Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-11-20
NEW MEXICO MINES,

Steady development of the Mora county
copper properties Is IN progress.
The wonderful coal measures OF Santa
lie county are beginning to attract the at
tention they deserve.
Col. T.. W. Eaton, OF Socorro, is pre-.
pairing to open some promising mines in
the Magdalena district.
Fifty miners from southern Colorado
have found employment in south Santa
Ee county within ten days.
Miner Makes is pushing work on the
tunnel OF the Louisville company in Cop
per canon, Rio Arriba county.
All the st. Louis newspapers now print
weekly reviews of the mining industry
from New Mexico's leading camps.
Work is being pushed on two deep wells
at San Pedro which are to supply water
for operating the placer mines there
abOuts.
The new Carpenter district in eastern
Grant county, shows silver, copper, lead
and zinc ores, and is attracting much at
tentiOn.
Some good strikes have been made at
Chloride recently, notably in the White
Eagle mine, where ore OF q very high
grade has been found
1t is reported that the Billings Smeter
company at Socorro has recently been re-
organized, and that Colorado capitalists
now control the concern.
The copper and silver properties of the
Organ mountain region are showing I'D
superblv. Judge Thornton has been there
inspecting them this week.
The Last Chance company is develop
ing water for the new mill on Silver
creek and the machinery is being hauled
from Silver City for the mill.
The Hillsboro district is steadily i'm
proving, and the output Las been largely
increased this year. 1t is one OF the most
promising districts Of New Mexico.
The production of the mines in the
Kingston district is little larger than last
year, but no strikes of importance have
been made there since last summer. No
new properties of importance have been
opened during the present year, and the
production ls now mainly confined to the
mines which brought Kingston into promi-
nence originally.
When New Mexico miners get all the
gold out of the hills, they, too, will prob
ably turn their attention to the yellow !
stuff intermlngling with the sands in the
river and creek bottoms. That's what
the miners i'll California are now doing.
New Mexico has as fine placer beds as
are to be found in the west, but as vet
nothing has been done
toward working them.
j. A. Sperry, OF New York, miner OF
thirty years experience, has just visited !
the Silver Creek mining district in the
interest OF eastern capitalists. He says
that district presents the most wonderful .
showing of ore he has ever beheld. The
groupings on either the Last Chance, e.
berlo or Consolidated mines, Mr.. Sperry
says, are greater than the Groupings OF the
entire Comstock lode.
Pinos Altos is decidedly looking up Just
now. The Bell & Stevens, Wagner, and
SklllicOrn mills are all at work and
NJ essrs. Bell u Stevens are seriously con-
sderng putting in twenty stamps more.
New hosting works have been received
at the Mammoth and are now being put
up. The new Mammoth mill was fred
up last week to test it, and will start run
nlng at an early date. Good miners find
ready employment in the camp. Alto
5ether the outlook for the future of the
camp is decidedly encouraging.
The True Blue mine at Lone Mountain /
has long been known as property which
produces very rich ore. In ~, long be- !
'ore the days of railroads in this country,
ore was shipped by express from this
nine to Kit Carson, Nevada. The last 4
ain uncovered on this ground blind ."
cad about two feet wide, from which {
about ton of ore has been taken by its il
ortunate owner, T N. Holson A sam :
Die OF this ton WAS taken and brought to
own for assay. The result shows the
IRE to run $2,7l0 to the ton. Higher as. :
ay returns were got from particular G
pieces of rock taken from this vein, but a
his particular sample was taken from all
cross the two foot pay streak. Silver n
)ity Sentinel.