The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-03-23
MINING NEWS.


49, Capitalists are making heavy in
vestmentS in various camps of New
Mexico. .. Governor Grant deserves the
thanks of every mining man for vetoing
the net output tax. Our mines are not
yet in such a condition that we, IS a
people, can afford to have them taxed.
Comparatively little is been said in
tue papers about the rich assure veins
of Gunnison county, but they are there
just the same, and work is being done
which will result at no distant day in
bringing that section to the front.
Albuquerque Journal: Yesterday
morning Mr.. q. L. Hubbs returned from
the Organ mountains where he had
been making contracts at both the Or
gans and San Augustine mining camps
for two car loads of concentrated ore
per week from each camp tor his smell
ter to be delivered from now on. The
Rankin smelter at Copper City is now
completed and ready for operations.
and before very long the people of
Albuquerque will see bullion from that
promising camp. Robert Dalton, of the
Rio Puerco company, has gone to Cop
per City for the purpose of superlntend-
ing the taking out of ore, in the CON-
pany's mines. The company are the
owners of the Michigan, Homestake and
several others, all of which are among
the best properties IN the district.
Albuquerque Democrat: 1t has been
settled that Col. Gillette is to leave the
management of the Lake Valley mines
on the Goth inst. We suggest that he
take hold of the I%vanhove at Grafton
and wake up things in the upper end of
the range. He can do it if any man
living man can. Jake Briggs of this
city has a claim at Hagan's Peak in
the Black Range. Negotiations are
pending to run a tunnel on Briggs
claim, cutting the Colossal and other
lodges in that celebrated district. Alhu-
querque parties have great faith in the
range and will willingly invest where
a fair opportunity is offered them...
The copper mines of the country are
rendering a larger return for the money
invested than is realized in any other
mining industry. The increase in the
demand of copper is much in excess of
the increase of the supply, and the pro-
duct is continually commanding better
fprices in the market. All parties hold
ing copper claims at reasonable figures
can dispose of them readily. Mining
journals have standing advertisements
calling on owners of mines to send on
specimens, etc.
Lake Valley Herald: Judge Shaw
has sold the Homestake and Keystone
claims, located neal Hillsboro, to G. NJ.
Brooks s. Co.. of Denver, for $4,000.
The Homestake mine is regarded as be-
ing the best gold property near Hills
boro, with the exception of the property
owned by the company at that place,
The mine has been very successfully
develc ped under the working bond un-
der which it was sold, and is showing
up splendidly. Messrs Brooks & Co,
have had much experience in handling
gold mines in Colorado, and are men of
good judgment and practical knowl.
edge. They will make of the Keystone
and Homestake mines properties which
will add to the fame Of the district in
which they are situated. 80. Robert Bun
sen, a mining engineer of high repu'
tation, arrived here Wednesday as the
!, successor to Col. Gillette. He was
, formerly in charge of the Denver City
J Mining Company, and previous to that
agent of the Pennsylvania Lead Com
pany at Leadville, for which he bought
} large quantities of bullion. He sue
, ceeded w. G. Shedd as manager of the
Denver City. The transfer of the man
agement will be formally made by Oh
before the Goth.
Southwest Sentinel: The San Pedro
!, mining company of San Pedro, have
/ just ordered from Fraser & Chalmers
their third water jacket copper smelt
!, ing furnace. They already have two
furnaces, same size, in use at theiI
/ mines. They have also ordered a com
) plete hosting outht with boiler ant
pump. - Wednesday evening Bremen
+ run two silver bricks just for past time
} weighing two hundred and eighty-fiv'
|, pounds, which nets him about foul
) thousand six hundred dollars. 1t i
said he is in the habit of amusing him
self in this manner every ono in
while. =. DR.. Culver has ten tons of or
from the Blackhawk mine-Bullardi
: Peak district. 1t is divided into tw'
classes. First-class runs 81. 1000; second
: class, 1850 ounces. lie recently CAV
George Butschofsky twenty-six pound
of ore to smelt in his adobe furnace
and it yielded FIVE pounds of pure silver
: and the Stag u fifteen per cent, of thi
same metal. He is now finding in th
, mine nickel ore in good quantities at
depth 100 feet. The same ore carrie
considerable rnby and native silver