Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-11-25
NEW MEXICO MINES.


Magdalena.
The u. S. mine and the Nirginian at
Kingston are shipping fine ore.
a boom is bound to strike the Cerrllos
and San Pedro districts before spring.
The big mill at Pyramid, Grant county,
idle for six years, is again at work.
None of the up-country papers have
anything to say about the Mora copper
mines.
Jonas Nelson has secured a lease for
one year on the famous undesirable
mine, near Socorro.
Mining matters are very quiet about
White Oaks and Nogal and will remain
so until that rich locality is penetrated by
railroad.
At Hilsboro Thompson x Gales mill
has been idle for some days past on ac-
count of Il lack of fuel, but got in supply
and started in on Friday last.
Quite number OF strangers are in town,
the majority OF whom are on the lookout
for business chances OUR mines being
the leading attraction. -Hulsboro Ad-
vocate.
The machinery OF the Last Chance
Mining company is being moved from
the Silver City depot to the mine on Silver
Creek as fast as it is possible to secure
teams.
The shipments from Mexico through
the Deming custom house are growing
quite large, owing 10 the development OF
mines in Mexico, which are rapidly in
creasing.
Stephens & Faddis are making the dirt
fly OH the excavation for the foundation
for the school of mines at SoCorro. The
stone, cement and materials are being
placed on the ground and in little time
the foundation will be completed.
H. II. Cootes, mining man from
Bate City, Mont has just given a con-
tract to Messrs. Vernon and Thomas for
a l0U-foot shaft; has just settled with
Messrs. Ogden and Louyon for l00.foot
tunnel. -Lordsburg Liberal.
T. +. Chapman, superintendent OF the
Lady Franklin, returned from Old Mexico
last Tuesday, and says that he is going TO
pump the water out of the Lady Franklin
if it takes the largest pump on earth and
has to irrigate the entire lower country. -
Kingston Shalt.
Black Range note: Hon. A. F. Childs
and wife, of Washington, D. c., arrived
in Chloride last Friday. Mr.. Childs is
largely interested IN mining in this dis.
trict, and will, after short jaunt east,
return and remain for some time and
push the working OF the new mill and
the mines.
The machinery of the new Chloride con-
centrator is all in place and is ready for
business. The machinery of this mill is
of superior quality and manufacture, the
Fort Scott foundry being the builders.
Messrs. Childs and Blain propose to have
this mill running on ore day and night in
very short time.
J. j. Dodd, general manager of the
Alhambra Silver Mining company OF Sill
Yer City, was in Socorro on Wednesday
last, with about three tons of ore from
the famous mine, taken from the shaft
While sinking distance of a little over
ten feet. The ore, we should judge, is
worth from 5000 to $6,O0O.-Chief-
tain.
Excavation having progressed suflici-
emily to justify the step, construction
work on the Richmond Gold Mining
company's mill was commenced last
week at Hillsboro. The general office of
the company is in Chicago, where ma
jority of the stockholders live. Twenty
five frst-ClaSs miners are employed at
the mine, with c. II. Meyers as foreman.
Mr.. Chas. Eneu johnson, of Philadel-
phia, and Mr.. Whitaker Wright, of San
Francisco, visited Chloride last week for
the purpose OF looking at some of the
mines OF this camp. Mr.. johnson is
prominent member of the Charles Eneu
Johnson Printing & Lithographic COM
pany, the largest institution Of the kind
in the United States, while Mr.. Wright
is one OF the most prominent and success
full men known in the mining circles OF
America, and who was at one time inter
psted in the great silver mines at Lake
Valley. They bought mines in the Black
Range.
Thomas Holson, of Lone Mountain, is
the latest to strike it rich. On Wednes-
day of lat week Mr.. Holson took out
twenty-one sacks OF ore which it is |
thought would average about $4,000 per
ton. Several assays have been made
running into the thousands. The True
Blue ls situated northeast OF the Lucky,
which has made such a name for itself
and The camp during the past summer
When the strike was made Mr.. Holton
was offered $4,000 for one-half interest
in the claim by VIM. Beall, which was
promptly refused. 1t is rather remark
able that two exceedingly rich finds
should be made within a few months OF
each other in as old camp as Lone
M0untain Silver Citu Entarnrina