Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-04-05
MINING MATTERS.
Reports from Various Competitions of
General Interest to Miners.

General Interest to Miners.
The latest quotations are: Silver, 92L;
copper, 1900; lead, 3.6715.
The Standard mill is having some new
shoes and dies cast at the Silver City
foundry.
Bay Shannon has concluded not IN work
his Clifton copper mine until copper drops
up again.
The Ruby company Of Gold Hill made
a shipment of some OF its ruby silver ore
this week.
1t is reported that this summer two
more large companies will go into the Pr
nos Altos camp.
The Haehita mining company is patent
ing the Copper King, Center and Nam
moth mines in the Apache district.
The price Of copper keeps in the neigh
borhood of $500 per hundred although
there was a sale IN New York last week
at $10.05.
c. +. Madison Of Kansas City, n of the
heavy owners Of the Ruby Silver mine at
Gold Hill, spent the 6rst OF the week in
speeding his property.
During March about $4,000 in gold
bullion and nearly the same value in sill
yer bullion was shipped from Silver City
through Wells Fargo.
Robert Williams shipped a carload Of
ore from his Ocean Wave mine to the In
ternAtional smelter at Ell Paso this week
and the smelter has contracted to take all
he will ship. The ore runs from so to 90
per cent lead and good pay in silver. 1t
does nut require a very big pile to weigh a
ton. There seems to he quite a demand
just now for lead ore.
The Santa Fe copper company last week
issued the following order: To the foremen
of the mines and smelters Of the Santa Fe
copper company: You are hereby notified
that you will be held personally RESPONSE
BILE; not to employ or keep in employment,
any man who gets drunk or is in the habit
Of freqpenting gambling houses. ouch
employees, whether miners, laborers, fore
men, teamsters ETC.. must be discharged
at snce, and will not be employed again
by the company. This is done for the
benefit Of The camp and the employee.
generally.
From Bob Holmo9, who has rsturned
from Harqua Hala, the ~Prospector learns
that the Bonanza mine has not been sold,
but that the California representative Of
fered 10 bond the property for 60 days for
a sun Of 5000, 900, % per cent to BE paid
down. This proposition is acceptable to
the owners CT the mine and the expert
went to San Francisco 60 project arrange.
ments for carrying out this proposition.
His return is being awaited by many of the
pioneers of that much abused camp. lfhe
does not get back there will DO an exodus
from that country. -Prospector.
A new discovery has recently been made
abont ten miles south of the Pyramid mill,
and is now being developed. There ia a
good strong ledge and indications that i!
is well mineralized, but there has not been
enough work done to fully determine its
value. Al the time the Pyramid mill was
being built a number Of Mexicans we're
enca@ped IN this vicinity, and they would
bring in ore that would run from SIS, 1000
to $4,000 per ton, but went away without
disclosing the whereabouts of this mine.
If some lucky prospector could find this
be would not want more than a train load
II it. ~ ~.
Thos. Kendall, a we'll known proprietor,
was in town this week. He has IN bis
possession a couple OF fine gold specimens,
which came from the San Carlos reserva-
ton. Some years ago while crossing the
reservation Kendall stumbled onto a ledge
in a malpais formation, which showed up
for 700 or 800 feet, and there was about
ten feet of it which was very rich. I'll
looks, says Kendall. Just as though q
Stag pot had been dumped down there
Kendall made another trip across the rCs
e%rvation recently and packed out about
hundred pounds of the rock which real
lied more than he could earn by working
for wages in a year. Kendall estimates
that if he could make one trip in there
with a freight team that he would be vel
fixed.
Rich food, and lack Of exercise, durins
the winter months, causes the system tC