Trans-Pecos
Texas; their main trend Is practically
the same, and they are in fact only
the continuations of—or better, the
connections—between the more
northern mountains with those of Old
Mexico. As far as It can be judged
the rocks found In Trans-Pecos Texas
occur also In Arizona, Colorado, New
and Old Mexico—and these rocks are
metalliferous In Arizona, Colorado,
and both Mexico*. and It would be
against common sense reasoning to
accept the theory that the mountain^
of West Texas are not ore-bearing
on account of political boundary lines.
That such an exceptional condi-
tion does not exist Is sufficiently
demonstrated by numerous Iron out-
crops gossan, eiserner hut, almagres,
pacos, which are only different names
for the same thing, but regarded un-
der any one of these names extreme-
ly favorable Indications.
Quartz veins from a few Inches to
more than fifty feet wide can be
traced through the whole extent of
the Carrlzo mountains, and they re-
appear In the Van Horn mountains.
They are equally frequent in the
Quitman mountains, the foot hills of
the Sierra Diablo, and in some parts
of the Apache group.
Besides the Iron outcrops and the
quarts leads, the attention of the
prospector must be attracted by the
outcrops of carbon spars, discolora-
tions by metallic oxides, decomposi-
tions of gangue outcrops, and con-
tacts of granites and porphyritic
rocks, granites and liemstone, por-
phyries and limestones, etc.
Many of the outcrops show dis-
tinctly lead or copper, or both, and
even blowpipe assays of the country
rock show In many Instances very
distinct traces of precious metals.
Float pieces of ore of base and pre-
cious metals are frequent, and essays
of samples from outcrops and very
•u^erflolal prospect* show excellent
results. Evidence of this is the list
of a number of assays given with
this report.
But we have to deal, not only’with
Indications, with favorable conditions
and qlrcumstances. but also with un-
deniable facts—demonstrating the
presence of workable quantities of
rich ore by actually worked mines.
The presence of gold In the moun-
tain* of Trans-Pecos Texas Is suf-
ficiently demonstrated by the assays
of ores and rocks, made in the labor-
atories of the State University and of
the geological division of the State
Agrioultural department. These as-
says of spertmens, taken In most
cases fro mthe surface of outcrops
or from very superficial prospects,
show (as confirmed by the accom-
panying table) In many cases consid-
erably higher quantities of gold than
the ores of many well developed and
successfully worked mines;, so, for
Instances, the •‘Homestake,” In tho
Black Hills of Dakota, which works
since many years an ore of |5 assay
value (aboutone-fourth of an ounce).
According to the Engineering and
Mining Journal of Jan. 14, 1893. the
mines of this company paid, from
1878 to 1893, dividends amounting to
84,928,750 to 125,000 shareholders,
who were altogether assessed $200,*
000.
It might be objected that the dis-
covery of gold In place was generally
preceded by the discovery of placer'
mines, and that such Is not the case
In Texas. To this I have to state that
loose gold Is found not only in Bandy
Creek In Llano county, and even in
the Colorado river near Austin, In the
detritus of the rocks of the central
mineral region, but also in West
Texas, proving also. If necessary, the
existence of gold-bearing rock In
both parts of the state. That no
placer mines are worked In the state
is easily explained by the fact that
practically no prospecting was done
for placers in this state, or. If done,
it was done by parties who. equipped
with a very faint knowledge of the
conditions under which placer de-
posits are formed, looked only for
certain superficial signs that held or
hold good In one or the other mining
district, but are very deceptive in
others.
disintegrated granitic and schistose
rocks is covered up by the detritus
of newer non-gcdd-bearlng rock, so
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that the gold deposits are at present
out of reach of prospectors and min-
ers. . ,
The gold derived from disintegrat-
ed rock In more recent times found
not the conditions to form placer de-
posits, and Is disseminated more than
It was In the mother rock, besides In
such localities where our average
Texas prospectors will not expect It.
Panning would be out of question on
vr4"
That such Is frequently the case is
evidenced in the Black Hills of Da-
kota. where In the first years "green-
horns" and “tenderfeet,” who were
not at all familiar with the indica-
tions approved by California placer
miners, as a rule were more success-
ful than expert California prospectors.
Placers require peculiar conditions
for the concentration of the precious
metal. It may be derived from the
gold dispersed In small quantities all
through many of the older rocks, or
from the destruction #f gold veins or
small pockets of gold ore In ferrugin-
ous or other veins which may easily
be overlooked by the Inexperienced,
we may even say, by average, pros-
pector.
In either case favorable conditions
for the deposition of gold are re-
quired; before everything, a solid
bed. not too broad and not too steep
valleys and water courses, with many
bends and occassional wldentnga,
where the velocity of the current is
retarded. In the upper strata of the
valleys of Trans-Pecos Texas these
conditions, particularly the solid bed,
are wanting.
The numerous smaller and narrow-
er valleys that undoubtedly existed
before the now existing broad flats
and basins were filled in. and are
covered in many places more than a
thousand feet and the gold formerly
deposited from the decomposed and
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azo, mineral agent of Cananea, and
two daughters, Senoritas Carmen and
Marla, who spent Tuesday in the city,
returned to Can'anea yesterday.
While the party was In the city it
was learned from an Intimate friend
that Senorita Carmen Durazo will be
married to Prefector Hill at Cananea,
next Monday. The announcement of
their engagement is said to have
brought to a close—or to a beginning
—a very Interesting romance. Mr.
Hill, whose name implies American
descent, Is one of the most popular
of Mexican officials of the state of
Sonora and has many friends on this
side of the international line to whom
the news of his coming wedding will
be of pleasant interest.
Senorita Carmen Durazo is possessed
of beauty of the dashing radiant type
and Is a belle of Mexican society In
northern Sonora. She Is famed for
her grace of manner and Intellectual
attainments. The wedding will be an
event of Importance In official society
in Sonora, since the office of prefecto
of Canaqea is second only to that of
governor of Sonora in influence.
The wedding will be on a magnifi-
cent scale, It Is said. Since the party
left the city It has been learned that
the bride-to-be, Senorita Carmen Dur-
azo, purchased an expensive trous-
seau from local shops, $1,000 worth
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