The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-01-05

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The Grand Central, Hancock, Garfield,
Hardscrabble, Prescott, Orwig, Buck |
skin, Dorsey, Morgan, Henry Clay and
Iowa are situated west and south of
the White Signal, all showing strong
veins of mineral, With more or less ore
on the dump.
The Colossal and Woods are situated
a little south and east of Hagans peak.
and have strong mineralized veins. The
development is 100 foot shaft, an
eighty foot tunnel and drift of about
forty feet. Some sixty tons of this ore
have been worked at Denver with an
average yield of $500 TO the ton. The
vein is four feet wide with from twenty
inches to two feet of mineral. This
ore is assorted and graded into three
classes, the second and third remaining
on the dump as there are no facilities
in the range for reducing it.
Lying almost directly south of Ha-
gan's peak is the great Pye lode on
which are located thirteen claims, all
more or less developed. Silver Prince,
Queensbury, Lost Heir, Starlight, High
land Chief, Way Up, King No. 2, King,
Tidal Wave, Midnight, Little Kate,
Silver Plume and Hamilton The King
No. ? and Way Up have joint shaft
about sixty feet deep in high grade sui
phuret ore, together with native and
ruby silver. Assays from 200 to 900
ounces in silver. Mill-run 142 ounces.
The Highland Chief ore is chlorides
with sulphide of silver, and assays from
200 to 1000 ounces. Queenshury and
Silver Prince have considerable argen-
tiferous galena on the surface. The
Tidal Wave and Midnight are developed
by shaft off the vein, which has been
cross-cut at fifty and eighty-ive feet,
showing good body of ore that will
mill-run sixty ounces in silver. The
King is developed by shafts 175 feet,
showing a pay streak that assays from
seventy to 200 ounces in silver. Hamil-
ton lode has astunnel 100 feet with
cross-cut thirty feet. This work was
intended to be driven towards Hagan's
peak, one of the highest in the range
towards which the main veins seem to
travel. Tie undertaking was prema-
ture and for the present abandoned,
though we think if prosecuted would
result in the finding of rich veins of
mineral.
The Cuchillo Negro and Limestone
districts occupy the Cuchillo Negro
mountains, spur of the Black Range.
The former lies east of the Apache and
the latter east of the Black Range dis
tricts. They contain several hundred
located claims. The veins run in a
northeast and southwest direction.
the minerals are an argentiferous gale
ma and the native oxides and carbonates
of copper carrying silver. The forma-
tion is of the same character as the
main belt. The principal developed
claims are the Black Knife, German,
Rifle Shot, New York, Campbell, Storm,
Picayune, Letter B, Evening Star, st.
Elmo, Star of Hope, Mexican, Noon
shine, New Year, Oher, Champion, Blue
Dandy, Irousides, Gen. Arthur, Excel
Sior, Copper Queen, Star OF the West,
Good Enough and Little Luella. The
development work is in shafts and tun-
nels from ten to 200 feet. Assays as Il
general rule are much less in these
claims than those further west, but the
ores are of class that cannot be too
highly estimated as they are the natu-
raj huxes to the higher grades on the
main belt. The company owning the
Black Knife have erected a water jacket
smelter CT ten tons capacity, that is
completed and about to be fired up. Ii
will add greatly to the importance of
these districts Tie Humboldt Mining
company of Philadelphia own large in
terests in Limestone district and will
push work vigorously. They employ a
large number of men both here and in
the San Andres and Caballo mountains,
having their headquarters at Engle.
Palomas district is situated south of
the Apache district on the main belt of
mineral and has several hundred re-
corded claims, many of which are very
promising for the amount of work
done. The ore throughout the district
is not so much exposed on the surface
as in the Apache district, yet the veins
are equally as prominent and well-de-
fined. Developments show the mineral
to be of high grade. Palomas Chief
has several small cuts and shafts that
would indicate deposit of consIdera-
BILE extent. A tunnel has been COM
menced that has a breast of ore the
full size of the work and assays give
returns of from 800 to 800 ounces of
silver and some gold. The Antelope is
a recent discovery IN which at the depth
of four feet ore was obtained that will
assay upwards of $40 ounces per ton.
It'll black sulphnrets. Arrangements
have been concluded to sink one hun.
dred feet on the vein for an undivided
one-half interest in the property, The
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