Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-21
ACTIVE SILVER CITY,

high elevation and surrounding noun
talns. Its inhabitants are hearty, CHEEKY
and enterprising Its able newspapers
give the tone which pervades the com
munity. The people are hopeful and
trustful to an extent commendable Ill
many regards, since there is Il solid basis
OF mineral wealth in the near and more
remote mountain districts, which are
tributary to the trade and prosperity OF
the town.
The continued increase of mining
operations and the building OF reduction
works of various kinds al large outlay OF
capnal indicate confidence among dis |
tant capitalists which is undlsmayed
by previous failures OF similar under ak
ings here.
On the heights south of the town are
extensive groupings of quartz near the
summit, covering forty or fifty acres.
These contain large bodies of low
trade ores averaging on the surface
to TIE ton They are to be subjected to
extensive working, ard for the reduction
Of these ores elaborate preparations are
being made mile distant III the cree
ton Oh lower ground OF the CoIclls
stamp and reduction mill. 1t is already
partially completed and most of the val
uabe machinery is Oh the ground. These
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substantial manner. From the mineral
field to the last product OF the vanners III
concentrates, they are 10 be operated 10y
the force OF gravity. The Iau-cars,
bringing the ore about mile, Will dump
1t in great bins eXcavated from the solid
rock. Thence it will be transferred to
twenty stamps; receiving tubs ami set
ting pans lie IN succession still further
below and the vanners finally deposit the
concentrates on the level of the a., L, u
;. +. railroad freight cars. These works
are l62 feet long and 100 feet wide, and
will cost with the tramway Sl2o,OJo,
VIII ch Is being expended at once on tl'l5
plant. They Will do custom work tor
other mines in the vicinity OF Silver Guy
than the Colchis company. They
will have capacity OF reducing sixty
tons Of ore per day. This Company con
slsts mostly of Boston and New York
parties, these operations Will add ma
| eruly to the prosperity OF Silver Cly.
The iron and manganese mines south
of the town constitute one of tue most at
tractive features OF the mineral develop
ment of this region. They belong to W.
h. Newcomb, Howard ii. Belts aud an
eastern gentleman, and have been located
for fourteen years.
A personal examination O. these mines
leads one strongly to the belief that even
in New Mexico, 50 rich IN various precious
metals, iron may claim Its ancient royal
us king OF metals. Here are fourteen
claims, embracing go acres OF laild,
" hich IS literally covered with crust Ol
these valuable iron ores from ten to tour
teen feet deep. 1t has been opened and
worked i'll many places aud found to be
of uniform richness. The ore carries II
per cent of iron and from 10 to 70 per
cent Of manganese. For such mineral
with this manganese admlXture there Is Ii
great demand for the purpose Of smelling
5 The Rio Grande smelling works OF So
zorro is the chief consumer OF this ore,
paving for it loaded on the cars ~ per
ton. These ores are very easily mined
rwenty-one men are earning here ~ cents
? per ton, thrown by hand To the SUI
lace of the ground. 1t is loaded on the
=, cars at 20 cents per ton, and the prom
uf these mines, SO easily worked, Aields
a handsome income to the owners. Thh
ore has Just the qualities needed tol
p manufacturing Bessener steel; when the
+ railroad development Of New Mexico
+ shall demand it, these almost lneXhauet
hle deposits of ricn material viii have
a still greater value for the making o
+ genuinely honest in these rich iron ores
, that one handles the specimens one picks
up after seng the dynamite blasts, With I
confidence that can not always be glVeI
| to ores of the precious metals.
The value OF nei ghborlng mining dis
trict, like that of San Pedro 10 Santa te
is well illustrated by the recent deve'op
ment of the remarkable region Of the sal
Francisco river, near Cooney. 1t Ii
| tishty-five miles distant, yet all the sup
plies for the mining camp there are pur
chased in Silver City. 1t was from thl:
district that car load of ore valued a
over $4,000 per ton was recently take1
under guard to the SOrorro smelter. linz
ore was from the Little Fanny mine. /
Is situated in the midst Of a group EN-
bracing with it the Champion, Confidence
! and Last Chance, situated near Sllve
creek, short distance from Coonev.
From Prof. Huntington, mining en-
gineer from Boston, give facts which
usually record from personal lnvesllga
ton. The rich specimens OF ores iron
all these mines now in my possession
confirm them as told me in an interestln,
interview.
West Of the San Francisco river tn
Mogoilon mountains rise to a height q
| Ii, 1000 feet above the sea level. They ar
partially inter sected at distances of iron
i've to FIX miles by several creeks run
ming from the canons. Their banks an
2 bluffs give indications OF valuable de
poslts of silver and gold ores, which ar
easily reduced. The MogolIon Consoli
dated Mining company has here tiftee
stamp mill on Silver creek. 1t is SUP
4 pied with ores from bluh 400 #
e hish, by the WesSon tram, similar t
!. that recently introduced at San Pedro
Here the products OF the mines are cor
! centrated and brought by teams to b
Il shipped at Silver City.
r Tie Maud 5, situated near this creek
n Yields thirtyfour ounces of gold and 10
ounces of silver to the ton. The Llttl
II Fanny, owned by Mr. Frank Eingo,
n partly leased to the People brothers, VIII
IS are extracting the rich ores, which ave.
age 80, 700 per ton in the rich streak a foe
vide WHICH runs through leads from for
to eight feet wide. The main body ave-
III ages about 500 per ton and is reduced t
s. concentrates. Tie richer portion has I
a he treated at the smelters, and is incOI
% venently valuable in respect to trans
portatiOn and reduction. This COone
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