Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-06-12
NEW MEXICO MINES.

G. V. Mead, of Denver, is examining
Grant county mines.
The Last Chance mill at Silver creek is
about ready for business.
Dimmick brothers shipped several sacks
of very rich ore from their Pinos Altos
bonanza. Some of the ore will run into
the thousands.
Messrs. Spiller, Pickett and Fielder, of
Silver City, are at Hillsboro to fight out
the Injunction against the Pacific mine
before the court there.
Some four or five dry washers are
at work around Slapjack Hill, and it is
said they realize from SO to SIS per day
each.-Hillsboro Advocate.
The celebrated old Santa Rita copper
mines in Grant county, owned by Hon.
L. b. Catron and others, are likely to re-
sumo work at an early day.
Manager HUM, of the Cash Entry,
has returned from the east, where he
made arrangements for additional ma
chinery for working the ores of this great
property.
1t is rumored that large number of
Colorado prospectors contemplate an early
invasion of the Garlic mountains in
quest of gold. These mountains are with.
In the boundary lines of the Navajo res
ervation.
8. T. Conger says of the work on the
san Lazarus gold mine at San Pedro, for
May: Sixteen days work cleaned I'D
l75 ounces of SIS gold and left 200 tons
OF ore broken ahead. Mr.. Conger left for
Milwaukee last Friday to see about add.
tional machinery for treating the ore.
The new Luhring concentrator at San
Pedro is completed and test run will be
made to-day. 1t has cost the European
parties who are making the test, nearly
$1,000 to get it from Europe here and
put up for work. 1t is the first of the
kind in the United States.
Col. j. S. Crawford went to Ell Psso this !
week to look after the interests of the In
ernational Smelling company of nat CITY.
u which he is to assume charge. He will
slso visit and inspect mines owned by that
company at Cooks Peak and other points
before returning to Kingston.-Shaft.
The Miles Standish mine, located north
VI Lake Valley, is regular shipper Of
superior fuxing ores. The. Blackbird.
Stone Cabin, Porphyry Hill and the
'hale, all of them promising claims. are
ituated IN the same mineral zone as the
Niles Standish and promise also to de-
'elop favorably.
A rich strike has been made in the
5achelor mine at STEMS Pass. In the
outh shaft, at the depth OF sixty feet, the
pex of a rich body of ore was encoun-
cred. In sinking seven feet the ore
Vldened out to three feet and was still
Widening. The ore is very uniform and
hows plenty of chlorides, bromides and
ulphides. Miners who are acquainted
With ores estimate it will run from 70 to
90 ounces. Enterprise.
VIM. Nivens, the mineralogist now of
Jew York city, but formerly Of the CALI
as mountains in New Mexico, paid US a
all last week. He is in search of fine
peclmens and crystals. He will find
hem if they are to be found. He was a
rst' class prospector in early days in New
lexIco. liz 1883 he had collection of
rystals in Santa Fe at the Tertio Millen-
lal exhibition, now he has reputation
mlneralogist that extends throughout
ne country.-El Paso Bullion.
The Arson s. copper mine has pro-
uced 100000 pounds of copper during
le last nine months. The smelter has
cen run only a portion of the time,
wing to the scarcity of water. Just at
le present the smelter has been shut
own, awaiting the arrival of a new
oller, which will soon be in place, when
continuation of the output of copper r
'rs may be expected. There is no lack =
ore in the mine.-Silver City Enter I
Use.
1t is quite apparent that there are r
ointment men in Lincoln county who Z
we a great deal more interest in the
'lltlcs OF the county than they have in
g development of the resources of 81
Q county, or the fostering and encour-
emeut of industrial enterprises" re-
arks the Liberty Banner. Yes; and e,
Q Banner could be greatly improved if
paid more attention to mines and less
the Farmers Alliance fad.