Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-07-26

Incline Shalt would be continued beyOn
it to determine the position of sbe or
body. Instead of this the extension
the incline was carried south IN the fau
or tissure. 1t is scarcely to be expecte
that the ore body will occur again IN tn
same line as above, for the fault is we
marked. 1t will be shifted north or south
| should judge, but have no doubt of it
continuation beyond the fault. AS b
the fault being a tissure vein, in on
sense, yes, and opposite the ore bodie
there will, no DON'T, be found ore in it
but as permanency in the way of cop
per production, no. Mr.. Mclaughlin
has commenced sinking and found ore
some quite rich beyond the fault. 1t will
not take long to determine ii he has tn,
main ore body or not. A drift hag
been started SOUTH some 100 feet below
the level of the tunnel or adit and is now
in over 100 feet beyond the line of worked
area. In this there is good ore, and the
prospect is quite tiattering, The'estmate
ls that $50 tons Of good ore, 10 per cent
has been takon out, in drifting forty.fve
feet. If this continues, another opening
lower down must be carried forward, and
that proving satisfactory, you would have
more ore in reserve than ever before.
The mine has two chances. The finding
of the ore body the mine has been worked
on east of the fault, and discovering other
ore bodies by extending laterally. There
ID in my mind no question about the first
proposition. Outcrops opened south of
your workings show that bodies of ore
may be expected in that direction, and
some Of these may be important. The
opening drifting south seems to bear out
this idea. A very large mine at any point
L would not look for, but, as see, it, the
mine has not had a fair chance. Every
thing of apparent value has been scooped
out as one would eat an egg. The bottom
was reached when the fanlt was met
with. would push down east, and
would, as fast as possible, prove what
goes south A favorable turn in this up
per part Of the mine would enable you to
start the smelter, and make returns. In
this connection would observe that an
expenditure of $1,000 monthly, instead of
" 1000, would enable you to accomplish
twice the work underground in the same
time, because much of the necessary ex-
penses would not be at all increased. OF
low grade ore there is good deal. 1t
stands in the mine in almost every direc-
ton, and there is a large quantity at the
surface. This is factor that must be
because, as you are situated,
It is as well if there was no ore when the
grade runs below the smelling standard.
Concentration and water question | did
not consider, and | am not, on such
short visit, competent to give any opinion.
took it for granted you knew everything
n this direction. There is much more to
,e said, but the gist of it all is in the fore
,oing. | will be glad to answer any fur |
her questions. My visit was very pleas
mt, weather favorable, and got all the
wanted regarding the mine. |
would very much like to know that the !
wo points have referred to were pushed
IS fast as possible. Yours very truly.
JOHN DANIEL
HE TWO REPonTs-A PLEA FOR JUSTICE.
After the above report had been pub
shed Prof. Cain addressed the following
otter to Mr.. Bigelow; s.,
s. Bigelow, Esq 90 Devoushire St, Boston, I,
Mass.
HoBoKEN, N. j., ia Hudson ST., July
|, 1890.-Dear Sir: Permit me to draw
our attention to the fact, that Capt. Dan
Ill corroborates, under July 4, my report
May % on the San Pedro mine abso-
ltely and totally, as far as general state
lent and important facts are concerned.
md permit me also to say, that in the few
etails where Capt. Daniels wording
lows discrepancy to slip in, claim
hat Capt. Daniel is entirely and totally
IF the track, as he would be obliged to
Omit at once in discussing the points.
Capt. Daniel justly blames the drifting
long of the fault, but he omits to state
hat there is also the straight continue
on for some considerable distance of the
lain incline beyond the fault. And he
mits to state that the blind shaft, which
e saw when he visited the mine, being
len sunk on the lowest point OF this con-
nuation, was started in dead rock as a
onsequence OF my request, when on the
remises, as Capt. Mclaughlin should
ertainly have stated to him, although he
oes not omit to say that on his arrival
re had already been found in this trial
haft, and that this very shaft therefore
roved the ore body not to be shifted
orth or south, as Capt Daniel would
ave it, but the ore body by this work
one, by my request, was proven to con-
nue. beyond the fault on lower level
ian it occupies on this side of it, all of
'hich had been precisely foretold by me,
ecause the continuation of the main in
inc above mentioned beyond the fault
,ood evidently in the hanging wall of the
re bed, fact apparently overlooked by
apt. Daniel.
The claim of Capt. Daniel to the con-
AIRY, or that the ore bed be shifted
aterally) north or south, has neither any
,undstion in theory or in practice, as
ley both to-day are generally acknowl- I
1ged by the mining profession and
'ade, and the facts really contradict the
aim.
Concerning the reproducing quality OF
re fault (fssure vein) | stated as follows
! my report:
"The mine has thus opened new re-
ource, from which large amounts OF cop
er can be drawn, bearing evidence of the
going down eventually at
7tiou loi lilC ul5tdhSC VI buC ldultluR VI
ventually to the great depth, constituting
ow the mine as one not only
7orking on a bedded deposit, but on a
mineral bearing fissure vein also,
7nich if not mineralized in it's totally
, certainly mineralized in lateral streaks
etween faulted bedded ore deposits" AS
gainst this Capt. Daniel expresses as
ollows: "As to the fault being fssure
Elm, in one sense, yes, and opposite the
re bodies there will, no doubt, be found
re in it, but rs permanency in the way
f copper production; no. The per-
mptory "No" of Capt. Daniel consti-
utes the sole discrepancy between the
wo opinions. Now claim that the same
ault passes on its dip besides the lime
eck stratum now worked for your COM
ANY, one or more other limerick Strata
arriving ore, now known on the premises,
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