The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-04-27

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Dry creek, about six miles northwest
of Chloride. The property is opened by
a one hundred and ninety foot shaft,
! showing a vein with a northwest strike,
and dipping but few degrees from
the perpendicular to the eastward. The
width of the vein between the walls is
four feet and Upward, with pay streak
lof few inches to several feet, and an
average width the entire depth of the
fshaft of about twelve inches. The
-character of the ore is quartz. carrying
copper in nearly all its forms. Near
the surface the vein showed consider
able gray copper. but below the one
hundred feet this mineral has disap-
peared entirely, and in its stead fine cop
per glance is found.
I About ninety tons of ore are on the
dump of the mine, estimated to average
500 per ton in silver and gold, the ore
carrying of the latter metal but small
\ quantity, say fiom one-telth to three
sfourths of an ounce per ton. The val
vle or amount of copper contained has
1'nevef been satisfactorily tested for an
average, but must be quite large. The
sinking of the shaft is still in progress,
and no levels have as yet been driven
out on the vein.
Extending southwark on a similar
vein, are the Fast Mail. Mail Line, Solid
Comfort and Ready Relief locations,
all promising prospects, with varying
amounts of development work, yet
none sufficiently developed to admit
their classification in the list of mines.
Crossing over the ridge still farther
south, Mineral creek is reached, in
which evidently the same general cop
per belt exists, with a seeming endless
vein of quartz and copper.
The first property in this section in
spected by the writer, was the Dread
naught, owned by Messrs. J. NJ. Smith,
w. II. Berry ami Miller. The vein has
"a north and south course, dipping to the
westward, seventy-fve degrees from the
horizon. Tie width of the vein Is about
live feet from wall to wall, with an
even pay streak of about forty inches,
The vein filing in quartz, carrying sui
phides, oxides, silicate Of copper, also
some iron. Mill runs showed ten and
elght-tenths per cent. of copper and
sixty-two ounces of silver to the ton
About one hundred tons are on the
dump, of which an average sample was
recently made by parties, the returns
on which were seventy-three ounces in
silver, and seven per cent. copper. An
incline shaft is sunk on the vein about
thirty feet, showing mineral in undi.
mnished strength, enclosed in very fair
walls with porphyritic rock on both
sides.
Adjoining the Dreadnaught on the
north is the Ell Paso, owned by Killgore
Sweet and Weston. The vein here
shows extraordinary width, crosscut
at one point failing to show the walls
although extended for about thirty feet
The shaft is now down sixty feet, and
: discloses great deal of ore in streaks
and chests.
North of the El Paso is the Eureka
one of the Ivanhoe company's claims
and fair prospect. 1t is on the same
vein, and opened by sixty foot shaft
also a tunnel prosecuting the vein
The tissure as well as the pay streak
are weaker than in the preceding two
locations, but the ore is of better quail
ity, both in silver and copper.
70 the southwark, on the vein will
the Dreadnaught, is The Silver Glance
owned by Messrs Joseph Oliver and
James Clark. The developments con.
sistng of a sixty foot shaft discos
; ing four foot vein, with twelve inches
of ore. About forty tons of ore on thC
dump returned from carefully selected
average samples fortY-seven> ounces in
silver and five per cent. in copper.
; In the same neighborhood with tht
Dreadnaught is the Sailor Boy, owned
by the Grozier Brothers and others
Open cuts and shallow shafts make &
good showing for surface work, but 8
shaft sunk about one hundred and fifty
feet, some distance from the out crop
to catch the vein on its dip has failed t.
realize the expectations of It's owners
and so far has not contributed toward
enhancing the prospective value of the
property, although little more work
might have accomplished the SINE pur
Re9e
Tnsf ,achea and Black Range mining
distrA contain some good, very good
prospects, but its citizens must couiint
themselves to the development of Tie
properties they already own, in tht
place of running over the countr.
in search Of new bonanzas, If they evel
hope to make productive mines out o.
their properties.
For the benefit Of Chloride it will no
, be amiss to reiterate that capital i
looking for mines, and make invest
. ments in mining properties. but seldom
! purchases prospect holes. There ar