The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-04
BLACK RANGE MINES.
An Unprejudiced Opinion Con
cerning Some Of them.

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About two miles west of Chloride, uI
the gulch of the same name, ARE the Wal
Street Nos. 1 and 2 properties. Tht
vein on which these locations are made
has northwest course, with a slight
dip to the southwark. The vein mat
ter is quartz, and the vein itself is 10.
Gated between trachyte on the south
west and porphyry on the east. Both
properties are idle at present.
The Wall Street No. / belongs to the
IvanhOe company, and has a record, Sc
the reporter was informed of a produc
tion of eighteen or twenty tons of ore
which netted about $500 per ton. 1t is
developed by tunnel 1870 feet in length
and several minor su1A.A opening
The loction of the Wa Va shows
massive cropping O. - Forming
quite cliff on the EssooSElytain's side
which is stated to all run about twenty
five dollars to the ton in silver.
The Wall Street No. 2 is owned by
McAulay and and others, and Is an ex.
tension of the No. l lode. A shaft
down ninety-five feet discloses eight tC
twelve inches of quartz carrying silver
as chlorides and sulphldes scattered
through the pores and cleavages of the
quartz.
On the same vein, on the south side
of the gulch, is the Apache, location
showing twelve foot vein, consisting
of quartz, carrying copper and silver.
The vein is opened by an eighty foot
shaft, and shows contact between
trachyte and porphyry, as already des-
cribed in the Wall Street lodes. The
Apache is owned by James 2. Blain and
others.
Continuing southwark in the same
general direction, the Adirondack is
reached, located near the top of the
mountain. On reaching this property
the limestone cap of the mountain Is
encountered, and the Adirondack is
found in the contact between the p0r-
phyry and limestone. ThSgein shows
great width, and has disclosed bodies
of ore from six inches to three feet in
width. The mine is owned by Messrs.
Turner, Shaw and Garfield,
Several miles south of the Adirondack
IS the White Signal, a property of great
possibilities. 1t is developed by sew
enty foot shaft and thirty foot tunnel
showing in one place ten to twelve feet
of ore. The vein filling is quartz, car
rying native silver and gold, copper
glance and iron. A fair average mill
run returned fifty dollars to the ton.
The Hagan's Peak district is about
six miles southwest of Chloride, and en-
braces some very good mines and pros
poets. The formation here is porphyry
and limestone, the latter crowning the
mountain summit. The deposits oc-
cur mostly in the contact between these
two formations, and in the lower strata
of the limestone.
The principal property in the district
is the Colossal, owned by NJ. S. Millen
and Others. Its development consists
of a tunnel four hundred and fifty feet
in length, and shaft down one hun
dred and thirty feet. The pay streak
has width of four to eighteen inches
with a dip TO the northwest of about
twenty degrees. From thirty to forty
tons of ore have been shipped to Den
yer returning on an average about $500
per ton.
Other properties in this section also
show well, and with further develop
ment promise TO make productive
mines.
Sixteen to eighteen miles west of
Chloride, near the summit of the con-
tinental divide, are located number of
productive properties, all giving good
indications of permanence and reliable
producing qualities.
The most prominent of the mines of
the divide is the Silver Monument, at
present working under bond to Mr..
Alex. Won Wendt. This gentleman Sc
cured a bond on the mine for one year,
at 100000, and also a lease with a fif-
teen per cent royalty from one-half the
owners of the mine. Since then he has
had force at work steadily and has
succeeded in materially enhancing the
value of the property, as well as max
ing some profit from the sales of ore ex-
tracted. The vein is in the contact be-
tween porphyry and tacheyte. and is
opened by shaft of ninety feet aud a
tunnel of sixty feet. The vein is of the
contact species so common in this sec
ton, being located between the junior
and senior outflows of eruptive rock,
The pay ore, consisting of bornite and
other copper ore ranges. in width from
few inches to several feet, and is usu-
ally quite high grade in both copper and
silver.
About twenty tons of ore have been
taken out by Mr.. Won Wendt, some OF
which is now at Chloride and the re-