Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-07-18
AMONG THE MINES.

Judge Fielder, OF Silver City, will erect
reduction works on Whisky creek, Grant
county.
Z. Schluter, OF st. Louis, large stock.
holder in the Good Hope Bonanza Mining
u Milling company, was visiting in Hills
boro during the past week and looking
over the company's property.
Several tons of Silver Monument ore is
being hauled down and will be shipped as
a test lot. Geo. Cox and Dalton Dalgish
are doing the work.-Black Range.
The Inez mine, in Cooks Peak district,
is showing up in splendind style. The
owners, S. Lindauer and G. Wormser,
are pushing development work with great
vigor.
Ed. Coffee, OF Hillsboro, a pioneer of
the Range, has struck some very rich ore
in his claims of Mineral creek, q short dis
tance west OF the Kingston and North
Percha wagon road. 1t runs away up in
the thousands.
The Cash Entry mine at Cerrillos is al
ready in shape for its new concentrating
plant. The mining machinery recently
put in place is the finest and most elab-
crate in the territory. At present about
seventy-five men are employed and others
will be added to the force as needed.
Theodore Wild is working his Divska,
situated near the head of Mineral creek :,
which is most promising property.
This claim is developed by tunnel fifty
feet in length and shaft thirteen feet
deep. The amount OF work done shows
large body of ore that gives good re-
turns in both gold and silver.-Black
Range.
The copper smelter belonging to M. w.
Netf, at Hanover, is a surprise to every
body, on account of everything working
so smoothly and successfully from the
very start. 1t is of thirty tons capacity,
and is producing the ingots in splendid
shape. The ore is very rich and is easily
smelted. The Anson S. mine is furnish
ing the material for business.
Silver Mining of Lake Valley changed
hands Il 900 shares) at 75c. This com
pany has declared dividend of s per
cent, payable July 21. 1t is reported that
there is considerable sum in the treas
ury and that the company has nearly
enough on hand to declare another divi-
dend. This stock is pretty closely held
and appears hard to obtain at moderate
figures. es.-Mining and Engineering Jour
nal.
The smelling company of Trinidad,
Colo, recently purchased a lot of cope"
mines near Paschal, in Grant county.
The ore is being shipped to the company's
plant at Trinidid. This is fine grade OF
| Had lphi ,boe
2 cents more per pound for the copper
than is offered on the market, because OF
its refined textile quality and especial
adaptability for electric light purposes.
Mr.. John C. Need brought to Silver
City few days ago some of the finest
specimens of rock, carrying free gold.
The ore is from the Good Hope Bonanza
mine, near Hillsboro. The mine belongs
to Messrs. Need & Trover. What makes
the specimens so attractive, is the fact
that gold crops out all over them in mug
gets as large as grains Of corn, and per-
fectly pure. The rock is a white quartz.
Last Wednesday, Thomas B. Pheby,
one of the mining capitalists OF the MINI
bres Consolidated Mining company Of
Georgetown, brought in eighteen silver
bricks, and threw them off on the side
walk in front OF the Wells-Fargo & Co. 8
express Office. 1t was quite a sight to
those visitors and strangers who never
saw anything OF the kind before. The
bullion equalled about 100000 in value.
The company owns group OF very valu-
able mines in the camp, among which
is the celebrated Naiad Queen. One of
the drifts in the Naiad Queen is over
1900 feet in length, and runs at a
OF the drift by heavy mules. This com
pany is producing about $4,000 worth
of silver per month.-Silver City Sem
tinel.
The Organ mountain mines continue to
show fine bodies of mineral The Ben
nett mine remains the principal shipper.
The ore goes through the Pueblo public
sampler 10 the Pueblo Smelling company,
where it is treated at the low charge of
$3.50, plus 81 for the sampling. The lead
grade averages about 20 per cent, silver
about $25. The freight to Pueblo is IS.
All the Organ lead ores are silicious. The
Bennett shipments average 40 per cent
silica. Other mines have better lead ores,
but lower in silver, averaging five ounces
All assertions to the contrary the ore can
readily be concentrated. The cost of
mining is stated to not exceed 81, the
hauling to Las Cruces $3.50. Concen-
trating three into one, 60 per cent con-
centrate with about eight ounces silver,
can readily be produced at cost Of 81 per
ton crude ore.