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

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take wide range.
SAN PEDRo's RICHES,
Within radius of four miles each wa,
from San Pedro, is found free gold, il
veins, deposits and placers, galena of {
high grade in silver, chloride and horn
silver, sand, soft and hard carbonate ores
running well in silver, extensive belts Of
workable copper ores, and iron in abun.
dance, containing percentage of gold
sufficient to make it more than ordinarily
valuable for tiuxing purposes. In addi-
ton, all OF the foothills and canons
around and penetrating these mountains
are rlch in placer gold. These placer
grounds have been worked profitably for
many. years with limited facilities. All
that is needed now to renew their old
time fame as rich and profitable producers
OF placer gold, is intelligent working by
men with sufficient capital to procure
modern appliances and machinery to
handle large quantities of the gold-bearing
placer dirt.
While the principal copper deposits and
placer grounds in these mountains have
been worked successfully for years, until
less than two years ago it was not known
that the great beds of limestone that
were everywhere visible contained in some
OF the large Gsures and chambers within
them.
RICH AND LARGE BODIES
OF galena, silver and carbonate ores which
could be cheaply mined. This was acci-
dentally ascertained by couple of miners
while exploring chamber in one belt of
the limestone for iron, to be used for
fiuxlng purposes. This discovery was
made in what was called the Lucky mine,
and in short time some 400 cars of gsleaa
and carbonate ore, much of it a high
grade In silver, was shipped to various
smelters.
Excitement ran high for time over
this discovery, but wrangle among its
wealthy owners caused it to close down
Now, however, Denver capitalists have
secured contrsl and it's past record of an
output of nearly half million bids fair
to be discounted.
At other places "these limestone beds
have shown that reasonable capital, judi
ciously invested in exploring the lsro:. ne
Sures and Chamhore found s.nu 70 De lOunu
in them, will result in developing perma-
nently producing mines, rich in galena
and carbonate ores. This is evident from
the workings that are to be seen in the
Tres Hermanos, Black Hawk and other
properties.
THE GOLDEN HYDRAULIC COMPANY.
One of the energetic and successful men
of this locality is Hon. j B. Mayo who, be-
side working on several fissure veins, has
force of about twenty men engaged in an
extensive water development enterprise.
He is sinking shaft 100 feet deep l4x14
feet square which is to be "cribbed," and
in the bottom OF this shaft he proposes
sinking four tubular wells and, If An
artesian flow is not struck, will put i'll
pumping machinery and hoist the water
for use on the Golden Hydraulic q Placer
Mining company's extensive properties.
Mr.. Mayo is backed by ample New York
and Jersey City capital
So far as the ore bearing assures and
deposites in the lime stone belts of this
district are concerned, il is practically
new field yet to be explored. No better
Indications for the amount of work done
can ca be found in any part of Colorado or
new Mexico than are to be seen here
of the certainty that great aud valuable
deposits of high grade silver, gold, galena
and carbonate ores. Only capital is
needed to push well directed developing
work to make many of the mining prop
critics that are now partly opened up as
VALUABLE PRODUCERS
as are to be found in any other of the
great mining camps. All parts of the dis
trict are easy of access, and timber is
plentiful.
Development work in the Tres Her
manos mine and wells that have been
sunk prove that water sufficient for the
use of large mining camp can be OBJ
tanned anywhere between Golden and
San Pedro at not over an average depth
of seventy-ive feet from the surface.
Two railroad lines have been surveyed
to the town site of San Pedro, and at Least
one of them will be built to that point as
soon as it is evident that the mines
have been developed to a point where a
reasonable amount of freight traffic will
be continuously assumed. The town
site Of San Pedro covers beautiful val
ley, and the title to building lots is is-
sued by warranty deeds from the town
company.
From one mine at present operated by
a Milwaukee company that has a small
Huntington gold mill in operation, gold
bricks are shipped weekly Of an average
value of about $1,000. The Santa Fe
Copper company is enlarging it's already
large concentrating and smelling plant,
and other companies are preparing for
more active work this season.
When investigating the mineral bearing
characteristics Of the various classes OF
veins, chambers and assures in the differ
ent rock formations of this district, cap
italists or their representatives will now
have the advantage of considerable work
that has already been done in all classes
OF the numerous breakages that have been
found in every direction, and in all vari-
eties of the rock that composes the Tuerto
mountain group.
Such examinations by competent min
ing men should result in their becoming
able to form judgment as to the best and
cheapest manner of openingup new prop
critics in the same locality. Y. Xxx.
Mass Meeting.
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