Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-07-03

I'm the mines" trs-la!
| This morning C. M. Dreamer received
q brief note from Mr.. Houck, the man
ager OF Creamers branch drug store at
San Pedro, saying;
! Manager Raunheim, Of the Copper
company, telegraphs from Boston that the
| company has bought 100 ton smelter,
and the machinery is now on its way to
San Pedro"
! This bit Of news, while not unexpected
by those on the inside, will prove pleas
ant surprise for the average citizen. Man
ager Raunheim some weeks ago author
lied the New MEXICAN to say that the
company would enlarge its copper plant
by the addition OF q silver smelling fur
mace ''in case everything ertwell" He
| said there was no use Of sending these
rich carbonate ores out OF the camp to en-
rich the smelters ut Pueblo or Socorro, and
that it would be the company's policy to
erect plant and take custom ores for
treatment as soon as the permanency OF
| the Lucky strike was proven, thusly say
| ing thousands OF dollars at home and en-
ploying large number OF men, which
under the present arrangement can not
be done.
! From the dispatch above referred to it
would seem that Mr.. Raunhein has made
very encouraging report to the directors
OF the Santa Re Copper company in Bos-
ton, and is himself fully satisfied that the
carbonate deposits, first struck in the
Lucky, are permanent and cover large
territory on San Pedro mountain. 1t is
not improbable also that the company
will go into the mining OF carbonate ores
itself, for before Mr.. Raunheim lett for
Boston he paid $4,000 for a prospect and
took bond on another, both OF which
lie in the carbonate belt. The possession
Of these two claims and the certainty that
abundant custom ores will be ready for
treatment in few weeks probably had
much to do with the action OF the COM
pany in ordering this new 100 ton silver
stack erected at once.
THE LINCOLN SALE.
Alex: Rogers arrived in the city this
morning, coming from San Pedro. He
brings the first news OF the sale Of the
Abe Lincoln mine, owned by Kelly
Bros, to the Lucky company. Manager
Wright had taken bond on two-thirds of
the Lincoln some ten days previous his
intention being the watch events in the
Lucky's drift before closing the deal.
Later Mr.. Wright was instructed by his
company to secure to Lincoln, and the
trade was finally made at Rogers hotel
;ylt -.
volved is said to be $45 900. 1t is generi
ally conceded by all who have seen the
mines that the carbonate ores which were
first struck in the Lucky extend below
the surface Of all adjacent claims, the
Parnell, Anaconda, Sherman, and in fact
lie under the whole mountain.
Mr.. Rogers has just leased his hotel to
Chris. Sellman. OF Las Vegas. He reports
general business active and says the rush
OF prospeCtors and strangers into the
camp is as great to-day as it was six weeks
ago wheE the boom first broke.
THE CHESTER AT CERRILLos.
John Gray got home last night and
brought up a bushel of ore samples from
the Chester, which have been viewed
with great interest at his Office to-day by
many people. These samples come from
four openings in the Chester property, the
deepest being tifty-five feet down. This
is undoubtedly true fssure find between
walls OF lime and porphyry. All miners
will understand what this means. 1t
means rich strike in the best
primary formation ever opened in
Cerrillos district. Capt. Gray's latest
by Kearsing, at Cerrillos,
give return Of ~ 500 to the ton OF ore.
Yesterday he brought down from the
mine and stored at Cerrilos ten sacks of
this class OF ore, and of the second grade,
from $50 to $3.50 per ton, he has
nearly car load on the dump. He says
the vein is now four feet wide. 1t seems
to be the opinion of all competent men
who have seen the ore that the Chester
bids fair to be one of the richest and best
mines ever opened in this county.