Sierra County advocate., 1885-06-13
OUR ''TRAMPS ABROAD.
The Growing Town of Hermosa--
Rich Discoveries Of New Silver
Lodes Almost Daily.
Sierra Cou nty Bound to Come to the
+ Ffont As a Great Mineral Produ-
Ger.
Business Statistics Of the Town and
the New Concentrator.


Business Statistics Of the Town and
the New Concentrator.
Special correspondence OF the Advocate.
HERMosA, New Mexico, May l9
1SS5.-The greatest excitement and
enthusiastic feelings Of happiness
exists in this mining camp this
evening over the starting OF the
new conc sntrator merely to test the
machinery. Everything worked to
a charm and to the entire satisfac-
ton of the projectors of the enter
prise and all present. The concen-
traitor was commenced but two
m nths' ago, but with the rapidity
wi b which the work has been
pushed, is almost miraculous. 1t
is equipped with the most ponder
ous and latest and best machinery
ever shipped west of the Missouri
river, and that it will be one OF the
finest successes in the west, is free
ly expressed by the miners. 1t has
a large capacity and enough ore is
on the dump at the works to run it
for mouths, 70 say nothing about
the ores that now lie at the various
shafts and tunnels in the immedi.
ate vicinity. That this section of
Sierra county is to attract the at
tention Of the whole public by ITS
rich ores and bright prospects for
one OF the greatest futures ever
known to the mining world, is only
a question of very short time. The
largest camp, in which most men
are employed in the vicinity OF
Hermosa, is about two miles below
town III huge canyon through
which runs Polomas river. The
mines are located on either side of
the river in these great ranges of
mountains and from the bed of the
creek one finds it difficult and
tiresome to make the ascent. This
camp consists of great mum Der OF
groups and claims, and every avail
able foot of ground seems to be
monumented for long distance
back In both directions from the
Iiver. Among the many develop
ments in this camp that | visited
and bore away presents of speci-
mems of pure native silver in tale,
was the Nina mine, belonging to
james Cannefeld and others The
pay streak consists of native and
chloride of silver in a very soft
dark blue tale formation, and Is
very rich. Mr.. Cannefeld is su-
perintending the work himself. and
is pushing work and sacking and
shipping ore. Just onoosite this
mine, and across th, deep and pre-
cipitoua canyon, and over beyond
the fretful and foaming Polomss, /
found the mining claim of Charlie
Lewis and Messrs. White and Dix
on. This is another one of the |
claims OF this camp which is yield
ing the owners native shipping sill.
YER. Only yesterday these men
made a shipment of ore from this
mine, and another one nearer town
that they are working, some of
which will run $4,000 to the ton.
They are shipping to Socorro and
by the time the wagons return will
be prepared TO load and start them
back. This ore runs as high in sill
YER as is kLown to have been fouRd
in New Mexico in shipping quanti-
lies, and the vein matter shows no
signs of weakness in any of the
shafts or tunnels now being work.
sd. There are altogether about fif-
;een men at work IN the whole
lamp, but richness of the ores of
his camp have not yet penetrated
o the ears of the men who keep
heir treasure vaults locked against
he wealth of Sierra county which
S in state of stagnancy In incom-
,utable millions. This is a new
amp; worked by poor men, who,