Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-07-26

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A private letter from Denve,
states that Pr sldeht Muffatt, of tht
Denver Il Rio (irande railroad, vii
shortly send mining expert tc
make report an the mining ia
dsstry Of sants Fe coanty. Thi,
may mean great dad.
A gold button valued at $3.50 ant
handful of nuggets worth Sl5(
more were brought in from south
Santa Fe couhty's placer mines
this morning. b, 5okn +. Kelley,
and through the FIRST Not,onal
Bank was forwarded to the Z. 5.
mint 1T Denver The writer had
the pleasure of netting" the yellow
stuff, aud while doing so asked a
few questions. Mr.. Kelley's placer
mine ut q ,lden Is new employing
twenty hen, and the gtavel is yield
iag very profitable returns, 1t is
gravel too, that was years ago
worked over hy the Mexican placer
miners; and it is matter Of won
derment that under modern meth
DDS it should yield such nuggets,
varying in size, as large as a pea,
to the size of u 6lbert. In value
they run FROM Fifty cents to SO.
The latter is the value of the larg.
t Size brought in by Mr.. Kelley.
Tie wdter for working these pla-
GERS was obtained by sinking
tubular well $50 feet deep, which
brought the water 1p Within lao
feet Of the surface, from whence it
as pumped lnto sluice boxes Mr..
Kelley now has about twenty inches
of water at his command, and feels
confident that we'll 1000 feet in
depth and cssed will result In an
artesian flow. He is anxious to de-
monstrate this idea, and proposes
to do SO ut 30 distant day; for il
flowing wells are possible in that
locality, there is situated the big
gist placer mining possibilities on
the American continent. These pla-
Ger lands cover thousands of acres.
tne gravel is from forty to eighty
feet thick, aud the yield, with plen-
ty of water and intelligent treat
ment, is estimated to be from 50
cents to $l25 to the cubic yard,
with M occasional nugget of great
value.
The Lucky NINE interests have
engroesed the speculbtions of San
Pedro people for the last week.
The owners have been absent, and
md the employees expected a
,hange at pay day yesterday. The
news arrived Saturday night of the
'ale of the Lincoln miEe property
~ the owners of this and the
lucky mine Col. Johnson and II:
I. Wright have effected very ia
'orable sale of this new and impor- p,
ant development OF the carbonate
deposits. Col. johnson retains
ne fifth interest IN the Lincoln. ;,
he remaining four r-fifths have /,
een suld to Jefferson Raynolds, |;
$50, banker at Las Vegas, and II. I
:. Wright. The consideration for .
lis four. .ffths interest was $685.
90. Twenty-thrse have been men ]
work during July on drift from a
10 Lucky mine to strike the same ;,
ch carbonates and galena veins /,
the Lincoln. Till Saturday night n
had not been reached; but the ~
aws of the sale from Albuquerque
as mel with the cheering stale
ent from the foreman of the Lin
IN that "A large body of the same ="
nd of carbonates aud lead had 10
zen struck late 10 the afternoon, er
suring the new owners of the val pl
of their purchase. Orders have fe
me to transfer the foreman aud er
en- employed by the company of th
e LucSy to the Lincoln, and to al
,rk three eight. hour shifts, oil
counting to sixty men night and OF
" OH the Lincoln The same sue pI
IS is therefore confidently pre- tit
cted with tins mine as With the sn
,cky; and this new strike will W