New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-02

enson Company, in which the late inspector Sene,'
Marcy owned large share His interest Is now e" ny
mis- son-,naw General George b. Mcclellan This com
many suspended operations. After the mine remained
rnworsd for ten years It was denounced by some resi-
dents in this district who forIaed the San Augustine
Comuany long litigation ensued resulting III
eompro,nse which gives the latter company the orih
claim of 800 feet and the stephenson Company the
extensions embracing about $500 feet stu the mine
Hos idle The main shaft, which, had been
sunk over 100 feet is partly choked with rubbish and
some of the galleries have broken in the pillars OF ore
which we're the only supports Recently the mine was
partially sampled which gave added proof OF the vaio
able silver, bearing that remains uuworked
Further north in a line with the groupings OF the
Stephenson and Just beyond the nine frame shsnnes
which compose the town OF Organ, is the Memphis
Here shaft has been sunk 125 feet and drifts run III
several directions The is exceedingly rich IN cop
per which shows native in glance and oxides SeNer
tests have given from 40 TO 90 per cent copper VIII
fair yield OF SILVER Above the main shaft eropphgSo VI
Irn ore bearing copper and silver show freely over
large knoll on the summit OF which the Mexcans years
ago sunk shallow shaft and erected rude shei'el'
Three miles further north is the Little Buck the most
promising silver claim here in the richness OF ls ore
and which, up 10 recent gold strikes was the pros
meet which attracted attention in this region The
snoft now over forty down and several open cuts
heye been made on the hillside. There appears to be
welldolned contact vein with uniform wdtn OF apout
three feet bearing chcrdes aud suphurets with some
horn silver The richest assay of this ore showed over
$4,000 ton from spe linen OF iron ana natSe o H.
ard few pieces OF chorides have given from S4oOo 20
Sc 600 "A ton The average value or the ore at
present ia extremely high, and the mine Is Regarded DIS
crossed the mountains through the San Augustine
Pass. Of the oldest trails TO Mexico and faVoLe
point for the ambuscades of the Apaches. Up TO S'
year they praoIeay prevented mining IN ths TeSG he
The inevitable Oldest inhabltant VINO aroVe
pass with me in the stage pointed out the customary
lurking places Of the Apaehes Here tney nay srOo r
sergeant with nineteen balls and killed two OF hs men
there they shot down father walking arm in arm with
his daughter, who fed and barely escaped anu az
ncn M Se middle Of tie pass He himself told by
chief after treaty was concluded win tnis IT'D, oroe
nj the lpacles that his life could nave been taken
hun red tunes, and that he was 9nly spared oecae
the Indians thought II eao ponoy 70 orTaH % @ This
plaee-Shedds Ranohe-we soon reached; three-sIory
and below it, that walking from the main iioor OF the
rancho into what apparently the yard one was Iey
cited about cred wagons full of prOspectOrs
outfits lined the eorrals, and their owners !ouh NJ.
the porch, while the desk Of the promtn once
was filed with cartIdgebes and revolvers We Slept
on porch, glad TO find space to spread our blankets
Next morning I mounted broncho and rode eight
miles north the mesa to the Lady Hopkins mile
This claim runs nearly Isolated rage on lhc
east side OF the Organs IL Is remarkable on account Oh
the apparently vast extent OF the ore body nan "E
100 feet. At the mouth of the tunnel SHAFT Is oeg
sunk which the intends to connect with another
tunnel run In from the level or the paln ine I t
already which is some four feet WIDE 1oIoWs inc
nosinS the walls and roof On the hillside above,
beyond the end of the tunnel are extensive outcrop
"a
running along the claim As yet the work IN the tunnel
with these groupings is the only indication Of what
the mine really Is, sinking has yet been done on
the Win All this ore is low grade giving an average
at present this body appears to be a true fssnre IN
granite walls If this prove the case OF course me mime
will be one of great value for the history OF mining
shows that the great mines of grade have been
the most profitable. The owner estimates the Wlutuo OF
the vein at sixty feet but fail to find any basis for this
estimate beyond the groupings at the surface As the
mind stands il undoubtedly contains large body OF
low grade the extent Of which. with the character
of its disposal, has yet to be definitely determined
The BLACK MOUNTAIN STRIKE.
Inext rode ten miles further to the Black Noun
tain on which the contact formation is almost as dis
tinctly defined the stripes "a Navajo blanket. On
the crest Of spur of this mountain the sensational gold
strike was made which has caused the present excite
ment about this region 1t is amusing to see the mis-
statements, cxaggeraton and accomplished lying
which always accompany strike or sale When the
first wonderfully rich specimens of free gold were brought
into town they said TO be from the Copper Duke
claim located by three clerks Ii was said that there
WAS a quantity OF in sight which would give
100000 to the ton. and that the locaors had been
offered a round million for their prospect by some
Califoriaus The amount dwndied to half mlloli
and then il was discovered that the richest part OF the
strike was on another claim. What found when had
climbed TO the top of the mountain spur this: The
Mountain Chief is claim which runs over
the crest OF the spur and at the lower end is joined
by the Copper Duke, praermcaiV AN eS'on no'
binaton shaft ON the boundary line OF the TWO claims
per cent copper with gold. The miners were look
ing for silver, and were therefore surprised WhCh
the vein Of quartz bearing free gold In rare abundance
Perhaps the gold thus exposed most OF which was al-
ur0priated for specimens, worth $1,000. But II
was the OF an immense sensation, and has had
good effect in attracting miners into this region The
Shaft is now only pit eight ten feet
deep. There is shown what may be vein OF burnt
quartz bearing gold and rich in perhaps four feet
on the Mountain Chief side Of the shaft and on the other
the sinks following the slope Of the mountain side
cations OF vein. is all the development that mas Deen
The truth of the extravagant claims regard sales
Is that the of the Mountain Chief received cash
forfeit of 81 500 and half the claim bonded for
SI2 600 TO be paid If the vein well when sunk
upon. reasonable TO expect that the ore VIII
nav fairly IN copper and silver even no gold be
found The strike and the ACCOMPLISHMENT of even co..
dltional se mas greatly eneouraged the camp. Inc
work the numerous claims they nave taken up, but who
have left for other prospectors except ny buy
ing their claims This checked development, for
have besn TOO busy doing assessment work on dozen
Gains really to find out what any one contains The
whole country full of mineral but there is de-
yeloped mine except the Old Stephenson, and perhaps
the Memphis. The Others are prospects, ana Oh tnese
have mentioned the most promising.
RAILROAD PROJECTS.
new railroad scheme which is budding into con-
siderable Importance is being agitated here. Last
winter q charter obtained for railroad from Ell
PasO to White Oaks-twenty miles in Texas and 144
in New-MexicO This would traverse eastern New
Mexico. passing east of the Organ mining camps. near
the Jarla Mountains where there large deposits of
"copper" cross the splendid grazing grounds of the Sacra
mento Valley tap the mining district about Tula Rosa.
pass of the Mescalero Apache Agency, and enter
White Oaks, which is in the centre of nearly forty miles
of excellent biuminous coal. George Noble the sOnn
law Of the late Thomas Scott became interested with
local holders the and has been the
in the project But has occurred to the other roads
that an extension could easily be bmt from White Oaks
north to the Atlantic Pacific west of the line of In
dian Territory Tie completion OF both lines therefore