Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-26
MASSIVE MINERAL.
Some Description Of the Great DisOoV-
cry Opened in tho Lincoln
Lucky Mine.
The Rio Grande Valley Water COmpany'S
Placer Enterprses-Crumbs
from Camp.

And still the cheering news comes IN
| from Santa Fe county's Leadville. AT
Cerrillos yesterday afternoon q represent
alive of the New MEXICAN, under instruc-
tons by wire, interviewed John II. King,
the lessee Of the Lincoln-Lucky property,
with a view to ascertaining what bis
ideas of the new find are and what plans
are contemplated for working the mine.
Mr. King said the mineral in the newly
opened cave is mostly of the massive
galena variety, the boulders Of this stuff
being imbedded in sand carbonates, with
rare and beautiful mineral crystallizations
suspended from the walls OF the opening.
The chamber is irregular in shape, but at
places it is as much as 100 feet long by
fifty feet in width. There are thousands
of tons of ore in sight that
will run from $40 to $50 per ton, but as
to making lump estimate OF what the
cave contained, Mr.. King said no man
could do it, no matter how good a judge OF
ore in place he might DO. lie said it was
the intention to treble the working force
in the mine, and work it for all it is
worth. A tramway and ore cars have
been ordered, and pending their arrival
the property will be put in shape for ac-
commodating the shifts of at least twenty
men each.
AN EYE WITNESS SPEAKS.
So much general interest in this dis
coyery has been developed both at home
and abroad that the following from the
new San Pedro paper, the Outlook, de-
scriptive of the Lincoln-Lucky workings
is here reproduced:
Starting from the mouth of an irregular
opening, and descending gradually,
number Of old workings were passed,
and explained to our reporter in detail.
About 200 feet down gradual incline
number of workmen were engaged in cut
ting out q Whim way for the purpose OF
raising the mineral from the cave. The
ore body here pitches so fast, in many
places approaching an angle of nearly
forty degrees, that track will have to be
laid to raise the ore. Continuing the way,
and passing through All almost continuous
ore body, we approach the opening to the
big cave, where force of workmen are
cutting cut an entrance sufficiently large
to permit the cars to pass easily on their
way to the cavernous depths below.
Leaving this group of toilers, and stumb-
ling along over immense blocks of min
eral of various degrees of richness, our
scribe paused for breath and contempla-
ton OF the grandeur of the view which
opened up before his gaze. Upon every
hand, to the right and left, in front and
rear, above and below, could be seen
massive bodies of gittering mineral, daz-
cling in their beauty, and Unreasonable
in extent, whilst mental effort at COM
putting the value of the treasure resulted
in dizzy array OF figures, bewilderingly
passing in rapid succession, and appalling
ly mixed i'll inextricable confusion. The
task was abandoned for the present, and
note of the fact was made for the benefit
of our statistical editor, who will amuse
himself in his leisure moments, in de-
Quoting conclusions, and reasoning by
hypothesis.
Standing in the center and looking
sideWise, O scene of indescribable grand
eur presents itself to the admiriDg gaze of
the beholder, who, if Economically in
clined, may find full scope for the play of
his Imagination in contemplating the
grand and wildly weird ap-
nf nj ctr, ri, tail
nature has prepared for the delectation OF
those OF her sons who seek to penetrate |
her mysterious workings Upon all |
sides, lying broken and imbedded in the
mineral under foot, are seen handsome
specimens of the various crystallzations,
IN ali their gorgeous grandeur and vari-
colored hues, rivaling in beauty the sum-
mer rainbow at even'tide, and OF all forms
The irregular form of the cave and the
difficulty of obtaining the most reasonable
prevent us from giving any
guess at the size of this i'm
mense deposit of rich carbonate ore. The
stability OF the camp is assured, and he
must be skeptic, or wofully ignorant OF
values, who will question the importance
of this strike, which is simply beyond the
power of our pen to describe. The find
will give new impetus to mining in this
district and possibly lead to the discovery
II similar deposits elsewhere.
ANOTHER GREAT ENTERPRISE.
The Rio Grande Valley Water company,
4 new York corporation, has had corps
If engineers and mining experts in the
southern part Of this county for four
months past, and the placer fields have
oeen thoroughly explored. A survey has
llso been made for a pipe line to convey
water from the Pecos river by way OF the
ialisteo river, forty-tive miles, to the San
Pedro gold placers. Yesterday the New
MEXICAN announced that deeds for sew
raj thousand acres Of placer ground had
,een placed of record here, the original
ocators selling out to the Rio Grande
Valley Water company. Taking these
Kings together it begins to look very
much as ii this company means business.
The fact that its representatives on the
round have moved in such quiet, mys-
erious ways is also counted as significant,
md it need not surprise anybody
o wake up some fine morning
md find a gigantic water and gold