Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-07-05
Mining and MINING.

their mill at Pinos Altos.
Col Crawford has resigned the super
~intendoncy OF tho Surprise mine at Cooks
Peak.
The new ore sampling building at
Deming has been completed aud the
works will be in operation sooD.
A shipment Of ore has been made from
the Inez mine in Cooks Peak district
which ran 55 per cent. lead and nearly 3
ounces in silver.
P. II. McDormott has started 10
stamps Of the Carlisle mill on ore from a
mine in the Carlisle district which ia
worked by Cinnamon.
The Arson S. copper mine has been
bonded to the Southwestern Coal aud
Iron Company, and a payment has been
made on the property.
The machinery for the Peacock mill
which is being reiitted, arrived here last
week. An attempt will be made to treat
the ore by dry concentration.
The Pacific Gold Company started up
the Mountain Key mill at Pinos Altos
yesterday. The company's mill here will
be started up as o as a supply Of
water can be obtained.
A rich strike Of gold ore has been made
at Lone Pine by a man named Zonk.
The prospect was formerly located by
Hank Dorsey for Silver City parties but
they did not consider it Of any value and
it was not worked.
The machinery aud timbers Of the
Telegraph mill have all been removed
from Telegraph to Lone Mountain, and
the work Of re erecting the mill is pro
crossing rapidly. The engine and boil
ers which are coming from Chicago have
not yet arrived.
The prospect is very good that the
Flagler works will be started up within a
month. The manager has been quite
successful in making contracts for ore,
and it is thought that enough can be
obtained to keep the works in continuous
operation. This will help the miners Of
this section very materially in giving
them a home market for their refractory
ores.
Morrow and Hand shipped a carload
Of ore for Hollomon, Ross & Corn from
the Texas mine at Central to Ell Paso
last week. The ore 10 high grade, the
6rst-class running go ounces in silver
and n ounce in gold, and the second
class running 12l ounces in silver and 4
ounce in gold. The owners are down 80
feet and are now drifting. They have
struck s225 ore in other places in the
mine than where this shipment was taken
out.
A very rich body of ore was discovered
in the Sabinal district, in Mexico, re-
Gently. The ore is found in a series OF
caves or chambers, and is a high grade
argentiferous lead ore. There are thou
sands Of tons Of it in sight. This district
was ~proapected by a number of prospec-
tors from DeminS six or seven years ago.
They found rich mineral and did consid-
cradle work, but they failed to find the
main ore body, and after holding their
claims several months, they abandoned
them. The mines cannot be worked to
good advantage on account of the lack
Of proper facilities for transportation.
II a railroad should be built south from
Deming it would reduce the cost Of
transportation of the ores from the Sabi-
nal district very materially.
THE METAL MARKET
The sharp decline in the price Of silver
which followed the National conventions
has been checked, and the market shows
a decided upward tendency. The pas
sage Of a free coinage bill by the senate
last Friday, by a vote of 20 tc 25, and
the probability that it will pass the
house, has encouraged silver men very
much. 1t is SAID that il the bill reaches
the President that he will not veto it.
This rather unexpected turn in the sill.
yer situation so soon after the holding
Of the National conventions, both Of which
practically declared against the free
coinage Of silver on the present basis, is
likely to send the price Of silver up rap
idly. The closing quotations in New
York we're 99.
The copper market has been firm but
there has been no improvement in price.
A good deal of stock is being carried by
the producers and they are standing firm
on prices. Copper closed at 11.65.
Lead has improved considerably at
interior points but there has been little
change in New York. This is believed
to be due to the fact that considerable
lead had accumulated there which was
being worked off at a low rate. The
price at the end Of the week was4.2O.
Uncle Sam is a lively old fellow for a
youth Of 116.
The annual target practice for the
officers and soldiers in the army will be
held at Fort Bayard next month.
An Alaska Pioneer.
}. D. %Sagemiller, an old and respected resident
OfSeattle and Alaska and widely known through.
out the northwestern country, died Frida,
morning at the Commercial Hotel from hear
disease. He arrived In this city from Seattle on
June sth, and was on his way 70 Carlisle. A
week ago he was taken III and the physician
called 10 attend him said that il vas lmposslbl,
10 save his life,
Mr.. sasemildr had extensive and very wlua
BILE mining interests lu Alaska, where for year
during the summer months he made his home
la 1870 he was the FIRST "a 10 build a house II
.Innatn. where he made hla hnadnnnrIar. nm.