Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-09-04
BY DoN, II. KEDzIr.
MINING MATTERS.
Reports from Various Camps Items OF
General Interest TO Mlners.

]
079; Copper 1925, Lead 4.5O.
It is again announced that the Col
CHS mill is to be completed and the
Fagler smelter is to be started up.
All Of which is good If true.
This week James Winters sold his
interest in the Wyman Fraction at
STEMS Pass to T. r. Brandt. This
closes out Mr.. Winters last interest at
the Pass.
The ricOlite find In the Pyramid dis
trict continues to improve as more
work is done on It. The rock that has
not been exposed to the elements is
considerably softer than the surface
rock and come beautiful colors have
been exposed.
Thos. Foster went into Silver City
the first Of the week with 2lO ounces
OF gold bullion, the result Of five days
run on ore from the Reservation mine.
About one more trip and Foster will
be working on velvet IN the Reserva-
ton proposition.
Topy johnson of ella Bend was in
the city Monday and went out TO Gold
Hill to look at the mill and the Home
stead mine. He found the mill in a
condition to snit him but the mine was
hardly up to the representation, but
still he considered it a good PROPOSE
ton and will make Hargraye an offer
for It. Mr.. Johnson informed the LIB
ERAL that If he secured the Home
stead he. would lease the mill and
start 1t up OF that property and also
work custom ore for the miners of the
camp. With the mill running to its
full capacity he will be able to work a
large amount Of ore, and there is
plenty Of ore in that camp lying on the
dumps, which will pay we'll to work at
home but will not stand shipment.
1t is to be chopped that Mr.. johnson will
be able to make the arrangements he
desires to.
As mentioned in last weeks LIBER-
ALCol. J. A. Hudson Of the Congo
mining company Of Clifton was i'm
town on his way back to Missouri.
Col. Hudson informed the LIBERAL
that the Congo mining company had
stopped operations on account Of the
low grade Of the ore. 1t not being
valuable enough to pay to work, his
company had spent considerable mon
ey on the proposition and had conclud-
ed it was best to stop operations as
soon as they found the returns would
not be satisfactory. Thus Clifton get.
another black eye asa precious meta.
camp. The trouble in this case like
most OF the failures in this section o.
h country in the mining business Il
o u 10 the camp, nor the ore, bur
tothe improper management of tn,
men who were working the PROPOSE
tion. Messrs. Hudson and Dessere
are most excellent gentlemen and un
doubtedly.g good business men in thei
lines, the n as a publisher Of a news
paper and the other as a merchant
but they are not mining men
although 1t is doubtful If either 0
them know this 10 be a fact. The
came on here from Missouri with mon
ey in their pockets, hopes in thei
breasts, a good proposition to work O
and an excellent chance to make LOT
OF money, but unfortunately they dll
not understand the business they Ia
undertaken and failure was the result
To enumerate some Of the mistake
they made might explain their failur
and show why Clifton should not hay
the black eye thata failure natural
would give Il. They were not mlnei
and could not tell II the work wa
properly done. To get the best Of th.
difficulty they let a contract TO Mic
Cole, a practical miner, 70 run a tul
mel at a certain place. The groun
was easily worked and Nick was mai
ing good money. He did not feel cal
ed on TO tell the men who gave hiI
the contract that ht was working
barren rock with only an occasion.
striuger OF ore or that within a fe
feet Of the tunnel on either side the.
was good ore IN which tho tunnel couI
h' AAHf A"t tAN ihAh AN Wa MhlhiA
vas soft ana the ore was in a han
quartz. lie was willing to work whe
the work was the easiest and he cou'
make the most money. They bougl
a little mill that could not begin to
the amountofwork it was represented
would accomplish and as a matter
fact It would do 10 work, IL ground
certain amount OF quartz it is tru
but 1t saved almost no gold, mus lea.
ing the. owners ID believe there "
no gold in the rock, while rs q matt
or fact the gold went into the failing
They did not have an assayer, they'd
not know what the ore was wor
ihat went into the mill nor did IN