Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-06-19

shape to be cheaply mined, hoisted to tt
surface and prepared for market.
Above ground, this company has place
powerful pumping machinery with amp
capacity to keep the lowest workings i
the mines clear of water, and also supp
the large concentrating plant which is
NOW RUNNING SUCCESSFULLY,
with all of the water needed to concer
trate very large amount of ore daily
Several hundred thousand dollars hav
been expended in developing and placin
machinery on the Cash Entry compan
property, and it is now evident from tn
amount and value OF the ore exposed j.
the workings, that the compeny's expen
ditures on these properties will be re
turned four-fold during the next fey
years. This company has demonstrates
the fact that the veins and ore bodies il
this district are continuous, and that the
penetrate deeply into the earth. Thes
workings 60 far to show thai the pros
pective value of their properties in the dis
trict, is matter worthy of consideration
when the question OF purchase, or put
ting money into development work OIL
mining properties near the Cash Entry il
contemplated.
The Chester mine, owned by tn,
Chester Mining Co., is another pro
perty near the last named which
shows we'll for the depth attained il
the workings. Several shafts lave beer
sunk on it. The owners repot that
quality of ore, shipped to Denver from
this mine, showed a value of ov,r 81 ,70(
per ton, by mill run tests. Denve
capitalists are now operating thepropert.
under a bond for it's purchase.
Muller and Larock, of Cerrillos, in thu
Eureka, are making a fine showing
of gold, galena and carbonate oies neal
the surface. These are few distances
mentioned to illustrate the character anG
possibilities of the country north 'f Ger
rillos for the production of the precious
metals at fine profit on money nvest-
ed. These instances might be re-enD.ced
by mention of many other partially dwell
oped properties in this district, as vel as
by that Of the silent evidence furnished
by the extensive workings that are still
to be seen. which were once carried on
by the early Spanish explorers md
miners.
SOUTH OF cERRrLLos, o.
about seven miles, skirting the southern
side of the intervening coal field, the
tall peaks of an irregular group Of noun
tains called the Ortiz range shoy to a
height of $1,000 feet. The rock formation
of these mountains is nearly all enptive
and generally of the porphyritt and
granitorial classes. These rocks were
prolific in the production of gold, which
has been proven in the past by he ex-
tensive placer ground workings tha were
carried on years ago all over the nGthern
foothills Of these high peaks in and dabout
the old town of Dolores, which isRn old
mining camp located near the baseof ole
Of the highest peaks. Many fissurs veins
that penetrate these mountains hsve also
been worked for gold with profit.
At present large bodies of low grade
gold ore can be seen in various places,
which could be worked at large profit
by mining men of experience, possessed
of capital sufficient to provide themselves
with the modern machinery suitable and
necessary to concentrate such ore cheaply
and save the eold edith tbat aSnd i Hont'ins.
BEYOND THE ORTIZ MOUNTAINS,
another small crooked range of noun
tains appear, which are called the Tuerto
A broad valley running
northeasterly and southwesterly sepa-
rates these two ranges. The Tuerto
occupy the southern end Of
the whole long mining belt, the northern
and central parts, as heretofore described,
being directly represented by the towns of
Cerrillos and Dolores. The mining towns
of Golden and San Pedro are located
about two and one-half miles apart, near
the western base OF the main Tuerto
range, and represent as business points,
the southern section of the Santa Fe
county mineral belt. 10 San Pedro, the
town furtherest south, the distance from
Cerrillos by the stage road via Dolores
and Golden, is about twenty-one miles,
and from Santa Fe by the wagon road it
is about forty-five miles.
From geological standpoint, and also
in view Of the great variety and value OF
the different classes Of ores and precious
metals produced in various parts OF these
Tuerto mountains, in their foothills, and
beneath the surface of the lowest valleys
that skirt them, the section Of the main
mining belt occupied by the Tuerto range
is one that interests all visitors. Here,
THE MINING GEoLoalsT OR ENGINEER
will find the rock formation so varieC
that a study Of it in detail proves o
much interest, and the chances are, il
done with care and intelligence, SOM
time can be spent with profit travelling
and examining every part of this rang'
of mountains and the foothills contiguou
to it.
Here are found immense belts OF fossil
liferous and mineral lime stones which
have been broken, tilted in various direc
tions and lifted UP thousands of feet dur
ing the mountain building period.
These lime stone lodges now appear il
broken more or less detached belts severa
hundred feet in thickness, laping ont
and interspersed with chloride slate beds
long and extensive belts of quartzite
porphyry, trachyte and granitoia! rocks
which in many instances were evldentl
pushed up (while in plastic state) an
filled the primary fissures which wer
formed and opened in northeasterly an
southwesterly direction for miles whel
the thick upper crust Of the lime ston
was broken into fragments and placed il
it's present position by the titanic force
that caused the upheaval OF the Rock
mountains.