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Title: Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey--The El Paso Tin Deposits
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Weed, Walter Harvey
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^ were said to come from thevicinity of El Paso, Texas, and in view of the infrequency of well-authenticated occurrences of tin ore in the United States it was judgedwise to have their provenance and manner of occurrence verified atthe earliest opportunity. This opportunity presented itself when, inJanuary, 1901, Mr. W. H. Weed had occasion to pass through El Paso,and he was instructed to make a reconnaissance examination of thelocality whence the specimens were said to come. The result of hisexamination is presented briefly in the following report, the immediatepublication of which I recommend. S. F. Emmons,Geologist in Charge of Section of Metalliferous Ores. Hon. Charles D. Walcott, Director of United States Geological Survey. D U LLC M IN INO I/O KL I
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PORTION OF THE EE PASO QUADRANGLE 1 £ O 1 2 3 4 5 Miles Contour Interval 50 feet THE EL PASO TIN DEPOSITS. By W. H. Weed. LOCATION OF DEPOSITS. The El Paso tin deposits lie on the east flank of the Franklin Moun-tains, the southern extension of the Organ or San Andreas Range,about 10 miles north of the city of El Paso. The ores were discov-ered in 1899 and have been prospected by several open cuts and pits,the deepest of which is about 50 feet below the surface. The propertybelongs to Judge C. R. Moorhead, of El Paso, to whom I am indebtedfor many courtesies during my visit to the deposits. The place is dis-tant about 11 miles by wagon road from El Paso, 12 miles of excellentroad across the flat mesa being succeeded by 2 miles across the foot-hills. The White Oaks Railroad crosses the flat 3 or 4 miles eastof the property, and the main line of the Southern Pacific lies 10miles to the south. There is a good spring one-fourth of a mile fromthe ledges, but there is no large supply of wa

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