Show RANSOMED ENGINEER OP OF EL PASO TACKLES MEXICAN proposition AGAIN el paso tex april 26 W J holmes a veteran min ingman of the southwest who has just returned to el paso from the san blas bias mountains near barreal mex 75 miles south of here reports that henry beach of el paso and alberto 4 alberto alliedo of juarez mex have denounced acres of surface ground c covering i la lolita mine and will be gin work as soon as ditl title e is granted by the mexican government la lolita mine which is said to contain a remarkably large vein vein of high grade copper tta traceable ceable for several miles along the surface was discovered and operated for a while fe by capitalists of mil milwaukee w a akee wis they did extensive development work and shipped thirteen cars 0 of f ore e surface running 6 1312 13 per cent copper co P per to the ton meanwhile they sunk a shaft abaft feet in depth and encountered ore which averaged b 40 per cent copper co P per on crosscutting cross cutting into the vein but not through it they took out a car of high grade copper the property was abandoned in 1911 henry beach who was superintendent of the property was captured by salazar a bandit and held for ransom this was paid but beach was forced to leave the district salazar who was an experienced miner formerly worked in the clifton morenci ariz district knowing 6 that the ore in la lolita mine was rich in copper meantime took possession of the ore which beach had piled on the dump and shipped it to a smelter the shipments netted a large tn amount of money the price of copper at that time was 26 cents a pound |