Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-10-10
CORRESPONDENCE
LIFE IN NEW MEXICO.

ohOhuEloWNI W. NJ, DtIJl. 1901
Mr.. MINING JOURNAL.
Guess can address you like that, as |
you "are sometimes a person." and
knowing you to be generally interest
ed in mines and the districts in which |
they are located, and as l believe I in
timated my intention of giving you a
sort of write-up of the place am at
present "staying" in, III proceed to do
so, and will try to make the account
interesting.
Georg etown district is not one of the
sort that is doomed by lying statements
put out by INSCRIPTIONS spectators,
as are many others in this region, but
is a straight -up-and-down silver heav-
ing section of country. Its mines are
owned and worked by men who know
when they've struck good thing and
have sense enough to hold on to it.
The largest company operating here
is known as the Mimbres mining COM
pany, and their great mine is called
the "Naiad Queen" and she is or was
a queen sure enough, for in many in
stances the ore taken out is almost
solid black metal, the kind generally
procured here, with liberal admix-
ture of horn silver. This company is
at present idle, but their manager will
make up for it when he returns from
New York, where he went few days
ago to make some necessary arrange
ments for continuing the work. They
have a fine mill about three miles
from here on the Mimbres river. 1t
has ten stamps, six matchmaking pans,
and two concentrators with a fine
Wheelock automatic cutoff engine,
whose fy-wheel is sixteen feet in
diameter,t to drive the machinery. They
handle an immense amount of ore
every day.
The McGregor mining company, by
whom | am employed, have had a
pretty tough pull, but they don't know
what "give up" means, and are now
being rewarded for their staying quail
tiles by striking good deposits, some
assays of which run nearly if not quite
eight hundred ounces per ton of 1000
lbs. We assayed some few DAYS ago
which went 6l9 ounces, and Yesterday
some much finer was brought to the
office, just "chuck full" of horn silver.
This company has a fve-stamp mill
and two concentrators which reduce
fifteen tons of ore into one of concen-
trates, some of which are worth $3.50
to $3.50 per ton.
Smith, Toner & company's mines
adJoin the McGregor, and they take
out some splendid ore. Their hosting
works are very complete and are doing
good work.
The camp is very dull at present on
account of the Mimbres company not
working their mines. If it were not
for the McGregor mill the place would
be almost deserted. 1t will all be
right in a few weeks.
The decline in silver is havinga very
depressing effect on all the Rocky
Mountain region if it continues to de-
preclate as many seem to think, most
OF the small workings will be abandon
ed and be absorbed by the companies
who are we'll established and who can't
afford to leave on account of the large
amount of capital invested
We not only have the natural cray.
ing for excitement satisfied by pros
pectors' yarns about new discoveries
but occasionally Uncle Sans Unsuitable
creditors, those untutored children of
the forest, whom SO many think our
government treats badly, the Internal
redskins, pay us visit. Only few
evenings ago party of them, en-
deavoring to get back to the San
Carlos reservation. passed within three
miles Of this place killed several
MeXicans; two Of John McKinnev's
boys, one lG, the other about ii Yeas
of age (Since writing this learn
that yesterday IA gang of Indians
crossed the mountain n!wut Il quarter
Of a mil" from ny ntiirr II has;
been Io"kin@ ro ia have ~o,n thrn
.as!iy. Ihry >rrm. TO hr l,,.ao".h'y
disposed. however: ON" k;ilr.! 81 h",-r
herr n'i tilcr'. /" 1T y Supply of meat.
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